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Only a couple of weeks ago the Georgia Bulldogs were squarely on the March Madness bubble. However, a decisive home win over the Alabama Crimson Tide and a come-from-behind road victory over Mississippi State to finish the conference slate put Mike White’s team squarely in the tournament. The question is, where? Some bracketologists had the […]
At the outset of this season, we asked the community for their expectations of Ben McCollum in his first year as head coach. The consensus was for a good, but not great season where Iowa is middle of the pack in the Big Ten conference standings and on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament. Fast […]
The Mountain West Conference Tournament tips off Wednesday at noon at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas! Let’s break down the field. The Mountain West Conference Tournament Bracket Utah State (1) No surprises here. Jerrod Calhoun’s offense — led by superstar Mason Falslev — is a beautifully designed and executed motion offense that […]
San Jose State basketball (8-23, 3-17 MW) enters the opening round of the Mountain West Conference tournament tomorrow night knowing full well the margin for error has shrunk to the width of a rim. Across the floor will stand Boise State (20-11, 12-8 MW): a team that has already proven twice this season it can […]
With the NCAA Tournament just over a week away for the Wisconsin Badgers, I want to examine this year’s squad, A-Z, to hit some of the highlights and try to make some sense out of things. We’ve gotten through Parts 1 and 2 of this series. Now, let’s finish things off with Part 3. R is for Ready For […]
The 73rd iteration of the ACC Tournament gets underway on Tuesday afternoon with a triple-header of first-round games inside the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. While Virginia doesn’t take the floor until Thursday, keep it locked on Streaking the Lawn throughout the week, as Corbin Lathrop is on the ground with live updates and […]
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Yes we know that most of you still aren’t used to the Syracuse Orange playing conference tournament games on Tuesday, but once again here we are. This afternoon, Syracuse opens ACC Tournament play against the SMU Mustangs in Charlotte. Syracuse enters on a five-game losing streak while SMU has dropped their last four. Neither is […]
Guard Nene Ndiaye of Rutgers women’s basketball announced her intentions to enter the transfer portal earlier today. With her departure, the Scarlet Knights will lose their leading scorer from last season. She is the second player to announce her intentions to transfer, after Antonia Bates announced she will be entering the portal last night. Since […]
The 2026 Big East Tournament will begin on Wednesday and give us four days of exciting action before Selection Sunday. Villanova will have the late-night tip on Thursday as the No. 3 seed in the conference. The Wildcats will take on the winner of DePaul and Georgetown, which will be the third and final game […]
The Big Ten announced its 2026 conference player awards on Tuesday, and several Wisconsin Badgers made their way on the list, but not perhaps in the spots they’d prefer. Nick Boyd led the way, being a consensus All-Big Ten second team selection. Boyd averaged 20.1 points, 4.0 assists, and 3.7 rebounds this season, shooting 48.0 […]
A little more than two weeks ago, it seemed optimistic at best and delusional at worst to imagine that, on the eve of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, we would be talking about the Ohio State Buckeyes being a lock for the Big Dance. But here we are, following wins over then-No. 8 Purdue, […]
—NET Rankings Update (men’s): No. 13 —NET Rankings Update (women’s): No. 11 —Nearly every updated bracket projection on the internet has Louisville as a 6-seed. A few scattered projections have the Cards as a 5 or a 7. —The latest women’s Bracketology from ESPN has Louisville as a 3-seed in UCLA’s region. The Cardinals would […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the top two seeds gone in the 2026 Coastal Athletic Association tournament, the next two seeds have stepped up to take their place, and now they’ll meet for the CAA championship. The No. 4-seeded Monmouth Hawks rode their relentless defense to a 74-64 CAA semifinal win over the upstart, No. 9 […]
The Big Ten media and coaches have released their all-Big Ten teams for the 2025-2026 season, with Rutgers guard Tariq Francis being the only Scarlet Knight to receive all-Big Ten recognition. He was named an all-Big Ten honorable mention by the media. Francis has been the most dynamic scorer for the Knights all season, posting […]
Overall Record: 21 – 10 Big 12 Record: 9-9 Previous 3 Games 3/7: W – 82 – 76 vs Texas Tech @ Home 3/3: L – 68 – 90 vs Cincinnati @ Away 2/23: L – 71 – 79 vs West Virginia @ Away Personnel Starters Bench Key Analytics (Per KenPom.com – National Rank / Big 12 Rank in ()) KenPom […]
Ahead of the start of the 2026 Big Ten tournament tonight in Chicago, we’re taking a look back at the preseason media poll that was released in early October. The “official unofficial” media poll surveyed 28 writers from across the ... The post How each Big Ten team finished in the final league standings relative to preseason expectations appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
The bracket is mostly unchanged since Monday’s. I have not had the time to do a full scrub since Friday, so there may be changes in tomorrow’s field—particularly with there being some games of interest tonight. More on those after the full bracket and rundown. NOTES: (1) East (Washington, D.C., Fri./Sun.) Greenville (Thurs./Sat.) (1) Duke […]
March Madness is officially here, and the North Carolina Tar Heels are officially on the hunt for their seventh NCAA title. The field is pretty tough this year, particularly when looking at the projected one seeds. Michigan, Arizona, Duke, and Florida are all teams that very well could win the whole dang thing, but could […]
The kid Kansas… is now the Big Ten’s best freshman. After a historic first season in Champaign, Keaton Wagler was honored Tuesday as the league’s Freshman of the Year. The lightly recruited four-star guard has had a dominant campaign for No. 9 Illinois, highlighted by his 46-point outburst in an upset win over Purdue in […]
The 2026 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament tips off Tuesday morning from Kansas City, MO, a five day gauntlet where the deepest collection of teams battle for the conference crown. The stakes are sky high for every team entering the week with plenty of drama sure to unfold: a 1-seed fighting for the NCAA Tournament’s […]
Kentucky missed out on another key recruiting target in the class of 2026 on Tuesday when five-star shooting guard Caleb Holt announced his commitment to Arizona during an appearance on ESPN’s First Take. Holt, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard from Florida, had been one of the top prospects on Mark Pope’s recruiting board. The Wildcats hosted […]
Welcome to Day 1 of the Big 12 Tournament. If you’re lucky enough to have today off and want to talk about some Big 12 Basketball with other Kansas State fans, this is your place. All the basketball chat without the trolls and bots, in this economy? Indeed, folks, there is a better way to […]
Indiana’s Lamar Wilkerson was named to the All-Big Ten second team by the league’s coaches and to the third team by the media, it was announced Tuesday. Wilkerson, who set the program’s single-season record in Big Ten play for points ... The post IU basketball’s Lamar Wilkerson named second team All-Big Ten by coaches, third team by media appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
Ole Miss basketball has one chance left to do something this season. Only LSU (lol) finished below the Rebels in the standings. This season has by far been the worst of Chris Beard’s tenure and even his career. Typically his teams only ascend each year, but NIL has changed everything. If the men want to […]
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