The “Goodman vs. Gottlieb” guys debate if Marquette’s Tyler Kolek is the best point guard in the country.
Last season marked the debut of the Big Ten’s 20-game conference schedule, the ACC will follow suit next season and the Pac-12 will implement the change the year after that, which means many power conference teams will play two fewer non-conference games annually for the foreseeable future. Now consider the recently announced scheduling alliance between […]
From an economics perspective, a first-mover advantage is when a company is the first to enter a given market and then reaps the benefits from its move. And in the world of college basketball recruiting, such an approach can be a hit-or-miss investment that may require a high school player’s profile to stay under the […]
Here’s Part 2 of our examination into the introductory press conferences of some of the notable college basketball coaches who were hired last offseason. You can read Part 1 here. These introductory press conferences can be full of cliches, like talk of establishing a culture or playing fast, but they can also lend themselves to […]
The Big East only sent four teams to the 2019 NCAA Tournament — only three remained after the First Four, just one survived the first round and no one made it past the first weekend. Overall, it wasn’t a banner year for the Big East as a whole. Here are Stadium’s postseason grades for every […]
College basketball coaches will hit the recruiting trail on Friday for the start of a six-day recruiting period in which they’re allowed to evaluate prospects and make in-person, off-campus contact with recruits. The final day of the official NCAA “recruiting period” for the 2018-19 recruiting calendar is Thursday, May 2, which means the next two-plus […]
Is there such a thing as “too early” when it comes to compiling your preseason top 25 college basketball rankings for the 2019-20 season? Not at Stadium, which is why we’ve already asked our College Basketball Insider Jeff Goodman to assemble his first list for next season. Check back as this will constantly be updated […]
While most college basketball fans in the country were busy watching the 2019 NCAA Tournament, the 32 teams that qualified for the NIT were playing a slightly different version of the sport we know and love. There were four rule modifications in the 2019 NIT, which are outlined below. The 3-point line was extended to […]
Legendary player Chris Mullin is out after four seasons as head coach at St. John’s. It was a forgettable tenure even though he did wind up taking St. Johns to the NCAA tourney this past year. The Johnnies underachieved for much of his time, and ultimately it just didn’t work out – especially when new […]
Virginia won the first men’s basketball national championship in school history Monday night, which means three different ACC teams have won a national title in the last five years. The Cavaliers’ title goes a long way as we examine how college basketball’s best conferences stacked up against each other last season. NCAA Tournament participation and […]
Texas Tech Coach Chris Beard has led the Red Raiders to eight wins in the NCAA Tournament, which is just as many as the rest of the coaches in Texas Tech history combined. Don’t forget, he’s been with the Red Raiders for just three seasons and his predecessors include national championship-winning coaches Bob Knight and […]
The 2019 NCAA Tournament was unveiled on Selection Sunday and Duke, Virginia, North Carolina and Gonzaga are the four No. 1 seeds. You can read our bracket reactions and region-by-region breakdown here. [RELATED: Here’s What You Hear When You Sit Courtside] Here’s the schedule for the Final Four. Matchup Date Time Location Channel No. 1 […]
Survive and advance. That’s the motto for success in March Madness. There are no style points in victory – a one-point win counts the same as a 30-point blowout. Overall No. 1 seed Duke has twice tested fate up to its breaking point, coming within inches, literally, of its season potentially ending short of the […]
The NCAA Tournament provides incredible moments and displays of emotion, ranging from when Cinderella teams experience their first trip to the Big Dance to seniors coming to the realization that their college careers are coming to an end as their teams face an insurmountable deficit in the final minutes. For every NCAA Tournament matchup, starting […]
The first round of the NCAA Tournament is officially complete. Every No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 seed is still standing, which we couldn’t have said last year, obviously. Twelve higher-seeded teams won their first-round matchup but just eight if you don’t count the 8/9 games. Here’s our breakdown of the winners and losers […]