Can a team like Seton Hall really go from "decent” to top 15? How hard is it for a team to bank on internal improvement to make that leap?
Read more2019 NBA Draft Board Part 3 - 12-1
3MW’s NBA Draft Big Board countdown reaches its epic conclusion with prospects 12 through Zion…
Read more2019 NBA Draft Board Part 2 - 30-13
3MW’s NBA Draft Big Board countdown continues with the rest of Tier 5 and Tier 4, which includes prospects 30 through 13.
Read more2019 NBA Draft Board Part 1 - 51-31
Jim reveals Part 1 of his NBA Draft Board for 2019, starting with numbers 51-31…
Read moreHandicapping Home Court Advantage
What is the value of home court advantage? This is, quite literally, the million dollar question that’s confounded professional handicappers for decades.
Read moreGlory in the Grind: A Student Manager Spotlight
Behind every well-oiled basketball program lies the backbone of the day-to-day operations: the student managers. In this spotlight feature, we take a peak behind the curtain of college basketball’s most thankless job.
Read moreThe USBWA CBB Awards & The Missouri Athletic Club: A Match Made in Heaven
The Weave got an exclusive look at the USBWA College Basketball Awards Monday evening, hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis, which served as the grand finale to a memorable 2019 college hoops campaign.
Read more2020 Bracketology - April 2019 Preview
The best way to deal with the sadness and emptiness that comes with the end of another college hoops season is by looking ahead to next year, so Jim put together a bracket based on the very little info we have thus far…
Read more2019 National Championship Preview: Virginia vs. Texas Tech
In the national title game that CBS and Turner have long been praying for, we get a defensive matchup for the ages: Virginia against Texas Tech. Tony Bennett against Chris Beard. Which school will bring home its first ever national championship?
Read moreFinal Four Recap: Michigan State v. Texas Tech
Texas Tech used its stifling defense to send the Spartans home packing. Here’s how the late night Final Four contest unfolded.
Read moreFinal Four Recap: Virginia v. Auburn
First came the controversy… then came the clutch…
10 years from now, how will we remember Virginia’s Houdini-esque escape from Auburn?
Read more2018-19 Final Four Preview: Michigan State vs. Texas Tech
Two fundamentally sound teams square off in a game that promises to reward all basketball fans.
Read more2018-19 Final Four Preview: Virginia vs. Auburn
Survive and advance. That’s the script Auburn and Virginia stuck to over the weekend, as both needed overtime to keep their NCAA title hopes from flatlining. With a new lease on life, the orange-shaded squadrons will duke it out for a chance to play for all the marbles in the first matchup of Saturday’s double header in Minneapolis.
Read more2018-19 Elite 8 Preview: Auburn vs. Kentucky
An all-SEC regional final awaits in the Midwest, where Kentucky’s interior strength will battle Auburn’s perimeter flamethrowing. Which one will advance to Minneapolis?
Read more2018-19 Elite 8 Preview: Gonzaga vs. Texas Tech
The best offense and best defense clash in tonight’s first Elite Eight contest. Gonzaga is searching for its second Final Four berth in three years, while Texas Tech is looking for its first ever appearance in America’s greatest finale.
Read more2018-19 Elite 8 Preview: Duke vs. Michigan St.
Coach K has won 11 of the 12 meetings between these two legends of the profession, but Tom Izzo has a hot Spartan team playing confidently and ready to take down the Goliaths that are Duke and Zion. Who will cut down the nets in the nation’s capital?
Read more2018-19 Elite 8 Preview: Virginia vs. Purdue
Virginia and Purdue both survived major tests of incredibly different varieties in the Sweet 16, and they’ll meet for a chance to break loooong Final Four droughts on both sides. Which long-suffering fan base will need to make Minneapolis travel arrangements?
Read more2018-19 Sweet 16 Preview: West Region
If this Sweet 16 field looks familiar to you, it should: three of the four West participants are repeats from last year, with only Texas Tech swapping in as the Lone Star representative (was Texas A&M last year). Can the Wolverines return to the Elite Eight? Can Gonzaga exact revenge upon Florida State after falling to the ‘Noles in this round last year?
Read more2018-19 Sweet 16 Preview: Midwest Region
After spoiling Kansas’ plans to play in its ‘home away from home’ at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Auburn now set its sights on dispatching yet another powerhouse from the blue blood infested Midwest Region. While the Tigers hope to keep their 3-point party rolling, the Coogs aim to de-throne the potentially PJ Washington-less Wildcats.
Read more2018-19 Sweet 16 Preview: East Region
Duke survived a Round of 32 heavyweight bought with Tacko Fall and UCF, while Michigan State dominated a hapless, Jordan Murphy-less Minnesota squad. Now they head to the nation’s capital to take on Virginia Tech and LSU, respectively, two teams who could give their higher-ranked opponents issues…
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