Key Games That Could Shape College Basketball Betting Trends

Source The pulse of college basketball beats strongest through electrifying matchups, high-stakes showdowns, and captivating storylines that unfold from late October all the way through to March and b...

St. John’s Faces Big East’s Elite

Picture Credit St. John’s University’s men’s basketball team is experiencing a season reminiscent of their storied past. With a 20-3 overall record and an 11-1 mark in the Big East C...

2024 March Madness Final Four All-Star Team

G: Mark Sears, Alabama No team in the tournament plays faster than Alabama, and the player pushing that pace is Mark Sears. Both offensively and defensively, Sears has been a menace as he’s aver...

Big Hoppa’s Bracket: Year 8

It’s the best time of the year, March Madness. If you know me AT ALL you know that as much as I love sports year-round, this is truly my favorite time of the year. Last year, in my 7th year of k...

Can The UConn Huskies Win Back-to-Back NCAA Division 1 Titles?

March Madness is almost upon us, the most exciting time for college basketball fans. Throughout March, 68 of the best National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men’s basketball team...

It’s Officially Made-Up Schools Season in College Basketball

College basketball is BACK and that means one thing: big-time schools and small schools alike taking on opponents that are not real. Well, they are real. But they don’t feel like it. As the grea...

Rhode Island Men’s Basketball Has An All-Time Name Roster

A discovery out of the A-10 conference has been made. While the URI Rams men’s basketball team has the third worst odds to win their conference, they’re number one in the nation when it co...

11/7 College Basketball Pick of the Day

College basketball is officially back and after a successful first night we are rocking and rolling into the 23-24 CBB season. Every day from now to the end of the regular season, I will give you what...

Tristen Newton Is Coming Back To UConn, Translation: UConn Is Going Back-To-Back

There’s big news coming out of Storrs, CT today as senior guard Tristen Newton has withdrawn his name from the 2023 NBA Draft and will be running it back with the Huskies. Newton pulled a Jordan...

Six Players Whose Draft Stock Was Impacted by the 2023 March Madness Tournament

March Madness is one of the peak periods for sports betting in Canada and the United States. But as fans sweat out backdoor covers and pray for comebacks, what is also abundantly clear is the impact t...

It Took Me 8 Years and 7 Brackets To Predict the 2023 NCAA Champion

The year was 2008. The Midwest region saw 4, double-digit seeds win their opening-round matchups. Later, in the second weekend, Mario Chalmers and Kansas would defeat a Steph Curry-led Davidson to go ...

2023 Men’s National Championship Best Bets: Strictly Huskies

UConn -4 First Half -115 The Huskies have played five tournament games thus far, and in the past three games, when the competition became more intense, UConn has played their best basketball. In their...

2023 March Madness Final Four All-Star Team

Last year’s Final Four was a battle of the Blue Bloods. We saw Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, and Villanova battle it out for a National Title. Now this year, it’s one big chaotic clash. No...

San Diego State Aztecs Fight Their Way to Houston

In the Southern Regional Final, it was two programs that have had two very different types of seasons. The Creighton Blue Jays really struggled without their star big Ryan Kalkbrenner (0-6 in games wi...

Alabama falls, Creighton surges late in South Region Sweet Sixteen

The South Regional held so much potential with a few high level programs being able to meet up. We saw Creighton/Baylor, and we could have seen either of those teams matchup with Arizona. However, the...

Fairleigh Dickinson, Florida Atlantic Emerge as Cinderella Stories in Columbus

#16 Fairleigh Dickinson (20-15) vs. #1 Purdue (29-5) And the Belle of the Ball has finally arrived. After a pretty chalky first half of the day, we see only the SECOND ever men’s No. 16 seed upset a...

Old Faces New Places: Ranking The New CBB Head Coaches

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament has been so much fun to watch thus far. Since the start of the tournament we have seen multiple head coaches on the move, including three of them that coache...

Diaz: Recapping My Time Covering The DIII Women’s Basketball Semifinals

On Saturday, I had the opportunity to cover the NCAA Division Three women’s basketball semifinals at Trinity College. Fans of Transylvania University, Christopher Newport University, Smith Colle...

First Four: Mississippi State vs Pittsburgh Prediction

The NCAA tournament is back ladies and gentlemen and I am beyond excited. Tonight we have a first four matchup between two teams in power five conferences. We have the Mississippi State Bulldogs takin...

2023 Conference USA Basketball Tournament Predictions

The 2023 Conference USA basketball tournament should be an interesting one. There are a couple of teams that are fighting to get in via an automatic bid. However, only one of these top three teams wil...

2023 PAC-12 Tournament Predictions

The PAC-12 is not as one-sided as you might think this year. UCLA and Arizona are definitely the two best teams in this tournament. However, there are some teams that are being slept on that could eas...

2023 Big Ten Tournament Predictions

This Big Ten conference is full of competitive teams that are consistently beating up on one another. There is a “favorite” in Purdue, but I am not sold on the Boilermakers. I have seen th...

2023 Big 12 Basketball Tournament Predictions

The Big 12 tournament is going to be the best conference tournament in the country hands down. Looking ahead there are so many good matchups from the quarterfinals all the way to the finals. There is ...

2023 SEC Basketball Tournament Predictions

The 2023 SEC basketball season has been one of the more interesting conferences in all of college basketball. There are six to seven good teams that could make nice little runs in not only the confere...

2023 Big East Basketball Tournament Predictions

The Big East tournament is always a fantastic tournament from start to finish. If there is any conference where we can see a good tournament run by an underdog, this would be the tournament. There is ...

Owens: Instant Reaction to Jim Boeheim’s retirement

It was time. In fact, it’s been time for a few years now. But today the news is officially official: Jim Boeheim will no longer be the head coach for the Syracuse men’s basketball team. In...

2023 Big West Basketball Tournament Predictions

The 2023 Big West basketball tournament should be an intriguing one. There are two top dogs and a couple of under the radar teams that can make some noise here in the conference tournament. No matter ...

2023 MAAC Basketball Tournament Predictions

The 2023 MAAC tournament looks to have a winner before the tournament starts. There is a clear cut favorite that is way above the level that this conference is offering. However, there is some value h...

2023 WAC Basketball Tournament Predictions

The 2023 WAC tournament is completely up for grabs here. There is no clear-cut favorite, but there are two teams that look to be a tier above the rest. However, in this conference, anybody can beat ea...

2023 ACC Tournament Predictions

The 2023 ACC tournament has got the potential to see the most upsets in all of the conference tournaments that will be played this year. There are no really good ACC teams, as the majority of the team...

2023 Atlantic 10 Tournament Predictions

The Atlantic 10 tournament is going to be one of the best conference tournaments in the country. There are four to five teams that can win this tournament and I am beyond excited to see how it plays o...

SE Missouri State vs Tennessee Tech Best Bet

This is an OVC Conference title matchup that I saw the potential of, but never knew we would actually be getting it. SE Missouri State vs Tennessee Tech will be a good way to kick off the tournament f...

2023 Southland Basketball Tournament Predictions

The Southland tournament has some potential intriguing matchups that I am looking forward to seeing if we get them. However, I really do think this is a two team race. Now don’t get me wrong, I ...

2023 Big Sky Basketball Tournament Predictions

The 2023 Big Sky Tournament is going to have a lot of fun games and will be very entertaining. There is no clear-cut favorite to win this tournament, and I can see three teams vying at the chance to r...

2023 America East Basketball Tournament Predictions

The America East has been dominated by Vermont the last couple of months. However, after a bad non-conference start, I think the Catamounts are in trouble. There are a couple of teams here that can up...

2023 SOCON Basketball Tournament Predictions

The SOCON tournament has the potential to be an intriguing one from the mid-majors. I see two teams that can win this tournament. Here, I’ll break it all down and feed the people a winner. The B...

2023 Summit Basketball Tournament Predictions

The 2023 Summit conference tournament is a two horse race to the title. There is a clear favorite in Oral Roberts and a team that will keep them on their toes in South Dakota State. Oral Roberts hasn&...

2023 CAA Basketball Tournament Predictions

The CAA conference tournament could cause a little drama. There are three to four teams that have a chance at winning this conference tournament. This tournament is one that I am watching extremely cl...

2023 WCC Basketball Tournament Predictions

The WCC tournament has been a one to two horse race over the past decade or so. WCC powerhouses are none other than Gonzaga and St. Mary’s. Both teams have made multiple NCAA tournaments over th...

2023 Missouri Valley Basketball Tournament Predictions

The Missouri Valley doesn’t have a clear-cut favorite to advance to the NCAA tournament. There are four to five teams that can win this MVC tournament. We have had some good Missouri Valley game...

2023 Ohio Valley Basketball Tournament Predictions

The Ohio Valley conference tournament is about to be underway and this should be an interesting tournament from start to finish. There is one team with better odds than anybody else in the conference ...

2023 NEC Basketball Tournament Predictions

The NEC conference tournament takes place on the 1st of March and we have a very exciting bracket. There is no clear-cut favorite and any one of these teams could win the NEC conference tournament. La...

2023 Big South Basketball Tournament Predictions

The 2023 Big South tournament has the potential to be an interesting mid-major tournament. There is no clear cut favorite to win this conference tournament title and it might be one of the more intrig...

3/1 The Don’s Best NCAAB Bets

We had yet another winning day in betting on the conference tournaments. We went 5-3 (+1.68u) and it puts our record to 8-3 (+5.18u) in conference tournament bets so far. That is a 72.7% success rate ...

2/28 Best CBB Conference Tournament Bets

Yesterday, was the first day of the conference tournament season. Boy was it a good one for your boy. That is right we hit all three of our Atlantic Sun bets including Bellarmine spread and moneyline....

2023 Patriot League Basketball Tournament Predictions

The Patriot League regular season title was Colgate’s from start to finish. They lost one game in conference and it was by one point to American. Other than that they finished six games ahead of...

2023 Horizon Conference Tournament Predictions

The Horizon conference tournament kicks off and we are ready for the chaos that could come from with it. Last year we saw Wright State take home the crown and earn their ticket to the NCAA tournament ...

2023 Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Predictions

The Atlantic Sun tournament is the first tournament of the 2023 conference tournament. Last year’s winner Bellarmine, who was still transitioning, couldn’t even play in the NCAA tournament...

Best Round One A-Sun Conference Tournament Bets

The Atlantic Sun Conference tournament kicks off today with two first round matchups. The day kicks off with the 8th seed Bellarmine taking on the 7th seed North Florida. The other matchup is the 10th...

Illini Hoops’ March Outlook: An Astronomical Ceiling & Floor on Earth’s Core

As the regular season winds to a close, and with conference tournament play waiting eagerly at the scorer’s table, the big picture is a jumbled mess. That shouldn’t come as a surprise. When has th...

IUPUI Jags/Milwaukee Panthers 11 AM Game of The Year?

An 11 AM tipoff is something that I wish every fanbase could experience throughout college hoops. Likewise, I wish that they would do a “Public School Day” like the IUPUI Jaguars did for I...

Steven Crowl is Turning Into Frank Kaminsky and Nobody is Talking About It

Last Night, Steven Crowl added another impressive performance to his game log this season. Crowl, the junior forward, put up 21 points and 11 rebounds, his 2nd game with 20 and 10 on the season. While...

Purdue vs. Ohio State | CBB Prediction 1/5/23

Come one, come all to the highly anticipated Big Ten matchup at the Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, where the No. 1 ranked Purdue Boilermakers will face off against the No. 24 Ohio State Buckeyes....

TCU vs. Baylor | CBB Prediction 1/4/23

We have a fantastic college basketball game in the Big 12 taking place tonight. The TCU Horned Frogs are going up against the Baylor Bears. TCU is one point away from being undefeated. However, they h...

Duke vs. NC State | CBB Prediction 1/4/23

Tonight we’ve got an ACC battle that is taking place at the PNC Arena in Raleigh North Carolina. The matchup is between the Duke Blue Devils and the NC State Wolfpack. Duke comes into this winni...

Kansas vs. Texas Tech | CBB Prediction 1/3/23

The Big 12 has an intriguing college basketball matchup for this Tuesday’s slate of games. The reigning National Champion Kansas Jayhawks will be on the road at Texas Tech. Kansas has won six st...

The Ball Drops Early: Friday Free Play 12/30/22 – Southeastern LA vs. Vanderbilt

Southeastern LA vs. Vanderbilt: 6:00 CST, Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, TN Happy Pre-New Year to all of our fellow readers and bettors! We started back on the right note with our official FFP by cash...

Big Hoppa’s 2022 Christmas Gambling Card

All I want for Christmas is a profitable gambling day and to not get new socks for the 4th year in a row. So, I decided instead of spending a bunch of money on pictures of my wife and daughter, I̵...

Christmas Come Early: NCAAB 12/23 Free Play

Kennesaw State/Indiana: 6:00 PM Central Tip, Assembly Hall Long time no see folks! Let me be the first to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays on behalf of Student Union Sports! Hopefully, we...

12/17 Lukey Locks #FadeThePublic Bet(s) of the Day

I come to you today having been handed a slice of humble pie. I now sit at 1-4 on the year since I started posting picks. It has become clear to me that when I actually post my picks, they don’t...

12-12 Lukey Locks #FadeThePublic Bet(s) of the Night

Ever since I started gambling, I’ve realized a few things. One of those things is that we are all losers. No matter how hot you get, what model you use, or if you trust your gut, gambling will a...

NCAAB Preseason Top 25 Breakdown

Ladies and gentleman, we have finally arrived to the best time of the year: college basketball season! After the release of the Associated Press’ Preseason Top 25, we are inching ever so close t...

The Forgotten Box Score Series: Loyola Maryland Holds Steph Curry Scoreless

Much Like in the NBA, Steph Curry was a Scoring Machine in College Golden State Warriors guard, Steph Curry, is a 2-time MVP, 4-time NBA Champion, and considered one of the greatest players to ever pl...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 7/13/22

On this week’s HTR: -The boys are back from summer hiatus -Conference realignment -Kadyn Proctor commits/ton of other high recruits commit -Petras throws a football 70 yards -Keegan/Kris Murray ...

University of Kansas Men’s Basketball Depth Chart Projection

Following Their 2022 NCAA Championship, KUs Lineup Will Look Very Different The instant that the Kansas Jayhawks finished their historic 72-69 comeback win to beat North Carolina in the NCAA Champions...

Mark Williams Will be a Huge Steal in the 2022 NBA Draft

The Most Underrated Blue Devil in the Draft With the NBA draft lottery now complete and the draft itself just over a month-away, NBA franchises around the league are digging deep into the profiles of ...

2022 FINAL FOUR PREVIEW: North Carolina vs. Duke

Two blue blood programs from the ACC clash for the chance to play in the NCAA National Championship. The Duke Blue Devils take on the North Carolina Tar Heels tomorrow night at 8:49 in a rematch of C...

2022 FINAL FOUR PREVIEW: Villanova vs. Kansas

While Duke-UNC is stealing all the headlines (rightfully so), this battle of blue bloods is quite the appetizer. I would argue this may be the best Final Four of all time in terms of name brand recogn...

Remy Martin Could Replicate Donte Divincenzo’s 2018 Final Four Performance

Coming off of the Bench was not a Barrier for Divincenzo Typically, college basketball games are decided by the starters on each team and the bench has a minimal impact on games, especially in the Fin...

NCAA Men’s Final Four Picks & Props

Whether you’ve won or lost most of your bankroll through the first two weekends of March Madness, I tried my best to give you a few last winners before the tournament ends. I know I could use them. ...

Men of March: First/Second Round Recap and Sweet 16 Preview

Re-Ranking The Sweet 16 Field

The first week of March Madness is officially in the books and brackets are even more busted than usual. The Sweet 16 looks very different than most imagined it would, with the ACC emerging as a surpr...

Come Dance with Me, Cinderella? Saint Peter’s taking the NCAA Tournament by Storm

As we head into the last days of the First Weekend of the NCAA Tournament, there is only one story line that should be talked about, this years Cinderella; the Peacocks of Saint Peter’s. The sma...

March Madness: Big 12 Defenses Dominated the First Round

The Big 12 has Been the Best Defensive Conference All Year On Selection Sunday, six teams from the Big 12 had their names called. Ranging from #1 seeded Kansas and Baylor, all the way down to #11 seed...

2022 NCAA Tournament Day 1 Recap – Indianapolis

The early game slate in Indianapolis was up and down in terms of the competitiveness of the games. In our the first game of the day we saw a seesaw type of matchup. Where in the game after it was wrap...

March Madness: The 5 Top-Seeds Who Could Win Their 1st NCAA Title

March Madness 2021 Had a New Champion Last year, the 2021 National Championship game consisted of two basketball programs who had never won a National Title before. The Baylor Bears faced off with the...

UConn & New Mexico State Playing In The March Madness Tournament Reminds Me How Bad The Good Basketball Programs Are At Football

I’m working on a theory that sounds a bit outlandish, but hear me out: Andy Williams’ “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year” is about March. Some might believe itR...

March Madness: The #10 Seeds Could Sweep the #7 Seeds

The History of the 10-7 Matchup and 2022 Preview In the first round of March Madness, #7 seeds have fared pretty well against the #10 seeds they meet in the first round. The #7 seeds currently enter t...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 3/14/22

IOWA IS B1G CHAMPIONS! On this week’s HTR: -Special guest Trent “Mr. Bets” Pruitt joins the show to help break down the bracket -Cover both the men’s and women’s champion...

Pre-March Madness: Bellarmine Wins the ASUN Tournament but is Ineligible… Here’s Why

The History of D.II to D.I NCAAB Transitioning When a college elects to make the transition from Division II to Division I, the program is forced to enter into what the NCAA calls a “reclassificatio...

2022 Big 12 Conference Tournament Preview

The Big 12 is arguably the deepest league in college basketball this year. KU and Baylor shared the regular season title, but there are plenty of others capable of making a run this week in Kansas Cit...

Friday Free Play – 03/04/2022 (7-3): Return to the MAC

BUFFALO vs. KENT STATE, 5:00 PM CST Happy March my fellow readers and gamblers! The beauty and prestige of March is on full display, but before madness ensues, conference tournaments take the main sta...

March Madness 2022: Refresher Course

March is upon us, and while it’s cliché, the bracket is as wide open as ever. Football season is over, and the best cure for a Super Bowl hangover is in full swing. Conference tournaments mark ...

Pre-March Madness: Why Can Nobody Score Against North Texas?

North Texas Has Surprised Everyone This Season Last season was a historic season for the North Texas basketball program. The Mean Green made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010 and picke...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 2/26/22

On this week’s HTR: -HAWKEYES ARE HOT -Clark is NPOY -We disavow Russia Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Anchor. Follow the show on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram....

College Basketball Friday Free Play: February 25, 2022

Big Ten: Northwestern/Penn St., Tip-Off 6:00 CT With Cornell soiling themselves in the 2nd half of their game against Dartmouth last Friday, the FFP fell to a rousing 6-3. Looking to get back on the r...

Men of March Episode 2/22/2022: Bubble Watch, Top 16 Seeds, and Where Does Michigan Go From Here:

It’s 2/22/22 so we had to get a college ball podcast. The guys talk about Juwan Howard’s suspension and why Greg Gard wasn’t barely discipline. The guys discuss the top 16 seeds in c...

March Madness Player Spotlights: David Roddy | Colorado State Rams

Start Your Bracketology Prep Now On March 13th, Selection Sunday will take place and the 68-team field for March Madness will be announced. Along with this, college basketball fans everywhere will be ...

Friday Free Play: February 18, 2022

Friday Free Play Record: 6-2Don’t believe me? See my past Friday Free Play Posts Here! “We win one today, that’s two in a row. We win one tomorrow, that is called a winning streak. It has ha...

Pre-March Madness: Are the Rutgers Scarlet Knights For Real?

The Hottest Two Week Stretch of the NCAAB Season Entering February, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights’ March Madness hopes were slim. On February 1st, they lost in overtime at Northwestern 78-79, falling ...

Pre-March Madness: 4 Projected Double-Digit Seeds Who Could Bust Brackets

Everyone Loves an Underdog in March With just under a month until 2022 NCAA Selection Sunday, the madness is almost here. Bracketology has begun, Joe Lunardi is beginning to stress out college program...

Friday Free Play – 02/11/2022: Gaels vs. Saints

Who Dat Said Dey Gonna Beat Dem Saints!? We’re talking about the Siena Saints! Welcome back and congratulations if you cashed last week’s FFP with Toledo going over the team total. Looking...

Men of March Podcast: It’s Court Storming Season

Nate’s is spending the night before his birthday on the podcast. He may not remember what he says, but that’s okay. We break down the biggest games of the week, from SMU’s upset over...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 2/9/22

On this week’s HTR: -Caitlin Clark going insane -Men’s basketball woes -Draft of favorites days of the year Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Anchor. Follow the show on...

Illinois Basketball: Healthy, Primed for March

When the Illini enter Mackey Arena in West Lafayette to take on the #3 Purdue Boilermakers on Tuesday night, the expectation is for a hard-fought battle between two of the best teams in the Big Ten. P...

Men of March Podcast February 3rd: Red Raider Revenge

Nate and Austin are back to talk some more college hoops. After a one week hiatus, we get back to discussing college basketball. The guys open about the incredible atmosphere Texas Tech displayed. Is ...

The All-UCLA Bruins NBA Dream Team

The History of UCLA Players and the NBA There have been 99 players to see the floor in the NBA/ABA coming from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Of those players, 17 of them are still acti...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 1/30/22

On this week’s HTR: -Catching up on Iowa sports -New basketball arena? -Compared John Lickliter/Connor McCaffery Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and PodBean. Follow the show...

Friday Free Play – 01/28/2022: Streaking With Monmouth and Canisius

MAAC: Canisius vs. Monmouth, 6:00 PM CST Tip-off Current Record on Friday Free Play : 4-1: all documented on the site! A monumental day has arrived in the great state of Louisiana: mobile sports betti...

Friday Free Play: January 21, 2022

Missouri Valley Conference: Evansville @ Illinois State, 6:00 pm Central Tip-Off Another FFP cashed last week with Manhattan-Iona hitting the over. In the eyes of NBA Jam, we’re heating up. so l...

IUPUI vs. Wright State: Game Recap

It was an electric start early as both teams were pushing the ball at a frantic pace. In the end though there was only one team that had the endurance to finish the track meet that we saw in the openi...

College Basketball Friday Free Play: January 14, 2022

MAAC: Manhattan/Iona 6:00 The Pick: OVER 146.5 (play up to 149.5) We cashed the FFP last week with Navy taking care of business in “The Yard” against Bucknell. This week, I am looking for ...

IUPUI Jags vs. UIC Flames: Game Recap

The UIC Flames picked up their fifth win of the season after beating the Jaguars 67-65 on the road. IUPUI will lose some sleep after letting this game slip away from them. Coach Crenshaw and the Jags ...

Mid-major Monday: January 10th

While COVID-19 is still affecting college basketball, it has yet to stop the chaos in the sport we love. Saturday saw seven ranked teams lose, five coming to unranked teams. That capped off a wild wee...

The All-Duke Blue Devils NBA Dream Team

The History of Duke Players and the NBA There have been 91 players to see the floor in the NBA/ABA coming from Duke University. Of those players, 24 of them are still active players in the NBA. There ...

College Basketball Friday Free Play: January 7, 2022

Patriot League: Navy vs. Bucknell 6:00 PM at Navy Alumni Hall, Annapolis, MD The Pick: NAVY -11 (up to -12) Navy, coming off a big win against Patriot League favorite Boston U, stay home to host the B...

The All-Kansas Jayhawks NBA Dream Team

The History of KU Players and the NBA There have been 81 players to see the floor in the NBA/ABA coming from the University of Kansas. Of those players, 17 of them are still active players in the NBA....

College Basketball Friday Free Play | Dec. 17th, 2021

Furman/Mississippi State The Pick: OVER 137.5 We successfully cashed the last free play write up last Friday with DePaul +8.5 upsetting Louisville. But instead of a side, today I am looking at a total...

Mid-Major Monday: December 13th

There was a guy last Monday who said Purdue would be undefeated and ranked #1 until at least January 18th on his podcast. It may or may not have been me. Aside from being terribly wrong, this week of ...

Mid-Major Monday: December 6th

Upsets were the theme of the week in college basketball. #1 Duke dropped a game at Ohio State and #3 Gonzaga was beaten convincingly by Alabama. The mid-major ranks also got a taste of the upset bug e...

Coach Dan’s Top 25 – Week 4

Feast week has come and gone, and what a week that was! Between the upsets, and all of the bets won (and lost, but we don’t talk about that.) The matchups were phenomenal and the multi team even...

Mid-Major Monday: November 29th

Feast week was everything that fans hoped it would be. The mid-day basketball provided upsets and buzzer beaters that will be missed until March. Now, fans have the ACC/Big Ten challenge, some confere...

IUPUI vs. Spalding Recap

The IUPUI Jaguars are officially in the win column as they beat Non-Division 1 Spalding Golden Eagles 61-41. The Jaguars flexed their muscles by scoring the first 11 points of the game. While taking a...

Coach Dan’s Top 25 – Week 3 (FEAST WEEK FOLKS)

It is Feast Week, and outside of Champ week and the first weekend of March Madness it is possibly the best week of the season. Week 3 of Coach Dan’s Top 25 sees a lot of movement after some big ...

Mid-major Monday: 11/22 | The “Feast Week” Edition

One of the best weeks of the college basketball season is upon us. “Feast Week” provides fans with day basketball and numerous intriguing non-conference match ups. Mid-major squads have al...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 11/17/21

On this week’s HTR: -Floyd stays in Iowa City -Basketball keeps winning -Draft of our favorite Pixar characters Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and PodBean. Follow the show on ...

Coach Dan’s Top 25 – Week 2

We had a pretty eventful first week of the college basketball season. Maybe not full of Top 25 upsets, but there were still plenty of upsets and losses that shook those who follow this beautiful sport...

