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The NCAA scrambled to devise a plan for a 16-team event to salvage the tournament in one long weekend, per ESPN. The NCAA was forced to cancel March Madness because of the coronavirus. NCAA vice president of men’s basketball Dan Gavitt told the Assocaited Press and ESPN that the NCAA brainstormed ways to play an […]

There will be no cutting down nets. “One Shining Moment” will not be played as the confetti falls. March Madness will not be a national phenomena this year. The NCAA canceled both the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments in light of the coronavirus pandemic, just days before Selection Sunday. While no single champion can be […]

The NCAA Tournament has been canceled for both men’s and women’s Division 1 basketball in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic: NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships: https://t.co/qzKAS4McEI pic.twitter.com/G6XreZx35E — NCAA (@NCAA) March 12, 2020 Major conferences had preceded this move by canceling their tournaments on Thursday. The American Athletic Conference was the first domino […]

Despite most major college basketball conferences cancelling due to the coronavirus, the Big East decided to go ahead and tip on Thursday afternoon, leaving many people sincerely questioning their judgement. Update: After playing the first half of the first game on Thursday, the Big East finally cancelled: The Big East has cancelled its conference tournament, […]

TNT analyst Charles Barkley called for the cancellation of March Madness after the recent coronavirus pandemic forced the hand of many sporting leagues across the country: “Turner Sports and CBS got to close down March Madness, man, because you can’t have these players — even if there’s no fans in the stadium — you can’t […]

The NCAA Tournament will be played without fans due to the coronavirus. NCAA President Mark Emmert statement on limiting attendance at NCAA events: https://t.co/TIHHJjdse5 pic.twitter.com/8I1HdceDfN — NCAA (@NCAA) March 11, 2020 Thursday’s NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and Brooklyn Nets at the Chase Center will be played with no fans. At this rate, […]

Golden State Warriors rookie Eric Paschall had a strong reaction to the Ivy League choosing to cancel its tournament due to the fear of a coronavirus outbreak. The former Villanova Wildcats star isn’t far removed from his collegiate days, sympathizing with those seniors who will graduate without getting the NCAA tournament experience — as the […]

Jay Wright isn’t going to leave Villanova to coach the New York Knicks, according to Dana O’Neil of The Athletic. An earlier Monday rumor suggested the Knicks had “strong” interested in Wright. In fact, O’Neil is reporting Wright isn’t leaving the school period for an NBA gig: Let's quash this stuff before it gets started: […]

The New York Knicks are interested in Villanova head coach Jay Wright as a candidate to take the helm, according to Adam Zagoria of Forbes. Zagoria reports “there is a strong possibility” that Wright could wind up in New York. Wright has been atop the college radar, besting others like Virginia’s Tony Bennett as the most […]

During his 17-year NBA career, Metta World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest, had a reputation as an energetic, hot-headed and tough player. He was a key component of the infamous “Malice at the Palace” that occurred in 2004 when he was on the Indiana Pacers. It may not be as prevalent as it is […]

Despite the fact that the heralded Kansas Jayhawks had the game well in-hand, their cross-state rival Kansas State Wildcats didn’t simply let the clock run out. Instead, players from both Kansas and Kansas State collided along the baseline en route to an all-out brawl erupting to close the contest. With just seconds remaining in the […]

The San Antonio Spurs are a mere 14-19 on the season, and there have been some rumblings that Gregg Popovich may call it quits after he coaches in the 2020 Olympics. There have even been some rumors that Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self could be in line to take over for Pop, and it’s […]

Potential No. 1 pick James Wiseman has left the University of Memphis, slated to sign with an agent and begin preparing for 2020 NBA Draft, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. The freshman center was suspended by the NCAA for 12 games and tasked with making a substantial monetary charity contribution ($11,500) for violating […]

Memphis Tigers freshman center James Wiseman has put himself in the NBA Draft radar as one of the potential high-lottery picks, landing in most mock drafts as a top-three option for 2020. However, the recent 12-game ban issued by the NCAA, who claimed the 18-year-old received improper benefits to come to the school, could force […]

Draymond Green is head over heels as his No. 23 jersey is slated to be retired on Tuesday at Michigan State University. The Golden State Warriors star, however, didn’t expect head coach Steve Kerr to attend the ceremony in the midst of a busy NBA regular season. Kerr explained why he’s going to be in attendance: […]

Memphis Tigers star center and likely top five NBA Draft pick James Wiseman has officially been ruled ineligible to play by the university. He has been ruled ineligible for 12 games and has to pay back the $11,500 (to a charity of his choice) that coach Penny Hardaway gave to his parents for relocation purposes. […]

Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke Blue Devils lost key players from last season’s college basketball team, but added freshmen phenoms Vernon Carey and others in attempt to offset such a massive roster overhaul. Five games into the 2019-20 college basketball season, while operating without the Zion Williamson-level hype, it appears as though everything is going […]

The world of professional sports had a strong reaction to James Wiseman’s 12-game suspension by the NCAA, but many are especially up in arms by the ruling that the Memphis Tigers freshman is being forced to pay a whopping $11,500 in donations to charity to be restituted and regain eligibility. Not only has the NCAA […]

The NCAA decide to announce its decision regarding the status of Memphis Tigers freshman James Wiseman on Wednesday. And what a decision it was, as the governing body of college sports not only suspended the young man for a dozen games, but fined him. We’ll get more into that in about a second. One second […]

