In our latest podcast, we talk about a coaching legend reaching a milestone, the defending champs looking very good and continuing their winning ways close to home, and some off-court news during a light week of game action.
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Scanning the Nation Notebook – Dec. 14, 2016
Notes from mid-December of the college basketball season.
Brown’s triple-double highlights impressive start at Miami
Miami freshman Bruce Brown has had a good start to the week, one of which puts his name in the program’s history book – and at an emotional time for the young man.
Scanning the Nation Notebook – Dec. 6, 2016
Early season notes on Temple, USC, Loyola (Ill.), Middle Tennessee State and more.
Saturday Notes – December 3, 2016
The first big Saturday of the college basketball season gave us all we could hope for, and it started right away. We have notes from a number of the day’s games right here.
Talking Hoops With Ted Sarandis – November 29, 2016
Early season tournaments are the focus in this episode, with a look at how strong a few Big East teams are out of the gate and how strong the ACC could be. Plus one SEC team had a big week outside the scope of tournaments.
Talking Hoops with Ted Sarandis – November 17, 2016
In our first edition of Talking Hoops with Ted Sarandis, we look at some of the early games and the impressions we can draw, as well as what we can expect over the course of the season.
Scanning the Nation: Notes from 2015-16 opening weekend
A lot happened on Friday night. Not so much on Saturday, and a little more on Sunday. The season is still very, very young, but here are some quick hit notes looking around the country on the first weekend of the college basketball:
The Most Important Players in America in 2016-17
Which players may have an outsize impact on their team’s success, or lack thereof, this season? We look at a few of them, led by a veteran on a team loaded with freshman talent.
Best Players No One Knows About – 2016-17 edition
We hear plenty about star players, but what about the good players that are hidden away on bad teams or overshadowed by others on good teams? We look at several of them here.