Mandatory Credit: Matthew Shannon/Auburn athletics Deep in the south, head coach Bruce Pearl took in the scene as his Auburn Tigers dribbled out the clock in an 80-71 victory over Kentucky on Jan. 22. For Pearl and the Tigers, this has been a long time coming. As a program, Auburn spent the better part of the last two decades as a doormat. Since the days of Charles Barkley … [Read more...] about Hoops on The Plains: How Auburn Became a Basketball Powerhouse
College Hoops: Mid-Major Power Rankings (Feb. 5, 2022)
Photo credit: David Eaton/Murray State athletics College basketball is very much like the solar system. The bigger, more notable planets are the ones who will grasp the majority of the attention, but the smaller, more intimate planets that are closer to the sun are the ones that go overlooked at times. In this analogy, the large planets -- the gas giants -- are clearly the … [Read more...] about College Hoops: Mid-Major Power Rankings (Feb. 5, 2022)
2021-22 College Hoops Preview – Predictions
Photo courtesy of UCLA athletics There is a common saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder. College basketball, in the typical format, was taken during the 2020-21 season. Yes, the season was played, but it was nowhere near “normal”. That term has been thrown around so often over the course of the past 18 months. However, “normal” will never return in the same … [Read more...] about 2021-22 College Hoops Preview – Predictions
2021-22 College Hoops Preview – Storylines Edition
Photo courtesy of Gonzaga athletics Sports and life are synonymous in the way that they intersect with one another in nearly every possible facet. Sports and time move at the same pace and can be tracked in the same manner. Life moves on, and another season of college basketball has arrived. With the overall success seen during the 2020-21 season, the NCAA is poised for a … [Read more...] about 2021-22 College Hoops Preview – Storylines Edition
Five Takeaways from Maryland’s First Two Games
Photo courtesy of Maryland athletics Anyone who has watched Maryland play its first two games can tell that something is different. Not only internally, but externally, the Terrapins are much more...entertaining. They have flare and flash offensively and the defense, specifically the secondary, has been suffocating. In their two wins to open the campaign, the Terps have … [Read more...] about Five Takeaways from Maryland’s First Two Games