The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 17, 2025
Prepare yourselves for some head-scratching results over the next week. There’s nothing more dangerous than the games just before and immediately following the Christmas break. For high major teams specifically, some guys will have one foot on the plane home and it will show up in the box score. We

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 17, 2025
There is nothing better than basketball that comes down to the wire, and that’s what we saw to end the night in the Arizona State at Gonzaga game last night. Gonzaga had a chance to tie it and win it in the final five seconds and came away empty, leading

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 16, 2025
Another edition of our weekly composite rankings is here. Let’s break it down. Michigan continues to be the metrics darling, though the humans are still slotting them one spot behind Arizona. Arizona isn’t ranked better than 4th at any of the popular metrics sites despite having arguably the best resume

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 16, 2025
The season has seemed to be progressing slowly over the past week, with only a few games scheduled each day. Even though the action has been light, there have been quite a few solid performances and upsets. Take yesterday for example: Northwestern State beat McNeese State 65-58 as a seven-point

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 15, 2025
Did you know Nebraska hasn’t lost in 281 days? The Cornhuskers currently own the nation’s longest win streak, dating back to last season’s College Basketball Crown championship. Fred Hoiberg’s squad made the NCAA tournament two years ago, but their appearance went just like the other seven times in program history

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 15, 2025
It was a rather tame weekend in college hoops with finals week wrapping up and nearly everyone deciding to not schedule a game for this past Friday. It was an uneventful week for most...unless you are Pacific a Nevada who played 44 minutes of basketball before the power went

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 12, 2025
The Cyhawk showdown delivered with Iowa State erasing a 13-point first half deficit to beat their in-state rival Iowa, 66-62. Joshua Jefferson continued his terrific start with 24 points and five rebounds. Iowa State is 10-0 and will likely head into the new year and Big 12 play undefeated. Ben

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 12, 2025
Slow, slow week around women’s college basketball with finals taking place this week. The action picks up this weekend though! Games like UConn at USC, Baylor vs. Texas, Ball State at South Dakota State, Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State, and Auburn at Seton Hall will grace our screens. Make sure to

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 11, 2025
The mid-majors dominated yesterday’s action, so now’s a good time to shoutout a few teams who are punching above their weight. First, Miami (OH) is the only undefeated mid-major remaining and one of only eight left nationwide. Travis Steele is having a bit of a renaissance after his Xavier tenure,

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 11, 2025
The biggest game this week in college basketball, men’s or women’s, was the Cy-Hawk game between Iowa and Iowa State. We were treated to an excellent battle as Iowa State came out on top, 74-69. The win for Iowa State broke a 3-game skid for them in the series and

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 10, 2025
The Jimmy V Classic was awesome, baby! The annual doubleheader dedicated to raising money for cancer research featured two great games and a great environment at Madison Square Garden. In the opener, Clemson went into halftime on a 22-0 run after holding BYU to 22 points on 28% shooting. The

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 10, 2025
With finals week going on around the country, we fell into another day of a minimal amount of games. There were a couple notable results that had us talking throughout the evening, though. Arizona State went on the road to take down Penn State. This extends Arizona State’s record to

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 9, 2025
The Week 6 AP Poll is a fun, long-standing indicator of national championship potential first unearthed by John Gasaway. The national champion has appeared in the top 12 every year since the 2003-2004 season. Just missing the cut from this year’s top 12: Illinois, North Carolina, Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, Arkansas,

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 9, 2025
It was a quiet day around women’s college basketball with finals week starting and just four games played on Monday, and none being closer than a 14-point spread. Today is still a tough day in terms of total games, and it is still a light day with the semester coming

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 8, 2025
Another week has gone by and we find ourselves asking once again - who is the best team in the country? Iowa State submitted their claim on Saturday with an 81-58 dismantling of Purdue at Mackey Arena. Tamin Lipsey played for the first time in almost two weeks and it

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 8, 2025
What a weekend of hoops we just went through! There were a number of upsets, a few buzzer-beaters, and more than enough good basketball to take in! Friday was a light slate of games but still provided us with a bit of an upset as Howard took down Fairfield. We

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 5, 2025
The ACC made a small push to close the gap in the ACC/SEC challenge after a 1-6 start to the series on Wednesday, but despite a number of competitive games, the SEC came out victorious in the ACC/SEC challenge once again with a 13-3 record across 16 games.

