Bracketology: Vol. 3

By Harris Hicks Whenever the bracket begins to focalize, stuff breaks. The conference tournaments have always provided a dash of spice on selection Sunday, but this year, that is more like a table spoon of Mad Dog 357. Teams like Saint Mary’s and Middle Tennessee- who were ranked in the AP Poll just a week…

Bracketology Vol. 2

  By: Harris Hicks We are just two weeks away from Selection Sunday. After an eventful 3.5 months, we have been witness to one of the most tumultuous and unpredictable seasons in recent memory. Right now, eleven of the twenty five ranked teams were not even on the AP’s radar before the year. Some of the…

Bracketology

BRACKETOLOGY Vol. 1- Four Weeks And Counting  By: Harris Hicks At last we are just a month away from the Christmas of college basketball: Selection Sunday! Get ready for the bubble to heat up and a to be dosed a classic spoon of upset pandamonium. Prepare to be surprised and get ready to see some…

Dreyfuss Mock Draft Vol. 2

The NBA Draft season has already gotten off to a great start before Adam Silver has even called a name. The Boston Celtics have traded the first overall pick to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the third pick in the draft, as well as future picks. However, this move, all be it a big…

Dreyfuss Mock Draft: Vol. 1

By Adam Dreyfuss This year’s NBA draft is sure to be filled with big surprises. Boston already made a bold move by trading the first pick to Philly, the Pistons actively shopping their pick for a veteran, and murmurs that this could finally be the moment that the Bulls pull the trigger on a Jimmy…

Bracketology

By Harris Hicks It’s almost here, basketball fans! The anticipated Selection Sunday is now just ten days away! This week, it was made apparent that the SEC is no longer a joke at basketball. They have two teams sitting in the top ten in RPI including a red hot Gator team in the top five….

Sneaks This Week: February 25th Edition

By Peyton Gallaher 2 Cents: A rant and some advice from an insomniac who had no sneaker topics to write about this week. It is late night on Monday and Peyton Gallaher is engulfed by homework, general college leg work, and heaps of editing. He toils away, sitting at a desk while whittling at the…

Bracketology

By Harris Hicks There are only two weeks left until the start of the NCAA Tournament and the annual debates about who’s in and who’s out are beginning to heat up. From top to bottom, the NCAA Tournament field is a complete mess. There are no clear favorites and no team has separated themselves from…

The Year 2016 in Review: Sports

by Peyton Gallaher The year 2016 may not be remembered as the best year for many people. A lot of bad things happened.  A lot of confrontational things happened. There were a lot of tragedies and a lot of heartache in 2016.  For most of the year, the world was a spinning, stressful, scary place….

The Most Unpredictable Team

by Adam Dreyfuss Last season, the Xavier Musketeers were a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament who lost to second seed Arizona in the Sweet 16. They lost two starters, guard Dee Davis and center Matt Stainbrook, and entering this season nobody expected much from the Musketeers. However, they have defied all odds going…

Wooden Award Preview

By Drew Galloway The college basketball regular season is winding down. The John R. Wooden Award (College Basketball Player of the Year) announced their late season top 20 on Feb. 10. Buddy Hield from Oklahoma is the likely winner of the award. Hield is from the Bahamas and went to high school at Kansas basketball…