"I'm not superstitious but, I'm a little-stitious" - Michael Scott

Twitter: @ChaseSwaringen

Hometown: Glenview, Illinois

Favorite Sports Media Journalist: Gus Johnson

Favorite Athlete: Harry Kane

Favorite Team: Tottenham Hotspur

If you could cover any sporting event in the world, what would it be: World Cup or Champions League

Best tradition at your college: Little 500

The restaurant you most frequent in your college town: Buffa-Louie's

Best class you’ve ever taken: Occult in Western Civilization

2017-2018 NCAA Basketball All-Name Team

College basketball is only 13 days away. Crazy right? The upcoming season is poised to be one of the more memorable in recent years with an abundance of talent all around the NCAA. However, for the more casual fan, the talent might not be enough to attract you to watch games. Thankfully, there are plenty […]

College Basketball Preseason Round Table

Merry Basketballmas, friends. The best five months of the year are finally here, so we asked some of our writers to sit down and talk about what they’re most excited about for the upcoming season. Player of the Year Prediction Sean Bock: Miles Bridges. The obvious favorite this year for player of the year, Bridges […]

Will The Slipper Fit? Early-Season Cinderella Picks

The madness is set to begin before we even reach March this year. However, it is never too early to start thinking about a strategy for winning the office bracket challenge or the family bragging rights battle. The best strategy to use is the high-risk high-reward Cinderella pick. Fortunately for those looking to implement that […]

What To Watch For: Weekend Edition

College basketball is officially underway and each weekend brings a full slate of excellent matchups from around the nation. On this weekend edition of what to watch for, I break down which matchup to watch, players to keep an eye on, and an upset of the weekend. Matchup of the Weekend: #11 Cincinnati vs. #21 […]

Mid-Major Player of the Month

One month of college basketball is in the books and sure, it’s fun to watch Marvin Bagley III, Miles Bridges and Bonzie Colson, but what about the guys who can’t be seen on ESPN every time they play? Once a month, one player from a mid-major school will be selected as the Student Union Mid-Major […]

Trae Young: Hometown Hero

There hasn’t been much for basketball fans to cheer about in Norman, Oklahoma since Buddy Hield left for the NBA draft a year ago. The Sooners finished last season with only eleven wins and failed to make any postseason tournament. This season Oklahoma is off to a 5-1 start and are led by the most […]

6 Reasons to Hate Grayson Allen

At this point, Grayson Allen is a household name. He’s now playing his fourth year for Duke, which is rare. He scores a ton and is a guy everyone loves to hate. Average people might find it hard to pinpoint why they hate Allen so much besides the fact he plays on Duke, a college […]

Florida State’s Derwin James declares for NFL draft

Florida State safety Derwin James announced via Instagram Tuesday afternoon that he is declaring for the NFL draft immediately and will not participate in FSU’s upcoming bowl game against Southern Mississippi. James is a redshirt sophomore and is currently projected as a top ten pick in the upcoming NFL draft. The safety was one of […]

Oklahoma’s Mark Andrews wins Mackey Award for top tight end

Oklahoma tight end Mark Andrews was the recipient of this year’s Mackey Award for college football’s top tight end. The school made an announcement about the award in a news release Wednesday evening. Andrews topped Wisconsin’s Troy Fumagalli and Penn State’s Mike Gesicki and will receive the trophy on Thursday. The junior led the nation’s […]

South Carolina State guard released from hospital

Tyvoris Solomon, who collapsed on the court during a game at NC State last week, has been released from the hospital. A spokesman for the hospital said that Solomon was staying in confirmed the news that Solomon had been discharged. The cause of the collapse is still unknown and Solomon will continue to undergo tests […]

What to Watch For: Weekend Edition

College basketball is back and each weekend brings a full slate of excellent matchups from around the nation. On this weekend edition of what to watch for, I break down which matchup to watch, a player to keep an eye on, and an upset of the weekend. Matchup of the Weekend: #2 Kansas vs. #16 […]

Naughty or Nice? A Christmas Guide to College Basketball

He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice, he’s going to find out who’s naughty and nice. Santa Claus is coming to town and even though it may seem like today’s college basketball stars are too old to be worried about whether or not they’ll be getting presents or coal, Santa still needs to put […]

