0 comments by Steve Fetch on 11/24/2014
The Maui Invitational has long been the most prestigious and famous tournament during the nonconference season. With moments like Chaminade’s upset over Ralph Sampson led Virginia, or Adam Morrison’s performance in the 2005 Maui Invitational, the tournament has grown into the invitation all schools hope to receive. The weather sure doesn’t hurt either, I bet. […]
John Beilein is a freakin’ wizard, and Zak Irvin might be the newest breakout player at Michigan who will cast a spell over Big Ten opponents this season.
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 11/13/2014
With one and dones becoming such a prevalent part of major college basketball these days, we often forget there are a lot of elite recruits, and sometimes not so elite recruits, that blossom as sophomores to become one of the best players on their respective teams. This season should be no different, as there are […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 11/12/2014
There were a lot of great coaching hires this offseason: Bruce Pearl got a second chance at Auburn; Virginia Tech hired Buzz Williams, one of the best coaches in the country; and Wake Forest hired up-and-comer Danny Manning. In order for those jobs to open, however, someone usually has to get fired. The hot seat […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 11/4/2014
We are getting dangerously close to the end of this preseason poll. Even more dangerous is the fact that I will be writing about one of my alma maters and the reason I’m writing about college basketball in the first place. We’ll get to those at the end, but first, as this is my last […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 10/22/2014
The toughest teams for me personally to rank are mid-majors (or, since I hate that term, teams that are commonly referred to as mid-majors). Even with the increased parity in college basketball, watching Gonzaga destroy WCC team after WCC team does not provide clarity into whether this Gonzaga squad, as the yearly refrain goes, is […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch on 10/15/2014
We’re under a month from the college basketball season, so that means it is preseason lists time. Scott King and I have collaborated to produce a Preseason Top 26 (because 25 would be too boring). We have split the 26 teams into six groups, and we’ll lead off with team 26, a former Pac-12 also-ran […]