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 5, 2025
It was a slow night on the court with only nine games between Division I teams, but the biggest news of the day came from a Jon Rothstein tweet about a new MTE. Sources tell Basket Under Review this event is tentatively planned for the first week of the season

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 3, 2025
The ACC/SEC challenge wrapped up with the SEC storming back for a 9-7 victory. The biggest takeaways from the last two nights are the ACC’s resurgence and the SEC’s regression after extreme years for both leagues. The SEC was arguably one of the best conferences of all time last

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 4, 2025
The ACC/SEC Challenge has not been favorable to the ACC since its inception in the 2023-24 season. In 2023, the two conferences split the 14 games, 7-7. Last season, the SEC dominated the ACC and won 10 of the 16 games. This year, the ACC was looking to turn

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 3, 2025
Last year’s ACC/SEC Challenge was completely one-sided with the SEC taking 14 of the 16 games. This year? Not so much. The ACC fought back in a big way last night, picking up six wins in nine games. Within minutes of each other, Virginia Tech outlasted South Carolina in

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 3, 2025
The past few days in the women’s college basketball world have been slow… But today is a new day, and we might be in store for one of the best slates of the season with the glut of action that week will see tonight. There were only a few notable

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 2, 2025
Even though it was a light slate of games yesterday with just 12 D1 vs. D1 games, we still saw one of the bigger upsets of the season so far as Villanova traveled to Top 25 West Virginia and came away with an emphatic 81-59 win. Vilanova never trailed in

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 2, 2025
The first NET rankings were released yesterday and yes, they’re a bit wonky early on. You can find the NET updated daily here. Some eye-opening first day rankings: Vanderbilt (4), Tulsa (27), Santa Clara (32), UC San Diego (41), Loyola Chicago (354). Every week we’ll put together a composite poll

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - December 1, 2025
Don’t look now, but it’s December. What does December mean for college hoops? The first NET rankings drop today - plenty more on that tomorrow. December means conference play begins for several leagues, including the Southland tonight and the Big Ten on Tuesday! December also means the last few weeks

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - December 1, 2025
One of the best weeks of the college basketball season is now over as we’ve crowned champions and moved past Feast Week. However, it’s now December, and conference games are starting in a few short days. Here’s a recap of how some of the tournaments from this past week turned

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 29, 2025
A rare Saturday newsletter! No weekend watchlist today as we let the staff spend some time with their families - back to regularly scheduled programming next week. As for the action Friday, UConn was finally at full strength and very much looked the part in their 74-61 win over Illinois.

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 28, 2025
What a day of women’s college basketball that was! We crowned a champion at the Players Era event in Las Vegas, and multiple other events got underway on Thanksgiving. Let us recap some of the action below. Texas won the Players Era championship by defeating South Carolina, 66-64. Jordan Lee

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 28, 2025
Is this the year the Big Ten title drought finally ends? The league has several legitimate contenders and currently boasts the top two teams in KenPom’s rankings with Michigan and Purdue. The Wolverines just obliterated the field at the Player’s Era Festival, winning two games by 40 (San Diego State

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 27, 2025
Happy Thanksgiving! We at Basket Under Review want to express our gratitude for your support over the last few months. This is hopefully the beginning of a very long college basketball journey and we’re glad you’ve decided to join us. To give back, keep an eye on our X/Twitter

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 27, 2025
Happy Thanksgiving! We at Basket Under Review want to express our gratitude for your support over the last few months. This is hopefully the beginning of a very long college basketball journey and we’re glad you’ve decided to join us. To give back, keep an eye on our X/Twitter

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 26, 2025
Finally! We have some good basketball to look forward to today, as the top few games are some of the best games that we’ve had in a day all season long. Yesterday, we saw another D2 beat a D1, as 1-3 Roosevelt beat Western Michigan 80-70 in overtime. Texas A&

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 26, 2025
Everyone spent the day giving their takes about the Player’s Era Festival. Some people hate it, some people don’t mind it. Some crowds are good, some crowds are non-existent. Most coaches just want to know who they’re playing in a timely manner. It made for some interesting discourse on the

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 25, 2025
It was a fairly slow Monday of hoops, but the day gave us two interesting upsets. UT Arlington took down Texas A&M 61-60 on a Kira Reynolds putback after a missed free throw with just one second left in the game. Reynolds had an excellent day as she scored

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 25, 2025
Day one of Feast Week delivered the goods. What can we take away from yesterday’s performances? 1. The Big East isn’t as bad as people think. Looking at you, Seton Hall. The Pirates had arguably the most notable win of the day, taking down NC State, 85-74 in Maui. Shaheen

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 24, 2025
What a weekend of hoops we just had. If that was the appetizer to Feast Week, then we are in great shape for the next seven days. It started with a bang on Friday as USC and Notre Dame battled down to the wire, which saw Notre Dame come out

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 24, 2025
The best week of the regular season is officially here. Feast Week begins in earnest today, with several tournaments tipping off before noonEST! We also have the second year of the Player’s Era Festival - the event changing the landscape of November basketball. Check out the full week Feast Week

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 21, 2025
Ballroom Basketball is back! How can you not be romantic about dim lighting, cramped sidelines and slick floors? Something about walking through a casino to get to the court really gets the juices flowing this time of year. The Baha Mar Championship delivered all that and more on day one.

