Every four years, college basketball programs are allowed to take a foreign tour, which allows them to hold 10 additional practices and play exhibition games abroad against international competition. Dozens of Division I men’s basketball teams will travel abroad this summer, including several teams that are in Stadium College Basketball Insider Jeff Goodman’s preseason top […]
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 […]
The Big Ten sent eight teams to the 2019 NCAA Tournament, one year after only four teams from the conference made the Big Dance, and seven of them won at least one game in the tournament. Here are Stadium’s postseason grades for every team in the Big Ten, which take into account the unofficial preseason […]
Former Wright State Coach Billy Donlon will get another opportunity to be a Division I head coach. Donlon, who spent the last two seasons as an assistant at Northwestern after spending a year on Michigan’s staff, signed a six-year contract with UMKC that runs through March 31, 2025. Donlon will earn a base salary of […]
Minnesota and Oklahoma picked up massive home wins Tuesday night over Purdue and Kansas, respectively, which might have clinched at-large bids for the Gophers and Sooners. There are numerous NCAA Tournament bubble teams in action Wednesday, including Seton Hall, Florida, Georgetown and Clemson. Each could really use a win, if not several, to solidify its […]
The college football head coaching carousel has come to a stop, and we now know where the top 2019 recruits will be attending school after the conclusion of the spring National Signing Day. Spring games will start later this month and we’re about six months away from Week 1 of the college football season. We […]
After predicting the 2019 over/under win totals for the ACC and SEC, let’s turn to the Big Ten — a conference with its own unique scheduling format. While the ACC and SEC both utilize an eight-game conference schedule, the Big Ten deploys a nine-game format. In theory, this makes the regular season for all their teams […]
With the 2019 college football season only 194 days away – and counting – it’s never too early to start projecting next fall’s Top 25 teams. My rankings probably will change after spring practices are completed and most assuredly will be tweaked when I submit my Associated Press Preseason Top 25 ballot in August. Today: […]
It has been three years since a Big Ten team has been in the College Football Playoff. It’s been even longer since a Big Ten team has scored in a College Football Playoff game, way back in 2014. Ohio State won the inaugural College Football Playoff in 2014 as a No. 4 seed, upsetting No. […]
Welcome to Bracket Scouting Daily, a series where we’ll examine the biggest college basketball games of the day and how they can impact the NCAA Tournament resumes of the teams involved. It’s more of a micro-look compared to our weekly, big-picture Bracket Scouting, which debuted Sunday. Here are Monday’s games involving projected or potential NCAA […]
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 […]
EVANSTON – Things will likely get worse before they get better for Indiana (12-7), which lost its fifth straight game in a 73-66 defeat at Northwestern on Tuesday. Next up is a home game against No. 5 Michigan on Friday, followed by trips to Rutgers and No. 6 Michigan State. The game at Rutgers that’s […]
Bowl season is one of the most enjoyable two-week stretches of the year for college football fans. It’s also filled with misleading results that are caused by a variety of factors including motivation, coaching changes and players sitting out. Teams who had strong wins in bowl season have a better chance of being overvalued in […]
The Big Ten East and West, while geographically accurate and nominally an improvement from its divisional predecessors of the Leaders and Legends, are potentially a hindrance to the conference’s College Football Playoff hopes and there’s a chance the current format won’t determine which schools play in the Big Ten Championship in the future. Big Ten […]
Conference Championship Saturday is here and there’s one more opportunity to make some money before bowl season starts. Here are five pieces of advice to keep in mind before making bets for Saturday’s games. Stay away from the Big 12 Championship There is a case to be made for both Texas and Oklahoma in […]