Matt Giles

10/22/19

What In God's Name Happened To Jordan Tebbutt?

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

9/26/19

The Greatest Minor League Basketball Player Of All Time Spent A Career Forgetting His Dream

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

3/14/19

Just Try To Stop Markus Howard

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

12/19/18

College Hoops' Most Brutal Losing Streak Is Over

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

11/27/18

The Most Successful College Hoops Coach In North America Just Wants Duke To Stop Ducking Him

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

3/21/18

This College Hoops Team Has 100 Straight Losses, But Who's Counting?

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

3/15/18

Mike Daum Can Score. Now He Needs To Change.

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

3/1/18

Joshua Simmons's Long Journey From NBA Draft Punchline To College Hoops Nomad Is Almost Over

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

10/19/17

The Totally Unexpected True Story Of Yi Jianlian's Magical Mystery Chair

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

4/3/15

How John Calipari's Juggled Kentucky's Lineups To A Near-Perfect Season

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

3/26/15

Wichita State Knows What It's Doing On Offense. At Least One Team Does.

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

3/20/15

If You Like Slick, Ridiculous Passing, Root For Providence's Kris Dunn

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

4/7/14

How A Clever Kansas Play Went Viral And Took Over College Basketball

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

4/3/14

The Last Flight Of DeAndre Kane, College Basketball's Old Man

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

3/27/14

The Many, Many Talents Of UCLA's Brilliant Kyle Anderson

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

3/21/14

The Plays That Power The Creighton Offense, The Best In A Decade

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

3/19/14

Six Potential Cinderellas–And How They Can Win

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

3/8/14

The Pleasures Of Watching The Most Versatile Big Man In The Country

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

4/6/13

What Makes Them So Good? A Video Breakdown Of The Final Four Teams

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

3/29/13

There's More To Dunk City Than Dunks: How FGCU's Offense Works

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

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