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Size, Skill and Smarts: Franz Wagner Has The Juice
In draft evaluation, they said deciding “who is good at what” is the easy part. Cade Cunningham is a good passer, Moses Moody is a good shooter, Evan Mobley is a good defender, the list goes on. At this point, simply stating a prospect and their skills isn’t enough. I...
read moreDraft Journal Vol. 3
With college basketball officially cancelled for the rest of the season, I took the time to catch up on some games that I missed throughout the year. Like everyone else, I have a ton of time on my hands. Tasking myself with “work” not only helps the hours go by, but...
read moreDraft Journal Vol. 2
We’re a few weeks into conference play, some prospects have proven their worth while others continue to leave evaluators scratching their heads. I felt like I had a lot to catch up on while writing volume two, so I’m hoping to get these out more frequently as the...
read more2020 Big Board: Pre-Conference Play Update
Through the first two months of college basketball, it’s been rough. The blue-bloods are far from dominant, a lot of the five-star freshman have been underwhelming and many of the top draft prospects are struggling to optimize their potential due to their...
read moreDraft Journal Vol. 1
Michigan State's Aaron Henry (The Only Colors) Welcome to the first volume of my Draft Journal. Every two weeks (or so) I’m going to publish a new installment. Over the course of the year I take a ton of notes, I wanted to create a column that is timely and...
read more2020 Draft: Preseason Big Board
After grinding high school, AAU and FIBA tape since June 21st, I've finally compiled my preseason big board. This draft is extremely flat after the top end talent, and there's probably 60 guys that could end up in the 10-30 range. Because of that, there's no real...
read moreHarlond Beverly’s Stock Can’t Rise Fast Enough
From nationally unknown to a first round prospect, meet Montverde product Harlond Beverly. The 6’5” guard quickly burst onto the scene during his lone season with the Golden Eagles. Beverly has been skyrocketing up the rankings, but it wasn’t always that way. For...
read moreWhat Would Terrence Clarke Bring To Each Of His Six Finalists?
This past week, the Terrence Clarke buzz picked up dramatically. It all started when recruiting insiders Andrew Slater, Jerry Meyer and Corey Evans all simultaneously put in a crystal ball pick for Kentucky. The five-star 2021 prospect has been very open about his...
read moreThe Path Of a Mid Major
There are 32 automatic qualifying bids for the NCAA Tournament in March, many of these bids are occupied by teams known as “mid majors.” These teams don’t build resumes, with quadrant 1 wins and quadrant 3 losses, they don’t see the analysts debating whether they...
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My Favorite NBA Draft Prospects
My favorite 2019 NBA draft prospects With college basketball season underway, everyone is releasing their NBA Draft “Big Boards.” I, for one, am not a fan of creating a 60 player big board based on two games in college and YouTube highlights. So instead, I’m going to...
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What Each Team Needs To Do To Cut Down The Nets On Monday
What Each Team Needs To Do To Cut Down the Nets On Monday Then there were four. Loyola Chicago, Michigan, Villanova and Kansas all made it out of their region for a chance to play for the National Championship in San Antonio. All four of these teams are more than...
read moreTeams Who Can Make An Unexpected Run In March
Teams Who Can Make Unexpected Run In March It’s March and you know what that means…time to talk brackets. One of the hardest things about filling out a bracket is picking what I like to call your “Snoozer.” It’s the team that’s more realistic than your mid...
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Tobacco Road Rivalry Preview
Tobacco Road Rivalry Preview Nine miles is all that stands between these storied blue blood programs. Thursday night Duke and North Carolina will meet in the legendary Dean Dome, the same Dome where Vince Carter terrorized Duke defenders at the rim, the same Dome...
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Bracketology Breakdown
As we get closer to March, Joe Lunardi’s brackets go from complete predictions to a reliable make up of what the field may look like. Every college basketball fan gets excited with the release of a new bracket, and Lunardi’s latest installment is pretty interesting....
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The Freshman Class Has Been Pleasantly Surprising
These first couple of months have been very eventful. It has shown fans that college basketball doesn’t just exist in the month of March. We’ve been pleasantly surprised with some teams and players, and in some cases, underwhelmed. It’s been very hard to take much...
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College Basketball Doesn’t Just Exist in the Month of March
These first couple of months have been very eventful. It has shown fans that college basketball doesn’t just exist in the month of March. We’ve been pleasantly surprised with some teams and players, and in some cases, underwhelmed. It’s been very hard to take much...
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Holiday Tournament Previews
College basketball is officially back. Every year we are blessed with great early matchups between top-25 teams in these holiday tournaments, but this year is pretty special. The addition of Nike’s PK80 tournament in honor of Phil Knights 80th birthday, features two...
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My Pre-Season Top 25 College Rankings
After seven long months, the college basketball season is finally near. With a lot of stars returning (which is unusual) and of course some new faces, this season should be an entertaining and interesting one. Without further introduction, here is my annual preseason...
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Championship Preview
After two great nail bitting games on Saturday night, the bittersweet ending is finally here. I couldn’t be more excited for tonight because this is the biggest stage for college basketball, and I think we can all agree two of the best teams in the country are playing...
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Team 107, Thank You…
Some of you may not know, because I try to keep my blog bias-free, but I am a die-hard Michigan fan, which most times, is extremely disappointing. I’ve witnessed some great moments in Michigan sports history, going back as far as I can remember, beginning with Mario...
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