Cole Anthony, the top uncommitted prospect in the 2019 recruiting class, made his college decision. The 6-3, 184-pound combo guard from Oak Hill Academy will play for North Carolina next season. Anthony, the son of former NBA player and basketball analyst Greg Anthony, is ranked as the No. 3 recruit in the country, according to […]
One of the highest-rated prospects in the 2019 recruiting class is off the board. Five-star forward Matthew Hurt picked Duke over Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina on Friday. The 6-9, 215-pound forward from Rochester, Minnesota is ranked as the No. 8 prospect in his recruiting class, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. “Best team in […]
Virginia won its first-ever national championship in 2019, which undoubtedly caps off a best-case season for the Cavaliers. Not just because of how Virginia’s 2018 season ended, but because the ‘Hoos were picked second in the ACC preseason media poll and they debuted at No. 5 in the preseason AP Top 25 Poll. They didn’t […]
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 […]
The Final Four is set: No. 1 seed Virginia, No. 2 seed Michigan State, No. 3 seed Texas Tech and No. 5 seed Auburn. It’ll be the Cavaliers matched up against the Tigers and the Spartans vs. the Red Raiders in Minneapolis. How does each school stack up to the Final Four teams from years […]
The 2019 NCAA Tournament isn’t over but we’re down to the Final Four and the three most popular picks to win the national championship, according to ESPN’s Tournament Challenge, have been eliminated. Here’s a look at the teams that had the best and worst “value” in bracket challenge games, meaning the difference between a team’s […]
KANSAS CITY – Bruce Pearl questioned whether he had lost his edge. Yes, believe it or not, the guy known for his swagger and boisterous personality didn’t know whether he could pull it off again. He had taken the University of Southern Indiana to the Division II NCAA Tournament in his first season and won […]
No. 1 North Carolina and No. 5 Auburn will meet up Friday for a chance to reach the Elite 8. A victory for the Tar Heels would send them to a 29th Elite 8 appearance while the Tigers would make their second Elite 8 with a triumph. There’s plenty of star power on both sides […]
Four coaches remain in the 2019 NCAA Tournament’s Midwest region, picked by three of our four-man panel as the toughest region in the competition. All four coaches have plenty of experience, but only two have won national titles. Here’s how the supremely accomplished group stacks up entering the Sweet 16. [RELATED: Up-to-Date List of College Basketball […]
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 […]
It’s officially the week of the 2019 NCAA Tournament. The bracket has been released and we’re here to help you make your picks. We assembled a four-person panel that includes Stadium’s Chinmay Vaidya, Michael Rizzo, Andy Wittry and Michael Bolling. We asked our panel seven questions about the NCAA Tournament bracket, including topics ranging from […]
The wait is over, the 2019 NCAA Tournament bracket has finally been revealed. Here are our immediate reactions and region breakdowns for the tournament bracket. The ACC makes history with three No. 1 Seeds The four No. 1 seeds in the 2019 NCAA Tournament are Duke, Virginia, North Carolina and Gonzaga. That’s a historic […]
The day has finally arrived. It’s Selection Sunday and the 2019 NCAA Tournament bracket has been released. Now comes the fun part of analyzing each region and picking first-round upsets, a dark horse team, the Final Four field and a national champion. But first, you need to print your bracket. You can find it here. […]
We’ve finally reached Selection Sunday, which might as well be a national holiday for college basketball fans across the country. It marks the end of NCAA Tournament bracket projections and speculation as the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee will reveal the field of 68, including the four No. 1 seeds, the potential road to […]
The ACC has three of the top four teams in the latest AP Top 25 Poll with No. 2 Virginia, No. 3 North Carolina and No. 4 Duke, as the conference could be the first since the Big East in 2009 to have three schools earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Which […]