Matt Giles's posts

Steve Blake was eager for a game. Fresh off signing a deal with the Trail Blazers in the summer of 2014, the guard…

Sitting in front of his locker at the Staples Center that night in January 2007, Renaldo Major hesitated. Earlier…

The most remarkable aspect of 2019’s most remarkable college basketball player is his age: Markus Howard just turned…

The streak wasn’t mentioned much. Sure, everyone wearing a purple Eutectics hoodie on campus knew that the St. Louis…

Dave Smart is not just any college basketball coach. Smart is a defensive guru, a legend in the sport, to whom…

Of course Anthony Vallejo knew about The Streak. He wasn’t overly concerned about it when he enrolled at St. Louis…

There are few teams across the Division I landscape that are as consistent as South Dakota State when it comes to…

You’ve likely never heard of Joshua Simmons. You certainly hadn’t heard of him when he entered his name in the NBA…

Mention Yi Jianlian, and the first thing that comes to mind is probably that video of him working out against a…

In late October, Kentucky coach John Calipari announced a unique substitution pattern, one specifically designed to…

The Wichita State Shockers are impressive for a lot of reasons—their beatdown of geographic rival Kansas and top-10…

Providence coach Ed Cooley is renowned for his recruiting foresight, having helped land Craig Smith, Tyrese Rice,…

Kansas was on the ropes. Down five against Stanford with 21.5 seconds remaining, it appeared the Jayhawks would fail…

DeAndre Kane played his last game for Iowa State this past Friday, losing to UConn in the Sweet 16. A lot of things…

Kyle Anderson learned to walk three days shy of his first birthday. That same day, his father reports, he began…

Since the beginning of the KenPom era in 2002-03—college basketball's own little Copernican Revolution, during…

We may not remember who won the NCAA tournament three years ago, but we can always recall the 14-seed that went to…

He doesn't look like anyone's idea of a superstar, which is perhaps one reason Jerrelle Benimon is among the most…

The Final Four play tonight, with Wichita State-Louisville at 6:09 p.m. ET and Syracuse-Michigan following it up at…

Florida Gulf Coast is this year's mid-major darling. The Eagles have upended the tournament, ruined your bracket,…