Following the commitment of top 50 prospect Annor Boateng last week, Missouri’s 2024 recruiting class surged to No. 1, according to the 247Sports team rankings. While months still remain in the recruiting cycle, the Tigers’ recruiting prowess under second-year coach Dennis Gates is a sight to behold. Save for the one-year blip when it landed five-star…
Entering last college basketball season, Purdue center Zach Edey ranked No. 8 on our list of the sport’s Top 101 And 1 players and was honored as a third-team preseason All-American. The 7-foot-4 behemoth was expected to take on a larger role for the Boilermakers in the 2022-23 campaign following the departure of fellow star…
Conference realignment continues to rock the foundation of college sports, dissolving geographical ties and separating schools into more distinct classes of wealth. While football is at the root of realignment, the fallout will certainly be felt on the court. Take Oregon, for example. Instead of a conference slate featuring nearby Oregon State and other teams…
Between the transfer portal giving coaches an avenue to land proven producers and the rise of “super seniors” armed with an extra year of eligibility due to the 2020-21 pandemic, the influence of freshmen in college basketball has waned over the past few years. But even if the not-so-distant “one and done” glory days of…
Home teams won 59.9% of their games last season in college basketball, according to KenPom. That was up from 57.5% over the previous two seasons. Winning on the road in college basketball is tough, and that’s accounted for in the NCAA’s NET rankings formula, which rewards any victory over a team in the top 75…