Mid-Major Monday: November 15th

It’s wonderful to have college basketball back. Fans of the sport were blessed with big games between titans of the sport in the opening week. They also got to see chaos among what were supposed...

The 15 Names That Will Shape the 2021-22 College Basketball Season

College. Basketball. Is. Back. Tonight, a new season tips off in college hoops, and quests for the Final Four officially begin. The Champions Classic is obviously the headliner, as Kansas, Michigan St...

Mid-major Monday: The preseason edition

The long wait for college basketball’s return is almost over. It feels like a lifetime ago that Baylor was cutting down the nets in Indianapolis. With the season less than two weeks away, itR...

Coach Dan’s (Preseason) Top 25

Well ladies and gentlemen, we are only a week away from the beginning of the best season of them all (in my opinion, but it is factual.) I am so excited for the College Basketball season to begin that...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 8/14/21

On this week’s Hawkeye Tailgate Report, we cover everything from the last couple months. Garza, Wiesy, Clark, Gilman, and everything in between. Football is only three weeks away! Subscribe to t...

NBA Mock Draft 2.0: Draft Day Edition

The big day has finally arrived! Tonight, the NBA welcomes a new crop of young players into the league. Dreams will be realized and franchises will be given hope for seasons to come. I’ve always...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 6/17/21

On this week’s Hawkeye Tailgate Report, we are back from our hiatus! The boys wrapped up last basketball season and looked ahead to the next football. They power ranked the streets in Iowa City ...

2021 NBA Mock Draft 1.0

The NBA Playoffs are in full swing, and as we get deeper into the tournament, the draft picture will start to look more and more clear. For fans of teams that didn’t make the playoffs, the draft...

Transfer Portal Winners and Losers

The creation of the transfer portal has turned college basketball’s off-season into the Wild West. Over 1,000 players have put their name in the portal since the end of last season. As of June, ...

Dana Altman, Oregon, Land Syracuse Transfer Quincy Guerrier

One of the college basketballs best players left in the transfer portal committed Thursday afternoon. Stretch big Quincy Guerrier announced that he will be joining the Oregon Ducks. Guerrier will join...

NBA Prospect, Former Kentucky Guard, Terrence Clarke Passes in Car Crash

Thursday afternoon, NBA prospect Terrence Clarke tragically passed in a car crash in Southern California. Clarke, 19 years old, was an electrifying athlete for Coach Calipari who suffered from injurie...

Men Of March Final Four Preview Podcast

Re-Ranking The Sweet 16 Teams

As we head into the weekend, 16 teams remain in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Those 16 include some usual suspects, and some… unexpected faces. The average seed for this year’...

Five Story Lines from the NCAA Tournament’s First Weekend

The first weekend of The Dance gave us two years worth of madness. Filled to the brim with huge performances, late-night clutch moments, huge upsets and heartbreakers. Let’s reflect on the story...

March Madness Round of 64: The All-Upset Team

Upsets Galore Tonight ended in dramatic and fitting fashion with #14 seeded Abilene Christian shocking the Texas Longhorns in a 53-52 upset, forcing them to commit 23 turnovers and holding them to the...

Men of March Saturday NCAA Tournament Gambling Picks

The NCAA Tournament is the best gambling event on the year. I gave out my gambling picks on the https://studentunionsports.com/men-of-march-24-hours-away-from-madness-we-filled-out-our-brackets/ but I...

ACC Basketball 2020-2021: A Season to Forget

Is 2021 the lowest point in ACC basketball history? Just one day into the round of 64, the Atlantic Coast Conference has gone from 7 teams in the dance, already down to 3. With Virginia Tech, Georgia ...

Men of March: 24 Hours Away from Madness We Filled out Our Brackets

Austin and Nate fill out their brackets live on the pod to break down literally every matchup of the NCAA Tournament. They go through region by region, giving little nuggets about every single team in...

2021 NCAA Tournament: Midwest Region Preview

The 2021 Midwest Region may just be the most interesting region in March Madness this year. Headlined by Illinois, the region also contains several teams that could be on fraud watch (i.e. Houston, We...

2021 NCAA Tournament: South Region Preview

The South Region in the 2021 NCAA Tournament has no shortage of story lines. t sees Scott Drew trying to take Baylor to the Final Four for the first time in 70 years. Also we get to watch Chris Beard&...

2021 NCAA Tournament: West Region Preview

The wait is finally over. After cancellation last year, March Madness finally returns on Thursday. The 2021 tournament should be one of the craziest we’ve ever seen, and it’s impossible to...

2021 NCAA Tournament: East Region Preview

March Madness is back. We will have 4 regions of 16 teams, culminating in 4 winners. Those 4 winners will be known as the Final 4. From there we play 3 games. After the 3rd game? We will crown a CHAMP...

BigHoppa’s Bracket Madness

I love March. I love college basketball. I love brackets. You could give me a bracket of the worst smells ever and I’d gladly participate. If you know me, you know I love sports. However, I do n...

2021 NCAA Tournament: Over and Under Seeded Teams

To College Basketball fans, the month of March represents the best time of the year. High level regular season games, conference tournaments culminating in the release of the field of 68. With that be...

Men of March: Episode 7 “We Have a Bracket”

The full crew is back together again to give their initial reactions to Selection Sunday. We start with a quick recap of Championship Weekend and then quickly give a general overlook of each region di...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 3/15/21

On this week’s HTR, IT’S TOURNAMENT TIME! We have a bracket for the first time in two years and the Hawks are the highest they’ve ever been! Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, ...

727 Days Later… Selection Sunday

Since the last Selection Sunday: The US has a new President. We have pictures of Mars. We have battled a worldwide pandemic. Despite the many tragedies and many struggles, this is a win for sports fan...

March Madness Bracketology: Two Underdogs, A Major Upset, and A Cinderella

The time has come yet again to fill out brackets and personalize them like a beautiful painting with your own upsets, underdogs, and Cinderellas… Only to then regret them in hindsight after watching...

WAC Tournament Preview

Be prepared for some late night #WacAction this year in Las Vegas. Normally, the WAC tournament is one of the easier conference tournaments to predict. New Mexico State typically comes in a heavy favo...

Pac-12 Tournament Preview

The conference of champions will duke it out in Las Vegas. The Pac-12 is an underrated tournament where any of the top four seeds have a chance at winning. The tournament will be missing crowd favorit...

2021 AAC Conference Tournament Preview

The AAC Conference Tournament will be an interesting one to monitor this week. Wichita State enters as the 1 seed, with Houston as the 2. In spite of that, Joe Lunardi currently projects the Cougars t...

Planting the Seeds: Gonzaga, Baylor & … Who Else?

As the College Basketball regular season and conference championship schedule blends together for the final two weeks leading into Selection Sunday, only three things seem certain one year removed fro...

2021 SEC Tournament Preview

The SEC is improving as a conference. Elite coaching hires over the last decade has turned the league on its head. What was once a football conference that Kentucky dominated in basketball has turned ...

2021 Big Ten Tournament Preview

Bracket Favorite: Michigan (+150) The Juwan Howard-led Michigan Wolverines ended the season with a 19-3 record, placing them No. 2 in the Top 25. Freshman big man Hunter Dickinson posted a stat line o...

2021 Mountain West Tournament Preview

If it plays out how it’s supposed to, the Mountain West might have the most exciting semifinal pairings during the week. Four at-large hopefuls and a potential bid stealer will duke it out in th...

2021 ACC Tournament Preview

While this may not be the ACC of years past, the five day tournament in Greensboro to end the season is always entertaining. With usual powerhouses Duke and UNC struggling, the field seems as wide-ope...

2021 Big 12 Tournament Preview

Arguably the most competitive league in college hoops will begin tournament play this Wednesday. The Big 12 is stacked this season, with multiple teams capable of making deep runs in March. The confer...

Wes Clarke Has Been On A Tear For South Carolina (3/3)

It has been an impressive two weeks for South Carolina junior Wes Clarke as he wins National Player of the Week Honors for second straight week. Wes Clarke, who plays both the infield and catcher, has...

2021 Big East Conference Tournament Preview

One of college basketball’s most competitive leagues begins tournament play this week. The Big East always brings us big moments and NCAA favorites. There’s certainly a top-tier this seaso...

2021 Big West Conference Tournament Preview

Mid-Major favorites have been dropping like flies early in conference tournament week. UC Santa Barbara are trying to avoid that fate and go dancing for the first time in a decade. They will have to f...

2021 C-USA Tournament Preview

2021 C-USA Tournament Bracket Favorite to Win: Louisiana Tech (+175) The Bulldogs enter this year’s tournament searching for their first-ever C-USA tournament victory. Louisiana Tech went 20-6 d...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 3/4/21

On this week’s HTR, the boys talk about the hideous Michigan game and the beautiful Ohio State game. We are ready for March Madness, and we also drafted our favorite beers to have. Subscribe to ...

2021 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Preview

The Ohio Valley Conference annually delivers fireworks the first weekend of conference tournaments. Even with limited fans, 2021 should be no different. With a revamped format, the four days in Evansv...

2021 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Preview

“Arch Madness” returns to the midwest this year, as the Missouri Valley ramps up for another conference tournament. Here at The U, we’re taking a look at all of the main factors for ...

Mid Major Monday: San Diego State

With Selection Sunday quickly approaching, it is time to start taking a look at the teams that are going to make noise outside the power structure. Every Monday, I’ll spotlight a team and player mak...

2021 Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Preview

Surely one of the most exciting Mid-Major conference tournaments will be held in Dayton, Ohio. The Atlantic 10 has a bevy of teams attempting to cement an at-large spot or steal a bid to the dance. Wi...

Penn State Needs Coaches; I Applied to Every Vacancy

Out of school and unemployed, eventually, my career as a DoorDash driver and reckless college basketball gambler isn’t going to cut it. Luckily, Penn State University has a wide range of opportu...

Mid Major Monday: The Boise State Broncos

With Selection Sunday quickly approaching, it is time to start taking a look at the teams that are going to make noise outside the power structure. Every Monday, I’ll spotlight a team and player mak...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 2/18/21

On this week’s HTR, the Hawks have hit a grove and the boys break down their recent success. They also spend 30 minutes talking about types of people they hate! Subscribe to the show on Apple Po...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 2/10/21

On this week’s HTR, is the sky falling? Iowa basketball had lost four of five games and the boys let out their frustrations. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or PodBean. Follow ...

Mid Major Monday: Grand Canyon University

With Selection Sunday quickly approaching, it is time to start taking a look at the teams that are going to make noise outside the power structure. Every Monday, I’ll spotlight a team and player mak...

Mid-Major Monday: The Belmont Bruins

With Selection Sunday quickly approaching, it is time to start taking a look at the teams that are going to make noise outside the power structure. Every Monday, I’ll spotlight a team and player...

Mid Major Monday: Saint Bonaventure Bonnies

With Selection Sunday quickly approaching, it is time to start taking a look at the teams that are going to make noise outside the power structure. Every Monday, I will spotlight a team and player tha...

Ten Hypothetical “30 For 30s” We Want to Watch

Nothing dominates the sports documentary landscape quite like ESPN’s “30 for 30” series. Since their debut in 2009, these looks at memorable moments in sports history have captivated...

Mid Major Monday: The Winthrop Eagles

With Selection Sunday quickly approaching, it is time to start taking a look at the teams that are going to make noise outside the power structure. Every Monday, I will spotlight a team and player tha...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report- 1/2/20

On this week’s Hawkeye Tailgate Report, we recap a wild game against Rutgers and power rank the teams we hate the most. This was also the first show we’ve ever done at a sponsors house. To...

The Badger Basketball Report: 12/14-12/20

After a slow week last week due to COVID protocols, Badger basketball looks forward to a busy week. Last Week There was only one game for Badger basketball last week, but it was a VERY important one. ...

Badger Basketball Brief: URI

After the first loss of the season, Badger basketball controlled the entire game against last-minute opponent, Rhode Island. Record Setting Night There were two different Badger basketball records cel...

The Badger Basketball Report: 12/7-12/13

I shouldn’t have made this a weekly series. It’ll be hard to face the music when there are performances like Friday night for our Badger basketball team. Last Week The Badgers dropped 9 sp...

I Demand To Be Shown A Sportbook That Allows Me To Bet On Greenville Basketball

Allow me to introduce you to the most exciting college basketball team in recorded existence: the Greenville Panthers. Do you see those scores? They are scoring just under 100 points per game and are ...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 12/2/20

The HTR boys are back! After a short hiatus, Luke, Joey, and Stin gathered at Luke’s new apartment to talk about the hot-as-hell football and basketball teams! Luka is the GOAT and Brian Ferentz...

The Badger Basketball Report: 11/30-12/6

It’s basketball season once again folks and YOUR Wisconsin Badgers basketball squad is a beautiful 2-0 to start the season. Currently ranked the 4th best team in the country, wins against Easter...

Syracuse basketball survives vs. Bryant

In 2008, Bryant basketball began its transition to the Divison I level after having big success at the Division II level. Now, they were just one point away from upsetting Syracuse as both teams playe...

ACC/B1G Challenge: Key Matchups Part 2

It’s come time to look at the second half of the December 8th slate of the ACC/B1G Challenge. We now dive into the unranked matchups that come with this challenge. Syracuse vs. #24 Rutgers: Leng...

ACC/B1G Challenge Key Matchups: Part 1

Take all of what is to come with a grain of salt. With these games scheduled to take place December 8th and 9th. There is a ton of time for cancellations, I pray there aren’t any, injuries, and ...

2020 NBA Mock Draft 1.0

If you told me in January that I’d be writing my first NBA mock for this year in October, I’d have laughed. That, however, is 2020 in a nutshell for a sports fan. We’re in the middle...

The Los Angeles Clippers Are Finally Here

Tuesday night, we saw a Clippers team that we have been waiting to see since the Bubble Restart began. The Clippers were firing on all ends, both offensively and defensively. They’re looking lik...

Sixers Fans, How Did We Get Here?

It’s January of 2017, TJ McConnell has just hit a game-winning, buzzer-beating jump shot over Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis. This game then sparked an 8-4 run by the Sixers that the pro...

NCAA D-I Council Recommends Eligibility Extensions Amid Pandemic

The NCAA Division I Council recommended that the Division I board of directors decided to give student-athletes impacted most by the COVID-19 pandemic an additional year of eligibility on Wednesday. T...

Makur Maker Spurns Traditionalism, Elects HBCU

Makur Maker, the seven-foot, five-star prospect has accepted an offer to play at Howard University. Spurning Kentucky, Memphis, UCLA and other programs, Maker sets himself up to make history as the fi...

Emoni Bates Commits to Michigan State

The 2022 number 1 recruit, Emoni Bates, has officially declared and committed to in-state powerhouse Michigan State. The 6’9″ Point Forward has a skill set that had every coach wanting his...

Beyond the Shining Moment: Clayton Custer’s College Journey

When college basketball fans hear the name Clayton Custer, the 2018 NCAA Tournament typically comes to mind. Custer and his Loyola Chicago Rambler’s late game heroics became the talk of March af...

March Sadness: The legend of Jon Elmore

While wallowing in sadness over the canceled 2020 NCAA tournament. I thought it might be fun to reminisce about some of my favorite March moments on the day they happened. The Memory: Marshall’s...

Way-Too-Early 2020-2021 NCAAB Top 10

I’m incredibly excited to be writing here at Student Union! I thought there would be no better way to make my debut on the site than talking college hoops. Usually around this time of year we wo...

Kofi Cockburn Declares for NBA Draft

It’s Instagram official. Kofi Cockburn declared for the 2020 NBA Draft. The Big Ten Freshman of the Year is testing the draft waters, but leaving a return to the Illini starting rotation as an o...

NCAA Tournament To Be Played Without Fans Due to COVID-19

The Impact of COVID-19 (Corona Virus,) has hit this year’s March Madness tournament as the NCAA will be limiting attendance to tournament games. This announcement covers both the Men’s and...

Ivy League cancels 2020 tournaments due to Coronavirus

We all know the mass and fast impact the Coronavirus has had on the nation and the world. It has now entered the sports world. Several countries have stopped playing games in front of fans, and all th...

2020 Pac 12 Tournament Preview

The 2020 Pac 12 Tournament should provide plenty of entertainment. A banner year for West Coast basketball has seen seven teams fighting for NCAA Tournament berths this week. There has been resurrecti...

2020 ACC Tournament Preview

2020 ACC Tournament Bracket Favorite to win: Florida State (+175) Leonard Hamilton deservedly was announced as ACC Coach of the Year today and he has his Seminoles ready for battle in the 2020 ACC Tou...

2020 Southern Conference Tournament Preview

The SoCon has been one of the most intriguing conferences in terms of Small Mid-Majors receiving at large bids for the tournament. Last year there was the debate on UNC Greensboro and Furman. This yea...

2020 American East Tournament Preview

2020 American East Tournament Bracket Favorite to Win: Vermont (-500) Thinking anyone but Vermont will win the 2020 American East Tournament may be a bit of a fool’s errand. The 66th ranked team...

2020 Summit League Tournament Preview

2020 Summit League Tournament Bracket Favorite to Win: South Dakota State (+150) Despite being the number two seed in the tournament, the South Dakota State Jackrabbits are favored to win the 2020 Sum...

2020 Colonial Tournament Preview

The 2020 Colonial Conference tournament will put the madness in March. With its top five teams packed within three games in the final standings, the conference has been competitive all year, and it wo...

2020 Sun Belt Tournament Preview

2020 Sun Belt Tournament Bracket Favorite to win: Texas State The favorite to win the 2020 Sun Belt Tournament goes to Texas State who, after starting 8-8 (1-4), ended the season strong and won 12 of ...

2020 WCC Tournament Preview

2020 WCC Tournament Bracket Favorite to win: Gonzaga It is no surprise that Mark Few’s squad is once again the favorites to capture the 2020 WCC Tournament title. The Zags have won six of the la...

2020 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Preview

As conference tournaments kicked off on Tuesday with high seeds going 12-0, the 2020 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament will hope to provide some upsets into that mix. With some of the heavy hitter...

2020 NEC Tournament Preview

The 2020 NEC tournament is going to be interesting. Merrimack came out of the woodwork, going 14-4 in league play and clinching the regular season, but the Warriors are ineligible for the NCAA, NIT or...

2020 Ohio Valley Tournament Preview

For the last several years, the OVC has annually been the first automatic bid given out during championship week. That changes this year, but the excitement happening in Evansville will surely be at a...

2020 Mountain West Tournament Preview

2020 Mountain West Tournament Bracket Favorite to Win: San Diego State (-175) Malachi Flynn and Co. have been one of the most shocking revelations of the college basketball season. In 2020’s wid...

2020 Patriot League Tournament Preview

The 2020 Patriot League tournament brings a lot of intrigue. With one clear cut favorite to win, it puts a ton of pressure for them to pull it off. So while we have a favorite, there are plenty who ar...

2020 Big South Conference Tournament Preview

We start Conference Championship week with a fun and eventful 2020 Big South conference tournament. The past four years there has been a different champion crowned, and it looks like that trend will c...

Horizon League Tournament Preview

College Basketball has been as much of a level playing field as its ever been. Conferences like the Big Ten have seen no one able to gain enough ground to separate themselves from the rest of the pack...

2020 Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Preview

Ahhh yes, I can smell it in the air. It’s champ week and the conference tournaments are giving you that sniff of March Madness that you have been trying to get a whiff of since last year. The 20...

Week 19 AP Poll: Kansas Jumps to #1

In the Week 19 AP Poll, the Kansas Jayhawks have jumped to the number one spot. After defeating Baylor in a top five matchup Saturday, Bill Self and Co. are hitting their stride. Whether Kansas would ...

Victory Lap: BYU upsets Gonzaga

I am wrong very often. People exposing me for my bad takes really does not phase me. But when I nail a prediction on the head, I’m going to do some celebrating. On Thursday, I laid out the reaso...

No. 1 Baylor, No. 3 Kansas set to do battle

The game of the year in college basketball is upon us. Two teams that I truly believe are number one seeds in the NCAA Tournament will do battle for the second time this season. The first meeting was ...

College basketball needs Zion

Zion Williamson did the unthinkable in his lone year in college. He made everyone actually pull for Duke. He’s the most must-see TV college basketball player of my lifetime and dominated the con...

Florida State Basketball: No. 8 in Must-Win vs. NC State

Florida State basketball was ranked No. 8 in this week’s AP poll, but it must show up for its game against NC State on Saturday. Sure, win or lose, the Seminoles are going to be in the NCAA tour...

The Arizona Wildcats – The most talented college basketball team no one is talking about

It’s not breaking news that the talent level this year in college basketball is as down as its ever been. The 2020 NBA Draft is going to have multiple lottery picks who didn’t even play co...

Ohio State – Iowa: Big Test for Buckeyes Tonight

There is a huge test for the Ohio State Buckeyes tonight as they go to Des Moines, Iowa to play the #20 Hawkeyes. As many of my friends inform me, Ohio State was just one win away from becoming the nu...

BYU has all the tools to knock off Gonzaga on Saturday

In what may be shocking to some, I think that BYU has all the tools to knock off Gonzaga on Saturday. It is no secret the success that Gonzaga has had in recent years, not just in the WCC but on the n...

No. 6 Duke Upset at NC State

On Wednesday night we had a bit of shocker as we saw Duke upset at NC State. The Duke Blue Devils, who are now 23-4 (12-3) lost in Raleigh to an unranked Wolfpack squad by 22. That is correct, TWENTY ...

Bubble Watch 2020: Purdue Boilermakers

In the words of John Rothstein, “Death, Taxes, Matt Painter.” Painter has had tremendous success with the Purdue Basketball program during his tenure as the Boilermakers head coach. HeR...

Bet Against Us: February 19th, 2020

Success! 2-1 last night gets us back on track. But February 19th is a new day, so go ahead and bet against us. Dayton saved our asses and covered -3.5 against VCU last night with the help of some clut...

Ayo returns, leads Illini past #9 Penn State

When Ayo Dosunmu slipped and suffered a potentially devastating knee injury a week ago, nobody genuinely cared about the unfortunate outcome of the game. While the Illini dropped their home rematch wi...

ACC Supports Transfer Rules, Opens Door for NCAA

The Atlantic Coastal Conference (ACC) announced on Monday its support to allow student-athletes in all sports to transfer once without having to sit out a year of competition, joining the Big Ten̵...

Obi Toppin: The Correct National Player of the Year

If you don’t know who Obi Toppin is by now, I feel REALLY bad for you. Leading the #5 Dayton Flyers, Toppin is averaging almost 20 points per game (19.7), almost 8 rebounds/game (7.8), all while...

Bet Against Us: February 18th, 2020

Things don’t always flow in our favor. A Notre Dame buzzer-beater victory over the Tar Heels devastated yesterday’s parlay. But it really hit the fan when Xavier and St. John’s decid...

Prairie View A&M and Jackson State Post Game Scuffle

Almost a carbon copy of the brawl in Lawrence between the Jayhawks and Wildcats earlier in the year, this post game scuffle had one major difference: zero wielded stools (or at least none that I was a...

Bet Against Us: February 17th, 2020

I own a career 5-14 record in online sports betting. I’m not good. I don’t claim otherwise. Don’t follow my betting advice. I did not know how to place a parlay bet until today. Knew...

Ohio State Pulls Away From Purdue

In a game where Purdue never had the lead, it always felt like Purdue was within striking distance. That being said, Ohio State really pulled away towards the end of the game, specifically after Kyle ...

New AP Poll drops, mid-majors continue to dominate

This morning, a new AP Top 25 poll dropped for men’s hoops. With that being said, I broke down some of the biggest risers and fallers in terms of conferences and tournament implications. Mid-maj...

Why Maryland is a legit national championship contender

In a season where the field seems wide open, the Maryland Terrapins have emerged as one of the best teams in college basketball. After starting the season with a ton of buzz, being ranked No. 7 in the...

Five must-watch Top 25 games on Feb. 15

College hoops are rapidly winding down as we are just a few weeks away from conference tournaments beginning and tickets to March Madness being punched. Just typing out that sentence gave me goosebump...

Why Tuesday’s game vs. NC State is the biggest of the season for Syracuse basketball

The title of this article is pretty straightforward. While a Tuesday night home game against unranked NC State may not seem that important for Syracuse fans, I’d argue it is the biggest game of ...

Remember When Ohio State Was Good At Basketball?

I mean, the fall of the Ohio State basketball team over a one month span has been absolutely brutal to watch unfold. Ohio State just got demolished by Wisconsin 70-57 on Sunday, falling to a record of...

Illinois Struggles: Blip or Major Malfunction?

After shocking the conference with a seven game win streak, things have cooled down quickly in Champaign. At a time, it seemed the Illini were the only squad capable of winning on the road in the Big ...

Report: Zavier Simpson crashed AD’s family car

After a promising 7-0 start to the season under new head coach Juwan Howard, Michigan basketball looked like it was headed in the right direction. The Wolverines even knocked off North Carolina and Go...

Buckeyes Win in a Tough Environment

The Ohio State Buckeyes win in a tough environment in Ann Arbor on Tuesday night in a back and forth thriller. It was the second half where we got a lot of the action, as it seemed as though the lead ...

DJ Carton Taking a Leave of Absence

Ohio State star freshman DJ Carton announced via Twitter on Thursday that he was stepping away from the program to focus on his mental health. As if the team could afford to lose him as they have hit ...

Value Every Second: Sunday’s Startling Realization

The tragedy of today reminds us that we never really know what’s in store for our lives. I’d just sat down with a stupid smile on my face when I felt my phone buzzing. Inside Coleman Colis...

Kansas-Kansas State Brawl: A Microcosm of College Basketball’s Biggest Problem

It was a Tuesday night and Kansas looked to be closing in on a 20-point home victory over its in-state rival, Kansas State. Viewers at home were dozing off and the crowd was heading for the exits. But...

