Oct 22 2019210/22/19What In God's Name Happened To Jordan Tebbutt?Matt Giles61 Steve Blake was eager for a game. Fresh off signing a deal with the Trail Blazers in the summer of 2014, the guard…
NBA9/26/19Sep 26 20191NBA9/26/19NBAThe Greatest Minor League Basketball Player Of All Time Spent A Career Forgetting His DreamMatt Giles15Sitting in front of his locker at the Staples Center that night in January 2007, Renaldo Major hesitated. Earlier…
College Basketball3/14/19Mar 14 2019SaveCollege Basketball3/14/19College BasketballJust Try To Stop Markus HowardMatt Giles37The most remarkable aspect of 2019’s most remarkable college basketball player is his age: Markus Howard just turned…
College Basketball12/19/18Dec 19 20181College Basketball12/19/18College BasketballCollege Hoops' Most Brutal Losing Streak Is OverMatt Giles31The streak wasn’t mentioned much. Sure, everyone wearing a purple Eutectics hoodie on campus knew that the St. Louis…
College Basketball11/27/18Nov 27 20185College Basketball11/27/18College BasketballThe Most Successful College Hoops Coach In North America Just Wants Duke To Stop Ducking HimMatt Giles90Dave Smart is not just any college basketball coach. Smart is a defensive guru, a legend in the sport, to whom…
College Basketball3/21/18Mar 21 20187College Basketball3/21/18College BasketballThis College Hoops Team Has 100 Straight Losses, But Who's Counting?Matt Giles33Of course Anthony Vallejo knew about The Streak. He wasn’t overly concerned about it when he enrolled at St. Louis…
College Basketball3/15/18Mar 15 20184College Basketball3/15/18College BasketballMike Daum Can Score. Now He Needs To Change.Matt Giles4There are few teams across the Division I landscape that are as consistent as South Dakota State when it comes to…
College Basketball3/1/18Mar 1 201810College Basketball3/1/18College BasketballJoshua Simmons's Long Journey From NBA Draft Punchline To College Hoops Nomad Is Almost OverMatt Giles26You’ve likely never heard of Joshua Simmons. You certainly hadn’t heard of him when he entered his name in the NBA…
NBA10/19/17Oct 19 201719NBA10/19/17NBAThe Totally Unexpected True Story Of Yi Jianlian's Magical Mystery ChairMatt Giles57Mention Yi Jianlian, and the first thing that comes to mind is probably that video of him working out against a…
College Basketball4/3/15Apr 3 201511College Basketball4/3/15College BasketballHow John Calipari's Juggled Kentucky's Lineups To A Near-Perfect SeasonMatt Giles14In late October, Kentucky coach John Calipari announced a unique substitution pattern, one specifically designed to…
College Basketball3/26/15Mar 26 20154College Basketball3/26/15College BasketballWichita State Knows What It's Doing On Offense. At Least One Team Does.Matt Giles11The Wichita State Shockers are impressive for a lot of reasons—their beatdown of geographic rival Kansas and top-10…
Mar 20 201563/20/15If You Like Slick, Ridiculous Passing, Root For Providence's Kris DunnMatt Giles4Providence coach Ed Cooley is renowned for his recruiting foresight, having helped land Craig Smith, Tyrese Rice,…
College Basketball4/7/14Apr 7 20148College Basketball4/7/14College BasketballHow A Clever Kansas Play Went Viral And Took Over College BasketballMatt Giles18Kansas was on the ropes. Down five against Stanford with 21.5 seconds remaining, it appeared the Jayhawks would fail…
College Basketball4/3/14Apr 3 20142College Basketball4/3/14College BasketballThe Last Flight Of DeAndre Kane, College Basketball's Old ManMatt Giles3DeAndre Kane played his last game for Iowa State this past Friday, losing to UConn in the Sweet 16. A lot of things…
Mar 27 201463/27/14The Many, Many Talents Of UCLA's Brilliant Kyle AndersonMatt Giles5Kyle Anderson learned to walk three days shy of his first birthday. That same day, his father reports, he began…
College Basketball3/21/14Mar 21 2014SaveCollege Basketball3/21/14College BasketballThe Plays That Power The Creighton Offense, The Best In A DecadeMatt Giles5 Since the beginning of the KenPom era in 2002-03—college basketball's own little Copernican Revolution, during…
College Basketball3/19/14Mar 19 20141College Basketball3/19/14College BasketballSix Potential Cinderellas–And How They Can WinMatt Giles13We may not remember who won the NCAA tournament three years ago, but we can always recall the 14-seed that went to…
College Basketball3/8/14Mar 8 2014SaveCollege Basketball3/8/14College BasketballThe Pleasures Of Watching The Most Versatile Big Man In The CountryMatt Giles3He doesn't look like anyone's idea of a superstar, which is perhaps one reason Jerrelle Benimon is among the most…
Apr 6 201324/6/13What Makes Them So Good? A Video Breakdown Of The Final Four TeamsMatt Giles1The Final Four play tonight, with Wichita State-Louisville at 6:09 p.m. ET and Syracuse-Michigan following it up at…
Mar 29 201313/29/13There's More To Dunk City Than Dunks: How FGCU's Offense WorksMatt Giles8Florida Gulf Coast is this year's mid-major darling. The Eagles have upended the tournament, ruined your bracket,…