10 Reasons to Watch Fairfield Women's Basketball in 2024-2025
1) Can the Stags give an encore? Fairfield racked up the most remarkable season in program history. They won 31 games, 29 in a row, the...
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Clayton Trutor
Beyond Blake Griffin: Oklahoma City is a Surprising Hub of Basketball Talent
When basketball fans think of Oklahoma City, they, of course, think of the hometown Thunder and the franchise’s fresh out-of-the-box...
Dave Barend
CBT's BRACKET GAME - 2024
Hey Everyone, As you surely also know that CBT is a 501 (c)(3) charity. Our missions includes Education (by providing internships to...
Kevin Florenz
Build a Better Bracket with Kevin Florenz
While I am sure this is akin to Captain Obvious, the NCAA, University Members, and Media Partners have been long tenured advocates of...
Dave Barend
College Hoops Season Reap: In Jokes - 2023-2024
For your reading pleasure, I give you the 2023-2204 college hoops season - in jokes. Some funny. Enjoy. Maybe. Sincerely, Dave Barend -...
Tanner Plooster
Another Update on The Jackrabbits
On January 18th, the Omaha Mavericks and South Dakota State Jackrabbits gave the 2,831 spectators a nail biter. I think I spilled my...
Isaac Howson
A-10 Women's Update
A-10 women’s basketball continued play this past week, and Richmond’s winning continued. The Spiders traveled to Davidson, defeating them...
Tanner Plooster
South Dakota State Update
On Saturday, January 6th, 6-8 Montana St., visited 7-8 South Dakota State in what looked to be, an even college basketball matchup. It...
Clayton Trutor
Book Excerpt: "Boston Ball" by Clayton Trutor
Chapter 5: Great Kids (Pitino) “Practices under Sig [Sigler] and Liebowitz were very calm and mild and orderly and short. Under Rick...
Blake Silverman
10 Reasons the Portland Pilots are a Team to Watch This Season
Without a winning record in the last six seasons, the Portland Pilots were looking for a fresh start. In walks Shantay Legans, the coach...
Shelby Swanson
The Drive of QUC's Kenny Dye
Kenny Dye watched his mom’s eyes well up with tears. Or so he imagined — he couldn't even catch a glimpse of her. She endured harsh...
Joe Connor
Mr. Sports Travel Finds Former College Hoopers Thriving In Latin America
What's even better than enjoying basketball games as a fan and writer in 11 different countries over five months? Playing basketball...
Shelby Swanson
Transfer Treasures: Smaller Names, Big Games
Over 1,000 men’s basketball players have entered the transfer portal this offseason — a testament to the impact of the NCAA’s decision to...
Taylor McLaughlin
The Mount's Aryna Taylor Perseveres With Perspective
Ready to break the press, Aryna Taylor grabbed the baseline out of bounds pass. After blasting straight down the court unimpeded, the 7th...
Shelby Swanson
Some HBCU's Hoping To Make Mark In Madness This March - And Next
After Jelani Williams hit the game-winning free throws in Howard’s Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship game, he bent over,...
Shelby Swanson
Rice's Max Fiedler Is Loving It
Quincy Olivari doesn’t remember much about his first visit at Rice University with his teammate Max Fiedler, other than how quiet he was....
Taylor McLaughlin
10 Reasons To Root For Maryland Women's Basketball This Season
1. LegUSy Brenda Frese had a thought. She also had a question. So the Maryland Terrapins Head Coach decided to start this season by...
Matt Wynn
For Richmond's Marcus Randolph Jr., Hoops Helps
Marcus Randolph Jr. and basketball overcame adversity together. His hardships before attending the University of Richmond forced growth...
Joe Connor
The 68 Best Places To Watch D1 College Basketball - And More
Late last season, I, Joe Connor, (aka Mr. Sports Travel) completed a nearly 30-year journey – to enjoy a game at every school’s home...
Patricia Smallwood
D1 Women's Update - Previewing The MAAC
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), representing great competitors from colleges and universities throughout the northeast, is...
Patricia Smallwood
LIU’s Emaia O’Brien Makes Impossible Possible
Five-year-old Emaia’s heart raced. She ran barefoot over the sharp grass in her backyard, hardly feeling the sting as she sprinted past...
Caitlin Cummings
D1 Women's Update: 5 HBCUs to Watch this Season
Over the past few seasons, women’s basketball programs from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have made some serious...
Caitlin Cummings
Kiki Jefferson: JMU's Ball Of Excitement
When Kiki Jefferson returns home from James Madison University to her hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she encounters the utmost love...
Caitlin Cummings
Lehigh's Kenzie Kramer Is Now Happy Doing More
Someone observing Kenzie Kramer from the outside might say she had everything she ever wanted. Her collegiate basketball career took off...
Caitlin Cummings
CBT's D1 Women's Update - Ivy League Players To Watch Next Season
The Ivy League overflows with some of the most well-rounded student-athletes in the nation. The cancellation of the 2020-2021 season due...