Fight at the Phog: Kansas-Kansas State Brawl

On Tuesday night and throughout Wednesday, the talk of college basketball was the Kansas-Kansas State brawl. In the waning seconds of Kansas’ 81-60 victory in Allen Fieldhouse,all hell broke loo...

Luke’s Best Bets: Tuesday, Jan. 21

What a weekend it was in college basketball. Baylor hung on in Stillwater, Florida smoked Auburn, Louisville beat Duke in Cameron, Depaul beat Butler, Houston shocked the Shockers, Seton Hall solidifi...

The Value of Having Parity in College Hoops

Gonzaga has been the AP No. 1 team in men’s college basketball for each of the past four weeks, marking the longest tenure anyone has maintained in the top position this season. Whether the stre...

Luke’s Best Bets: Saturday, Jan. 18

With college basketball in full conference swing and college football officially coming to an end, it’s time to turn our eyes to the hardwood. With games tipping at 11:30 AM today and running al...

Oregon Women’s Basketball: The Next Dynasty?

Oregon women’s basketball has been on to something special in recent years. In women’s college basketball, we’ve become accustomed to dominance by traditional powerhouses. The men...

The Big Ten is the Best Conference in College Basketball

I’m not even going to leave this up for debate. Yes, it has been since 2000 (Michigan State, I refuse to count the Maryland title) since the league has won the national championship. But this ye...

Illinois Basketball: Certifiably Good

Things are clicking for the Illini. A big win in Champaign on Wednesday night gives the Illinois basketball program their first victory against a top-five ranked opponent since Tyler Griffey sealed th...

I disagree With TIME Magazine

Greta Thunberg is TIME Magazine’s person of the year. It’s a trivial award. The magazine’s only purpose is to look cool. If you have one on the train or at the airport, you look smar...

Michigan is FOR REAL

On Black Friday the Michigan Wolverines won EASY against a top-10 Gonzaga team to win the Battle for Atlantis. The previous day, they won soundly against third-ranked North Carolina. The polls have no...

Is DePaul on the Path to March Madness?

I would say many people didn’t know this, but DePaul (yes, the DePaul team that hasn’t been to the Big Dance since 2004) is 8-0. This is the first time since 1986-87 they have started 8-0 ...

The NCAA has lost its damn mind

A title that really surprises nobody. Just when I thought the most corrupt organization in America could not surprise me anymore, the James Wiseman news came out. Okay, so I guess this is fair? But th...

Phil Knight Invitational Lives up to the Hype

In the first game of the Phil Knight Invitational, we saw #14 Oregon vs. #13 Memphis. In this matchup, we saw potential #1 overall pick James Wiseman sit for most of the first with with foul trouble. ...

Evansville Upsets #1 Kentucky

On Tuesday night, the Evansville Aces Upset #1 Kentucky in Lexington. After beating then-number one Michigan State just one week ago, the Kentucky Wildcats find themselves getting beat AT HOME by the ...

UMass Sinks Full-Court Buzzer Beater

UMass guard Sean East II sent home an epic full-court buzzer beater to end the first half tonight against Northeastern. Prior to the inbound pass, the Minutemen trailed by a score of 34-33 with 0.6 se...

What’s Next for Purdue Basketball as They Move Forward Without Carsen Edwards?

The 2018-19 Purdue Basketball team felt like a team of destiny. They were coming off the best season in school history but had just graduated four seniors who had been so crucial to the team’s s...

With Bohannon on the Court, The Road is Only Up for the Hawkeyes

The 2018-2019 season brought many surprises, buzzer beaters, and great basketball for Iowa Hawkeye’s basketball. With many changes occurring off the court such as losing two starters and a stron...

N’Faly Dante Commits to the Oregon Ducks

Five-star center N’Faly Dante has committed to Oregon. This is a big one. For an Oregon roster experiencing a lot of turnover from last seasons Sweet Sixteen team, help in the frontcourt was des...

Bakari Evelyn, The Newest Hawkeye

This offseason has been a turbulent few months for the Iowa men’s basketball program. From Tyler Cook making the NBA jump, to Isaiah Moss making the surprise transfer request, to Jordan Bohannon...

NBA Draft Preview: Purdue’s Carsen Edwards

Carsen Edwards caught everyone’s attention during Purdue’s NCAA Tournament run. The junior guard averaged 35 points per game in the tournament, including two 42 point performances against ...

The March Madness Rematch We’ve All Been Waiting For

Last time you heard from me I was crying on my dorm room floor over Purdue’s heartbreaking loss in the Elite 8 to Virginia. Virginia went on to win the National Championship and apparently IR...

ACC/B1G Challenge Preview

It’s June 12th and we are now in that space of the year where there isn’t exactly a lot going on in the sports world. As tweeted out by Jon Rothstein last week, the entire college basketba...

Iowa’s Crazy Offseason Continues

Wieskamp To Return Joe Wieskamp announced in early April that he would be testing the NBA Draft process. As expected, Wieskamp pulled his name from the 2019 NBA Draft on Wednesday, saying, “the ...

More Than a Penny

As we saw five-star recruit Precious Achiuwa, a 6-9 Small Forward from Montverde, Fl, sign with first year coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers. We will see some of the best high school talent ...

UNC Basketball: Early Overview

The college basketball offseason is upon us. This is the time where college stars get drafted, rosters overturn, and fans like us anxiously await for October. Over the past few weeks there have been a...

Not My Herro

I have a bad temper. It runs in the family. My dad has a habit of just blowing up and I certainly do too. It’s not just randomly out of left field. It’s when a couple things happen. Our sp...

Baylor Beats Notre Dame for National Title

The Baylor Lady Bears beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 82-81 to win their third national championship. This was hardly unexpected as Baylor came into the game as the No. 1 overall seed and with a 36...

Chris Mullin Steps Down at St. John’s

After making the NCAA Tournament with his alma mater, Chris Mullin has officially stepped down as head coach of St. John’s basketball. Mullins caps a four year career with the Red Storm, finishi...

Time to sponsor student athletes

Student athletes are hard to compensate due to their disparity in value. In professional sports, everyone is worth something on the open market, but in college that is not necessarily the case. Some a...

Virginia-Texas Tech: By the Numbers

The 2019 NCAA Tournament has been one of the more interesting in recent memory. It didn’t feature many upsets, but it did feature Texas Tech and Auburn both reaching their first Final Four appea...

Purdue Basketball Season Wrap Up

When I wrote my Mid Season Review for the Boilers back in Januar, things were looking pretty grim. They’d just come off a 20 point loss at Michigan State and had already shown signs of strugglin...

Heartbreak: The Highs and Lows of Purdue Basketball Fandom

This years Purdue team was one of the most fun teams I’ve ever watched. I hated on them all summer, fall, and even into January. They proved fans, me and the country wrong time and time again. T...

Did the NCAA Miss Big With Their “Life of a Student-Athlete” Video?

Last week, the NCAA put a video on Twitter that took the internet by storm. The video showed a “student-athlete” going through his daily routine. The video received a lot of criticism from...

Nebraska Basketball Hires Fred Hoiberg

15 months ago, Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Moos reached out to his man, Nebraska’s man, Scott Frost, to resurrect Nebraska Football. On March 30, Moos hired the hottest coaching candidates in co...

Successful Year for the Hawkeyes?

Coming in to the 2018-2019 season, I was cautiously optimistic. But why only cautiously optimistic? Simply put, this was a team that had been abysmal in the previous season. They didn’t just mis...

Transfer Alert: Maishe Dailey

Junior guard, Maishe Dailey, has entered the NCAA transfer portal and will not be a Hawkeye next season. This season Dailey averaged 12.5 minutes per game and shot 35.2% from the field. All things con...

Get Rich or Die Trying: Back on the Saddle

After yesterday’s terrible performances, I took a pretty big loss. This game isn’t for the weak. If you’re not able to handle a loss, then you might as well get out of the game now. Today and th...

ALL ABOARD! Boilers finally break through to the Elite 8

After a 19 year drought, Purdue has finally vanquished their Sweet 16 demons and survived to see the Elite 8. As a lifelong Purdue fan, this is something that I never thought I’d see. Year after...

Get Rich or Die Trying: Sweet Surrender edition

We are finally back and I cannot wait to make more money tonight. I am going to give you all 4 plays for tonight and for the rest of the tournament I’ll give you all of my college basketball bet...

Tony Bennett, Virginia are ready to put their past behind them

Over the past five seasons, Virginia has produced no national titles and no Final Fours. They have three Sweet Sixteens and one Elite Eight appearance, coming in 2016. Heading into this year’s S...

UCLA’s Shareef O’Neal cleared to play

Shareef O’Neal, former four star recruit, has been cleared to resume all basketball activities after missing the entire 2018-19 College Basketball season. Shareef took to twitter to announce his...

Power Ranking the Sweet 16 Teams

#1 North Carolina The Tar Heels have dominated both of their opponents thus far and continue to look the part of a championship contender. Their offense is especially clicking with freshman Nassir Lit...

‘Chalky’ Sweet Sixteen Has Massive Potential

The most exciting 96 hours in sports is in the books and the Sweet Sixteen table has been set. Missing from this year’s second weekend is the Cinderella story we look forward to come tournament ...

Get Rich or Die Trying: Closing Sunday

After a really bad Night Shift I hope you guys were able to bounce back. Today is the most important day of the week, if you’re up then payday from the bookie is today if you’re down then this is ...

Jayhawks of the Midwestern: The Curse of the Bruce Pearl

Turns out that the Kansas Jayhawks losing the Big XII regular-season title for the first time in fourteen years wasn’t an elaborate rouse by Bill Self to catch the rest of the March Madness fiel...

College Coaches: I Scream, You Scream, Tom Izzo’s A Bit Extreme

Fact: Old Guys Like Yelling At Young Guys With Tom Izzo caught on camera berating Aaron Henry during Michigan State’s first round victory against the Bradley Braves, coaching tactics have been p...

Does Tom Izzo Deserve The Hate?

Yesterday during Michigan State’s win over Bradley, head coach Tom Izzo was caught on camera RIPPING into Aaron Henry. Izzo was so heated that he had to be restrained by his players when he lung...

Get Rich or Die Trying: The Night Shift

Well besides Cincy forgetting how to play basketball, I’m now sitting at a nice 5-1 for the picks I’ve given to the people. The Anteaters were a no-doubter and Texas Tech took a little bit...

March Madness: What We Learned on Day 1

Day 1 of the 2019 NCAA Tournament is over and done, and plenty of compelling story-lines are already beginning to unfold. Here are three of the major takeaways from Day 1 that fans should keep in mind...

Syracuse Basketball Season Review

Syracuse’s season ended last night after a 78-69 loss to Baylor. Earlier in the week, I basically guaranteed an Orange victory. Baylor had lost four straight entering Thursday’s game and was witho...

Get Rich or Die Trying: March Madness Day 2

We are red hot going into day two. You asked for them, and I gave them to you. 3 picks 3 winners and we are not going to stop. Keep riding with me and by the national championship we’ll all be r...

FSU: The School Who Couldn’t Cover

If you were like me and had Florida State at -9, I’m so sorry. As some may have seen, FSU ended up winning 76-69, a 7 point victory that broke hearts across the nation. Never would I ever wish a...

Get Rich or Die Trying: March Madness Day 1

March Madness: the most exciting time of the year for most gamblers. With nonstop action for 4 straight days it can be your best friend or your worst enemy. That’s why I’m here, I’m here to help...

Bad News: Your Team Is On Upset Alert

Before you call me an idiot, remember I said your team is on “upset alert” not “your team will be upset”. If you want to call me an idiot for that, then that’s your choic...

4 Teams that Could Make or Break your Bracket

Some teams look like they have Final Four potential, and then lose in the first round. Other teams are expected to have an early exit, and then make a deep run. Choose wisely when picking these teams ...

NIT Guide: Part 2

Here we have the second round to my guide revolving around the NIT. It involves some teams that have been in the NCAA tournament for what feels like decades, and some teams that have struggled under n...

NIT Guide: Part 1

You for sure should be talking about the Big Dance, however I think the NIT could make a lot of noise this year. Now I am not saying that the NIT is by any means better then the NCAA, but there are so...

Purdue: The B1G Hope

March Madness is finally here, to celebrate I went through every B1G seed and matchup… I found that no team benefitted more than Purdue did with their draw. Of the eight teams that received bids...

Upstate New York Headed Out West

As the 2019 NCAA Tournament bracket was announced, both Buffalo and Syracuse had to wait sometime before finally hearing their names called. In the end, both upstate New York squads were selected to t...

I-Who? Why the Hoosiers were among the first four out

When Romeo Langford signed with Indiana, fans were already hanging a sixth banner in their heads. After a 12-2 start, the excitement was back in Bloomington. And with in-state rival, Purdue, getting o...

The Committee gets something right

As we watched the reveal of the 68 team field for the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament, let’s remember the past. The committee has always, in my uneducated opinion (see Delphi Bracketology 2017),...

Syracuse-Duke Round 3 Preview: By the Numbers

Syracuse and Duke will meet for the 3rd time this season in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament tonight. The teams have split the season series 1-1 thus far, each taking a game on the other’s ho...

Conference Tournament Central: March 14th

Wowza, what a day yesterday was. 33 games and we won 27 of them! We now sit at 110-44 overall. That’s good enough for 71%. There’s a huge slate today and I picked EVERY SINGLE ONE. Enjoy! ...

No, Clemson shouldn’t be in the NCAA tournament

After scoring just 16 points in the second half and losing to NC State in their first ACC Tournament game, the Clemson Tigers sit firmly on the bubble. This loss came after holding a 16-point lead at ...

Conference Tournament Central: March 13th

Ahhh, a new day with a CRAP LOAD of new tournaments starting today and tomorrow. We had 4 conference championships that were controllable, we went 2-2 in those games. Gonzaga getting held to 47 points...

BIG Takes: Tournament Edition

Purdue and Michigan State did their part in clinching a share of the Big Ten regular season championship, but now is the time where we find out who is and who isn’t made for March. Michigan State re...

Conference Tournament Central: March 12th

After a tough stretch, we finally got off the pine with going a p-word 2 for 2 in our champions yesterday. Wofford’s win led us to a p-word bracket for the Southern Conference. Iona’s auto...

International Women’s Day: A Look at Some of College Athletics Most Prominent Females

Today is International Women’s Day. A day to celebrate all of the strong women in our lives and remind each other about how much progress women have made. What better way to celebrate than to lo...

Conference Tournament Central: March 11th

We suffered a few losses on the tournament champion route. To this point, we are oh-fer in champions picked. We kept up a high percentage by only dropping 3 controllable games. Overall, we sit at 60-2...

Conference Tournament Central: March 10th

We started hot and ended somewhat poorly. The day started at 0-3 because of poor management. We only had 6 losses in controllable games, but none was more hurtful than South Dakota State losing by 3. ...

Conference Tournament Central: March 9th

Well, well, well… It seems as if I’ve gone cold. I scratched and clawed to stay an even .500. I doubled my losses from the first 4 days combined. It sucks. Hopefully we can bounce back wit...

Conference Tournament Central: March 8th

There were 19 games in total last night. After suffering my first loss on March 6th or day 3, I was hoping for a great comeback. It went pretty well by going 14-5. That brings the overall to 32-6. I h...

Conference Tournament Central: March 7th

Well… The heater has ended, but to correctly pick 18 of 19 games is incredible. Let’s take a look at all the conference tournament games going on today and see how I do. Atlantic Sun Semif...

BIG Takes: Week 8 Edition

As if the Big Ten didn’t have enough drama throughout this season, the Big Ten regular season title will come down to the final weekend with Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue all tied for first pl...

What Happened to The Jayhawks?

It’s finally over. Fourteen years stopped at a screeching halt. Oh well. For the 2018-19 Kansas Jayhawks, it’s time to learn and move on. No longer at the top of the Big XII mountain, doub...

Conference Tournament Central: March 6th

Conference W-L Record Atlantic Sun 4-0 Big South 3-0 Horizon League 2-0 Patriot League 2-0 Overall 11-0 Through 2 days of conference play, I’m 11-0 overall. I swear I know what I’m talking...

Is Bill Self On The Hot Seat?

Nope. Carry on. While you’re here, check out why I think Illinois has a shot at an auto-bid this March....

Conference Tournament Central: March 5th

Hello folks, welcome back to Conference Tournament Central! I’m your host Bryce Hopwood and day 1 of conference tournament play has made me look like a genius. The Atlantic Sun conference was th...

Does the Big Ten have a Basketball Problem?

Purdue is going to win the Big Ten regular Season title this year… on a technicality. I am going to be rash for a minute. Purdue is making the Big Ten look much weaker than it truly is. The Big ...

Conference Tournament Central: March 4th

*Insert March Madness trumpets playing* Hello everyone, and welcome to Conference Tournament Central! I am your host, Bryce Hopwood, and I will be bringing you content, predictions, news, and much mor...

Nevada Faced Post-Game Drama After Loss

Look, we all hate losing. I will do everything in my power to try and win in a family game of Pictionary, whether that’s mouthing the word to my grandpa, or trying to make as close to a symbol a...

Put me in Buzz

Coach Buzz Williams posted a video today, and my god I was willing to drive to VA Tech, ready to run through a wall for that man. If you haven’t seen it yet, here it is. It’s no wonder why...

BIG Takes: Week 7 Edition

Tip of the hat to Michigan State this week, as they went into Ann Arbor and pulled off their most impressive win of the year. The win put the Spartans a half game ahead of Purdue and a full game ahead...

National Player of the Year: Gustafson by a Mile

Respect The Name I have seen plenty of articles about the National Player of the Year debate in Women’s Basketball. Many of these articles have slept on or totally missed Megan Gustafson. One of...

Fran McCaffery Chases Ref Down Calling Him a “Cheating Motherfucker” and a “Fucking Disgrace”

The Hawkeyes went to Columbus and got trounced by Ohio State last night. It was a must-win for the Buckeyes to make a push to the Tournament, and they won by 20 against ranked Iowa. That was a huge wi...

Badgers Lose in Double-OT… My Reaction

In the famous words of Drake… “I’m upset”. I’m so pissed off about that double overtime shit show I just witnessed in Bloomington, Indiana. I have seen some terribly offi...

NCAA Tournament: ACC has potential to get 9 teams in

March Madness is just around the corner, and the ACC is stacked as always. The league has nine teams currently in the mix for NCAA Tournament spots, three of which have a shot at a No. 1 seed. There a...

Two Prolific Players You (Maybe) Haven’t Heard Of

I want to start off by saying that I appreciate everyone who reads my articles and spreads the word about my writing. That’s why I’m not sure if I’m the reason to blame or if everybo...

A Student Athletes Take on Paying College Atheltes

Duke’s, Zion Williamson, injured himself 30 seconds into arguably the biggest college basketball rivalry in the country last night. Ticket prices were starting at $2,900 for this game and former...

Will the real Syracuse Orange please stand up?

After a 69-49 drubbing of No. 18 Louisville on Wednesday night, Syracuse now sits at 18-8 overall and 9-4 in ACC play. They’re also tied for fourth place in the ACC standings with Florida State, tra...

BIG Takes: Week 6 Edition

There was little to no drama this week in the Big Ten which sets up a wild race to the finish. Purdue, Michigan and Michigan State are tied at the top with 12-3 conference records. Maryland is a game ...

Top 5 Mid Majors to Know For Your Bracket’s Future

Time to talk Mid Majors that might surprise us come March. I know what you’re thinking “Oh it’s only the middle of February, I’ll research on Selection Sunday”. That̵...

What’s wrong with the Hoosiers?

Whatever is ailing the Indiana basketball team, currently #12 in the Big Ten, has taken their season to its breaking point. After starting the season 12-2 and boasting strong wins over Marquette and L...

The Buzzer-Beater, Second Edition: February Blues

Welcome to the second edition of the sophomore year of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This past weekend, I was in Tucson,...

Wiesy Outta Here: Hawkeyes win another Thriller

The Iowa Hawkeyes took the court in Piscataway, NJ tonight against Rutgers. True freshman guard, Joe Wieskamp, would play the hero on this night. This role is often filled by Jordan Bohannon, but Wies...

Iowa @ Rutgers: Game Preview

Recap: Iowa Once again, the Iowa men’s basketball team has been looking great of late. The Hawkeyes are coming off three straight wins. First, an upset of Michigan at home in which they outpaced...

North Carolina: Heels in good shape despite Virginia loss

The North Carolina Tar Heels are 19-5 and 9-2 in ACC play, tied for 2nd in the conference with Virginia The Bad News CHAPEL HILL, N.C.- For Tar Heel fans, it’s hard not to believe that Monday ni...

Duke: Overrated?

Is this Duke team really as good as everyone thought it was at the beginning of the season? Duke was being talked about like they were going to be the best college basketball team in history for havin...

BIG Takes: Week 5 Edition

  Week in Review Tuesday night had all the madness Big Ten fans wanted. The top five teams in the league were on display, and as the standings were just a few weeks ago, Michigan and Michigan Sta...

Illinois Basketball: B1G Tournament Champions

Speak it into existence. Brad Underwood’s squad is trending upward, and while they sit at 9-15, an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament is up for grabs in March. The path to the madness is far f...

Wooden Award Top 20: Part 2

Part 1 – posted yesterday – included some big names and studs who are putting up crazy numbers. Those ballers have earned their stripes. They are insanely athletic and are having fantastic...

Spartans head to Madison: B1G Preview

The Michigan State Spartans travel to the Kohl Center on Wednesday to take on the 20th ranked Badgers. Michigan State is 1-3 in their last four games, snapping a 3-game losing streak last Saturday at ...

Wooden Award Top 20: Part 1

This is my favorite time of the year. We just had the Super Bowl signifying the end of football, which is sad. Football was my first love, BUT the Super Bowl means that we have about a month and a hal...

#SU25 Basketball: Week 16

The Student Union Difference: #1 team in the country from last week’s poll defeats #3 team, #1 drops in this week’s #SU25 Basketball poll! This week lacked major upsets, but since the last...

Five-Star Recruit Anthony Edwards Commits to Georgia

Tom Crean’s bag man is finally starting to make some moves. Anthony Edwards, a top-five player in the 2019 recruiting class, and projected top-five pick in the 2020 NBA draft, has committed to ...

Do You Know what N.E.T. Stands for?

NET or NCAA evaluation tool is the new RPI ranking, it will help the NCAA rank teams going into March Madness. Step 1, team value index or an algorithm that is set up to only reward teams for beating ...

Arizona Basketball is in Trouble, Again

The Arizona Wildcats are one of the biggest headlines in college basketball news for all the wrong reasons, again. Yesterday, Arizona placed assistant coach Mark Phelps on administrative leave and are...

Indiana vs #20 Iowa

What a year it has been for the Big Ten. The twenty in conference games for the Big Ten sure has a way of creating drama throughout the tail end of the season, and the upset wins for Iowa and Indiana ...

#SU25 Basketball: Week (1)5!

Football season is over, but there is some good news: The Patriots can’t win March Madness. But the Patriots of college basketball find themselves atop our first #SU25 rankings of the regular se...

BIG Takes: Week 4

Would anybody like to tell me what the heck is going to happen in this last month of the Big Ten? Just two weeks ago, it looked like a clear cut race between Michigan and Michigan State to see who wou...

The Big Ten, March Madness, and My Word

With Michigan and Michigan State both competing in conference play tonight, there is still some uncertainty in who will claim the Big Ten regular season Championship come early March. Both Teams stand...

Bad Beat in Norman

Last night some of you bettors may have fallen victim to maybe the worst bad beat of the season so far. To set the stage, Iowa State was favored on the road at Norman, from anywhere between 2.5 and 3....

ACC Corner: Week 4 Edition

Welcome to ACC Corner: Week 4 Edition. With some big games coming up this week, the picture became a little bit more clear in the standings. We also saw Duke blow out St. Johns in a non-conference gam...

The Buzzer-Beater, First Edition: Kentucky is the Real Deal

Welcome to the first edition of the sophomore year of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This past weekend, I was in Tuscaloo...

Silvio De Sousa, Kansas Hosed by NCAA

Well, that’s that. Silvio De Sousa banned from the NCAA until 2020-2021. Held out for all of the 2018-19 season this point, hope remained with the Jayhawks that they might get their big back bef...

Dan’s Bedtime Thoughts: CBB Edition

It’s college basketball season! Yes, I know that CBB started way back in November, but now that we’re without football, I’ll officially declare it college basketball season. Let̵...

Locker Room Talk: Episode 2

The Student Union Sports podcast about nothing in particular. Hot takes, cold drinks, and trash talk is what we like best. This week on the Locker Room Talk podcast we are talking about anything and e...

ASU Roasts Zona

Every morning I wake up the first thing I do is check the notifications on my phone, then scroll through twitter. It was there that I saw my favorite Twitter roast of all time. Sleep tight @APlayersPr...

Game Preview: Iowa vs #5 Michigan

Time for the Hawkeyes to Panic? Iowa has lost two straight, and the world appears to be falling apart in Iowa City because of it. Coming off of a loss to Michigan State, a team that could win it all, ...

A couple teams Vegas hasn’t picked up on yet

Gambling, ultimately, is finding lines that are a little wonky to you. Sometimes, it’s just a you thing. Sometimes, you are right. When you are right, you tend to pick up on trends and tendencie...

ACC Corner: Week 3 Edition

Welcome to ACC Corner, Week 3 edition. There wasn’t as much firepower in terms of big games, but there were some crazy finishes nonetheless. The race for the best record is heating up, as four teams...

The Comeback: UTSA Shocks Old Dominion

On Saturday night, the UTSA Roadrunners shocked the world in a last minute (or last 3 minutes and 49 seconds if you please) comeback of epic proportions. The Runners had a rough day shooting only scor...

