The Pac-12 finished the 2019 season as the seventh-best conference in the country, according to kenpom.com. The Power Five doesn’t really apply to college basketball like it does for football but if it did, the Pac-12 wouldn’t be one of the conferences included, at least not last season. The Pac-12 actually sent three teams to […]
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 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 […]
No. 2 seed Kentucky def. No. 3 seed Houston 62-58 13 – That was Kentucky’s rebounding advantage against Houston, 36-23, including 11 offensive rebounds. The Wildcats had an offensive rebounding percentage of 45.8 percent (11 rebounds on 24 missed shots) and a defensive rebounding rate of 78.1 percent (25 rebounds on Houston’s 32 missed shots). […]
The South Region is down to four teams with Virginia, Oregon, Tennessee and Purdue reaching the Sweet 16. It’s a bit surprising that the Ducks are still alive, while Virginia, Tennessee and Purdue have advanced in what has largely been a chalky bracket. That being said, here is one player to keep an eye on […]
After experiencing deja vu in the first half against No. 16 Gardner-Webb, the Cavaliers pulled it together in the second half and cruised to victory. One year after becoming the first No. 1 seed to ever lose to a No. 16 seed, Virginia is looking like the national title contender it was billed to be […]
No. 4 Virginia Tech def. No. 11 Saint Louis 66-52 12 – That’s how many more free throws Virginia Tech made than Saint Louis in its 14-point win. The Billikens out-rebounded the Hokies 35-37 but Virginia Tech got to the free throw line 27 times to Saint Louis’ 16. The Hokies were 22-of-27, while the […]
Both teams in this first-round showdown were expected to make the NCAA Tournament this season, but their respective paths to qualification took very different turns. The Badgers marched through their Big Ten slate comfortably to earn an at-large berth while the Ducks had to secure the automatic bid in the Pac-12 Tournament. Wisconsin and Oregon […]
There are numerous strategies to filling out an NCAA Tournament bracket. Maybe you go “chalk” and pick all four No. 1 seeds to advance to the Final Four. Maybe you try to predict a dark horse team or two to make a deep run into the tournament. You might flip a coin or simply choose […]
Now that you’ve seen my pre-spring top 25, there’s no better time to roll out my top five picks to win the Heisman Trophy. First, let’s look at the current odds to win the Heisman Trophy from BetOnline.ag. 7/2 – Trevor Lawrence, Clemson 5/1 – Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama 13/2 – Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma 12/1 – […]
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 […]
The Pac-12 has two divisions just like the ACC, SEC and Big Ten, but the main difference in this league is that there are only 12 teams instead of 14. With a nine-game conference schedule in place, each team plays four cross-division games, leading to a fairly balanced Pac-12 slate. It’s time to break down […]
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 […]
We hit the halfway point of my pre-spring Top 25 rankings. My rankings probably will change after spring practices are completed, and they’ll most assuredly be tweaked when I submit my Associated Press Preseason Top 25 ballot in August. [READ: McMurphy’s Top 25 – Nos. 25-21] Today: Teams ranked 11-15. Thursday: Teams ranked 6-10. Friday: […]
The early 2019 Heisman Trophy odds have been released by Bovada and we’ve already analyzed the odds of the frontrunners for next season’s award. Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa are the two favorites entering next season, which shouldn’t be a surprise given that Lawrence led the Tigers to a national championship […]