British playwright William Archer penned that drama is “anticipation mingled with uncertainty.” The 2024 NCAA tournament promises plenty of dramatic alchemy. We stand on its precipice, drunk with anticipation for rising contenders, wilting pretenders and balling Cinderellas. Mingled with this anticipation is the uncertainty of it all: the randomness of shotmaking, the chaos of competition,…
Tag: College Basketball
2022-2023 College Hoops All-Name Team
There are more than 5,500 active players in D1 men’s college basketball this season, a sample size plenty large enough to yield its fair share of exceptional names. Players like KyKy Tandy (pronounced ‘Key-Key’) at Xavier, Churchill Bounds at Central Arkansas (pictured above), Wooga Poplar at Miami, Chris Cross (!!) at Southern Illinois, Love Bettis…
Previewing the Most Unique Season in NCAA History
What we learned (or didn’t learn) from last year The 2019-2020 men’s basketball season was fun…while it lasted. Right out of the gate we witnessed historically huge upsets like Stephen F Austin over Duke and Evansville over Kentucky (on Duke and Kentucky’s home courts!) and for the first time ever no D-1 school remained undefeated…