Locker Room Talk : Episode 1

The Student Union Sports podcast about nothing in particular. Hot takes, cold drinks, and trash talk is what we like best. On todays episode, some of the Student Union boys (Sam Tschida, Andy Jones, A...

Ethan Happ: Mr. Triple-Double

Holy shit folks. I’m absolutely dumbfounded. Elation, shock, happiness. Ethan Happ just ended the game against Northwestern with 13 points, 12 boards, and 11 assists which accounts for his 2nd t...

Fab 5: Naming the Best College Basketball Freshmen Ever

On ESPN’s College Gameday this weekend, Seth Greenberg made the claim that Carmelo Anthony was the best freshman to ever play college basketball. So that got me thinking. With guys like RJ Barrett, ...

Gonzaga Needs to Grow Up and Join a Real Conference

Since Mark Few took over Gonzaga’s basketball program in 1999, it’s been pure dominance in the West Coast Conference. After a 98-39 win last night over Santa Clara (yeah, that’s 59 p...

Jhivvan Jackson: Cold as Ice

Last night the Roadrunner men’s basketball team put the beat down on conference opponent Charlotte. From the tip-off, there was never really a doubt about this game. JHIVVAN-STOPPABLE Jhivvan “Ice...

Iowa Basketball: Midseason Review

SO FAR, SO GOOD. Up to this point, the Iowa men’s basketball season has been a pleasant surprise considering how they looked last year. Compared to a 14-19 record last season (4-14 record agains...

ACC Corner: Week 2 Edition

Welcome to ACC Corner, Week 2 edition. The week started with No. 1 Duke being knocked off at home against Syracuse but ended with a 72-70 Blue Devils win over Virginia. The loss was the Cavaliers firs...

IU/Purdue Battle for the Hoosier State

There is a huge showdown in West Lafayette happening today. At 2 pm the Hoosiers from Bloomington make the 2 hour drive north to face their instate rivals the Purdue Boilermakers. Let’s get a br...

Wisconsin Basketball Mid Season Review

Through 17 regular season games the Wisconsin Badgers are 11-6 overall and 5-4 in Big Ten play. Their season to date has been very up and down. The Badgers enjoyed a 5-0 start before falling to #4 Vir...

Ohio State Mid Season Review

The Ohio State mens basketball team is looking to continue their success from last season. The Buckeyes are off to a 12-4 start (2-3 in Big 10) and look to make some noise in the Big10 again this seas...

Big Ten: Strongest Conference in Basketball?

The Big Ten struggled mightily in basketball last year, fielding only four teams in the NCAA Tournament. However, it is a new year and 2019 looks to be a great one for the Big Ten. As it stands right ...

Down Goes Dook

You know, it may have been a rough start to the season for Syracuse fans, but all of that was forgotten when the Orange went into Cameron Indoor and punched the Dookies in the mouth. Syracuse knocked ...

ACC Corner: Week 1 Edition

Welcome to ACC Corner, where every week I will highlight the best players, games, and teams of the week in college basketball’s best conference. It will also preview the matchups to watch in the com...

CBB Mideason Conference Power Rankings

About halfway through the season with conference play in full swing, teams and conferences have begun to separate themselves from the pack. Some have made a real argument to be no. 1, whereas others h...

Tennessee: Title Bound?

For those of you who haven’t been tuned in to college basketball all year, this may come as a big surprise to you, but Tennessee is showing the country that it might have a say in who the best t...

The Italian Stallion Rides Again

Last night in a complete shut down of conference foe Rice, Giovanni De Nicolao of UTSA put on a clinic. Going for 19 points, 3-6 around the arc and getting the Runners the ball back a whopping five ti...

Zion Williamson: The Next Generational Superstar

Let me be the first to say that I am not an expert on the intangibles of what makes a college basketball player NBA-ready. But, many of those who are have Duke forward Zion Williamson at the top of th...

Purdue Basketball Mid Season Review

College football is officially over and it’s time for everyone to turn their attention to the rest of the college basketball season. We’re officially at the halfway point and conference pl...

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...

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 ma...

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....

ACC-Big Ten Challenge Preview

Beginning on Monday, the 20th annual ACC-Big Ten Challenge will kick off, with fourteen matchups slated through Wednesday on ESPN. The ACC has won the past two challenges by a combined 20-8, but as us...

Student Union Roundtable: What to Watch For (Nov. 23-25)

What a hectic first month of college basketball we’ve had. Duke (yes, the same Duke that Chase predicted to go undefeated) lost way earlier than anyone expected, Gonzaga proved a lot of critics wron...

Rough Weekend for Syracuse Fans

This weekend was supposed to be a Syracuse fan’s ultimate dream. Three games between the men’s basketball team and the football team would be held in New York City. The men’s basketball team...

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...

2018-19 CBB B1G Preview

Welcome back to the start of the College Basketball season. Such a glorious time for all basketball fans to come together and watch some great athletes compete every night. Unless, unfortunately, you ...

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...

Exhibition Breakdown: Kansas Jayhawks

The Kansas Jayhawks have just completed their preseason action with large margin victories over Emporia State and Washburn. Throughout the two games, I saw some really good and some not so good. What ...

#SU25 Basketball: Preseason

It’s that time of the year again! The college basketball season tips off tonight with the Champions Classic taking place in Indianapolis. The Kansas Jayhawks take on the Michigan State Spartans,...

2018-2019 South Carolina Basketball Preview

After a Final Four appearance in 2017, the Gamecocks struggled last year to reach a 17-16 record. They finished 11th in the SEC and missed out on a postseason berth during an overall disappointing cam...

Four things to watch for Champions Classic

Tomorrow, college basketball is officially, all the way back. As has happened for the last few seasons, the season kicks off with The Champions Classic, which is a blue blood playground. Michigan Stat...

LBJ is out of line for calling out Jimmy B

Lebron James is the best basketball player of all-time to not go to college. And I’m one of the biggest Lebron fans on the planet. But this afternoon, he went too far. For some context, Darius Bazel...

College hoops AP poll released, basketball’s back, baby

In light of the college basketball preseason AP Poll being released, I would like to take this opportunity to say that it is officially basketball season. The NBA started last week, college football i...

The Drake Curse: A Timeline

The Kardashians and Jenners have ruined numerous athletes careers by dating them in the past. The Kendall Jenner Curse is the most recent of a long stint of bad sports curses. We all remember Jessica ...

The Cup Check 9/28: Presented by Student Union Sports

On this week’s episode of the Cup Check, Luke “Big Takes” Maiers joins the show to talk a little football. Topics include life advice for Kelly Bryant, Roughing the passer rules, and...

Jim Halpert’s Alternate Universe: A Basketball Odyssey

As we all know, Jim and Pam from the hit series, The Office, leave sleepy Scranton, Pennsylvania for their happily-ever-after in Texas. I always believed that Jim was destined for much greater thing...

RIP to the RPI Metric

I know it is football SZN and everybody is excited for that, but the NCAA has announced that college basketball will no longer use the RPI metric. The metric has been used to help decide tournament te...

Ex-Louisville, South Carolina Commit Brian Bowen Signs With Australian Basketball Team

Poor Brian Bowen. Bowen was the number 14 recruit in the country coming out of high school, and was committed to play at Louisville. Now for those that may not have heard, the Louisville basketball pr...

The NCAA Finally Does Something Right; Changes CBB Rules

WELL GOOD MORNING NCAA! I personally have railed against the NCAA for a very, very long time, but I will give credit where credit is due. This is a very progressive move by them, and *should* help wee...

Could Zion Williamson be a two sport athlete?

Everyone is freaking out about Zion Williamson being 285 pounds. This happened early this week when Duke listed their 2018-2019 roster. I love this;  basketball experts are thinking he is too heavy t...

Recruiting Season: Episode 1 Feat. Sean Bock (247 Sports)

The very first installment of the newest Student Union podcast is here! Introducing Recruiting Season, a weekly podcast hosted by Student Union personalities Brendan Smith and Johnny Rambos. The pod...

Kansas subpoenaed — What does it mean?

Yahoo Sports — The University of Kansas tacitly acknowledged that it has been subpoenaed by the federal government in the ongoing federal basketball investigation, according to a recent response to ...

The Worst of Sports Twitter

Twitter can be both a great place and a dirty cesspool at the same time. There are some great follows, users who have great takes and a true understanding of the sport they cover. But then you’v...

Jayhawks Have Plenty of Depth in 2018-19, but How Will It Play Out? A Look at KU’s Potential Lineup Combos

The Jayhawks have a DEEP team this year. They have so many different ways they can throw out a lineup. What we’re going to look at is what lineups the Jayhawks can and should use this coming season....

The Johnny Rambos Podcast – The Investigation Episode

This week we investigate where LeBron James will sign in free agency, what happened in Janoris Jenkins basement, The Trevor Lawrence hype train, fact or fiction – who fucked who in the NBA and N...

Keeping Up with the Rivers

Some drama series’s write themselves and don’t require the fake excitement for television purposes. The Rivers Family drama is one that absolutely is real and happening from a sports fan&#...

Lonnie Walker Loves Hitler

Lonnie Walker, the freshman phenom from Miami was drafted in Thursday night’s NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs with the 18th overall selection. Numerous draft analysts called this the steal of...

Why hasn’t SlamBall blown up yet?

For those of you who don’t know, SlamBall is a sport which has been described as football and basketball combined into one. SlamBall is the sport with trampolines, dunking and big hits. Most spo...

Woj uses his thesaurus to dominate Draft Night

The best part of every NBA draft is the leaked picks on Twitter. Before every pick officially leaves Adam Silver’s kinda creepy looking lips, the NBA world is already aware of who is going where...

Luka Doncic wouldn’t have made it in American basketball because of his model mother

As you all know, Luka Doncic was selected third overall by the Atlanta Hawks then shipped to the Dallas Mavericks in last night’s NBA Draft. It was a huge moment for the Croatian superstar, mayb...

2018 Draft Class Making Shoe Deals a Big Deal

Today is the day. Draft day. For 60 of the world’s brightest young stars, this is the night that will change their lives forever. The NBA provides its family with countless opportunities and res...

The greatest red headed basketball players of all time

The 2018 NBA Draft is tonight and with a few gingers in the running, it made me start to wonder who the greatest red-headed basketball players of all time were. So here is a list perfectly compiled of...

The Kevin Knox anxiety attack

During the NBA combine an executive from a team asked Kevin Knox if he had a child, which Knox politely answered “no.” Then the executives kept pressing him, saying that they had learned h...

Campus Cover 32: NBA draft special and other stuff

Welcome to the Campus Cover, a gambling (~kinda~) podcast that uses that as the main point to talk about everything in sports. Hosted by PJ Guippone and (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), we ta...

Kansas Jayhawks 2018-2019 potential lineups

The Jayhawks have a DEEP team this year. They have so many different ways they can throw out a lineup. What we’re going to look at is what lineups the Jayhawks can and should use this coming season ...

Strike Up The Band…

If you don’t know by now, all of us here at Student Union love music. We grade NBA draft prospects based off of Ye songs.. Hell, we even give out our favorite songs of the week for Friday Fire. ...

Marvin Bagley is my new favorite player

Draft day is under a week away and the best young players in the nation are anxiously awaiting the lips on Adam Silver’s phallic head to utter the words “And with the _____ pick in the NBA...

Will Uber’s Announcement Lead to More Coaches Being Fired?

Everyone knows that to be an elite coach for pretty much any college program you need to be good at two things: recruiting and dealing with/covering up crimes. I’m not saying all athletes are crimin...

Surprise, Surprise, the NCAA Does Something Bad Again

On a day where something actually went well for the NCAA, in only the way they can, they found a way to fuck it up. Two days before announcing that changes were coming to the transfer rule, the NCAA a...

NBA draft prospects as songs from “ye”

On the first day of this wonderful month of June, Kanye West released his highly anticipated album, which he named “ye.” It was greeted with extremely mixed opinions, with even some of the...

LeBron James and HBO Announce New NCAA Documentary

LeBron James, coming off yet another NBA Finals loss, has switched teams again, this time partnering with HBO to bring a new student-athlete focused NCAA documentary to the network this fall. Typical ...

A case for Bamba at number one

People have been asking me a lot recently about what I like to do for fun. “What are your hobbies?” they ask me, expecting a normal response of something like “Oh I love riding my bi...

The Kendall Jenner Basketball Curse

With the recent news that Kendall Jenner and Ben Simmons are dating, I thought to myself how bad of a move it must be to date anyone who has ever appeared on the television show Keeping up with the Ka...

Lottery mock 1.0 on day one of the combine

The NBA Draft order is set after the results of the Lottery were revealed. For the second half of this week, the draft combine is taking place, which accomplishes 3 main things for me. One is this, by...

Breaking down Kansas Basketball roster for 2018-2019

Oh, how I miss the Kansas Jayahwks already. After an up and down season, which resulted in so many ups, including a Final Four, it is time to look towards next season. Kansas continues to load up on i...

“Happy Holidays, Commissioner”

This past December, I delivered Commissioner Mike Slive and his wife Liz their annual mason jar of cheese potato soup. The delivery is a tradition that we’ve been doing since who knows how long, and...

Life Tips: Provided by a Washed Up College Graduate

Well folks, college has been an amazing four year ride, and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to leave. But it’s time to face reality…I’m officially a washed up post g...

Acceptable reasons to be a fan of a college

I feel like I should include a trigger warning at the beginning of this because people really value their fandom. People create reasons to love teams and they convince themselves that it is a valid ra...

“Academics” in the NBA Playoffs: Crafting Nine Collegiate Starting Lineups

Remember watching the tournament a couple weeks ago and being continuously bothered by Jerry Rice’s voice speaking on behalf of the NCAA about how student-athletes are students first? Well, I do...

Why Fans Are The Greatest Thing In All Of Sports…

As many of you have heard by now, we had a tragedy occur this weekend. The Humboldt Broncos were a  Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and heading to a semifinal series when their team bus was struck...

IU’s Juwan Morgan declares for draft…but what does that really mean?

This morning, Juwan Morgan officially declared for the 2018 NBA draft without hiring an agent. As an Indiana fan, my very first reaction to seeing this news frightened me, but it’s not as bad as it ...

The SU Sports Podcast: Ft. Tommy Smokes of Barstool Sports

The Student Union Sports Podcast offers you an inside look at college sports from the perspective of actual college students while also highlighting our talented student writers. Today’s show includ...

The Ramblers hit the diamond

Today, Wrigley Field was filled with champions as the 2015 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs invited the 2018 South Regional Champion Loyola-Chicago Ramblers to their home ballpark. Loyola, who made ...

DeVry vs Troy State

I’ve been working on this article for a while, and while college basketball is over and done with for the season, I still think this is one of the more interesting and intriguing games played in...

Wiscansin is about to win all of the Natty’s

“We Can’t Believe It Either” I was only 9 when the song “I Can’t Believe It” by T-Pain came out. My old iPod Nano would play the song and I’d be bobbing my he...

The Masters: Student Union Edition

“Hello friends and Welcome to a Tradition like any other… The Masters: Student Union Edition” -Jim Nantz The Master’s are here. The next stop on the Tiger Comeback tour has hit...

Campus Cover 028: Nova’s Natty Rang

The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of college betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...

The Buzzer-Beater, Sixth Edition: Goodbye, College Basketball

Welcome to the sixth edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from San Antonio, TX, where I ...

Best College Entrances/Traditions Pt.2

WE ARE BACK….. A lot of people loved and hated my last one… So with the official college “offseason” starting, I’m gonna be cranking these out weekly. In my last one, a...

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. Th...

1 v 1 game of Final Four heroes

For those of you that were not too deeply involved with baseball season yet or didn’t get lost down the Tiger rabbit hole in preparation for the Masters this weekend, I’m assuming you were...

How We Got Here

Another season of men’s hoops has come and gone, and as we sit here watching Villanova celebrate their second National Championship in three years, let’s take a look at the building blocks...

Jay Wright has created a powerhouse like no other

Now about twelve hours removed from Villanova’s second national championship in three years, it is clear this victory is bigger than this season. Of course, the Wildcats absolutely waltzed to th...

Villanova’s Best Pro Ever

Following Villanova’s second title in three years, I will take a look at the best pro player to ever come out of Villanova, Kyle Lowry. This opinion comes straight from Student Union’s residen...

Recruiting Crystal Ball: Romeo Langford

With the college basketball season wrapping up, we begin to look towards next season. One of the best parts of the offseason is learning all the new faces joining your team, whether they be transfers ...

Ogunbowale Hits Shot for the Ages; Irish Win National Championship

I don’t believe what I just saw! Arike Ogunbowale for Notre Dame became a legend this weekend as she nailed not one, but two crazy game-winners en route to a National Championship. The shot to w...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume VI

We’re back, folks! After a few weeks on the job for me and a few weeks of off-the-grid redneck shenanigans for Joey, we’ve returned to give you an Easter edition of the best question and a...

Closing the Book on Loyola’s Cinderella Run

In one of the best Cinderella runs ever, the Loyola Chicago Ramblers took down everyone in their path to make it all the way to the Final Four in San Antonio. At the end of the first half, it looked a...

Quick Preview of Villanova vs Kansas

1 Villanova vs 1 Kansas 8:49 PM Case for Villanova: Nova is the most complete team in the tournament, they can go down low and beat you. Then, once you start protecting the rim hard, they will take th...

Sister Jean vs. El Presidente

Saturday Night. Final Four. Loyola-Chicago vs. Michigan in what should be a battle for the ages… Or an absolute blowout depending on how much you buy into this Ramblers team. But let’s be ...

March Madness: Review, Preview, and Predictions

Wow. If you didn’t know why they call it “March Madness”, what has happened over the last two weeks is all you need to see. I will try to recap all the madness that has happened, giv...

The Johnny Rambos Podcast Episode 21 – Average Joe SZN

The greatest episode in Johnny Rambos Podcast history. We talk about March Madness, watching porn before Iphones, white guys with permission to say the N word, Boomerangs on instagram, pooping in bars...

The NIT Championship: The Battle for 69th Place

Tonight, Utah and Penn St square off in the NIT championship to battle for the title of 69th place… nice.  Winning the NIT Championship should feel NICE and the victor should hold a special place i...

Stanley from The Office is now Leader of Morale for Loyola Chicago

By now, you have heard everything about Loyola Chicago: from the Rambler’s small stadium to Sister Jean (or Sister Lavar), to Alumni coming out to celebrate this small school’s Cinderella...

Loyola Chicago: The Cinderella We Need

An 11 seed in the Final Four. I can’t remember a Cinderella story this good since Ron Baker took #9 Wichita State to the Final Four in 2013. In this years tournament there have been no shortage of u...

Syracuse Basketball: Matthew Moyer to Transfer

Syracuse redshirt freshman forward Matthew Moyer has announced via Twitter that he will be leaving the program. Moyer saw significant action in the first part of the season this year, but averaged jus...

Gonzaga Invited to Join the Mountain West

LOS ANGELES:  In approximately two weeks the University of Gonzaga will have the chance to become the 12th member of the Mountain West conference. Rumors surrounding Gonzaga’s potential move to...

Purdue… Just not Elite

Friday night, the Boilermakers watched the Red Raiders of Texas Tech end their season in heartbreaking fashion as Purdue yet again saw their year come to a disappointing conclusion, this time in the S...

College Coaching Carousel: Dan Hurley to UConn

For many, March is a month of basketball madness where anything can happen. I mean Virginia did lose to a school no one heard of until a month ago in UMBC. However, this time around I’m not talk...

Remember that time Nevada didn’t foul?

There are certain things in sports that just do not need to be over thought. If your best hitter is at the plate, don’t play percentages and use a pinch hitter. If it’s 4th and 1 on your o...

Is Sister Jean rooting for Nevada tonight?

Since Loyola-Chicago took the floor last weekend, there has been an equal amount of camera time on the team and a woman who can not really stand on her own or even celebrate like a normal sports fan. ...

Sweet 16 Predictions

Alright, everyone breathe. I don’t know what happened last weekend. I literally have no idea. Arizona got blown out, Cincinnati blew a 22 point lead, North Carolina didn’t fare well against Texas ...

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 ...

After Missing Out on Hurley, What’s Next for Pittsburgh Basketball?

After six successful seasons at the helm of URI basketball, Dan Hurley has been hired by the University of Connecticut as the newest head basketball coach, per ESPN’s Jeff Goodman. Once again, a...

Campus Cover 026: Sweet Sixteen

The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of college betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...

Sister Lavar: College Basketball’s Heel

Lavar 3:16 “For God So Loved The World That He Sent Me Amazingly Talented Yet Ugly Suns, And If The Lakers Believe In Them, Then Their Franchise Shall Be Saved” In The Name Of The Baller, ...

Why I Love/Hate Sports Betting…

So, March Madness is now in full swing. Sister Jean is carrying a team on her back, Nova looks like a lock for the Natty, and UVA has made history by blowing it. Now, I know what you’re thinking...

BREAKING (Literally): Isaac Haas’s Elbow

Purdue was riding high following a dominant 74-48 victory over Cal-State Fullerton, but their championship hopes were quickly crushed as they learned the fate of star big man Isaac Haas. Haas, a 7R...

UMBC Wins on the Court and on Twitter

The University of Maryland Baltimore County, better known as UMBC, made history Friday night, becoming the first 16-seed to win an NCAA Tournament game, defeating Virginia 74-54. While the Retrievers ...

The WalkOns: Episode 7 – Oklahoma is ASS CHEEKS

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME TO THE NUMBER ONE sports podcast on Student Union; probably the #1 sports pod in the entire world, honestly. This week the gang of Frank, Andy, and Anthony talk a wide var...

Buffalo Dominates Arizona for Massive Upset

Wes Clark scored 25 points, Jeremy Harris added 23 and 13th seeded Buffalo Bulls pulled off the biggest upset of the NCAA Tournament’s opening round. They absolutely rolled over the No. 4 seed...

The NCAA Hates Dogs, Among Other Things

I never thought I could meet someone who hates dogs, but then I heard the news that the NCAA has banned the Butler Bulldog mascot, Butler Blue III, from the Little Caesar’s Arena in Detroit. How...

S-E-Crean: America’s Favorite Coach Is Back

“Guess Who’s Back, Back Again…” -Eminem That’s right, America’s favorite coach Tom Crean is back in the college basketball world. On the first day of March Madness,...

Ramblers Get HUGE Buzzer Beater to Knock Off Miami

Donte Ingram hit a 3-pointer from the March Madness logo at half court just before the buzzer, lifting Loyola-Chicago over Miami 64-62 in a Thursday thriller. This win means the Ramblers can celebrat...

March Madness Breakdown with Aaron Torres

Aaron Torres came on Austin Montgomery’s radio show this week to break down the Final Four. Trip starts with Aaron and Austin recapping their encounter in Vegas (1:00-5:00).  The interview then...

March Madness — Round of 64 Predictions

Ohhhhhh Babaaaaaayyyyyy !!!! Can you just smell the air? It smells like drama, upsets, heart break, excitement and joy. It smells like the unknown. That must mean its March. South Region (1) Virginia ...

Campus Cover 025: Ultimate Tourney Extravaganza

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. America’s favorite college gambling podcast, the Campus Cover, is hosted by Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin) and PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) as they talk all ...

Stop pretending you know anything about the bracket

Alright so I have good news and bad news. The good news is its March. This means the greatest playoffs in the world are live and with them, sports gambling will run rampant through schools, friend gro...

March Madness Guide For Football Guys: Part 2

After writing the first part of this so-called “guide”, everything is still confusing. Add on to the fact that filling out a bracket can be both nerve-racking and disastrous. “Who th...

Embrace the Madness of March

Trying to predict March Madness has become a national pastime, but the NCAA tournament can be extremely frustrating. Favorites lose, sleepers rise and Cinderella teams bury your perfect bracket. And ...

Vegas Odds for Every Team in the 2018 NCAA Tournament

?Updated Vegas TITLE ODDS on all 68 teams! pic.twitter.com/Oej7xdChrB — RJ Bell (@RJinVegas) March 12, 2018 Above are the odds for every single team in the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournamen...

ACC Check-In #6: Sad Notre Dame Fan Rant

A few things to discuss before I get into the meat of the my predictions for the first weekend of the tournament. Everything about Sunday sucked, except the return of Sunday (and now collarless) Tiger...

My Argument against Xavier and Villanova

Listen, I like college basketball about the same as the next guy on this website. It’s exciting and March Madness is probably the most exciting time of all. However, when the brackets were relea...

March Madness Guide For Football Guys: Part 1

As a huge football guy, I’m not shy in saying I probably haven’t watched about 30-40% of the March Madness teams play at all. I do love basketball and play it or will watch it when itR...

Who Got Screwed this Time Around?

The bracket for the 2018 men’s NCAA tournament is here, and you know what that means: It’s time to spend the next 24 hours griping about who got screwed by the selection committee. I mean,...

On the anniversary of the buzzer-beater that never was and 6 overtimes

On this day in 2009, the Syracuse Orange and the UConn Huskies battled in what is not only one of the best games in Big East history, but one of the best games in the history of college hoops. Followi...

Upset Alert: Beware the Madness of March

Every year we have teams in the first round that devastate the majority of our brackets. Whether it be for the long term like the 2011 VCU squad or a one win and done like the 2014 Mercer team, lower ...

My Six Upsets For Round One

Providence (10) Over Texas A&M (7) Friday, March 16th 12:15 pm EST Line: Texas A&M (-4.5) I’m not sure what other people think, but I do consider a 10-seed over a 7-seed an upset. This i...

Top 5 Sleeper Teams in this Years NCAA Tournament

The madness did not wait until March this season (See what I did there?). It took over men’s college basketball in 2017-18, which could mean we’re in for a wild March. This also means you ...

My Worst Nightmare

As an Ohio State fan there are 2 things in this world that truly make me happy; Ohio State winning, and Michigan losing. Unfortunately for me and Ohio State fans everywhere, when the brackets were rel...

