This first-round battle features a traditional basketball powerhouse against a tournament newcomer, with Purdue making its fifth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance while Jeff Jones and Old Dominion go dancing for the first time in eight seasons. Overview Date/Time: Thursday, March 21, 9:50 PM ET kenpom.com projection: Purdue def. Old Dominion 72-59 Betting Line: Purdue -13 (Westgate […]
When the NCAA announced the creation of a new metric to gauge college basketball teams, it was billed as an all-encompassing formula that would displace traditional metrics like RPI and effectively measure teams throughout the season. “What has been developed is a contemporary method of looking at teams analytically, using results-based and predictive metrics that […]
Yesterday we covered the 10 best college basketball head coaching hires this decade. Now it’s time for the 10 worst. Ironically, three schools that were on the list of 10 best hires are also on the list of the 10 worst hires and one school made this list for two different hires. Worst hires in […]
Beginning in 2020, the Las Vegas Bowl will annually feature a team from the Pac-12 against a team from the SEC or Big Ten, and a new bowl in Los Angeles will feature the Pac-12 against the Mountain West, sources told Stadium. Other changes: The ACC will add the Holiday Bowl, the SEC and Big […]
University of Southern Mississippi Interim Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell met with Head Football Coach Jay Hopson in person on Friday, Feb. 1, then followed up via text message the next morning regarding the prospect of Southern Miss hiring former Baylor Head Coach Art Briles to fill the team’s vacant offensive coordinator position. Shortly after […]
On Monday, Atlanta-based five-star shooting guard Anthony Edwards committed to Georgia, making him the highest-ranked recruit to commit to the Bulldogs in school history. Edwards is ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the 2019 recruiting class, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings, and some recruiting services rank him No. 1 nationally. It was quite […]
Less than two days after interviewing to become offensive coordinator at Southern Miss, former Baylor Head Coach Art Briles was informed by the school he was no longer a candidate for the position. Southern Miss coach Jay Hopson is not happy about the decision. In a text message to Stadium, Briles said, “I appreciate the […]
Transfers in college basketball can be a hot-button topic for fans and those involved in the sport, and there are already more than 100 players who have transferred this season. A small segment of college basketball players have transferred twice in their careers and we analyzed the rosters of more than 200 teams to find […]
Despite Northern Illinois’ search for a head football coach, the coaching carousel across the country has begun to slow down now that it’s mid-January. Here are our new faces, new places tier rankings of head coaches who have been hired this offseason — with consideration given to each school, its conference, the potential candidate pool […]
Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts has officially entered the NCAA transfer portal, meaning other schools are now allowed to contact him. The 2016 SEC Offensive Player of the Year has played in the last three College Football Playoff National Championship games with the Crimson Tide, but he lost his role as the team’s starting quarterback to […]
Clemson won the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, its second national title in three years, but the ACC only had one other team ranked in the final AP Top 25 Poll, so the conference offers an interesting profile for how it stacked up with the rest of the conferences nationally last season. The Big […]
Who: Florida International (8-4) vs. Toledo (7-5) What: Bahamas Bowl When: 12:30 p.m. ET, Friday, December 21 Where: Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau Spread: Toledo -6.5 How to watch: ESPN, WatchESPN Florida International Head Coach Butch Davis has led the Golden Panthers to an 8-4 record in the regular season in each of his first two […]
Who: UAB (10-3) vs. Northern Illinois (8-5) What: Boca Raton Bowl When: 7 p.m. ET, Tuesday, December 18 Where: FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Florida Spread: UAB -2.5 How to watch: ESPN, WatchESPN How about UAB, which had its football program shut down for two seasons, but reemerged even stronger, going 8-5 in its first season […]
Here are my favorite bets for the first week of this bowl season, which runs from December 15th through the 22nd. Las Vegas Bowl: No. 21 Fresno State (-5) over Arizona State The highlight of the opening day of bowl season is Fresno State playing Arizona State in Las Vegas. Fresno State last played in […]
Who: Middle Tennessee (8-5) vs. Appalachian State (10-2) What: New Orleans Bowl When: 9 p.m. ET, Saturday, December 15 Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana Spread: Appalachian State -7 How to watch: ESPN, WatchESPN Former Appalachian State coach Scott Satterfield, who led the Mountaineers to four consecutive bowl games (and three straight bowl wins entering this […]