Another tumultuous week, another new #1 team - both in the regular rankings and the mid-major five. Dive in deep with us…
Read moreRoot's (Power) Rankings, Week 3
The top of the college basketball world is a mess after Feast Week, and here’s Jim’s best effort to sort through the wreckage…
Read moreDispatches from Maui, Part II
Day 2 at the Lahaina Civic Center was another wild one, led by Anthony Edwards’ absurd fireworks display in the day’s opener. UCLA, Dayton, and Kansas all rolled after that, but here’s a look at Tuesday’s events.
Read moreDispatches from Maui, Part I
Coming to you LIVE from the Lahaina Civic Center, Jim had some thoughts on the first day that was…
Read moreRoot's (Power) Rankings, Week 1
Welcome to a new weekly feature at the Weave! Jim ranks the country’s Top 12 teams - plus the top 5 mid-majors - with some sort of insight or commentary on each squad.
Read more3MW's Bold Predictions - 2019-20
Before a new season tips off, the Weave fires off some spicy takes for the upcoming year. Several of these can be heard on our 10/30 podcast episode, but we saved plenty for written form, as well. Already excited/nervous to look back on these in April…
Read moreMEAC 2019-20 Preview
A new season in the MEAC sees plenty of change: Savannah State dropped to Division II, while UMES, Morgan State, and Howard all changed coaches. But the constants of NC Central and Norfolk State remain ever-present atop the league, with an assortment of contenders hoping to unseat them.
Read moreProjecting Pace: New Coaches, New Systems
Every offseason brings coaching changes, and with that comes stylistic shifts - sometimes severe. Mick Cronin to UCLA is the obvious one, but plenty of other under-the-radar changes may offer value early in the season…
Read morePreseason Bracketology - 10/23/19
The season is mere weeks away, and we simply DO NOT have enough projection-type content to debate…so here’s a final preseason bracket!
Read moreBig South 2019-20 Preview
Twelve of the 15 all-conference honorees have departed (and honestly, Chris Clemons should count as two people), leaving question marks strewn throughout the league. Who will rise from the ashes, laying claim to a new era in the Big South?
Read moreAtlantic Sun 2019-20 Preview
After a thrilling two-horse race in 2018-19 that culminated with Liberty beating Mississippi State in the NCAA Tournament and Lipscomb nearly winning the NIT, the ASUN looks like Liberty’s league now. Can anyone challenge the Flames?
Read moreSun Belt 2019-20 Preview
Eight of the ten players from the First- and Second-Team All-Sun Belt squads are gone, leaving a power vacancy at the top of the league. South Alabama adds a major infusion of transfer talent, Texas State returns the only First-Teamer, and several other challengers should be pushing to take the league crown in a league that should once again have a ton of parity…
Read moreWAC 2019-20 Preview
Long a tournament team under Marvin Menzies, New Mexico State has risen to another stratosphere under the watchful eye of Chris Jans. Can Grand Canyon or any of the other WAC challengers put up a fight against the mid-major juggernaut?
Read moreQuick Peek at Futures - 2019-20
Jim’s fifth annual trip to the college hoops futures market has arrived, and with any luck (read: lots of luck needed), he’ll uncover the NCAA champ for the third consecutive year…
Read moreSoCon 2019-20 Preview
Behind the record-breaking Fletcher Magee, Wofford lit the world on fire last year, but it’s easy to forget Furman, UNC Greensboro, and ETSU were all formidable Top 100 teams as well. What can the SoCon possibly do for an encore?
Read moreConference USA 2019-20 Preview
Rick Stansbury has [shockingly] amassed a wealth of talent at Western Kentucky. Can any of the challengers - transfer UTEP, Louisiana Tech, the dynamic duo at UTSA, a healthy North Texas - unseat the presumed favorite Hilltoppers?
Read moreAmerican 2019-20 Preview
Memphis and Houston made our top 40, but they aren’t the only contenders for this year’s American crown. This may be the deepest the league has been in years, and UConn hopes to exit the league in style…
Read moreSEC 2019-20 Preview
Florida beat Kentucky for Kerry Blackshear, but now the real battle for SEC supremacy begins on the court. Quite possibly the deepest conference in the country, the SEC could put 8 or more teams into the NCAA Tournament this year…
Read moreBig 12 2019-20 Preview
Texas Tech and Kansas State finally ended the Jayhawk 14-year dynasty last season, but the Big 12 title may once again run through Lawrence…
Read more#2 Kansas 2019-20 Preview
The Big 12 regular season title streak ended, but Kansas is intent on starting a new one with potential All-Americans inside and out. Bill Self never stopped building the roster all offseason, and as a result, the Jayhawks look like a loaded championship contender once again.
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