The Selection Sunday Show is a DISASTER

TBS…. YOU BLEW IT Now, as a diehard sports fan, I love Selection Sunday. Seeing my teams get seeded and crying at the thought of them losing on national TV….Talking crap to friends because...

Selection Sunday Drinking Game

Let’s be honest: nothing goes together better then drinking and sports. So in preparation for the biggest sporting event of the year, why would we not make it even more enjoyable by making it in...

Who’s In and Who’s Out?

With all the craziness surrounding college basketball these last few weeks, it has been hard to follow what has been going on with every team and every conference that has March aspirations. Every day...

WAC Tournament Championship: GCU Needs to Unseat New Mexico St to punch first tourney appearance

In the WAC Championship, the cool new kid in town is authoritatively ready to overthrow the longtime alpha on the playground. This matchup sets up the perfect narrative theme that pits together old s...

Lope Nation: GCU Wins First Conference Tournament Game in School History

The Lopes beat UMKC in 77-74 thriller to claim the school’s first-ever conference tournament victory. However, the game was never pretty for the Lopes. GCU came into the contest as 13 point favorite...

It’s Canyon Time! Lopes Ready for Tournament Debut

After a long four year probationary period, the Lopes finally have a chance to compete in the WAC Conference tournament in Las Vegas. The Lopes finally get their spotlight under the Vegas lights, and ...

Udoka Azubuike to miss Big 12 Tournament

  This is exactly how I am feeling at this exact moment in my life. The evil sharks are swimming, and I’m about to lose my mind. Here is the official statement by Kansas coach Bill Self: �...

ACC Check-In #5: Tournament Preview

I know by this time this is published there will be a few games already complete, but I want to discuss the tournament a little bit anyway and give a rundown of my hypothetical predictions. Games comp...

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 Updat...

Austin Montgomery Live: Interview with The Athletic’s Aaron Torres

  https://soundcloud.com/studentusports/austin-montgomery-live-interview-with-aaron-torres Aaron Torres came on Austin Montgomery live community radio show on Radio Phoenix Tuesday to preview the...

The Future of the Point Forward Position

So there I was, Thursday, March 1st at Quicken Loans Arena having the pleasure of watching LeBron James face off against my very own Philadelphia 76ers. While enjoying my time at the game, the similar...

Dancing Like it’s 1999!

For the first time since 1999, the College of Charleston has booked it’s ticket to the NCAA tournament. The Cougar’s gained their coveted spot among the field of 68 teams after winning the Colonia...

Sean Miller’s Next Move

Sean Miller has proved to the media and the University of Arizona that he is innocent of the ESPN claim that he paid DeAndre Ayton $100,000 to attend Arizona. He was put in front of cameras at the Uni...

Summit League Championship Preview: South Dakota Civil War

South Dakota (-1.5) @ South Dakota St This installment of the South Dakota Civil War will include high stakes as the winner of will punch their ticket to the big dance.  The Dakotas split the season ...

Michigan Wolverines: Poised For A Title Run

For the second straight year, Michigan has won four games in four days to become Big 10 champions. Now back-to-back champions, last year was more surprising, but this year was not really expected. Las...

Selection Sunday butchering the best day in College Hoops

Brace yourself for a very different Selection Show on Sunday. All teams will be unveiled in alpha order (grouped by Auto-Bid and At-Large) in first 5-10 mins. Than matchups will be slotted into seeds/...

Another March Buzzer Beater as Kent State downs N. Illinois

Kevin Zabo had 19 points, including a layup as time expired, and Jalen Avery scored eight of his 13 points in the final seven-plus minutes to help Kent State slip past Northern Illinois 61-59 on Mo...

BYU Upsets No. 20 St. Mary’s to Advance to WCC Title Game

Yoeli Childs scored a career-high 33 points to lead BYU to a win over No. 20 Saint Mary’s 85-72 in Monday night’s West Coast Conference (WCC) Tournament semifinal matchup. Childs was 13 o...

The WalkOns: Episode 5 – The Fortnite Craze

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME TO THE NUMBER ONE sports podcast on Student Union; probably the #1 sports pod in the entire world, honestly. This week the gang of Frank, Andy, and Anthony talk a wide var...

College Basketball Storylines to Watch as March Arrives

Photo via Associated Press The best month of the year is here. No, it’s not because of my birthday on March 18th, but rather because the prime of the college basketball season is here. Yet, this sea...

Beat the Spread: Saturday Edition

Well gamblers, this is it.  The last Saturday of the college basketball regular season is here before the real chips hit the table.  Let’s keep the delay to a minimum and get right to the picks so...

Rutgers Reconfirms I Am The Smartest Person I Know

November 10, 2017: I inform the world that Rutgers will be a dominant force in basketball this season. People thought it was an outlandish joke simply to support my Knights. If you read the article th...

The Team That No One Is Talking About: Saint Mary’s

As I have stated on the Student Union Podcast several times, the Saint Mary’s Gaels are the best team that no one knows about. The people in sports media are making that possible by giving them ...

Student Union Bet of the Day 3/2

Ball State (19-11) @ Northern Illinois (11-18) 8:00 Pm EST The Pick: Ball State -2.5 Ball state is going into this game riding a 2 game losing streak while the home team Northern Illinois is riding a ...

On the Bubble Teams That Could Grab an At-Large Bid

There are two types of teams capable of stealing NCAA tournament bids. The first is a standout team in what is expected to be a one-bid conference losing in its conference tournament and suddenly land...

The SU Sports Podcast: Featuring Barstool’s Frank Fleming

The Student Union Sports Podcast offers you an inside look at college sports from the perspective of actual college students while also highlighting our talented student writers. Today’s show includ...

Louisville Loses on a Choke Job For the Ages

Coming into Thursday’s senior night matchup against the #1 Virginia Cavaliers, the Louisville Cardinals were among Joe Lundardi’s last four in as a bubble team. This team knew that with a ...

Breaking: Sean Miller and Alonzo Trier Will Return for Arizona’s Game vs Stanford

It has been a crazy day for the Arizona Wildcat basketball program and their fans. At noon Arizona time,  the university held a press conference for Sean Miller where they denied the information in E...

Xavier Clinches Share of Big East Regular Season Title

Step aside, Villanova, Xavier is the new king of the Big East….at least for now. For the first time in its newer existence, the Big East has a regular-season champion NOT named Villanova. Xavie...

Things less secure than John Calipari’s job

Today, USA Today came out with their annual report of college basketball coaches’ salaries. And as usual, the list is filled with some noteworthy numbers that could either be salaries or distanc...

2018 ACC Tournament Preview

Photo via Gerry Broome/Associated Press March is officially here, and March means that before we can enjoy the beloved NCAA Tournament, we get to enjoy the appetizers first: Conference tournaments. Th...

Student Union Bet of the Day

NC State (20-9) @ Georgia Tech (11-18) The Pick: NC State -2.5 NC State has been red hot recently as they have won 4 straight games with their last loss coming to an impressive North Carolina squad. G...

Is Mizzou a Contender?

Mizzou would be a top 25 team no doubt, maybe even top 10, if Michael Porter Jr. was healthy all season. But without him, they are 19-11 and projected to be a 9 seed. Jontay Porter, the younger brothe...

B1G Tournament: Day 2

We’re one day into the Big 10 Tournament and March 1st is finally here. March Madness is coming up quick, Big 10 Network will have live action all day tomorrow, and the Indiana University Greek Life...

Why The Hell Is The B1G Tourney In NYC?

What the hell was the Big Ten thinking? Now, I get that New York is a very big city and Madison Square Garden is a big name venue, but what the actual hell. The team that is closest to MSG is Rutgers ...

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 g...

Why Virginia is the best team in the Nation

Defense travels. End of blog. Ok well obviously not end of the blog but that is one of the big reasons why this Virginia team is different then the others before this one. Below are a couple of other ...

Should Collin Sexton be allowed to play?

Collin Sexton was originally suspended for being part of the original FBI investigation and was ineligible for the first game of the season, but played in every game after. This past weekend another r...

Mid Major Game of the Week: San Diego St vs Boise St Preview

The Broncos will be traveling to play the Aztecs in Viejas arena for this Mid Major matchup. The Broncos have the better record and best player on the court in Chandler Hutchison, but it is no easier ...

Beat the Spread Picks February 27th

Beat the Spread picks for Tuesday is back. After a disappointing 1-3 yesterday, Alex and Austin are hoping to get back on track. The boys tried to record a radio segment this afternoon, but the phone ...

Stop blaming the kids for the NCAA scandals

The NCAA finds itself in a situation much like that one Nazi’s face in The Raiders of the Lost Ark: melting slowly into a pile of dank and disgusting evil goop. With scandal after scandal arisin...

Duke Upset by VT: A Hokie’s perspective

Last season, Virginia Tech dominated a #7 ranked Duke team in an 89-75 home win. Grayson Allen notably sat that game out after throwing a temper tantrum only a few days prior. However Allen’s pr...

Done with the One and Done

Many controversies and discussions have hit the NCAA in almost every aspect of the organization and the sport. However, one has remained a constant: the one and done. Since its inception in 2006 by th...

Timeline of Sean Miller’s “Wiretap”, Ayton Scandal Doesn’t Match

Our competitors, 247 Sports, were on a DEEP (not so deep) dive into the DeAndre Ayton, Sean Miller “case” that the FBI has brought to our attention. 247 sports put some pieces together, and saw th...

Today I got Flustered and Now I Hate Bison

Let’s Set The Stage 2018 has not quite been the year of Clemson Carl. I kicked off the year by losing all of my money on Clemson in the CFP semis… then Georgia in the finals… then New Englan...

The Buzzer-Beater, Fourth Edition: Oh, Hai Mark (Emmert)

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from Tuscaloosa, where...

Pair of Buckeyes Win Postseason Awards

The Big Ten regular season officially wrapped up on Sunday, and the whole conference is now in postseason mode as Michigan State gears up to defend their #1 seed in the conference tournament starting ...

SU25: Basketball Edition

“We’re a blog of many talents, but ranking the top 25 college basketball teams isn’t necessarily one of them.” – Me, Patrick Norton, four weeks ago. Conference tournament...

The Jerome 2018 – Staff Picks

*Jim Nantz voice* Hello friends. Conference Tournament season is upon us. If you’re like me, you’ve pounding beers since 6 a.m. trying to psych yourself up for the Kennesaw State vs. Jacks...

What if the FBI Wiretapped College Football Head Coaches cell phones

Cheating goes on in pretty much every single aspect of recruiting in basically every sport. I can guarantee whatever school you go to your rowing team has probably cheated, for God’s sake even t...

Best Power Five Basketball Programs of All Time

The Kansas Jayhawks have just made history, by winning 14 straight Big 12 conference championships, overcoming UCLA’s 1967-1969 streak that made history and seemed unbeatable, until Saturday, Fe...

ACC Check-In #4: Virginia Clinches

Winners Miami This was the biggest week for Miami all season. They stumbled through a 3 game losing streak and had to win each of this week’s games. They did (barely) win both, and they reached ...

Kansas Clinches 14th Straight Big 12 Title

Excuse me if I get a little emotional here, but, I could cry tears of happiness. For 70% of my life I have rooted for the Kansas Jayhawks. As a fan base, we have seen some incredible wins, amazing pla...

RE: Official Statement Revisions

President of the NCAA, Mark Emmert, released a statement regarding the many allegations and FBI probes against NCAA issues. While the sentiment was good, his past and general sliminess are not. If I h...

Sean Miller Could Learn From HBO Shows Like ‘The Wire’ and ‘The Sopranos’

You only do two days no how. The day you go in and the day you come out. pic.twitter.com/CVT3psaTAQ — Student Union (@StudentUSports) February 24, 2018 So for those of you who don’t know yet, ...

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...

Ohio State Escapes Bloomington with a Game Winning Three in Double OT

Chris Holtmann and the No. 16 Ohio State Buckeyes certainly had their work cut out for them on Friday night as they were tasked with traveling to Bloomington and enduring the hostile fan base of the I...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume V

We’re back on-time! This week, I’m in Tuscaloosa for the Easton Bama Bash against Florida State, Georgia State, and Northern Iowa. Joey is back too after a “damn refreshing” ...

BREAKING NEWS: Sean Miller’s 100K Wiretap Call Intercepted

My original plan tonight was to write a nice, long overview of the NCAA scandal that was farther unveiled early Friday morning with the release of financial records of ASM Sports, an agency used by ma...

Some bold predictions with March around the corner

Today, in the midst of my daunting class schedule, I received a text message while walking from my second-to-last class to my last class. March is just around the corner and it is something a lot of p...

SDSU’s Malik Pope suspended in wake of CBB scandal

*Queue “Another One Bites The Dust” by Queen* Anddddddd once again, another player is suspended for taking a bribe. This CBB investigation is almost Sherlock Holmes-like and it’s ju...

Michael Porter Jr. is back, maybe

Before the season began, Missouri’s stud freshman, Michael Porter Jr., was the number one draft pick according to many analysts. Following two minutes against Iowa State in a game that was suppo...

The SU Sports Podcast Episode 15: Scandal Season

The Student Union Sports Podcast offers you an inside look at college sports from the perspective of actual college students while also highlighting our talented student writers. Today’s show includ...

The WalkOns: Episode 4 – No One Uses Email Anymore, Anthony

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME TO THE NUMBER ONE sports podcast on Student Union; probably the #1 sports pod in the entire world, honestly. This week the gang of Frank, Andy, and Anthony, and first ever...

Virginia or brick wall, my column

Instead of writing my midterm essay, I flipped on college basketball, like I very often do. Virginia is hosting Georgia Tech in their home arena currently and despite the fact that Virginia games are ...

Louisville Gets Screwed, Hard

The NCAA didn’t even buy Louisville dinner first before proceeding to absolutely fuck them. In case anyone forgot how confusing and cruel the NCAA is when it comes to punishing programs, this Louisv...

Beat the Spread Radio: Segment 1 w/ Austin and Alex (2/20/18)

http://https://soundcloud.com/austin-montgomery-460660492/austin-montgomrey-live-beat-the-spread-segment-with-alex-wilcox Austin and Alex are back to give you their picks of the day. Alex was kind eno...

National Lampoon’s College Vacation

Did somebody say… VACATION? With all of this talk of vacation out of South Bend, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, I can’t help but dream of a warm beach somewhere with the waves crashing ...

This should be the year of the Mid Major

With a good amount of this college basketball season under my belt, I feel comfortable making a couple conclusion. Every team, with the exception of (maybe) three, sucks. Every conference, with the ex...

SU25: Basketball Edition

“We’re a blog of many talents, but ranking the top 25 college basketball teams isn’t necessarily one of them.” – Me, Patrick Norton, three weeks ago. “…Basket...

The Buzzer-Beater, Third Edition: Who Do You Trust?

Welcome to the third edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from beautiful Hattiesb...

Why This Year is Abnormally Bad for College Basketball

As a general sports fan, I enjoy college basketball and the craziness that March Madness brings, along with no one knowing what is going to happen next. However, during the regular season, I would lik...

ACC Check-In #3: Duke Makes A Statement

As the postseason approaches rapidly, each conference game becomes more important. Duke came back strong after a down week, while Clemson’s seeding potential took a hit. Winners NC State The Wol...

Kansas Jayhawks Craziest Year Yet

YEARSSSSSSSS off my life. Mini heart attacks, a quarter-million ulcers growing in my stomach, stress level to the max, sleepless nights, migraines that are lasting a lifetime. All because of this Kans...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume IV

Another late week, for which we apologize. I’m in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for Alabama softball’s appearance in the Black and Gold Tournament at Southern Miss. My travels did, however, r...

Saturday’s College Basketball Picks ATS

Photo via Getty Images Okay, bear with me here. I may have started slow, as I enter Saturday 3-6 since I started last week, but Tuesday for me was like an ongoing SportsCenter sequence of “Bad Beats...

The Mysterious Case of The Arizona Cheerleader Ejection

The desert has been known to do very, very weird things to people. Tonight was no exception. During the rivalry Arizona, Arizona State game, before a free throw mid way through the second half, the re...

Beat the Spread with Austin and Alex

Beat the Spread and ATS Picks have collaborated to make the best college basketball gambling column in the country.  Both Alex Wilcox and Austin Montgomery have been on a role as of late. Alex has wo...

The Student Union Sports Podcast: Valentine’s Day Edition

The Student Union Sports Podcast offers you an inside look at college sports from the perspective of actual college students while also highlighting our talented student writers. Today’s show includ...

Beat the Spread: Super Tuesday Perfect Parlay

Super Tuesday is the perfect day to get your bank roll up. The Beat the Spread Column has taken a short break, but we are back to make you guys money. We are hoping for a 3-0 day as we try to hit this...

SU bracketology breakdown: Big East

On Sunday, the tournament selection committee released their early top 16 tournament seeds. A lot of it is fairly perplexing. A Michigan State team that beat Purdue on Saturday and is three in the mos...

Life on the Bubble

I’m not sure about you all, but I think this college basketball season is going by  too fast. Part of that may be that the upsets started early and happened often and all the changes in the pol...

Tuesday’s College Basketball Picks ATS

Well, how about that for a rough start? Okay, well it wasn’t that rough. In my first picks addition on Monday night, I went 0-2 in the first two games, although I may add that Notre Dame was c...

SU25: Basketball Edition

“We’re a blog of many talents, but ranking the top 25 college basketball teams isn’t necessarily one of them.” – Me, Patrick Norton, two weeks ago. After Villanova, Virgi...

ACC Check-In #2: Notre Dame Bounces Back

A busy week in the ACC had Virginia take its first conference loss, Duke continue to fall (a little), and Syracuse and Notre Dame keep their seasons alive. Winners Virginia Tech A huge week for the Ho...

The Buzzer-Beater, Second Edition: NCAA Bracket Preview Released

Welcome to the second edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you beachside from Oran...

Monday’s College Basketball Picks ATS

Picking college basketball games. Is there anything less stable? You might as well flip a coin because college basketball is literally where, as the great Jon Rothstein says, the unexpected becomes th...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume III

We apologize for the lateness of this week’s advice column from America’s favorite psychologist, Joey Freshwater. I was in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach working Alabama softball and Joey w...

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 su...

The Name of the Game: A Guide to the Fanatic’s Psyche

There are only ten seconds left on the clock and so many challenges are forming a barrier between you and your goal. What are you going to do? Roll over and face defeat or fight on? You would think I ...

The Disaster in Fort Collins

Other than being the second best University in the State of Colorado, the Men’s Colorado State basketball team is in a tsunami of trouble. Men’s Head Basketball Coach Larry Eustachy is set...

Farewell to Larry Eustachy, America’s most problematic basketball coach

The Denver Post reported Thursday afternoon that a source inside the Colorado State basketball program has indicated that head coach Larry Eustachy will be fired. Eustachy is currently on administrati...

The WalkOns: Episode 2 – The Philadelphia Eagles Are Super Bowl Champions

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME to the NUMBER 1 sports podcast on Student Union. Probably the number 1 sports pod in the entire world if I had to say so myself. This week the gang of Frank, Andy, and Ant...

Ohio State Basketball is Overrated

A couple weeks ago I wrote an article saying how we need to talk about Ohio State basketball more. Am I saying I was wrong? no, I’m never wrong, but I may have overstated it. Everything I said w...

Bill Self to shift things up in starting lineup

Big news coming from Lawrence, Kansas. Bill Self has just about had it with this team and a specific individual. This team can do absolutely nothing to surprise me anymore. They can lose in the Round ...

The Student Union Sports Podcast: Trivia Edition

Todays Episode of the Student Union Sports Podcast features the first round of the Student Union Trivia Tournament of Champions (Its a working title…) Writers competing include Johnny Rambos, PJ...

ACC Check-In #1: Virginia Keeps Rolling

Welcome to the first weekly edition of the ACC Check-In. I’ll be doing updates for these last few weeks of the season and into March Madness. Essentially, I’m going to group the teams into...

The Buzzer-Beater, First Edition: The Curious Case of Alabama

Welcome to the first edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This past weekend, I was at home spending some time wi...

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 s...

St. John’s Stuns Duke in the Garden

St. John’s broke their eleven game losing streak in miraculous fashion by upsetting the #4 ranked Duke Blue Devils in front of a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden. The two historic program...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume II

Last week, I introduced the ultimate nickel-psychologist Joey Freshwater, and the positive response was overwhelming. We got a lot of questions sent in for the second edition of this advice column;�...

College Mascots I Would Not Fight

Maybe it’s just me, but every sporting event I go to I size up the mascot (except you Uga, I just want to pet you). For example, I’m fairly confident I could annihilate Brutus the Buckeye....

Campus Cover 024: Hoops Hot Takes

The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...

College hoops trade machine

The NBA trade deadline is upon us and a week and has been heating up recently, with a blockbuster deal sending Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons in return for roughly the entire city of Detroit. Ma...

Why This is Cincinnati’s Year

To outside viewers, seeing the Cincinnati Bearcats in the top 10 brings up two things: 1) memories of the old Huggins teams that were consistently ranked in the late 90’s and early 2000’s ...

The WalkOns: Episode 1

Welcome ladies and gents to the first recording of The WalkOns with your favorite writers Frank Fanelli, Anthony Ventura, and Andy Jones. In this episode we talk about literally anything you can think...

Game Preview: Indiana Hoosiers vs. #17 Ohio State Buckeyes

Just two days after dropping a close one to the #3 team in the nation, the Indiana Hoosiers are back on the road tonight against the #17 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. Despite their 12-10 record (5-5 in ...

KenPom’s Unluckiest College Basketball Teams So Far

For those unfamiliar with the statistical site kenpom.com, it is essentially a mecca for a fan of statistical analysis and college basketball. Started by Ken Pomeroy, the website’s archives date...

Big East Beat: midseason review

With six weeks remaining until everyone’s favorite CBS overindulgence, Selection Sunday, conference seasons are in full swing and the field of 64 is starting to come into view. Lunardi’s w...

Who’s going to win the Big 12?

We’re approximately halfway through the NCAA regular season and most Power 5 conferences look like they have a solid projected regular season champion. For instance, Virginia is looking like the fav...

Branch Sports Podcast Episode 9: SEC/Big 12 Challenge, Tiger Is BACK

Welcome back to the Branch Sports Podcast! If you don’t know or you’ve never listened before, we are three college students, former college athletes, childhood best friends, and teammates. Two of ...

SU25: Basketball Edition

*extreme Pitbull voice* “We’re bringing it, we’re bringing it, we’re bringing it back.” We’re a blog of many talents, but ranking the top 25 college basketball team...

Reviewing the Internet’s Most Popular Handicappers 1/27/18

Napoléon Bonaparte once said something along the lines of,  “If you want a job done right, then do it yourself.” Smart words from a smart man, no doubt about it…But personally I pr...

Desert Hot Takes Episode #12

  https://soundcloud.com/studentusports/desert-hot-takes-episode-12 Another episode of Desert Hot Takes is presented by the boys in the Valley with talk about college sports on the West Coast. Th...

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 som...

Lope Nation Podcast Episode #6

Good afternoon Lopes fans! We have a new episode of the Lope Nation Podcast featuring new Student Union contributor Andy Jones. Andy has only been in Lope Land for a few months, but he has a lot to of...

Oklahoma (-1) vs. Alabama. Trae Young vs. Collin Sexton

The Alabama Crimson Tide (13-7) are set to take on the #12 ranked Oklahoma Sooners (15-4) on Saturday at 1:15 CST. In what could be the highest anticipated matchup of the year for Alabama, two of the ...

Sorry for Rambling: Let’s Talk Money

It’s late January and college sports are somewhat slow. The Super Bowl’s keeping everyone’s attention before College Basketball really takes off. I’ll be honest, I ramble to my...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume I

For most of the editions of The Hangover that I published during football season, a mysterious figure named Joey Freshwater, a Crimson Tide fan from Eutaw, Alabama, provided his commentary on that wee...

Michigan State’s Malicious Mess

But an Outside the Lines investigation has found a pattern of widespread denial, inaction and information suppression of such allegations by officials ranging from campus police to the Spartan athleti...

College Basketball Pull-Up 3: 1/26/2018

Season Record: 15-11-1 Buffalo (-7.5) @ Ohio 6:30 pm EST CJ Massinburg and the Buffalo Bulls roll into the Convocation Center for a MAC battle tonight against Ohio.  A tale of two programs going in d...

College Basketball Pull-Up 3 1/25/2018

Season Record: 14-9-1 The Pull-Up 3 is a daily blog of 3 college basketball games that I believe you could exploit and make some cash on. Check in every day for your picks of the day’s best college ...

Campus Cover Ep. 23: Against the Spread

The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...

College Basketball Pull-Up 3 1/24/2018

Season Record: 12-8-1 After an early year sabbatical, the pull-up 3 is back and will be back everyday for the fellow degenerates out there. Wofford (-9 1/2) @ VMI 7:oo pm EST VMI blows.  The fact tha...

Phil Booth suffers broken bone in hand

Before Villanova faced Providence last night, I had a conversation with one of my roommates. I am high on Nova and have been all year. I have said numerous times on The Campus Cover that this Nova tea...

Five Takeaways from Oklahoma’s Win Over Kansas

#12 Oklahoma played host to #5 Kansas in a Tuesday night Big 12 match with potentially serious implications on the conference’s standings. After KU held a lead for much of the second half, an in...

EMAW…?

The Kansas State Wildcats have blown past their expectations for the season in a hell-raising Big 12. The past is the past, but don’t look now, the Wildcats are tied for second in the conference...

Zion Williamson Commits to Duke and We can Hate Duke Even More

What’s that old saying? The only guarantees in life are death, taxes, and people hating Duke basketball? Yeah, that sounds about right. It truly is incredible how this happens. Duke basketball c...

Nine People You’ll Meet Playing Basketball at the Rec

If you’ve been to your school’s rec center this year, you’ve probably come across a game or two of pickup basketball. While we all believe in our talents and think we can shoot like ...