The NCAA announced Wednesday that University of Memphis center James Wiseman will be suspended for 12 games and have to pay $11,500 to a charity of his choice. Wiseman is widely considered the best big man in the country. He has long been a candidate to be selected with the first overall pick in the […]

In what was easily the most interesting college basketball game played on Tuesday evening, the Virginia Cavaliers were able to upset the Vermont Catamounts despite a monster performance from Anthony Lamb. Did you see what I did there? With cleverness as my friend, the lede featured a joke about Virginia “upsetting” a team from the […]

Entering the 2019-20 college basketball season, Bruce Pearl and the Auburn Tigers still had that ‘we made a run in the NCAA Tournament’ glow about them. Five games into their voyage, and it appears the glow surrounding is enough to run roughshod over Auburn’s non-conference docket. In a slight switch of format, we’re going to […]

Josh Hall, a four-star prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, has committed to Kevin Keatts and the North Carolina State Wolfpack. North Carolina State got a major boost to its 2020 recruiting class with its latest commitment from four-star guard Josh Hall. The commitment is the fifth for the Wolfpack in the […]

Senior guard Cam Thomas has committed to coach Will Wade and LSU according to a tweet from ESPN’s Paul Biancardi. The 6-foot-3, 180-pound guard is ranked as the No. 24 overall player and No. 6 shooting guard according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. This commitment has given the Tigers their fourth five-star commit in the […]

We often discuss small sample size theater in these blog posts. It’s a needed caveat when talking about college basketball this early in the season. Otherwise, whenever pointing to something good or bad, it comes off as insanely hyperbolic. Operating under the assumption everyone understands small sample size theater is used since there’s no other […]

If you can make it in the Big Apple, you can make it anywhere. At least that’s what someone would say if this were 1988 or pretty much anytime before the Internet shrunk the world. Don’t worry, this will related to college basketball in a minute. Eh, I digress… It’s The Morning After College Basketball! […]

It was a productive Friday in SEC basketball, as several teams around the league picked up convincing wins. There are three games on Saturday’s slate, with a couple of teams trying to stay undefeated on the season. Let’s get to the SEC basketball predictions. Season Predictions Record (straight up): 35-4 Nicholls State at No. 23 […]

Bill Russell, 44 years after being inducted, finally accepted his Hall of Fame ring. His reason for not embracing the honor was Russell’s feeling that he was undeserving of being the first black player to receive the honor. In a private ceremony w/my wife & close friends A.Mourning @AnnMeyers @billwalton & others I accepted my […]

The Ohio Bobcats are set to face the famed Villanova Wildcats on Saturday in what is expected to be a one-sided college basketball game. However, if you’re into lines and gambling and picks, you should 100 percent put all your money (fictitious, for entertainment purposes only) on Ohio. Let’s do this. Disclaimer: Joseph is not […]

Florida managed to hold on for a six-point win against Towson on Thursday, and it was a needed victory for the SEC after some early struggles. There are six games on Friday’s schedule, with several teams around the conference looking to grab quality wins. Let’s get to the SEC basketball predictions. Season Predictions Record (straight […]

As Disney+ enthralls the country, which is apparently not Mickey Mouse on steroids, the 2019-20 college basketball season keeps trucking along. The die-hard fanatics are here. They always will be. NBA fans who want to see potential Draft prospects have not yet joined the fray. Neither has your weird uncle, who only watches come March […]

LSU came up just short against VCU on Wednesday night, which would have been a huge win for the defending SEC basketball regular season champion. There are three games on Thursday’s schedule, including another SEC vs. Atlantic 10 showdown in the same city. Let’s get to the SEC basketball predictions. Season Predictions Record (straight up): […]

According to an announcement, Memphis Tigers star James Wiseman is dropping his lawsuit against the NCAA. The suit was a restraining order, allowing him to play following the governing body ruling him ineligible due to head coach Penny Hardaway giving the kid money while both were in the AAU realm. Below is the following statement […]

Let it be known ledes are insanely difficult to write when the meaningful information comes after the initial word vomit. It’s similar to micromanaging college basketball coaches who rather run a few seconds off the clock before starting earnest offense. Basically, all this stuff you see here — the words barely forming sentences — are […]

Dawson Garcia, a five-star forward prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, is down to just four schools. He’s considered one of the very best players in his recruiting class. News of the five-star senior Dawson Garcia out of Minnesota narrowing his choices to schools down to four broke on the mean streets […]

Five-star guard Bryce Thompson was down to a final four of schools in his recruitment, which included the Kansas Jayhawks, North Carolina Tar Heels, Oklahoma Sooners and Oklahoma State Cobowys. With the first signing period of the 2020 recruiting class underway, he has decided on the school where he’ll be taking his talents. He is […]

Coby White made the most of a visit from college coach Roy Williams, dropping a game-high 27 points off the bench and becoming the youngest player to hit seven 3-pointers in a quarter. The North Carolina standout bounced back from a shaky start to the season, making 8-of-14 from the field and 7-of-11 from deep, […]

Five-star combo guard Nimari Burnett was down to his final four schools of Alabama, Texas Tech, Oregon and Michigan in his recruitment. During the early stages of the national signing period, he made his commitment official as he will be heading to Lubbock to play for coach Chris Beard of Texas Tech. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound […]

It’s been a good start to the season for most SEC basketball teams, and the league will try to keep its momentum going. There are seven games on Tuesday’s schedule, with a few conference teams hitting the road for intriguing matchups. Let’s get to the SEC basketball predictions. Season Predictions Record (straight up): 19-4 Missouri […]