1 Duke has a poor grip on the No. 1 spot in the country after a 77-51 romp over No. 11 Virginia. Isaiah Evans drilled five treys, and Duke’s defense just vaporized Virginia’s once rolling offense. Last week: 1 2 Arizona shows that it can win using different recipes. It has a pace-and-space setup that […]
Twenty-four of college basketball’s 25 ranked teams will be in action Saturday. And sixteen of those teams play on the road. So as someone who has followed this sport closely for decades, let me translate: The forecast for the next 24 hours in sports has a high chance of chaos. In the past week alone, […]
Jon Scheyer had an arduously long offseason to reflect on how small the margins are between victory and defeat. The nightmares of blowing a 14-point lead in the Final Four to Houston, including a last-minute shot from the depths of hell, will never completely go away. You have to wonder if these all-too-familiar thoughts began […]
The ACC has released its notice predicted order of finish in preseason on Tuesday ahead of the 2025-26 college basketball season. Duke was picked to win the conference in the annual preseason poll, while NC State forward Darrion Williams earned preseason Player of the Year honors. Williams transferred from Texas Tech to NC State to […]
Year 1 of the John Calipari era in Arkansas can and must be labeled a success. The program reached the second weekend of the NCAA tournament after a terrible start of SEC Games, and was in a position to reach the elite eight before he wasted a double digit lead in a loss for Texas […]