Latest blog entries about College Basketball
As the resident broadcaster for Purple Row, I’m always making an effort to take note of those who are calling games. My baseball and softball broadcasting has been heavily influenced by the many hours I’ve spent listening to Jack Corrigan on the radio, which has also bled into how I call basketball games. I’ve also […]
The matches that will decide who travels to Athens next week for the quarterfinals of the Division I NCAA Team Championships begin tomorrow, with 11 of the 16 Super Regionals set for Friday. Five men's matches and six women's matches are on the schedule for Friday, beginning with the 3 p.m. Eastern time women's match between the Texas A&M and Southern California and ending with two 7 p.m.
Kentucky Wildcats basketball head coach Mark Pope took to social media this week to ask Big Blue Nation for feedback and questions as the offseason continues. Early Thursday evening, Pope posted Round 2 of the few answers he had responded to. Pope answered six questions, from a variety of topics, from what he ate to […]
ACC Prescription asks if Duke basketball has found the loophole to generate extra revenue. ChopChat says the cancellation of the UGA home and home is a worst-case scenario for FSU football. The national media is not high on Clemson football says Rubbing the Rock. StateoftheU looks at the depth of Miami football and asks … Continue reading »
The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will expand to 76 teams beginning in 2027. The move is purely financial, as it does not elevate competition within the tournament. It does create more slots for the UW men’s program, which has struggled mightily in recent years, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to pretend to […]
Like it or not, ready or not, the NCAA tournament is going to expand to 76 teams, starting next season. No one much likes it, with coaches and fans at the front of the line. Money speaks, though, so they’ll water it down. Now we’ll get 32 automatic bids and 44 at-large bids. The First […]
While the Kentucky Basketball offseason hasn’t been what fans had hoped for thus far, there’s still some real potential with the 2026-27 roster. Part of that is the acquisition of Ousmane N’Diaye, a talented overseas prospect from Senegal who may very well earn the starting 4 spot this season. During his latest Q&A with fans, […]
The Players Era Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, heard the concerns from the fans and created two brackets. The first will be an eight-team bracket the week of Nov. 16, the week before Thanksgiving. The Gonzaga Bulldogs will be playing in the 16-team bracket the week of Nov. 23, the week of Thanksgiving. ESPN is […]
It was a shock around the hockey world when the Vegas Golden Knights fired head coach Bruce Cassidy with eight games left in the regular season last month. Make no mistake, Cassidy will be able to pick and choose his next job behind a bench in the NHL, as there will be no shortage of teams interested in bringing him in. One of those teams, a club where there are serious questions being asked about their current bench boss, is the Edmonton Oilers. After a first-round flameout t...
Surprising no one, the NCAA decided that an increase in revenue was a good thing and added 8 teams to the tournament for both the men and women beginning in 2027. Estimates are that the additional teams will generate $300 million in revenue over the remaining six years of the broadcast contract. $131 million of […]
March Madness just got a little bigger. Whether that will make the best sporting event in the world any better remains to be seen. The NCAA formally announced Thursday that the Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will expand from 68 to 76 teams in 2027. It is the first increase in field size […]
The Diamond Heels come into this weekend having played a fair bit less baseball in the last couple of weeks than they usually have going into a weekend series. After their series win over Duke two weekends ago, they played their worst game of the season against Coastal Carolina, then cancelled a game against Queens […]
It pains me to say this, but the NCAA Tournament is officially moving to a 76-team field. On Thursday, the Division I men’s and women’s basketball committees voted to expand both tournaments from 68 teams to 76, which will begin in the 2027 tournaments, according to CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander. The vote was unanimous. This […]
Throughout the first two games of this series the Knicks have been able to slow down the Sixers’ offense in a way they really hadn’t experienced in their first-round series against Boston. On top of the 4-of-19 shooting performance that sunk them in the fourth quarter of Game 2, they’ve really struggled to take care […]
After much uncertainty, it appears the Louisville men’s basketball team will indeed compete at the third annual Players Era Festival Tournament in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving week. The event announced Thursday morning that it’s expanding to 24 teams in 2026, with two separate bracket-play tournaments over the course of two weeks in Vegas. The PEF […]
Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries addressed the media on Thursday, providing a handful of updates on the Hoosiers’ offseason. DeVries was asked about and addressed Indiana’s strategy in the transfer portal, the staff’s offseason work, the frontcourt pairing between former Alabama forward Aiden Sherrell and former SMU center Samet Yigitoglu, the impending international […]
Kentucky Basketball is continuing its aggressive approach in the transfer portal, holding a Zoom meeting with Iowa State transfer forward Milan Momcilovic, according to Jacob Polacheck of KSR+. Momcilovic, a 6-foot-8, 210-pound forward, is also currently testing the NBA Draft waters while weighing his college options for next season. The rising senior forward would bring […]
Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries hasn’t ever had a player over seven feet tall on any of his rosters as a head coach. He was asked about the frontcourt pairing of the 6’11” Aiden Sherrell and 7’2” Samet Yigitoglu during a media availability on Thursday. He praised Aiden Sherrell’s abilities as a 3-point […]
Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries spoke with the media on Thursday to provide a few offseason updates. The Hoosiers signed all six of their transfer portal commitments as of his press conference, with former Villanova guard Bryce Lindsay doing so following his visit this week. DeVries touched on Indiana’s approach to the portal, […]
The three-part docuseries on UConn women’s basketball finally has a release date. On Thursday, Apple TV announced that “The Dynasty: UConn Huskies” will premiere globally on the platform on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. Produced by Skydance Sports, the series will weave the story of the Huskies’ run to their 12th national title in 2025 into […]
Following Barcelona’s exit from the Champions League this season, one thing has become absolutely clear. Barcelona really need an elite center-back. Inigo Martinez has been missed, Barca’s defence exposed multiple times and none of Ronaldo Araujo, Eric Garcia nor Gerard Martin have solved that issue. Alessandro Bastoni seems to be the top target but one […]
Rutgers basketball is scheduled to head back to the Players Era Tournament next season, but this time, things are going to look drastically different because the tournament has expanded to 24 teams and has been split into two separate brackets. On top of all of these changes, ESPN’s Jeff Borzello reported on Thursday morning that the Players […]
Portal season has been pretty quiet on the women’s side, but no doubt that ex-Colorado guard Desiree Wooten was a critical recent addition to Wes Moore. Not only does Wooten give NC State a second reliable scorer in the backcourt, she’ll also help replace some of the three-point production that Zam Jones took with her. […]
Second-year IU coach Darian DeVries addressed the media via Zoom on Thursday morning for a lengthy spring update. You can watch the full media availability here and we’ll have plenty of additional coverage in the days ahead, but here are ... The post Five takeaways from Thursday’s IU basketball spring update with Darian DeVries appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
Back about a week ago, Duke University announced that their men’s basketball team was 1) scheduling three non-conference games against UConn, Michigan, and Gonzaga and 2) arranging for those three games to be broadcast in a unique deal through Amazon Prime Video. At the time, my instant reaction was two-fold, neither of which really warranted […]