Caitlin Cummings
D1 Women's Update - The Best Who Didn't Dance
The media swirled during the 2022 Women’s NCAA March Madness Tournament showcasing standout players. Although we saw stars from 68 teams...
Caitlin Cummings
NAVY's Jennifer Coleman is all Patriot
When basketball players recall the greatest moments of their careers, bank shots rarely make the list. For the U.S. Naval Academy’s...
Courtside Calculator
Don't Be Upset - 2022 Final 4 Is Different
This year’s men’s NCAA Division 1 tourney has been described as an upset lasagna topped with underdog cheese, baked at 450 degrees for...
Wendell Barnhouse
CBT's Men's and Women's Final 4 Preview
Six games, two Final Fours … and zero bubbles. That’s where we’re at as we head into the last (sob) weekend of basketball with the men’s...
Wendell Barnhouse
Bacon and Brackets - CBT's Sweet 16 Update
Sir Francis Bacon, famous smart guy from the 15th century, is credited with the philosophical phrase, “knowledge itself is power.” If Sir...
Wendell Barnhouse
MEN's NCAA Tournament Breakdown - By The Numbers
The words “madness” and “normal” hardly belong in the same sentence. So … so what? March Madness is back to normal. After an...
John Bohnenkamp
CBT's B10 Recap: Teams Thrilled To Be Past Each Other
Brad Underwood is going to be glad to get into the NCAA tournament. The crucible of the one-and-done atmosphere seemed refreshing to the...
Steve Rivera
CSU's David Roddy- Renowned Mound of All-Around
Fort Collins, Colorado is a city with about 170,000 residents. And, with apologies to former Colorado State football coach Sonny Lubick,...
Caitlin Cummings
CBT's D1 Women's Update: The Best Defense
Incredible offense enthralls basketball fans. However, no amount of offensive prowess can stand alone without a fortified defensive...
Caitlin Cummings
VT's Georgia Amoore is Grounded and Grateful
Opened-toed sandals are not considered a shoe optimized for basketball; yet, when Georgia Amoore first stepped onto the basketball court...
Mikayla Brandford
BC's Makayla Dickens - Learning While Balling
Italy, Spain, Greece—just a few places where Makayla Dickens has hoop dreams. Dickens, a senior communications major at Boston College,...
Wendell Barnhouse
BIG 12: Loaded And Legendary
Consider Bob Huggins an OG. In this case that means an Original Great. In his 39th season, the West Virginia coach is third among active...
John Bohnenkamp
Carius: A Leatherneck Leader
Colton Sandage couldn’t stop nodding. It was during the post-game press conference in March after Western Illinois lost in the Summit...
Tim St. Lawrence
D1 Women Quarter Pole Report
After the news broke that reigning national player of the year Paige Bueckers would miss up to two months with a tibial plateau fracture...
John Bohnenkamp
Iowa's Murray: From Modest to Monster
Kris Murray has been a key piece off the bench for Iowa this season. But he knows that when he gets into the game — he’s usually one of...
Wendell Barnhouse
SMU's Davis: Dynamic and Driven
DALLAS - By one simple, common measurement, Kendric Davis is above average. His 59 inches of height puts him two above an ordinary male...
Lew Freedman
Remembering The Great Alaska Shootout
Kentucky guard Wayne Turner took a solo snowmobile ride in the snowy wilderness, got lost for two-and-a-half hours and had to be rescued...
Steve Rivera
Arizona’s Oak: Azuolas Tubelis
Tautvilas Tubelis wasn’t surprised by how his twin brother Azuolas performed in his first year at Arizona last season: the strong moves,...
Lew Freedman
Hoosiers on the Rise
They were in their own little world and it was a mighty fine one to take refuge in as the Indiana University women’s basketball team put...
Wendell Barnhouse
WHY OKLAHOMA AD JOE CASTIGLIONE IS THE BEST
March Madness had a different meaning for Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione. In the latter half of the month, within a week’s...
Wendell Barnhouse
The Radical Math of Realignment
When King Football Calls, Everybody Listens Once upon a time – and the time was three decades ago – the major college conferences needed...
Wendell Barnhouse
Starting from nothing, Drew's program rebuild a marvel
Baylor’s national championship is arguably the most unexpected and unforeseen title in over half a century. Go back through the list of...
John Altavilla
Loaded UConn stands between Stanford and repeat
Division I women: Loaded UConn squad stands between Stanford and repeat championship
Lew Freedman
Sister Jean and the Ramblers
Loyola (Ill.) is a reminder that for most of the 351 schools playing Division I basketball, the NCAA tournament is more about hopes and...
Steve Rivera
High Flying, Yet Grounded
To say Arizona’s Derrick Williams has had a meteoric rise in becoming one of the best players in college would be a major understatement....
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