UWGB star Keifer Sykes
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 3/2/2015
Championship Week is one of the best times of the year, a time when the Davids of the world get a chance to feel like Goliath. It is a chance for teams from leagues like the Atlantic Sun, SWAC, and Big Sky get to play on ESPN, and get a chance to make it to […]
Northern Iowa’s Seth Tuttle
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 2/26/2015
While March and April are undoubtedly for the NCAA tournament, February has, at least in recent years, turned into the month for three things: bubble talk, 1-seed talk, and player of the year talk. This year, Wisconsin senior Frank Kaminsky and Duke freshman Jahlil Okafor have been running 1-2 for most of the season in […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 2/16/2015
The lowest-ranked power conference according to KenPom is currently the Pac-12, with an average rating of .7591. Even so, however, the league has two absolute tournament locks in Arizona and Utah, and the next worst league, the SEC, will get Arkansas and potentially one other team in addition to Kentucky. However, will a power conference […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 2/3/2015
It seems with each college basketball season, people come up with reasons why the game is failing, in trouble, or not as good as it could be. Everywhere, think pieces pop up about how to increase ratings, or just make the game more viewer-friendly and entertaining. Personally, I don’t think viewership is ever going to […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – JANUARY 31: Jahlil Okafor #15 and Tyus Jones #5 of the Duke Blue Devils celebrate following a late-three pointer by Jones against the Virginia Cavaliers at John Paul Jones Arena on January 31, 2015 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images)
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 2/2/2015
The debate over which conference is the best seems to crop up every year around this time, and while I am not sure how relevant it is to college basketball in general, it still gets to be an interesting topic most years. This year, however, I think the only real discussion is how one chooses […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 1/28/2015
The Big 12 is the best conference in college basketball this season. The league has an average KenPom rating of .8507, by far the best in the country. 8 of the 10 teams in the league are in the KenPom top 50, and 9 are in the top 100. Perhaps it’s no coincidence, then, that […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 1/22/2015
When I watch a college basketball game, I’m not one of those people who pays much attention to who is announcing the game, what the scorebug on the TV looks like, or most other aesthetics. However, one thing I do love to see is the different court designs. Perhaps that’s why I hate how the […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 1/14/2015
With conference season (finally) underway, the college basketball landscape is starting to take shape a bit and teams can more comfortably be sorted into tiers. While this means we have seen some surprising teams (I’ll admit I didn’t see Oklahoma State coming), it also means we have some disappointing teams. Sadly, the latter are what […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 1/8/2015
The Oklahoma Sooners are off to a 2-0 start in Big 12 play, and grabbed the league’s statement win so far, beating Texas 70-49 in Austin. After the win, Oklahoma moved up to No. 7 in the Pomeroy Ratings, tops in the Big 12. The Sooners were a sleeper coming into the season, but with […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 12/19/2014
While the FBS is new to this whole playoffs thing, the other divisions in college football are no strangers to settling things on the field. The FCS playoffs are into the semifinal round, and three seeded teams — including the top two seeds — remain in the hunt to claim the national title. Will it […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 12/17/2014
We are still early in the 2014-2015 season, and most leagues have not even started conference play yet, but it is already time to talk about one of the best parts of the NCAA tournament: bracket busters. Although the lines separating low-majors, mid-majors and high-majors get blurrier and blurrier every year (the packs might begin […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 12/12/2014
Michigan is coming off back to back home losses to NJIT and Eastern Michigan, which are ranked 267th and 119th in the KenPom ratings. While the Wolverines were expected to take a bit of a step back this season, they were preseason No. 16 in KenPom, and were ranked 24th in the first regular season […]
Duke’s Tyus Jones might have been knocked around at times on Tuesday night against Michigan State, but when you’ve just scored a basket in a game you significantly altered for the better, who has time to feel pain? Jones and his Duke teammates had a lot of fun — they showcased their offensive skills, which were too much for the Spartans.
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 12/10/2014
Although it was not hyped to the level of last year’s freshman class, this year’s crop of recruits had plenty of star power, and plenty of guys predicted for immediate stardom. Virtually every major publication tabbed Duke’s Jahlil Okafor as preseason national player of the year, and plenty of places tabbed Arizona freshman Stanley Johnson […]
New Kansas coach David Beaty was hired to bring in the types of recruits that sent Kansas to the Orange Bowl just seven years ago.
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 12/8/2014
When Kansas athletic director Sheahon Zenger set out to find the replacement for Charlie Weis, he likely hearkened back to the glory days of the Jayhawks’ run to the 2008 Orange Bowl. That team was led by a tough, rugged head coach with a keen eye for detail, and was largely built on the backs […]
Kansas is facing yet another coaching search
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 12/5/2014
As a Kansas fan and alum, football season is a bit less exciting than basketball season to say the least. The one “positive” to being a Kansas fan is I have gotten really good at going through coaching searches. This is the third search for a head coach Kansas has undertaken since Mark Mangino left […]
