Ranking Every State in the U.S. by the College Basketball Prospects It Produces
Which states are the most common producers of college basketball talent? Stadium’s Andy Wittry crunched the recruiting numbers.
Up-to-Date List of College Basketball Coaching Changes
Here’s a list of all the college basketball coaching changes in 2019. Stadium is working to obtain a copy of the contract for every new head coach at a public school, so click on a name under the “New Coach” column to read the details of their contracts, including their base salary, incentives and buyout. […]
Comparing Tenures of College Basketball Coaches Who Were Fired, Resigned or Upgraded
We compare the tenures of college basketball coaches who were fired this offseason to those who left their respective schools on their own terms.
Where Would You Go to School if You Were the Next Kyler Murray?
The first round of the 2019 NFL Draft is Thursday night and there’s been more than a little speculation that Oklahoma’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Kyler Murray will be the No. 1 overall pick by the Arizona Cardinals. That would make Murray a top-10 pick in both the NFL (2019) and MLB (2018) drafts after the […]
Up-To-Date List of College Basketball Players Who Declared for 2019 NBA Draft
On Tuesday, April 23, the NBA announced the 233 players who filed as early entry candidates for the 2019 NBA Draft, which included 175 players from colleges and other education institutions and 58 international players. Here’s the list of the 175 college basketball players who have declared for the 2019 NBA Draft. The NBA Draft […]
College Basketball Coaching Hires: Best & Worst, Biggest Surprise & More
All of the high-profile jobs have now been filled after St. John’s decided to go with an outside-the-box hire of Mike Anderson. That means we can finally give out awards: The best hire, the worst, the most surprising and plenty more accolades from the 2019 Coaching Carousel.
Postseason Grades for Every Pac-12 College Basketball Team
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 […]
Analyzing College Basketball’s Relationship Between Recruiting Rankings and Wins
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 […]
Nevada Coach Steve Alford Signs 10-Year Contract: Salary, Buyout, Incentives
Former UCLA Coach Steve Alford, who was fired by the Bruins on New Year’s Eve, was hired by Nevada, where he’ll replace Eric Musselman, who left for Arkansas. Stadium obtained Alford’s contract with Nevada via public records request. He signed a 10-year contract on April 11, 2019 with the university worth $11.6 million that runs […]
Analyzing UCLA’s Coaching Hire of Cincinnati’s Mick Cronin
UCLA fired former coach Steve Alford on New Year’s Eve and after a lengthy, winding and — at points — befuddling coaching search that resulted in Kentucky Coach John Calipari receiving a lifetime contract with the ‘Cats and Tennessee Coach Rick Barnes landing a new raise in Knoxville, the Bruins settled on Cincinnati Coach Mick […]
Picking a Potential NCAA Tournament Bid Stealer for College Basketball’s Top Conferences
Eight of college basketball’s 32 conferences are projected to send multiple teams to the NCAA Tournament, according to Stadium’s latest tournament projections. For any conference with at least one at-large team, but especially those eight conferences, if a school that isn’t projected to earn an at-large bid wins the conference tournament, that will qualify as […]
NCAA Tournament Bracket Tips: Which Region of the Bracket Is Strongest Historically?
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 […]
Examining the Concept of a ‘Weak’ NCAA Tournament Bubble
We’re about to reach the stage of the college basketball season where you’ll likely hear about “how weak the bubble is this year” in the weeks leading up to the NCAA Tournament. It’s a refrain that is repeated seemingly annually by college basketball analysts and optimistic fans whose teams aren’t locks to make the tournament. […]
Predicting the 2019 Over/Under Win Totals for the Pac-12
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 […]
Your School Landed a Top-10 Basketball Recruit? This Is How You Set Reasonable Expectations
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 […]