Syracuse Orange Articles
New Coaches And Freshmen Ranked 41-60
New coaches can’t necessarily overhaul the whole roster in year one, but they can at least get their players to compete on the defensive end. Read more »
College Basketball Preview 14-15: ACC
Duke are their favorites and their season will hinge on the play of Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones, while Louisville, North Carolina and Virginia will challenge. Read more »
Ten College Teams That Will Play Faster
Every summer coaches tend to give interviews and talk about how they plan to play faster the following season, but it rarely happens. Here are 10 teams we expect to actually play faster. Read more »
Way Too Early Top 25 Projections
I break out my lineup-based projections model to predict the 2014-15 season. Read more »
NCAA Tournament Day 3
Saturday wasn't basketball, it was art. Read more »
The Top 100 Recruits After Two Months, Part 1
Wayne Selden, Tyler Ennis, Josh Hart, and a full look at how the Top 100 freshmen have performed to date. Read more »
Feast Week Wrap
By almost any metric, the winner of Feast Week was the ACC. Also, notes on Scott Drew and Baylor, the turkeys of the week, Duke's defense, Harvard Watch and more. Read more »
Opening Weekend Thoughts
Grading Joshua Smith's defense, Oregon's transfer debuts, Harvard's returning Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, and UConn's new big men. Read more »
Final Thoughts On Ranking 351 D1 Teams
Over the past few days, Dan Hanner has presented his updated projection model, his season projections on ESPN Insider, Q&A's with Eamonn Brennon and John Templon, along with replying to questions on Twitter. Here are a few additional thoughts that didn't make the cut. Read more »
Top College Basketball Conferences In 13-14
The ACC is eventually going to take over as the top basketball conference by just about every possible metric. If that doesn’t happen this season with the addition of Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame, it should happen next year with the addition of Louisville. Read more »
ACC Basketball Early Projection
I use my lineup-based model to project the 2013-2014 ACC standings. Find out why Virginia is a sleeper cotender and Syracuse's offense may still be a weakness. Read more »
2013-2014 Preseason Top 25 Part 2
A lineup-based statistical projection of the 2013-2014 season. Read more »
And Then There Were Four
How every player in the Final Four has done in the first four games of the tournament... Read more »
Major Conference Tournaments Day 1 and 2
Time to recap the games. Forget the stats and analysis, this is all about uniforms, announcers, holograms, and carved floors. Read more »
Weaknesses of Title Contenders
In this edition, we take the teams in the Top 16 of the Pomeroy Rankings and figure out how often they look beatable on the basketball court. Read more »
NCAA Power Poll For February
While there are certainly no elite college teams this season, there are a host of teams that can reach the Final Four. In this edition, we outline the various tiers. Read more »
Syracuse Without James Southerland Revisited
The Syracuse offense has not struggled without James Southerland, something that is readily evident by examining points per possession and schedule factors. Read more »
Slim Margins
On Butler/Gonzaga, winning the right way, quantity leading to quality, quality leading to quality, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Rutgers and more. Read more »
Who Have You Played?
On the legitimacy of Arizona and Florida as national championship contenders, who has quality wins already and more. Read more »
Nerlens Noel, Isaiah Austin, And A Quick Look At How The Top 80 Recruits Have Fared
On Nerlens Noel, Isaiah Austin, Kyle Anderson and the rest of the freshman class as they play such prominent roles to begin the 12-13 NCAA season. Read more »