Campus Cover 022: Title Talk

The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...

Taeshon Cherry commits to Arizona State after visit

Aleli Elizondo Game changer and five-star recruit Taeshon Cherry has confirmed Tuesday night that he has committed to Arizona State. Cherry is “110% committed to Arizona State University!!! #FORKSUP...

Saint Mary’s Gaels Take Control of WCC After Upsetting Gonzaga

SPOKANE, WASH: Home losses at the Kennel in Spokane are very rare for the Zags. Prior to Thursday night, Gonzaga had a 188-18 all-time record in their home arena. Saint Mary’s 74-71 victory over Gon...

Mid-Major Game of the Week: Saint Mary and Gonzaga Battle for First Place in the WCC

SPOKANE, WASH:  Thursday night, the two biggest powers in mid major basketball will collide to battle for sole possession of first place in the West Coast Conference.  Both teams have had this game ...

John Petty Lights It Up, Alabama Breaks Auburn’s Win Streak

The Alabama Crimson Tide took down the Auburn Tigers 76-71 Wednesday night in Coleman Coliseum. John Petty led the way for the Crimson Tide with 27 points. The Alabama faithful became weary when it wa...

Tennessee Set to Face Cuonzo Martin, Mizzou

Number 21 Tennessee rolls into Columbia, Missouri riding a three-game win streak. Two weeks ago, however, Vol fans may have been wondering what happened to the team they were so fond of before confer...

Devonte Graham; From Underdog to Kansas Legend

Andrew Wiggins, Joel Embiid, Kelly Oubre, Perry Ellis, Wayne Selden, Josh Jackson, Frank Mason all have one thing in common — never winning at West Virginia. Devonte Graham was about eight minutes a...

America East Basketball: The Good and The Bad

America East basketball is now in full swing. Every team has already shown their worth and they are ready to battle through their conference games for the number one spot at the end of the season. It&...

Are the Buffs For Real?

SKOOOOOOOOBUFFFFFFFFSSSSSSSSS. That’s what the hipsters say up in Boulder when McKinley Wright IV, steps on the court, or to literally anything good that happens to the Colorado Buffaloes. Of la...

#4 Oklahoma, Trae Young, Consumed By Octagon Of Doom

Trae Young and #4 Oklahoma went into the Little Apple expecting a fight, but to ultimately come out on top. The Octagon of Doom and the K-State Wildcats had other plans. The Wildcats ABSOLUTELY PUMMEL...

It’s Time to Talk About Ohio State Basketball

So about this whole Big Ten situation, maybe it’s not just Purdue and Michigan State. There seems to be a new player in this, and it’s Ohio State. At the beginning of the season, many proj...

Branch Sports Podcast Episode 8: NFL Divisional Playoffs, The Rise of SEC Basketball

Welcome back to the Branch Sports Podcast! If you don’t know or you’ve never listened before, we are three college students, former college athletes, childhood best friends, and teammates. Two of ...

It’s a Free for All for Zion

We’re exactly a week away from the highly-touted Zion Williamson’s college decision and it’s just pandemonium on the recruiting trail for him. First, a list came out about his final ...

Bass Pro ToC: Night 3 Recap

7th Place: Glendale (MO) vs. Christ the King (NY) Glendale and Christ the King got the day started quick. This game began up-tempo as could be, with multiple turnovers and six three pointers between t...

Bass Pro ToC: Night 2 Recap

Glendale (MO) vs. Wasatch Academy (UT) Monty Johal of Glendale, who became the Springfield Public Schools all-time scoring leader last week by passing former NFL wide-receiver Dorial Green-Beckham, co...

Don’t Sleep on Jevon Carter

Tenacious, pressing, and playing till the final buzzer. These are inherent qualities in Bob Huggins coached teams. It makes sense coming from the man who doesn’t rock the traditional suit and ti...

The SU Podcast Episode 13: National Championship Recap and Early NFL Draft Talk

The Student Union Sports Podcast offers you an inside look at college sports from the perspective of actual college students while also highlighting our talented student writers. Today’s show includ...

Mid-Major Game of the Week: GCU vs New Mexico State Preview

On Thursday at 7pm PST, there is a major #WACTION showdown in the Valley as the two top WAC contenders will battle to gain control of the Western Athletic Conference.  Newly postseason eligible G...

Tournament of Champions Primer

For those of you who don’t know, the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions is the most attended high school basketball tournament in the country and it is held in Springfield, Missouri. The tournamen...

WTF is wrong with Northwestern??

After being the lone Power 5 Conference team to never receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament, Northwestern finally sealed the deal last year with a trip to the Big Dance. In his fourth season, head coac...

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 undergo...

Botched Layup Costs TCU Big in Rivalry Matchup Against Texas

What a horrendous ending to what was shaping up to be one of the best games of the season. I mean what more can you ask for? Two Texas schools going at it, three pointers falling like sorority girls o...

Brian Bowen to Enroll at South Carolina

So, interesting news that just came out of no where in the college basketball world. Like, literally no where. Did anyone see this coming? I’m actually curious because this is out of deep left f...

Reggie Lynch facing more sexual assault allegations

Reggie Lynch, reigning Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year and starting center for the Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball team, is again facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. ...

Branch Sports Podcast Episode 7: Titans Win, SEC Hoops, CFP National Championship

Welcome back to the Branch Sports Podcast! If you don’t know or you’ve never listened before, we are three college students, former college athletes, childhood best friends and teammates. Two of u...

Should the NCAA 3-point line be changed?

After I watched Marquette’s star point guard, Markus Howard, hit 11 three-point shots in an overtime win against Providence on January 3, I started thinking… If we changed the NCAA’s...

Instant Reaction: Stanford Sinks Insane Buzzer-Beater to beat USC

In probably the best buzzer-beater I’ve seen all year, the Stanford Cardinals just pulled off a late-night victory in a thriller over the USC Trojans. After Jordan McLaughlin of USC hit what sho...

Vols Look to Bounce Back Against Kentucky

Tennessee (9-4, 0-2 SEC) has a chance to stop the bleeding Saturday night as the Vols host 17th-ranked Kentucky (12-2, 2-0 SEC). Vols fans may be ready to pull the plug on a promising season after a ...

Campus Cover Episode 20: Is Kansas Done?

The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...

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 hopefu...

The Big East Beat featuring Butler Bulldogs

The Big East Beat is back in a big way at the same time conference play started in full force. In the first week of conference play, there was one team that really stood out amongst the rest. That is ...

Campus Cover 019 with Clemson Carl

The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...

A 2017 year in review

2017 is being widely considered as the worst year ever. This is funny because before that, last year was the worst year ever. 2015 was probably the top of the list at the end of 2015. At some point, I...

End of an Era? Why This Could Be The Year Kansas’ Streak Ends

In one of the most impressive runs in the history of college sports, the Kansas Jayhawks have won at least a share of 13 straight Big 12 regular season basketball championships. The last time the Jayh...

A Journey into the Unknown: Taking the JUCO Route

Dear Frustrated High School Athlete, I know your pain. The feeling of being unwanted by the schools you were hoping to attend. The feeling that all your work was for nothing. I am here to tell you tha...

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 ...

Lope Nation: GCU Falls to Louisville After Frustrating Second Half

The GCU basketball team will not garner significant praise after the Cardinals thumped the Lopes 74-56 in their final non-conference home game. The Lopes kept the game close through most of the first ...

How To: Gamble Through The Holidays (Part 1)

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone, and congratulations to all of you who just finished up another semester at school. You’ve worked hard all semester to earn this holiday break, and this article (series...

The Pirates Are Moving Forward With The Sails Set At Full Speed

Coming off an 89-68 win against Wagner University, the #23 AP poll ranked Seton Hall Pirates improved their overall record to 10-2, which is very impressive for a small school in the Big East conferen...

2017 CBS Sports Classic: UCLA vs Kentucky Preview

When: Saturday 4pm ET Where: New Orleans, Louisiana TV: CBS Betting Line Kentucky -6.5 via Bovada   The second match of the CBS Sports Classic features an NCAA tourney second round rematch betwee...

LaVar Steals Headline News Once Again

LaVar Ball just may be the smartest man on the Earth, I don’t know, but he just announced to Darren Rovell that he was creating a league for premier recruits to go get paid instead of attending ...

Fletcher Magee Carries Terriers to Upset Win Over Tar Heels

Fletcher Magee scored 27 points to help Wofford stun No. 5 North Carolina 79-75 on Wednesday night, snapping the reigning national champion’s 23-game home winning streak. The Terriers led the e...

Let’s Talk About The AP Poll

In case you were unaware, I have been involved in the “War on the AP Poll” for about a year now. Every week during basketball season I post an article titled Cracking the Code that talks a...

The Big East Beat

The Big East again has four teams in the AP top 25, including Nova still sticking at number one. That is the third most teams any conference has in the poll behind the Big 12 and the ACC. If you reall...

College Hoops Top 25 a Month into the Season

So, the college basketball season is jut about a month in and we are ready for our NEW Top 25. Some teams are falling and some teams are rising FAST. What I’m going to do is rank the teams and i...

Desert Hot Takes Bowl Mania Preview Episode with Kelly Stewart

During this episode of Desert Hot Takes, we had the privilege to interview one of the most knowledgeable women in  sports.  Professional handicapper and Vegas Insider analyst Kelly Stewart joined th...

Student U Player Profile: Mikal Bridges

Alright, so do I have your attention now? This is Mikal Bridges. If you have not heard of him and consider yourself a basketball fan, I am sorry for you. Bridges is a stud on both sides of the ball an...

The Big East Beat: time to rise

Everything basically went to shit in college basketball last week. It was beautiful and fun and Duke lost so all is right in the world. One place in the country where everything went according to plan...

Donta Hall Is The Most Underrated Big Man In The Country

Donta Hall is a product of small town Luverne, Alabama. He was ranked as the #2 player in the state of Alabama, and was also named 2A Player of the Year his senior season. Hall had a very successful h...

The beautiful chaos that is college hoops

Weeks like last week are a great reminder that college basketball is the greatest thing in the whole world. I’m sure many of you are still solidly in football mode (I’m struggling to trans...

College Basketball Pull-Up 3: 12/12/2017

The Pull-Up 3 is a daily blog of 3 college basketball games that I believe you could exploit and make some cash on. Check in every day for your picks of the day’s best college hoops action.  Season...

ASU Takes Down KU 95-85

The Arizona State Sun Devils have been the most impressive team in Arizona, let alone in the Pac-12. The Sun Devils have had enjoyed an 8-0 start, with wins over San Diego State, Kansas State, Xavier,...

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 playe...

Why People DON’T Watch America East Basketball.

After being established in 1979, The America East (AE) has struggled with creating big TV numbers and obtaining a strong base of loyal fans. Especially when it comes to competing against larger confer...

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 t...

Lope Nation: Cold Shooting Lopes fall to St.Johns in Valley of the Sun Shootout

Dan Majerle did not have a pleasant experience during his homecoming at Talking Stick Arena as his Lopes put on a disappointing performance against St. John’s in the Valley of the Sun Shootout o...

Washington Huskies Take Down #2 Kansas 74-65

This looked to be a Wednesday night where the sports world was kind of bland, not going to sugarcoat it. I said today to my roommate, “This is the first night in a long time where I don’t ...

Sun Devils on a Roll

Arizona State men’s basketball is heating up in Tempe. The Sun Devils became ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2009 last week after beating basketball powerhouse Xavier, who is curren...

Interview with Aaron Torres, Valley of the Sun Shootout Preview

There are not many basketball analysts like Fox Sports Radio’s Aaron Torres. I had an opportunity to interview Aaron in preparation for the Valley of the Sun Shootout on Tuesday December 5th on ...

Valley of The Sun Shootout Preview:

The Phoenix Suns home, Talking Stick Resort Arena, will be rocking with over 15,000 rowdy college basketball fans when Arizona battles #7 Texas A&M and Grand Canyon plays St. John’s in the natio...

Jordan Bringing Brand to SEC and Florida Gators

Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand have been in the news recently for bringing the brand to specific schools. Most notably North Carolina, Michigan and Oklahoma. After adding Florida recently, the Jo...

The Ball Family Saga Continues

It’s a new day, and the Ball Family continues to find ways to get in the news. This time, it’s LiAngelo, the middle and forgotten son that “stole” Louis Vuitton sunglasses, the...

Bracketbusters: Tennessee Volunteers

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Bracketbusters, an article series dedicated to the teams who have the chance to bust your bracket, hence the clever name. Sure, it’s early and these teams sti...

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...

Lope Nation Podcast Episode 2

The Lope Nation podcast is back covering the biggest party in college basketball. The second episode of the Desert Hot Takes podcast previews a huge week for the Grand Canyon Antelopes. The podcast st...

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 fail...

Abrupt Departure of Geno Thorpe puts Syracuse in Tough Spot

Geno Thorpe’s tenure in orange has come to an end, as the team announced Friday that Thorpe would be leaving the program for personal reasons. The next day, Syracuse traveled to Miami to face th...

College Basketball Pull-Up 3: 12/3/2017

The Pull-Up 3 is a daily blog of 3 college basketball games that I believe you could exploit and make some cash on. Check in every day for your picks of the day’s best college hoops action.  Season...

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...

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...

Great Danes Taking Huge Bites Early, But Are The Eyes Bigger Than The Stomach?

University at Albany’s men’s basketball team is  off to a fiery start this year. So far, the Great Danes have earned a solid record of 7-1, after taking down some high ranked preseason te...

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 righ...

#SU25: November 29th

*Rankings compiled 11/28 I feel sick to my stomach for ranking Duke #1 finally, but it had to happen. After winning their bracket with impressive comeback wins, most notably against Florida on Sunday ...

College Basketball Pull-Up 3: 11/29/2017

The Pull-Up 3 is a daily blog of 3 college basketball games that I believe you could exploit and make some cash on. Check in every day for your picks of the day’s best college hoops action.  Season...

The Big East Beat

I’m sure after reading last week, some of you jumped off the Big East bandwagon. It was a tough week for the conference. Seton Hall fell out of the rankings following a loss to Rhode Island and ...

College Basketball Pull-Up 3: 11/28/2017

The Pull-Up 3 is a daily blog of 3 college basketball games that I believe you could exploit and make some cash on. Check in every day for your picks of the day’s best college hoops action.  Season...

My First Experience at “Phog” Allen Fieldhouse

Growing up a Kansas State fan, you find out very quickly that you DO NOT like Lawrence, Kansas. I had only driven through that horrific town one time before this Thanksgiving weekend. A lot of people ...

Cracking the Code: AP Poll Week 2

All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com Welcome back for the 2017-2018 edition of Cracking the Code! Here’s a little background on the article (or to my loyal followers, a r...

Alabama Almost Beats Minnesota With Only 3 Players

In a matchup of top 25 hoops teams, Alabama found themselves in a precarious situation today. With about 13:40 left on the clock in the second half and Alabama just trimming the lead to seven, the who...

The King and All of His Men: Grayson Allen and the Four Starting Freshmen

Duke will continue to compete in the Phil Knight Invitational (PK80) after their 99-81 victory over Portland State Thursday and a close one over Texas on Friday. This victory creates a 7-0 record for ...

Beat the Spread: Black Friday Special Picks

The fact that you get these picks for free is a Black Friday deal better than any other. We have had a solid record of  21-13-4 and we are looking to ride the wave. I’ve gone on a gambling clea...

SU player spotlight: Tremont Waters

Will Wade’s first season with LSU did not have a ton of promise. The LSU program was not much with Ben Simmons and it hasn’t been much since then, either. Maybe there is something brewing,...

College Hoops All-Hair Team

College is a time to explore your look, be young  and try new things. I am saying this from experience. In this school year alone, I have gotten close to 12 inches of hair cut off, tried a mustache f...

Commodores Gain Yet Another 5-Star Recruit in Shittu

Vanderbilt coach Bryce Drew is rolling on the recruiting trail. On Wednesday, five-star Class of 2018 power forward Simi Shittu committed to be a Commodore, giving Drew his second five-star pledge of ...

College Basketball Pull-Up 3: 11/22/2017

The Pull Up 3 is a daily blog of 3 college basketball games that I believe you could exploit and make some cash on. Check in every day for your picks of the day’s best college hoops action.  Season...

Student Union Basketball Poll

The Associated Press may have released a poll last week for the regular season despite the fact it was essentially the exact same as the preseason one. But, here at Student Union, we use logic and bra...

Michael Porter Jr. Likely Out For Season

Enormous news out of Columbia, Missouri today. Five-star recruit and possible first overall pick in next year’s draft, Michael Porter Jr., will undergo lower back surgery that would likely end h...

Ducks Get Another Big Time Commitment in Bol Bol

Oregon was unable to reel in the No. 1 overall prospect in the class of 2018, R.J. Barrett. But they will sign the class’s top big man. Bol Bol announced on Monday that he will play for the Ducks i...

College Basketball Pull-Up 3: 11/21/2017

The Pull Up 3 is a daily blog of 3 college basketball games that I believe you could exploit and make some cash on. Check in every day for your picks of the day’s best college hoops action.  Season...

What I’m Thankful For: College Basketball Edition

In lieu of the holiday season, I’ve decided to take a little time to talk about what I’m thankful for this college basketball season. College Basketball is Back I’m thanking my lucky...

Recapping the 2017 Charleston Classic

This past weekend, TD Arena in beautiful downtown Charleston played host to the Charleston Classic, an annual kick-off tournament that showcases some of the NCAA’s most elite talent. This year&#...

The Big East Beat

The Big East is and forever will be a top three basketball conference. Other conferences have their ebbs and flows, but the grit and heart of The Big East reigns supreme always. It is not the Big East...

College Basketball Pull-Up 3 11/20/2017

The Pull Up 3 is a daily blog of 3 college basketball games that I believe you could exploit and make some cash on. Check in every day for your picks of the day’s best college hoops action.  No...

Aggies Beat down the Lobos in Weir’s return to Las Cruces

For as long as Paul Weir is New Mexico’s head coach, the Rio-Grande Rivalry between New Mexico and New Mexico St will be one of the most heated rivalries in college basketball. The NMSU Aggies pound...

Something More Valuable than Designer Clothes: Was it Worth it?

Three UCLA players (LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley, and Jalen Hill) were arrested on November 7 by Chinese police officers for shoplifting in Shanghai, China. This poor choice of action by these three youn...

Real star of PK80 is the uniforms

Next week, Nike is hosting the PK80 invitational in honor of Phil Knight’s 80th birthday. This is a hell of a birthday party considering it includes some of the best programs in the nation. The ...

If You Don’t Know Now You Know; The Young Bull

It was a calm Tuesday in Tuscaloosa. Students were finishing up some exams before Thanksgiving break, some were getting ready for their Tuesday night bar visits. Neither of those come as a surprise. W...

Cracking the Code: AP Poll Week 2

All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com Welcome back for the 2017-2018 edition of Cracking the Code! Here’s a little background on the article (or to my loyal followers,...

Breaking down the Champions Classic

The Champions Classic will be in full swing tonight, which means College Basketball season is officially back. Duke, Michigan State, Kansas and Kentucky renew their experiences in the prolific classic...

Lope Nation Podcast Episode with Joshua Lovern

http://soundcloud.com/studentusports/lope-nation-episode-1-with-joshua-lovern We finally got a podcast on our favorite college basketball, the GCU Antelopes. Austin Montgomery talks with mid major bas...

Early Take: Vermont Basketball

Vermont Basketball might win 30 games without anyone noticing until March and then be a favorite for a few upsets.  There’s no way I can see anyone but Vermont winning the America East Conferen...

Future headlines of NCAA sanctions

I will translate that tweet for you. The NCAA is handing down sanctions on Houston’s Rob Gray because he played basketball. Also, he is a basketball player. He did not play in the season opener,...

The Three-Point Line: Creator of NCAA Legends

Since its introduction in 1986, three-point shooting has not only changed the game of college basketball, it has also given the smaller-size players a chance to become “Legendary Sharpshooters&#...

Opening Day takeaways

Opening day for the college basketball season is finally here. With it, there are predictions, hot takes and a full day of games that will probably end in absolute blowouts. Still, what it mostly mean...

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 seaso...

College Basketball 2017-18: Year of the Antelope (GCU Preview)

By Austin Montgomery and Jacob Allen.  The Grand Canyon University Antelopes will be the biggest story of college basketball this season. The 2017-2018 season marks the first year of eligibility for ...

The Student Union Podcast Episode 8: LiAngelo and Locker Room Talk

The Student Union Sports Podcast offers you an inside look at college sports from the perspective of actual college students while also highlighting our talented student writers. Today’s show includ...

Recent HS Basketball recruits who never panned out.

With College basketball quickly approaching, I take a look at my favorite highly touted prospects from high school basketball who just never panned out. Ballislife and HoopMixtape were the greatest tw...

Student Union Preseason Top 25

College basketball is BACK! On Friday, we get to start a new road towards March Madness and everything starts anew. Duke has a billion new freshman coming back with Grayson Allen, Michigan State has M...

UNC Looks to Repeat Amid Frontcourt Concerns

It was expected that this season for the Tar Heels would turn out much like 2006 and 2010 in that it would be a rebuilding year. After back-to-back title game appearances and being crowned last year&#...

Campus Cover Episode 013: College Football Erotica

The Campus Cover podcast offers you “expert” gambling advice paired with juvenile shenanigans. RT our Campus Cover weekly parlay on Twitter. As always, the show is hosted by Student Union ...

Missouri State Eyes MVC Title

The Missouri State Bears have not made the NCAA tournament since 1999, when they were coached by current UCLA coach Steve Alford. In recent years, this has been partly due to to the dominance of Creig...

Big Baller Potentially Locked Up in China

SMH (Shake my head) As many of you know, LiAngelo Ball, the middle brother, the long-lost child, the red-headed step child, was arrested for shoplifting in China. Teammates Jalen Hill and Cody Reilly ...

Bill Walton in the news to really get us amped

This week marks the start of the 2017-2018 college basketball season. Yes, the most wonderful time of the year is finally here. If there is one thing in particular to get us absolutely amped for colle...

Student Union Player Spotlight: Michael Porter Jr.

School: University of Missouri Hometown: Seattle, Washington Position: Forward Year: Freshman Last March, the number one high school basketball player in the nation, Michael Porter Jr. shocked the Col...

Watch Out For Alabama …….. Basketball

It’s no secret that The University of Alabama makes a name for itself on the gridiron. Football has always been king in Tuscaloosa. With arguably the most historically successful football progra...

Desert Hot Takes Episode 7: College Basketball Preview

The Desert Hot Takes podcast, features Host Austin Montgomery, and co-host Jacob Allen, bringing up the hottest takes on this side of the Mississippi. This week’s episode of Desert Hot Takes inc...

Preseason poll released for 2017-2018 season

Today, the Associated Press released their preseason poll for the 2017-2018 season of College Hoops. I still think polls are stupid. The only thing that is dumber than polls is preseason polls (also, ...

Big 12 Preseason Predictions

College basketball is right around the corner. With that being said, it should be an exciting year in the Big 12 (besides Kansas winning like always). This will be another solid year in the Big 12 tha...

Campus Cover Episode 011: College Basketball Preview

After months of waiting, college basketball season has finally arrived. Cody and PJ make their favorite title picks for the season, as well as conference winners and sleepers....

Pac-12 Basketball Preview: Part 1

This time of year is one of the best times in all of sports. World Series, NHL & NBA regular season just started, College Football nearing bowl season, the NFL is in full swing, and College Basket...

Mark Emmert Concerned About Public Perception of NCAA

Recently, the NCAA has come under fire for the handling of many scandals, notably the UNC academic fraud, and the college basketball recruiting scandal. NCAA President Mark Emmert is concerned that th...

The Rise and (Epic) Fall of the Fighting Illini

For a Power Five school, Illinois, especially in football and basketball, has taken a huge step down in the past decade or so. Growing up an Illini fan, it’s been tough to watch. I have fuzzy me...

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 mo...

Growing up a fan of Kansas Basketball

My first blog for StudentUnion. Just want to give everyone a quick background of what I’ll be writing about (mostly Kansas) and the passion I have for the greatest college basketball program in ...

Joel Berry, bad at video games

Last week, I wrote about how Joel Berry was still in college. It is certainly a surprise to quite a few people. Soon after that world-busting news was broken by me, though, some more Berry news broke ...

Big Ten Hoops: PREVIEW SZN AND MEDIA DAY THOUGHTS PART 1

The time is here. The temperature is starting to get cold, cuffing season is upon us, and college basketball is oh so close. We still have about three weeks or so until preview season is wrapped up an...

Big Ten Hoops: PREVIEW SZN AND MEDIA DAY THOUGHTS PART 2

Welcome back to B1G Hoops PREVIEW SZN.  If you missed Part 1 click here to get caught up. Can Purdue live without Swanigan? The Boilermakers lost Mr. Double-Double, Caleb “Biggie” Swaniga...

Celebrities and college sports are like vodka and OJ

The celebrities in professional sports are extremely well noted. They get about air time as the players do. Next time you watch a Raptors game take a drink every time they reference or show Drake and ...

Wait, that guy still plays college hoops?!?

In college hoops, there always seem to be a few guys that have found a way to have like seven extra years of eligibility. The best example of this is Perry Ellis. Ellis’ tenure at Kansas lasted ...

Tom Crean hired by ESPN

On Monday, ESPN announced that former Indiana head basketball coach Tom Crean would be joining them this year as a college basketball analyst. Personally, I think ESPN hit the jackpot with bringing in...

Kansas-Mizzou to renew Border War

One of the hottest rivalries in college sports is back (kinda). Missouri and Kansas have agreed to play in an exhibition game for hurricane relief on October 22nd. While this may just be an exhibition...

