Ahh, the Big East. THE best pure basketball conference in the entire country. Physicality, history, and players that aren’t obsessed with one-and-done. That’s what makes up this conference. It is the grittiest conference in America, and year after year outperforms pre-season expectations. What’s not to love? I had the privilege to chat with Coach Ed Cooley of the Providence Friars
Cassius Stanley and Cole Anthony are two of the brightest young stars for next season. Anthony is listed as the #2 prospect by ESPN and #4 by 247 Sports, while Cassius Stanley is rated a little bit lower at 29 overall by both sites. The two of them are both announcing their decisions this week, with Cassius going first at
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Matthew Hurt, a 6’8 power forward out of Rochester Minnesota is the 10th ranked player in the class of 2019. He is one of the last top recruits to decide on a school, but will be announcing on Friday, April 19th where he will spend next year. The 4 schools he’s considering are Duke, Kansas, UNC, and Kentucky. Here are
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I had the pleasure to interview NCAA Champion, the University of Virginia forward, Jay Huff. It was an incredible experience, my first real interview with a collegiate athlete. I learned about Jay’s childhood dreams, what it’s like playing for Coach Bennett, and a few surprising facts about him! If you want to hear about Jay’s nickname, how the Cavaliers are
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The ultimate redemption story: Virginia went on one of the most improbable runs through the field of 64 after becoming the first ever 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed to bring home the schools first ever basketball national championship. Players, fans, and Tony Bennett can breath a sigh of relief, but after deserving celebrations die down, it has
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Zion Williamson (PF Duke) Ja Morant (PG Murray State) RJ Barrett (Duke SF) De’Andre Hunter (SF Virginia) Jarrett Culver (SG Texas Tech) Cameron Reddish (SF Duke) Jaxon Hayes (C Texas) Darius Garland (PG Vanderbilt) Brandon Clarke (PF Gonzaga) Sekou Doumbouya (PF France) Bol Bol (C Oregon) Coby White (PG UNC) Romeo Langford (PG Indiana) Kevin Porter (SG USC) Rui Hachimura
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Chris Beard has officially turned Texas Tech into a basketball school. Following his third full season at the helm for the Red Raiders, Beard has pretty much done the unthinkable: back-to back elite eight appearances, and of course the first national championship appearance in school history. Although the Red Raiders were unable to cap off a tremendously successful season by
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While Zion Williamson was making headlines, Virginia was winning national championships, and other big names made headlines, mid major players and schools were quietly having record seasons. Now, you could easily say that it was last year that would be the year of the mid major thanks to Loyola Chicago’s miraculous run to the final 4, but in this article
Read moreThe 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament was one for the ages to say the least. Never before had we seen so many teams go into so many overtime sessions. While many of the top four seeds survived to the Sweet Sixteen, there were many new surprises and it was many of those new surprises who would make noise all the
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March 16, 2018, a day that all college basketball fans will always remember. #1 seeds remained undefeated at 135-0. Then it happened 135-1. Virginia is the culprit of the first #16 upset in NCAA tournament history. Fast forward to March 2019 and Virginia found themselves as a #1 seed once again. Could history really repeat itself? Virginia trailed #16 Gardner-Webb
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