A Very College Basketball New Year’s Party

Welcome to 2018, college basketball fans. After a year filled with highlight reel plays, some crazy games and a massive controversy, it’s finally time to move on to a new year filled with hopefully more good and less bad. Fortunately for me, my 2017 ended with a bang. I was lucky enough to receive an […]

De’Ron Davis to miss rest of season

Head coach Archie Miller and the Indiana Hoosiers were dealt a huge blow Wednesday morning when it was announced that sophomore center De’Ron Davis will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn right Achilles tendon. The injury was originally announced last week, but the significance was not immediately known. […]

Weekend Edition: What to Watch

College basketball is nearing March, aka, the best time of the year. However, there’s still plenty of tough conference matchups over the next couple weeks and this weekend that are sure to bring some surprises. On this edition of What to Watch For we give you a game of the weekend that you can’t miss, […]

Weekend Edition: What to Watch

College basketball is nearing March, the best time of the year. However, there’s still plenty of tough conference matchups over the next couple weeks (and this weekend) that are sure to bring some surprises. On this weekend’s edition of What to Watch, we give you a game of the weekend that you can’t miss, a […]

Student Union Roundtable: What to Watch

College basketball is nearing March, the best time of the year. However, there’s still plenty of tough conference matchups over the next couple weeks, and this weekend that are sure to bring some surprises. On this edition of What to Watch For, we give you a game of the weekend that you can’t miss, a […]

Student Union Roundtable: What to Watch For

It’s senior night all across the nation in college basketball and the regular season is coming to a close. In the week before conference tournament week, there are some interesting matchups, despite the seemingly slow week on paper. GAME OF THE WEEKEND – Doug Wattley: #8 Kansas @ #6 Texas Tech (Feb. 24) — The […]

I Miss The Old John Groce

2/27/18 — The day John Groce finally lost his shit. John Groce, head coach of the Akron Zips men’s basketball team, has been mad plenty of times before. A few angry faces once or twice a game and maybe an animated conversation with the ref on occasion. But yesterday night, Groce went nuts. The man […]

Dan Stoddard: The Real Founder of #ComebackSZN

As I was exploring the wide world of college sports on the internet late last night, I came across the headline, “38-year-old bus driver makes College basketball team – end of Season Update.” It was a really strange choice to click on the link but luckily I found gold, along with the best comeback story […]

No Mid-Majors. No Fun.

Yes, this article was written a few days ago and it’s not necessarily breaking news any more. But it took me a full day to analyze this because I really wanted to see if Fox Sports’ Jason Smith had a case when he said “Mid-majors shouldn’t be allowed in the NCAA tournament” because they play […]

Woman Crush Wednesday — Villanova Flute Girl

Sister Jean aside, I wanna take a second to talk about the most meaningful and awesome moment that came out of an otherwise boring as hell National Championship game between Michigan and Villanova. The Wildcats won by 17 points and honestly, this was one of the worst championships for as awesome as this tournament was. […]

Overreactions from the First Night of College Basketball

Woah, it’s been a while since I’ve written anything but what better way to come back with a bang than with some jaw-dropping overreactions I’ve come up with (and found) guaranteed to make you say what the f***? The 2018-2019 season is finally upon us and with it comes a guarantee that fans and myself […]

Student Union Roundtable: What to Watch For

It’s a great time of the year for sports fans, with football nearing the playoffs, bowl season, and college basketball starting up again. Also starting up along with hoops season is Student Union’s “What to Watch For Roundtable”, brought to you by myself and fellow writer Doug Wattley. Last season, we tried to get this […]

Student Union Roundtable: What to Watch For

To be frank, the past week is always one of my favorite weeks of the College Basketball year. Yes, I hype the Big Ten/ACC Challenge up that much and it did not disappoint. Although games like Duke vs. Indiana and Michigan vs. UNC opened up into blowouts, the competition is still fun to see especially […]

Student Union Roundtable: What to Watch For

Conference season is officially underway now that it begins in early December. However, more non-conference games are set to be played this weekend and, of course, we get treated to numerous top-25 matchups. If you haven’t watched much college basketball this season, our roundtable will help you sort through the games to watch and players […]

Student Union Roundtable: What to Watch For

Alright guys, it was bound to happen eventually. Doug and I finally missed a weekend roundtable and for that, we sincerely apologize. However, we are back this week and there’s an excellent slate of matchups to watch out for this weekend. Read below for Edition #5 of the Student Union Roundtable: What to Watch For. […]