North Carolina Somehow Avoids Penalty from NCAA

Today, the NCAA reported that they found no violations in the UNC academic fraud investigation. A three year investigation has provided no clear answer to what was seemingly a major fraudulent network...

College Hoops is back and I am very excited

College hoops has returned to the practice court, and with it, all the joy in my life has returned. As if hoops on the horizon isn’t enough happiness for me, today I had the pleasure of seeing t...

NCAA Investigation Clears UNC of Charges

After a seven year-long investigation into an academic fraud scandal, the NCAA has cleared the University of North Carolina from any NCAA sanctions. While everyone may jump to the conclusion that UNC ...

Lavar continues to put up dubs

Lavar Ball has been known to make insane claims and make questionable decisions. He added to this list of things on Monday when he decided to take his youngest son LaMelo out of public high school to ...

In a Bizarre Move, LaVar Ball will Homeschool LaMelo

LaVar Ball really does not know the meaning of “enough is enough”. First, he claimed that he instilled the “no shot is a bad shot” mentality into his three sons. Then, LaVar cl...

Unbreakable college sports marriages

The news about all the controversy in college hoops is just starting, but it is far from over. Even in the first week of controversy, the news is constantly evolving. Recently, a description of the ul...

Louisville’s search for a new coach begins now

Today, the news officially dropped that Rick Pitino is out at Louisville. It seemed as if he has been an unstoppable force, surviving many scandals, both personal and in the program. But, it all prove...

Rick Pitino out at Louisville

As the NCAA Corruption Scandal continues to be unpeeled layer by layer, longtime Louisville Mens Basketball Coach Rick Pitino, and Athletic Director Tom Jurich are the first head coach/AD tandem to be...

FBI Arrests 10 for Alleged Fraud, Bribery, and Corruption

On Tuesday, the United States Department of Justice announced that alleged fraud and corruption charges have been brought to 10 people related to college basketball, including four assistant coaches. ...

The only college picks you will ever need

2-2 last week (including UAB). 8-5 overall. Week 4 is in the books. Realistically, it was just a lot of underdog blue balls. LA Tech, who I have previously endorsed as the team with the biggest normal...

Mitchell Robinson Finds Hidden Option C

In recent years, there has been an increase in guys finding ways around the one-and-done NBA rule. Emmanuel Mudiay gave up his scholarship from SMU to play a year in China before getting drafted by th...

UCONN Lands Former 4-Star Recruit Sidney Wilson

Another day, another prominent transfer in the Northeast. Yesterday, Taurean Thompson announced he would be attending Seton Hall this upcoming year. Now, 4-star recruit Sidney Wilson, a prized commit ...

Taurean Thompson to Seton Hall

Last season, a personal visit from Jim Boeheim was enough to reel in four-star center Taurean Thompson. Unfortunately for Boeheim, he isn’t quite as important to Thompson as Thompson’s mot...

Grand Canyon Becomes Active D1 Member

The Start of an Era Grand Canyon University was granted membership into Division 1 status today. The Lopes had a 4-year probation period, where 21 varsity sports were unable to compete for a postseaso...

Marvin Bagley III just turned the nation on its head

At this point, the nation is used to certain schools having recruiting classes that are offensive. Duke is one of those schools, and this season they outdid themselves. Late last night, Marvin Bagley ...

Philadelphia and growing up with college hoops recruiting

I had big basketball plans this summer. They included not working, driving to AAU hotbeds in Philadelphia and South Jersey, and watching kids play basketball. I’m at the point in my life now whe...

Ice Cube’s BIG3 League Needs an Injection of Youth; Are College Players the Answer?

The week one games of Ice Cube’s new 3 on 3 league aired on FS1 last night and turned out to be a pretty entertaining watch. It’s great to see legends like Allen Iverson, Jason Williams, C...

Picking NBA Draft Prop bets

This will be the first season in NBA history where Las Vegas sports books will host prop bets for the event. That is exciting for many reasons. For starters, you can win money. Second, you can create ...

The games that made college basketball what it is today

There is a lot to love about the game of basketball. The dunk is something that will always get us out of our seat. Something about that extra point from behind the line is exhilarating, too. Prepari...

Second-Round Gold Waiting to be Struck

The draft is nearly upon us, which makes me unbearably happy because I get to talk about NBA stuff being (too far) off track. The draft is the perfect mix of college and the pros. People that love the...

Ishmail Wainright plays football for Baylor now and is actually good

Ishmail Wainright spent the last four years of his life putting in work on the hardwood for the Baylor basketball team. He had a solid senior season averaging 5.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and...

Major Prospects as Songs from DAMN.

On Friday, Kendrick Lamar did what Kendrick Lamar has become known for. He dropped an album that lit homes on fire. I went through three pairs of headphones just to find a pair that was suitable for t...

A Mountain West Basketball Autopsy

In the few weeks since North Carolina celebrated as national champs, the college basketball landscape has shuffled dramatically, as is custom, while coaches leave or are fired, star players declare th...

Coach Cal doesn’t develop talent well, but that’s not really his job

Everyone knows Kentucky is a place where guys that only want to be around for one year go. This is not a program built like this year’s champion North Carolina, or last year’s champion Vil...

The Other End of the Year Award Special

The college basketball season has officially come to a conclusion following the College Basketball Award Show. Taking place following the Final Four every year, it gives out the Wooden player of the y...

Student Union Study Hall: Episode 9

Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes” Maier...

Why play College Basketball?

Now that the College Basketball season is over, and with the NBA Draft approaching, I have officially turned the page to baseball season. But the underlying theme of this tournament has got to be tha...

Season-Deciding Decisions for Fringe-NBA Prospects

Thanks to the new draft rules, the world gets more times to think about the decisions of all of the guys that aren’t locks for the NBA draft. While the change was fantastic for the players, it ...

Dan Dakich and Frank Kaminsky had a Subtweet Battle for the Ages

The subtweet is an art form generally reserved for teenage girls and people that recently got broken up with. Since Twitter’s inception, it has been vaguely poking not-so-subtle jabs at people t...

Individual Matchups to Look Out for in Tonight’s Final

The conclusion of the greatest tournament in American sports is finally upon us. Tonight, UNC will look to avenge their heart-wrenching loss in the final of last season against Villanova. This year, t...

A look at the 10 uncommitted ESPN 100 recruits for the class of 2017

Recruiting season is winding down. The McDonald’s All-American game and the Dick’s Sporting Goods National Championship put some of the nation’s top high school basketball prospects ...

South Carolina’s Keys to Success Against Gonzaga

As someone who regularly writes about South Carolina basketball, I feel like I have spent the majority of this season trying to convince people just how legit this Gamecocks squad is. If you are a stu...

Bulldogs Slay The Huskies: The Moment of March

THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers. I have never been much of a women’s basketball fan, aside from the Queen Bees here at St. Ambrose University, but what the Mississippi State women just did ha...

Student Union Study Hall Episode 8

Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown, and Luke “Big Takes” Maie...

The Final Four as Guys at a Bar

  After an exciting two weeks of March Madness, we are now left with just four teams vying for the title (North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, and Gonzaga for those of you who have lived under...

Nevada’s Rollercoaster March

It’s hard to imagine what the past 28 days were like for a Nevada fan. On the one hand, the Wolf Pack won a de facto regular season championship game in front of their home crowd on the last day...

PAC-12 Fanboy: Oregon

    What is up with this tournament, to be honest, I don’t know. So as I am the resident Pac-12 fanboy on this site (Bill Walton is my God), I figure to tell you WHY you should root fo...

Luke Maye Was At His 8 AM Class This Morning

Luke Maye, this hero of North Carolina’s Elite 8 win over Kentucky Sunday, made the rest of us look bad by showing up to his 8 AM class this morning, where he received a standing ovation from hi...

Big Ten Weekly Pull Up (The Final) – Sweet 16

So….that dreadful time has come…if you don’t know what I am talking about then let me clue you in. I am talking about how March Madness is almost over, and more importantly, there ar...

A Few Reasons to be Happy that Gonzaga Made the Final Four

Gonzaga has made nineteen consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. In all of those years, they have never reached a Final Four. Finally, they have put years of heartbreak behind them and broken t...

INSTANT REACTION: Chris Chiozza’s 3-pointer at buzzer sends Florida to the Elite 8

This game, the last game of the night featured the eight seed Wisconsin Badgers vs the four seed Florida Gators. All I need to do is skip right to the insane last couple minutes of the game and I will...

INSTANT REACTION: Sindarius Thornwell leads South Carolina in rout of Baylor to First Elite 8 Ever

Hey, everyone! I am finally back with a recap and instant reaction to another game! This one was even better than before. The game featured the seventh seed South Carolina Gamecocks vs the three seed ...

Teams Win Tournaments, Not Conferences

There is a lot of talk every year about what the best conference in the country is. Realistically, that concept doesn’t amount to shit. There is so much unnecessary pride that goes into what con...

So, what about Sean Miller’s coaching in March?

We live in a world of instant gratification. There is a demand for results, now. Kevin Durant to the Warriors is an obvious NBA example. In college, it is mostly shown through the coaching carousel. I...

Beat the Spread: Sweet Sixteen Betting Preview

Over the last couple of weeks the NCAA tournament has been a treat.  The first part of the Sweet Sixteen game slates gave us an sensational night of college basketball. Oregon ended Michigan’s Cind...

Sweet 16 Matchup Preview: Baylor vs South Carolina

For most College Basketball programs, making the Sweet 16 is a tremendous achievement as well as a golden opportunity. That is certainly the case for South Carolina and Baylor, who will duke it out fo...

UNC Sweet Sixteen Preview

  After barely getting by the Razorbacks of Arkansas in the Round of 32, the Tar Heels head to Memphis for the Sweet Sixteen, just two games away from another Final Four berth. First though, they...

Bob Huggins is a Terrible March Coach

Okay, so to start, yes Bob Huggins is a good coach. Yes, he is one of the top coaches in college basketball right now, I mean c’mon 813 wins, enough said. But just because he is a good coach ove...

LaVar Ball isn’t as crazy as you think

Today, ESPN had the worst (best?) idea in the history of sports television. Stephen A. Smith, lead man of First Take and notoriously boisterous debate analyst, was paired with the infamous LaVar Ball....

Student Union Study Hall: Episode 7

  Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown, and Luke “Big Takes�...

Bracket Busters: The Crucial Matchups for Weekend 2

There is no excuse for your bracket to be in bad shape if you would have taken my advice. You would be sitting alright with 11/16 correct Sweet Sixteen teams, and a chance to get 6/8 correct Elite Eig...

Student Union College Basketball Postseason Awards

We have a very diverse range of opinions here at Student Union, but somehow we were all able to agree on three first-team All-Americans. Every single ballot submitted had Lonzo Ball, Frank Mason and C...

Breaking Down the Sweet Sixteen

After a rather lackluster Round of 64, the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament did not disappoint. Among the best storylines, the defending national champion Villanova Wildcats were bested by an expe...

Big Ten Weekly Pull Up (Part 2) – Second Round

So I decided to break up Part 1 and Part 2 of my Weekly Pull up this week because they are pretty big and making them two separate ones are much easier. So let’s get right down to business to ro...

The officiating in this tournament has been deplorable

The Monday following opening weekend is always a very productive mental day. The way the tournament is scheduled, there is a lot of time to reflect on the nearly 96 straight hours of basketball. My fi...

Big Ten Weekly Pull Up (Part 1) – First Round

Oh my gosh, can you guys believe that we have to wait another week for some tournament games?!? I am probably going to be doing nothing for the next week until basketball comes back on. But I’m ...

The Big Ten has been GOOD All Year

THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers. All college basketball season Big 12 and ACC fans have been dismantling the good name that is Big Ten Basketball. Those groups have been calling the conference weak...

Best Sweet 16 Matchups: Kentucky vs UCLA

The first 2 days of this years NCAA tournament were… weak. There were relatively no upsets and most of the upsets that did happen, weren’t really upsets. #12 seed Middle Tennessee State &#...

Turner Sports Sideline Reporter Power Rankings

Sideline reporting does not have the same level of importance as the main broadcasters. No one will ever turn off a basketball game because they were annoyed with the lady saying what Gregg Marshall ...

Midwest Second Round: #3 Oregon vs #11 Rhode Island Preview

TBS: Midwest Second Round #3 Oregon vs #11 Rhode Island 4:30pm Sacremento, CA Spread: Oregon -5 Over/Under 138.5 After dismantling six seed Creighton Blue Jays 84-72 in the first round of the tourname...

The Bracket Bunker: Tales from opening weekend

To some, pondering a two day span that would include 24 hours of basketball, 2 cases of Miller Lite, enough Twisted Tea to make you diabetic, and under 12 total hours of sleep is a scary proposition. ...

Day 1 Bracket Results- Good News

In most years, around this time, I am sitting on a couch watching the last game wind down, staring at my bracket and asking, what in the HELL was I thinking. Tonight, as I watch my eventual winner, Ar...

Tom Crean Out at IU

Lilly Donahue | Indiana University Today is a day that may IU fans are rejoicing, but for others, like myself, it is one of sadness. IU basketball coach Tom Crean was fired today after 9 years with th...

Student Union Study Hall: Episode 6

Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes” Maier...

Mid Major Stars to Watch Out for During the Tournament

Every March a previously unknown star from a small-school program gets introduced to the national stage and creates his “One Shining Moment.” The NCAA tournament showcases talented players that th...

March Madness Viewing Guide

12:00-4:00: You’re ready for the tournament. You have your bracket all filled out and think it is perfect. This will be the year! Try to stream all of the games on your work computer while pretendin...

Bracket Buster: Rhode Island

The best part of the March Madness is the cinderella stories and the Davids who take down Goliaths. The NCAA and CBS networks romanticize underdog stories and upsets.   Over the past few years The g...

Quadruple Double Episode 6

Frank and Anthony go ahead and preview the whole NCAA March Madness bracket. Starting off with the first round games for every game…..literally. Then out of the remaining teams in each region, w...

Student Union Live Blog March Madness Day 1

Dime a Dozen Final Bracket

Austin Brown and Jack Rogers walk through the entire bracket and give their predictions. Be sure to join the Student Union Sports bracket challenge for a chance to win cool Student Union gear....

The Fall and RISE of Harry Giles

The Preview So you guys may or may not know, but I despise Duke! Always have and always will. It also may be the fact that I live in North Carolina and come in contact with a lot of UNC fans. But none...

Student Union March Madness Drinking Game

  Beer and basketball goes together like John Wooden and championships and Duke and hatred. There are drinking games for every sport, but with the sheer amount of games and crazy phrases said eve...

March Madness Preview: SEC

There will be five SEC teams in the Big Dance this postseason, surpassing last year’s total of three. Does this show growth in the league now? Possibly, but it still has some ways to go. After looki...

Which coaches should you trust with your bracket?

There are thousands of different metrics you could use when filling out your bracket. Speaking from experience, no matter how much basketball you watch you will always lose your pool to someone who pi...

Year of the 16 Seed?

A 16 seed has NEVER beat a 1. That is not a typo, and it is also not surprising. But should it be? There have been a handful of two seeds to get canned in the first round, including a championship fav...

Tennessee: Upset Capital of the World?

While the pride and joy of the state Volunteers are not in the field of 68, there are three other teams representing the Volunteer State proudly in the Big Dance. None of these three teams are the hig...

Keeping competition in college sports

During bowl season, there was controversy over some very high-profile college athletes not playing in their bowl games. Two of the biggest names were Christian McCaffrey and Leonard Fournette. Two cam...

Student Union Player Spotlight: Junior Robinson

Junior Robinson School: Mt. Saint Mary Position: Point Guard Year: Junior Twitter: @JayLegacy0 We are only one game in to the First Four and the Madness is well underway. If you watched the First Fo...

March Madness Preview: Big East

The Big East is currently in possession of the reigning National Champion. Also, it has the second most teams seeded in the tournament, behind only the ACC. Admittedly, Vegas isn’t really that h...

March Madness Preview: Big Ten

Alright, ladies and gents as you guys probably have a good idea already and know by know, I am a pretty big fan of the Big Ten! Now I mean a huge fan, and that comes from my passion for everything Ohi...

That Other Tournament: NIT Thoughts

  While big brother, the NCAA March Madness Tournament, gets all of the attention, the NIT just sits in the background. But in the true spirit of March, we as college basketball fans need to cons...

Year of the Repeat?

Not since Billy Donovan and the Florida Gators ten years ago has anyone repeated as NCAA champion. I think that could change this year with Jay Wright and the Villanova Wildcats. Now it won’t be eas...

I Picked a Bracket by Each Team’s Mascot….It’s Not Looking Great

Lilly Donahue | Indiana University Everyone has a fun idea on how to fill out their bracket, some do it by stats, others by colors, or even by hermit crab (see our twitter)! For my bracket in the Stud...

No Love: Gonzaga

  I feel like I’ve seen this story hundreds of times before. Gonzaga destroys opponents for five months. Gonzaga makes tournament as high seed. Gonzaga suffers an early exit. It is a movement as ol...

March Madness Preview: Big 12

I’d just like to start out by saying, I’m going to make predictions for all Big 12 teams in the tournament, and chances are, I will get every single one wrong. The Big 12, at least everyon...

March Madness Preview: ACC

After seeing the fifth seeded Duke Blue Devils take home the ACC Tournament crown last weekend, this conference looks as stacked as ever. While they may not be able to replicate the success the confer...

Delphi Bracketology – March 14, 2017

Student Union presents the Delphi Bracketology podcast. The most accurate Bracketology on the web according to BracketMatrix.com and its 2016 Bracket Project champion. Delphi Bracketology provides an ...

How the Bracket Will Shake Down

Frank Mason is Softer than Charmin, my bracket, contains the best combination of risk and common sense, and essentially the best bracket in all of the land. Let’s talk about how there is absolut...

The Abomination that is the Selection Committee

THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers. Every year after the field of 68 teams has been filled for the NCAA Tournament there is outrage over seeding, who got in, and who didn’t get in. This season i...

Tournament Upset Special: Princeton

Last year the selection committee tried to pit the Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the West Virginia Mountaineers as the 3-6 second round matchup in the West Region. As we all (sadly) remember, WVU ...

Instant Reaction: IU Elects Not to Host NIT Opener

Lilly Donahue | Indiana University On Selection Sunday IU basketball was, to no one’s surprise, selected to play in the NIT. As a reward for beating two NCAA tourney #1 seeds, the Hoosiers were ...

Big Ten Weekly Pull Up – March 6th – March 12th

What’s up guys, how did everyone enjoy that awesome Championship Weekend that we were gifted with?!? I certainly had a ball, and so did the Big Ten! Let’s jump right into the facts and sta...

Grades for first-year coaches

The coaching carousel is always very erratic in college basketball. For mid-major coaches, there is always an opportunity to get a better job. If you win some games in the NCAA tournament and make the...

Immediate Reaction: Midwest Region

Although this is not a typical Monday, it’s the start of MARCH MADNESS!! So with different writers breaking down each region, lets head to the Midwest. Midwest Bracket bracket-ncaa First Look Th...

UNC Wilmington Could Provide an Early Upset at the Big Dance

A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you’re momentum’s going, that’s when people really want to get to know about you. -Dav...

March Madness Instant Reaction: West Region Announced

The final region to be announced today (sadly) did not include my favorite team, Syracuse. Still, it is an intriguing region to look at. One of my title contenders (Arizona) is in the region as well. ...

Knee-jerk reactions to Selection Sunday: East Region

The East region is home to the overall number 1 seed, the Villanova Wildcats. This was the only absolute lock going into the tournament. No one really believed there was anyone else that deserved the ...

Instant Reaction: South Region

This South Region of the NCAA Tournament bracket looks like it could be fun. All of the teams at the top are great at putting points on the board. There are also some amazing players in this region, a...

INSTANT REACTION: Michigan Tops Wisconsin and EARNS B1G Title Glory

I’m back again for another awesome recap, and this time it’s about my favorite conference, the Big Ten! As an Ohio State fan, it really does pain me to say this, but the eight-seeded Michi...

SEC Tournament Recap

The SEC Tournament had a few surprises up its sleeve this year in Nashville, but some things went according to plan. Here’s my recap of the 2017 SEC Tourney. Wednesday: In day one of the SEC tou...

INSTANT REACTION: Kent State Downs Rival Akron to Win MAC Title

Hey, would you look at that, another upset in this crazy Championship Weekend! And don’t you worry, your man is back on the case to cover this awesome game! The game featured the six seeded Kent...

East Tennessee State: Where IU Players Go to Dance?

Lilly Donahue | Indiana University With yesterday’s loss to Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament, the IU men’s basketball team has all but guaranteed that they won’t be receiving an i...

Beat the Spread: Conference Tournament Weekend Perfect Parlay

Ivy League Semifinal Harvard (-1.5) vs Yale: The first Ivy League Semi Final game will feature a contest between the conference best and most iconic rivalry. Harvard and Yale known as the country̵...

Sean Miller calls timeout up 11 with 0.9 seconds left; is petty as hell

Friday night was a good night for Arizona head coach Sean Miller. He watched his team execute a flawless gameplan and hold UCLA phenom Lonzo Ball to just eight points on 2-7 shooting. You would’...

INSTANT REACTION: Vanderbilt Upsets Florida and Completes Season Sweep

This game, looking at it from the team wise was almost the same as the previous three articles I wrote up. This game saw the seven seeded Vanderbilt Commodores taking on the two seeded Florida Gators ...

INSTANT REACTION: Michigan’s Wild Ride Continues With Upset over Purdue

Would you look at that, yet another 8/9 seed takes down the number 1 seed in their conference tournament. First, we had last night’s wild game where we saw eight seeded TCU take down number one ...

The Big East is still really good

Since the conference realignment that sent teams like Syracuse, UConn, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pitt, etc. etc away from the Big East, it has not gotten a lot of love. Add the fact that there is no maj...

INSTANT REACTION: #9 Davidson Stuns #1 Dayton in A10 Quaterfinals

I’m back again for another instant reaction for all you crazy college basketball fans out there! If you guys didn’t see my latest article last night, I wrote an Instant Reaction about TCU ...

INSTANT REACTION: TCU upsets Kansas in Big 12 Quarterfinals

I can’t believe I am seriously writing about this, but it really happened! The 8th seeded TCU Horned Frogs moved on to face the number 1 seeded Kansas Jayhawks after demolishing Oklahoma 82-63 o...

Student Union Study Hall: Episode 5

Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Ben Shumate, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes” Maie...

John Thompson III does not deserve a job

There are some things in college hoops that simply do not happen at the professional level. One of the biggest examples is coaching tenures. Currently at Temple, we are experiencing the issue with hea...

Delphi Bracketology – Conference Tournament Update

Student Union presents the Delphi Bracketology podcast. The most accurate Bracketology on the web according to BracketMatrix.com and its 2016 Bracket Project champion. Delphi Bracketology provides an ...

SEC Tournament Preview and Predictions

It is officially conference tournament time, one of the best times of the year. Due to this I thought I would preview my favorite conference tourney, the SEC Tourney. Possible Sleepers: The most dange...

The WAC is Whack

The Western Athletic Conference should be absolutely ashamed of themselves from robbing the best mid-major player in the nation of his own conference MVP award. DeWayne Russell not only outperformed I...

A flawed field: ten teams that can win the NCAA Tournament

March is fantastic. It starts to heat up in the northern part of the country, the birds return to their homes in the skies, and college basketball reigns supreme. From the very beginning of the colleg...

Quadruple Double Episode 5

This week Frank and Anthony have a fellow contributor from the site in Cody Goggin to help pick this weeks topics. This week is different than what we originally talked about in our podcasts before. W...

History 101 : Kentucky Basketball

Jared Estep |  IUPUI Since 2009 and the arrival of head coach John Calipari at the University of Kentucky an abundance of talent has come through the city of Lexington. Following the miserable Billy ...

Dime A Dozen Podcast: Conference Tournament Preview

Austin Brown and Jack Rogers recap the Big 12 season that was with some postseason awards (2:20), debate who should be Big 12 Coach of the Year (11:25) and preview this week’s Big 12 Tournament in K...

Delphi Bracketology – Conference Tournament Preview #2

Student Union presents the Delphi Bracketology podcast. The most accurate Bracketology on the web according to BracketMatrix.com and its 2016 Bracket Project champion. Delphi Bracketology provides an ...

Releasing The Baer From His Cage

This is an article by Luke Maiers. As the end of the Big Ten regular season hit Sunday night, all of the athletes stats for the season were final. With every point, rebound, and assist tallied, it was...

Big Ten Weekly Pull Up – February 27th – March 5th

Hey everyone, how are yall doing on this glorious early March day? Every knows why this is so exciting right?!? If not I’ll fill you in….IT’S MARCH MADNESS SEASON BABY!!!!!! As well ...

Teams to watch out for come March

Every year there are a few teams from non-major conferences that get a lot of buzz around this time of year. Some, like last year’s Arkansas Little-Rock team, are able to get it done in their confer...

Mountain West hoops roundup — Tying up loose ends

The calendar has turned to March, and I couldn’t be happier. The highlights of early conference tournaments already have me itching for Madness. The Mountain West and a majority of other leagues...

It’s March Madness time… Seriously! D3 Mens Basketball

  It’s time! It’s finally time! March Madness is upon us. Gone are the days of doing anything productive and in are the days of sitting and watching an unhealthy amount of college bas...

Locks of the Week: March 4th

  Record to Date: 17-18 Welcome to the final week of the college basketball regular season. Seems like it flew by, right? At this point, everyone is gearing up for the tournament and ready to go....

The Debate: Fultz Vs. Ball

It is the question on most NBA GM’s minds, and in ALL our thoughts when we think of the upcoming NBA draft. Who is going to be #1, Markelle Fultz or Lonzo Ball? While thinking over my opinion, I...

Delphi Bracketology – March 3, 2017

Student Union presents the Delphi Bracketology podcast. The most accurate Bracketology on the web according to BracketMatrix.com and its 2016 Bracket Project champion. Delphi Bracketology provides an ...

Jordan Bohannon Keeps Iowa’s Heart Beating

HOLY SANTA CLAUS SHIT, Iowa somehow still has a chance to make the NCAA Tournament after beating Wisconsin on Thursday night. As a die-hard Iowa fan, I could not control my excitement after the Hawkey...

The BIGGEST Play of the College Basketball Season

THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers who is a member of Team Joey Freshwater. Earlier this college basketball season I wrote an article on how the Northwestern Wildcats had a real chance at making the N...

Quadruple Double Episode 4

Frank jumps right in and takes shots at WVU again for another shotty week (1:45) then we jumped right into our Game of the coming Week (4:35) then our player of last week (11:40) then Upset Watch of t...

Student Union Study Hall Episode 4

Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes” Maier...

History 101: Villanova Basketball

By PJ Guippone | Temple University A decade in college basketball is basically a couple generations in the real world. To sustain talent and success for that long, a coach needs to continually reload ...

Should You Storm the Court? A Comprehensive Guide

You’re in the student section, watching the final seconds of a win for your school run off the clock. Rushing the court/field after a big win is an unforgettable experience as a sports fan; I sp...

Student Union Player Spotlight: John Collins

John Collins School: Wake Forest Position: Power Forward Year: Sophomore Twitter: @Jc__20_ Draft Projection: 16th Overall Sometimes amazing players are overlooked by College Basketball fans simply ...

INSTANT REACTION: Northwestern’s Miraculous Buzzer Beater!

WOW! Northwestern just delivered a moment for the age’s. Their full court pass to the layup may go down in Northwestern history as the one that finally got them in the Big Dance. The dynamic duo...

Dime a Dozen Podcast: Episode 10

Austin Brown and Jack Rogers go debate where every Big 12 team stands with regards to the NCAA Tournament (3:10), whether or not Bruce Weber will be fired (15:41), answer some mailbag questions from l...

Cracking the Poll: AP Poll Week 17

All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com   To many people, the AP Poll is the definitive answer to who the best teams in college sports are. They also see the small little...

Photography 101: Villanova Basketball

By PJ Guippone | Temple University Growing up in a city like Philadelphia, it was easy to fall in love with basketball at a very young age. With two parents that are alumni of Villanova, it was an obv...

Instant Reaction: Kentucky Pulls Out a Close One Against Vandy On Senior Night

Final: Kentucky 73, Vanderbilt 67 From a fans perspective, the best part of SEC basketball is how competitive conference play is. On any given night a team with a 9-7 conference record like Vanderbilt...

Delphi Bracketology – Conference Tournament Preview

Student Union presents the Delphi Bracketology podcast. The most accurate Bracketology on the web according to BracketMatrix.com and its 2016 Bracket Project champion. Delphi Bracketology provides an ...

ACC Weekly Roundup: February 27th

Not too much has changed going into the last week of the regular season; Duke is not back, Carolina takes the crown, and Boston College still sucks. Besides that, we’re all just looking forward ...

Big Ten Weekly Pull Up – February 20th – 26th

What’s up everyone!?! I’m back with yet another awesome recap of this week’s insanely crazy BIG TEN basketball campaign. Now I am not really sure why the Big Ten is just coming out o...

Forget the Ball’s, Feed Zion Williamson

This weekend’s “Cool It Award” goes to… LAVAR BALL. It will be his third time receiving this prestigious award in the past two weeks, and has officially moved into a whole new...

Mountain West Hoops Roundup — 2/20 – 2/26

It seems fitting that, even with just one week of games remaining, we’ve still yet to decide a regular season champion in the Mountain West. Luckily for us, a showdown in Reno Saturday will prov...

Big 12 Weekly Shootout: February 27

Hey guys, welcome back to the last Big 12 Weekly Shootout before my conference tournamnet preview next week. Friends Cody Goggin and Frank Fanelli also recap the ACC and Big 12, respectively, so be su...

What if Power 5 Conferences Were Sorted Geographically?

Lilly Donahue | Indiana University If you’re anything like me, you probably find yourself constantly questioning why Maryland and Rutgers are in the Big Ten. Trust me, you’re not alone. Bi...

Locks of the Week: February 25th

Record to Date:14-16 Had a solid week last week at 3-2. Two more weeks until tournament picks.   #8 North Carolina (-8) at Pittsburgh Coming off one of their most impressive wins of the season ag...

Maine Brawled in the Locker Room Over Music

It was reported Wednesday by Larry Mahoney of the Bangor Daily News that five University of Maine basketball players were suspended after a locker room brawl that resulted in a broken jaw for forward ...

Stats 101: UCLA Basketball

By PJ Guippone | Temple University There have been teams in the past that are offensive juggernaut, but defensively inept. One recent example that comes to mind is the 2014-2015 Notre Dame Fighting Ir...

College Basketball Trade Deadline Deals

In honor of the NBA trade deadline today, we decided to take a look at what some hypothetical trades would look like if trades existed in college basketball. Here are a few of our favorites. Kansas se...

Student Union Study Hall: Episode 3

Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes” Maier...

Quadruple Double Episode 3

In this episode, Frank Fanelli and Anthony Ventura cover the hottest topics in College Basketball even if Frank is sounding a little sick. He is dedicated to the game! This podcast they talk about the...

GCU Ready for National Spotlight?

  Grand Canyon University may not have a football team, but does it matter if your basketball team competes at an elite mid-major level? KU practically does this, but spends money on their footba...

Delphi Bracketology – February 22, 2017

Student Union presents the Delphi Bracketology podcast. The most accurate Bracketology on the web according to BracketMatrix.com and its 2016 Bracket Project champion. Delphi Bracketology provides an ...

Rejected Kansas State T-Shirt Ideas

Kansas State fans don’t get the chance to celebrate very often. They’ve never seen their football team win a BCS/New Years Six bowl, and most of them weren’t alive the last time thei...

Cracking the Code: AP Poll Week 16

All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com   To many people, the AP Poll is the definitive answer to who the best teams in college sports are. They also see the small little...

Big Ten Weekly Pull Up – February 13th-February 19th

What’s up brotato chips! I’m back with yet another Big Ten weekly recap for all you guys and gals out there! I know you guys just love these articles of the best college basketball confere...

ACC Weekly Roundup: February 20th

This was quite the week in the best conference in college basketball. First off, RIP to Buzz Williams’ shirt. The most surprising news came when Mark Gottfried became Mark Got-fired after a 24-p...

#FireTomCrean? Maybe. #FireFredGlass? Hell No.

Lilly Donahue | Indiana University After a a last second loss to Minnesota, IU fans took to Twitter to make their usual case for the termination of Tom Crean, spurring the ever-present hashtag, #FireT...

Big 12 Weekly Shootout: February 20

Hey guys, welcome back to another Big 12 Weekly Shootout. Friends Cody Goggin and Frank Fanelli already do weekly articles about ACC and Big Ten basketball, respectively, so I now am starting my own a...

Mountain West Hoops Roundup — 2/13 – 2/19

Well, it looks like we’ve got ourselves a three-team race to the finish. Or is it 4? 5? One thing is for sure, we haven’t seen the end of the surprises from this league. What was it this w...

Locks of the Week (?): February 18th

Record to Date: 11-14 I kinda suck at this whole betting thing. I went 1-4 against the spread last week, even though I was 5-0 on picking the winners. Over the past three weeks I have racked up the am...

Mid-February College Hoops Recap: GIF Style

We’re only halfway through February and it’s already been a crazy month of college hoops. Whether you haven’t been keeping up with the games or just want a refresher of all the dope ...

Staff Reaction: Oregon Glow Unis

  So Oregon basketball has unveiled their new “glow-in-the-dark” uniforms for tonight’s game against Utah. Safe to say, our writers have some…opinions on them. Cody Goggin...

Student Union Study Hall: Episode Two

  Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes�...

The Case for Tom Crean

“Fire Tom Crean!” If you’ve been on the internet for longer than about five minutes, these words have probably come across your screen more than a few times. These calls for Crean...

Quadruple Double: Episode 2

In this week’s episode, right off the bat, Frank Fanelli throws shots at Anthony Ventura and his WVU Mountaineers for their terrible breakdown in their past game vs Kansas (:30). After we settle...

Delphi Bracketology – February 14, 2017

Student Union presents the Delphi Bracketology podcast. The most accurate Bracketology on the web according to BracketMatrix.com and its 2016 Bracket Project champion. Delphi Bracketology provides an ...

Cracking the Code: AP Poll Week 15

All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com   To many people, the AP Poll is the definitive answer to who the best teams in college sports are. They also see the small little...

Instant Reaction: Kansas Rallies Against West Virginia

What a roller coaster of emotions in Lawrence, Kansas tonight. What seemed like sure defeat suddenly turned to euphoria for Jayhawk fans as Kansas stormed back, ending regulation on a 21-7 run, and th...

Give the UCONN Women Some Respect

Lilly Donahue | Indiana University Tonight at 9PM the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team will play South Carolina in search of their 100th straight win. Let me say that again: 100...

Big Ten Weekly Pull Up – February 6th-February 12th

Well guys, here we are again, another insane week of Big Ten Basketball, am I right or am I right? I said in last week’s article that I thought last week was pretty crazy? Well, this week was i...

Big 12 Weekly Shootout: February 13

Hey guys, this is the first article of the new series I’m starting up. Friends Cody Goggin and Frank Fanelli already do weekly articles about ACC and Big Ten basketball, respectively, so I now a...

Philosophy 101: What if Gordon Haywards Shot goes in?

By: Jacob Allen | Grand Canyon University The 2010 National Championship featured national power Duke and the nations Cinderella story for the 2010 season, Butler. College basketball in March is full ...

Mountiain West Hoops Roundup — 2/5 – 2/12

Outside of a quadruple-overtime marathon in Laramie and UNLV continuing a record streak, it was a fairly uneventful week in the Mountain West, as the power rankings come out looking pretty similar to ...

ACC Weekly Roundup: February 13th

The Top 5 1. North Carolina 21-5 (9-3) Thought for sure that this would be the week I’d knock Carolina down, but still not so. Falling in a close game on the road against Duke doesn’t change my op...

AL-right CBB Gambling Picks, 2/10

WEEKLY BETTING LINES, done by Luke Maiers and Austin Brown. Current Record: 17-23 What an ugly week for out betting lines when we had so much confidence. We got absolutely demolished and our lines wer...

Locks of the Week (February 11)

  Record To Date: 10-10 I apologize to anyone that may have lost money based on my picks in the past few weeks. It’s been a rough go, but time to get back on track before March.   Clem...

What if College Athletics Had Jersey Sponsors?

Lilly Donahue | Indiana University Recently, the NBA announced that it would begin selling ads on jerseys to interested corporations, and some teams have already sold their space. For many fans of tra...

UCLA Cheerleader Dies…Twice

This poor #UCLA cheerleader took TWO hard falls! pic.twitter.com/FM7WbZ7LCR — Funhouse (@SportsFunhouse) February 10, 2017 Well…the title and video pretty much says it all. One long fall, one ...

F*** Duke

I’m not sure if my love of Carolina basketball arose from the Heels themselves or from my burning hatred of Duke and all they stand for. I’m going to lean towards a mixture of the two. Along with ...

Quadruple Double Pilot Episode

Frank Fanelli and Anthony Ventura of Student Union in their first podcast, Quadruple Double, recap who we think our Game of this coming Week is (1:00), Player of last week was (5:20), Upset Pick of th...

Health 101: The Boilermakers Unfortunate Past Could Have Included a Championship

By: Jacob Allen ⎟ Grand Canyon University There are certain players that seem to linger in college, for what seems like decades. KU’s Perry Ellis, North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough, and Wichita ...

Delphi Bracketology – February 8, 2017

Student Union presents the Delphi Bracketology podcast. The most accurate Bracketology on the web according to BracketMatrix.com and its 2016 Bracket Project champion. Delphi Bracketology provides an ...

Student Union Study Hall: Episode One

Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes̶...

Cracking the Code: AP Poll Week 14

All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com   To many people, the AP Poll is the definitive answer to who the best teams in college sports are. They also see the small little...

5 Mid-Majors You Should Start Paying Attention To

College basketball’s classic programs have never been healthier: UCLA, Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina and Duke are all legit contenders, and will get plenty of respect come March. But anyone s...

Big Ten Weekly Pull Up – January 30th-February 5th

Hey guys, I’m back for another recap of the awesome Big Ten Conference and the extremely wild week of basketball that unfolded before our eyes. If you guys didn’t catch any of the games, I...

Dime a Dozen Podcast: Episode 9

Student Union’s Austin Brown and Jack Rogers try to make sense of a crazy week of upsets in the Big 12. We talk about Baylor’s two heartbreaking losses to Kansas and Kansas State (0:25), Scott...

Luke-Warm Takes: Big Ten POY Watch AND ONE

THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH, by Luke Maiers. It is a damn shame that two of the best players in the nation are from the same conference because both Ethan Haap and Caleb Swanigan...

ACC Weekly Roundup: February 6th

  The Top 5 North Carolina 21-4 (9-2) For the fourth week in a row, I have Carolina in the top spot. This past week involved an odd situation as UNC had to leave campus and take on Notre Dame in ...

Mountain West Hoops Roundup — 1/30-2/4

I thought I had this figured out, at least to a reasonable degree. Saturday in college basketball was complete anarchy; the Big 12 alone was enough to make a for wild weekend. Maybe we’re at the...

Locks of the Week- February 4th

  Record to Date: 9-6 After a very rough week last week, I’ll be looking to get back on track as we head towards tourney time.   Georgia Tech (+9.5) at Wake Forest On paper these teams hav...

Grand Canyon Host CSU Bakersfield in Huge WAC Game

Grand Canyon University Antelopes welcome reigning WAC tourney champions CSU Bakersfield to the Arizona desert. The two schools are playing in a huge conference matchup, and the result will heavily im...

AL-right CBB Gambling Picks

WEEKLY BETTING LINES, done by Luke Maiers and Austin Brown who are members of Team Joey Freshwater. Current Record: 14-16 We just can’t seem to find a winning week. With that being said, I am ne...

Beat the Spread: Super Bowl Weekend Perfect Parlay

The first weekend of February is one of the biggest weekends in the Vegas Sports Books when all the gamblers flock to the desert for the Super Bowl. Saturday’s college basketball slate offers some v...

Student Union Player Spotlight: John Gillon

John Gillon School: Syracuse University Position: Point Guard Year: Senior Twitter: @John_Gillon1 In College Basketball, talented players are often overlooked by the mainstream media if they lack fl...

GIF Recap of January in College Hoops

  Well, folks, it’s been a pretty wild college hoops season thus far and January did not fail to live up to that hype. Whether you watched upwards of 30 games this past month or just a few,...

Is Iowa Better Without Jok?

THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers who is a member of Team Joey Freshwater. Now before everyone gets all excited and calls me an idiot, I would just like to say that I appreciate what Peter Jok has do...

Delphi Bracketology – January 31, 2017

Student Union presents the Delphi Bracketology podcast. The most accurate Bracketology on the web according to BracketMatrix.com and its 2016 Bracket Project champion. Delphi Bracketology provides an ...

ACC Weekly Roundup: January 30th

The Top 5 North Carolina (LW:1) 19-4 (7-2) This feels so wrong and I’ll probably get accused of playing favorites for doing this, but I don’t care if you like it or not. Miami is a tough place to ...

Luke-Warm Takes: Weekly Big Ten POY Watch AND ONE

THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH, by Luke Maiers. What did we learn in the Big Ten this week? Iowa can win convincingly without Peter Jok, Melo Trimble and Maryland are running away w...

Big Ten Weekly Pull Up – January 23rd-January 29th

  Alright, guys I know I’m a little late to the party with recapping the B1G games but better late than never am I right? So what I am going to start doing on a weekly basis every Monday...

Dime a Dozen: Episode 8

Austin Brown and Jack Rogers talk Baylor’s win over Ole Miss (3:04), Carlton Bragg’s suspension and what it means for Kansas the going forward (6:46), preview Wednesday’s Baylor-Kansas matchup (...

Mountain West Hoops Roundup — 1/23 – 1/29

It was only a matter of time before we would start to see some separation in the Mountain West. It’s safe to say that the league now has a clear frontrunner, and that other teams who may have ha...

Philosophy 101: What if Ben Simmons Went to KU over LSU?

By Braeden Mueller | Arizona State In what was the bigger upsets in recent recruiting history, Ben Simmons took his talents to……wait for it…. LSU! The basketball capital of Louisiana, LSU! At th...

Delphi Bracketology – January 24, 2017

Student Union presents the Delphi Bracketology podcast. The most accurate Bracketology on the web according to BracketMatrix.com and its 2016 Bracket Project champion. Delphi Bracketology provides an ...

The Crosstown Shootout Experience

  Before stepping foot on the campus of the University of Cincinnati (UC), I knew about the rivalry between Cincinnati and Xavier. I had heard of the Crosstown brawl and had seen the videos. I kn...

AL-right CBB Gambling Picks

WEEKLY BETTING LINES, done by Luke Maiers and Austin Brown who are members of Team Joey Freshwater. Current Record: 9-11 I will admit that last week we led you into a losing record, but in our defense...

Locks of Week: January 28th

  Year-To-Date: 8-2   #17 Duke (-4) at Wake Forest For the second week in a row, it pains me to say as a UNC fan, I must take Duke. You hear what Coach K is doing? Taking away their locker r...

Dream 3v3 Squad

This past month, legendary hip-hop artist and actor Ice Cube announced that he would be launching the first ever professional 3 on 3 basketball league in 2017. Scheduled to begin its inaugural season ...

No Place Like Home

THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers who is a member of Team Joey Freshwater. There is nothing like the home court advantage, especially when it comes to college basketball. The roar of the crowd, the o...

Best Rivalries in College Basketball

  Rivalries and college basketball go together like Natty’s and frat parties. There is no denying that any rivalry game, no matter how big or small the teams are, always brings out the best...

The Cinderella Story: FGCU Eagles

Next team on my Cinderella list is none other than Florida Gulf Coast. This is a team that is not far from the last time they were the Cinderella Team of the NCAA Tournament. In 2012-2013 they stunned...

Student Union Player Spotlight: Sindarius Thornwell

  Sindarius Thornwell School: University of South Carolina Position: Shooting Guard Year: Senior Twitter: @Sin_City_803 If you aren’t familiar with South Carolina basketball star Sindari...

Collins Trying to Take the Wildcats Dancing

THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers who is a member of Team Joey Freshwater. The History There are 351 schools in NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball, and there are only a hand full of teams that ha...

Instant Reaction: NC State Topples Duke, 84-82 in Durham

Takeaway 1: Dennis Smith, Jr. is good. Like, really good Dennis Smith, Jr. could not be stopped. The freshman guard took over the second half of the game, ending with 32 points, on 10/18 shooting and ...

ACC Weekly Roundup: January 23rd

The Top 5 North Carolina (LW:1) 18-3 (6-1) The Tar Heels will likely remain atop this list for the next few weeks, barring a major upset. They don’t play another ranked team until February 3rd. This...

Beware the bubble: Blackmon’s heroics make Indiana safe

It’s never too early to start examining teams resumes for the NCAA tournament. The bubble can be scary, all it takes is one bad loss to knock you off it. That being said, let’s take a look at team...

Luke-Warm Takes: Big Ten POY Watch AND ONE

THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH, by Luke Maiers. The Big Ten is going to be a dog fight all the way until tournament time, and I truly believe that any team in the conference can mak...

Mountain West Hoops Roundup — 1/16 – 1/22

I know some may be starting to think that I’m just saying this every week to hype up the league, but I’ll say it again anyway: the Mountain West is straight up bananas. The power rankings ...

Texas A&M gets a HUGE assist from their clock operator in controversial win over Georgia

Texas A&M scored their second SEC win of the season with an assist from their clock operator. As you can see in the video, the clock stops in the middle of the play for no apparent reason with 5.6...

AL-right CBB Gambling Picks

WEEKLY BETTING LINES DONE, by Luke Maiers and Austin Brown. Last week was a kick to the shorts when Butler made two free throws with one second left to cover against Xavier, that’s how close AL-...

Locks of the Week- January 21st

Record to Date: 4-1   Syracuse at #15 Notre Dame (-8) It would be an understatement to say that Syracuse has been a disappointment this year. This team has honestly been pretty bad. Notre Dame ju...

Transfers: The New One and Done

  The college sports transfer. A phrase that brings up much controversy to college sport fans everywhere due to the rules surrounding them. When players are forced to sit out a year after transfe...

The top-ten college basketball programs without a title

College basketball is sort of a good ole boys club. There have been 77 NCAA Tournaments since God reached down and created the NCAA Tournament in 1939, six schools (UCLA, Kentucky, Duke, Indiana, UNC ...

Leave Grayson Allen Alone

First, a disclaimer: I am not a Duke fan. In fact, like many people, Duke basketball is a team I love to hate. I enjoy watching them choke in the NCAA tournament and probably always will. With that ou...

Delphi Bracketology – January 17, 2017

Student Union presents the Delphi Bracketology podcast. The most accurate Bracketology on the web according to BracketMatrix.com and its 2016 Bracket Project champion. Delphi Bracketology provides an ...

The Cinderella Story: Vermont Catamounts

The Cinderella Story during March Madness is one of the best things in all of sports every year. Small schools getting their moment to shine on the big stage while everyone is watching. People often f...

Mountain West Hoops Roundup — 1/9 – 1/15

The past week in Mountain West basketball was another eventful one. A statement from the league office is forthcoming on another ugly incident in Fort Collins, while a logjam of epic proportions is se...

Siena Coach Jimmy Patsos trolls Rider after they refuse to shake hands

Siena wins 78-68. Rider walks off, no handhakes. Jimmy Patsos does the handshakes on his own, anyway. pic.twitter.com/iV4Ko2zmWo — Michael Kelly (@ByMichaelKelly) January 18, 2017 It’s bee...

Three Teams That Will Win You Money This Season

From a handicapping perspective, there are two types of teams in College Basketball; teams that win and teams that cover. Whether you are the casual gambler or a complete degenerate, covering the spre...

Luke-Warm Takes: Big Ten POY Watch AND ONE

THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH, by Luke Maiers . There were some impressive stat lines thrown up in the last week, some of those coming in losses. The race just keeps tightening up ...

ACC Weekly Roundup (January 16th)

The Top 5 North Carolina: 16-3 (4-1) Despite a random stinker against Georgia Tech, I believe UNC is the team to beat in the ACC right now (until Duke gets going at least). The Heels were able to pull...

Beware the bubble: Can Northwestern actually make the tourney?

It’s never too early to start examining teams resumes for the NCAA tournament. The bubble can be scary, all it takes is one bad loss to knock you off it. That being said, let’s take a look at team...

Another Feather in Swanigan’s Hat

THIS IS ARTICLE IS BY LUKE MAIERS WHO IS A MEMBER OF TEAM JOEY FRESHWATER. Background Thursday night while I was at the Purdue, Iowa game, I was ripping into pretty much every player that the Boilerma...

Locks of the Week-January 14th

Virginia (-2.5) at Clemson Winning on the road in the ACC is always a tough task, but that is what the Virignia Cavaliers will have to do this week in order to avoid a 2-3 start to conference play. I ...

AL-right CBB gambling picks 1/14

How are YOU coping with the sad realization that there’s no more college football? Some turn their attention to the NFL, some use the spring months as a hiatus from sports and some have no choic...

Contender or Pretender?: Is Saint Mary’s a Team to Fear?

Saint Mary's College is not exactly a hotbed for college hoops success. Yet, here we are, less than two months from Selection Sunday, and the Saint Mary's Gaels are sit at a stellar 15-1 before their ...

Game of the Week Preview: GCU @ New Mexico St

On Thursday at 7 pm the two top WAC contenders will battle to gain control of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Both teams have had excellent starts to the season. The WAC battle is one of the mo...

Mid-Season Conference Report

Welcome. Now that football season is over, a lot of fans will be turning their full attention to the college basketball season. The problem is, they’ve already missed out on half the season or h...

Student Union College Basketball Mid-Season Awards

Pour some out for the first half of the college basketball season. Now that football season is over, America turns it’s eyes to the hardwood to fill the void left in their schedule. So far this ...

Luke-Warm Takes: Big Ten POY Watch

THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH, by Luke Maiers. Is it the year of the big man in the Big Ten? It only makes sense that it would be because looking at the standings for the conferenc...

Mountain West Hoops Roundup – 1/2 -1/8

Welcome to the Mountain West, the strangest conference in basketball. This week, there was a second-half comeback of historic proportions, a coach meltdown that potentially cost a team a game in the f...

Beware the bubble: Don’t sleep on Texas Tech.

It’s never too early to start examining teams resumes for the NCAA tournament. The bubble can be scary, all it takes is one bad loss to knock you off it. That being said, let’s take a look at team...

Dime a Dozen: Episode 6

Austin Brown and Jack Rogers talk Scott Drew and Baylor’s rise to the top of the polls (0:25), Kansas’ win over Kansas State (6:29), and discuss what it’s going to take to win the Big 12 this se...

Dime a Dozen: Episode 5

Austin Brown and Jack Rogers break down the current power rankings in the Big 12 (0:55) and answer a few mail bag questions from listeners (17:38). Student Union presents the Dime a Dozen podcast with...

Palmetto Rivals Snapchat Recap of the Carolina/Clemson Basketball Game

Even though the season is coming to an end for the USC and Clemson football programs, the Palmetto State Rivalry lives on as both schools’ respective Basketball programs are shaping up to have g...

Dime a Dozen: Episode 4

Austin Brown and Jack Rogers break down Kansas’ win over Davidson and their search for a consistent lineup (0:30), Oklahoma State’s victory over Wichita State and the emergence of Jeffrey Carroll ...