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 21, 2025
There is nothing better than being able to have college basketball on a screen all day long, and we are now at the point in the season where that will become a reality for nearly every day over the next 10 days. Thursday gave us some games to remember but

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 20, 2025
It’s the last day to enter our Feast Week competition! Pick the winner of each tournament and you can win a free year of membership to Basket Under Review. In addition, we’ll pay for that Homefield Apparel shirt that’s been sitting in your cart for three months. Men’s link is

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 20, 2025
It’s the last day to enter our Feast Week competition! Pick the winner of each tournament and you can win a free year of membership to Basket Under Review. In addition, we’ll pay for that Homefield Apparel shirt that’s been sitting in your cart for three months. Men’s link is

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 19, 2025
On a night where the Champions Classic dominated the headlines, there was a lot going on around the rest of the country. Several high major teams flirted with disaster, but none of them faced the epitome of brutality. Arkansas got a favorable late-game whistle to avoid losing to Winthrop. Texas

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 19, 2025
On Sunday, we saw two D1 teams lose to non-D1 programs as Pittsburgh fell to D3 Scranton and Alabama State fell to NAIA Faulkner. Yesterday, there were two more D1 programs that fell to D3 programs! D3 Carnegie Mellon took down D1 Saint Francis (PA) 55-53 in a battle this

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 18, 2025
After a 122-50 win over Southern Utah, Gonzaga became the fifth different team to sit atop Ken Pomeroy’s rankings this season (joining Houston, Purdue, Kentucky & Duke). The 72-point win is the largest in school history over a Division I opponent. According to fellow box score enthusiast Jared Berson, it’s the

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 18, 2025
A light day of action on Monday allowed us to catch our collective breath as the end of the 2026 recruiting class draws near. The early signing period ends on Wednesday, November 19th, and there are just three five-star players remaining uncommitted. Once we bypass Wednesday, it seems like most

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 17, 2025
Feast Week is quickly approaching and we’ve got another contest to celebrate. Pick the winner of each tournament and you can win a free year of membership to Basket Under Review. In addition, we’ll pay for that Homefield Apparel shirt that’s been sitting in your cart for three months. Men’s

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 17, 2025
Feast Week is quickly approaching and we’ve got another contest to celebrate. Pick the winner of each tournament and you can win a free year of membership to Basket Under Review. In addition, we’ll pay for that Homefield Apparel shirt that’s been sitting in your cart for three months. Men’s

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 14, 2025
For everyone who decided to write off Purdue after their lackluster performance against Oakland - respectfully, why? As our friend Will Warren pointed out, Florida had an ugly non-conference game too! The Boilers looked the part and then some in their 87-80 win over Alabama. Trey Kaufman-Renn made his season

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 14, 2025
A day after Purdue Fort Wayne knocked off Purdue on Wednesday, there were two more big upsets in women’s college basketball on Thursday. South Dakota took down Kansas State on the road, 72-71, while UMBC took a trip to Virginia and won, 61-56. South Dakota’s Patience Williams nailed her first

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 13, 2025
If you went to bed early last night, you missed some late game shenanigans in Corvallis. What a rollercoaster of a week for North Texas, who hit a buzzer beater to win on Sunday at Loyola Chicago. Sometimes you snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and other times you

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 13, 2025
It was a seemingly quiet day of games yesterday until the evening rolled around. Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo scored a Notre Dame record of 44 points and added an NCAA record of 16 steals. Iowa State’s Audi Crooks scored an Iowa State record 43 points in just 21 minutes of

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 12, 2025
Last night’s games delivered at every level. The headliners lived up to the hype, there were late-game dramatics all over and a pair of mid-majors sprung road P5 upsets. Kentucky and Louisville raced up and down the floor all night, with the Cards outlasting the Cats, 96-88. Louisville led for

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 12, 2025
There weren’t a ton of notable happenings in women’s college basketball on Tuesday until we started to catch wind of something going on in the NAIA ranks last night as Grace College set the record for most points scored by a women’s team in D1, D2, D3, or NAIA women’s

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 11, 2025
It’s been quite the few days for the University of New Haven’s basketball program. On Saturday, they hosted Penn State. Yes, that Penn State. CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander detailed how they managed to pull that off. The Chargers lost by 44, but that part doesn’t matter. Fast forward 48 hours

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 11, 2025
It was a late night for most of us as we tuned into the Oklahoma vs. UCLA game that tipped off at 10:40 Eastern Time last night. We were treated to a solid game of basketball, which saw UCLA run away with it a bit at the end. Not

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 10, 2025
This weekend left us wondering - was that the most productive first week ever for a freshman class? It’s hard to have a “breakout” performance when you’re a top-10 recruit and projected lottery pick, but that’s what it felt like watching Caleb Wilson Friday night. The North Carolina freshman was

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 10, 2025
What a first week of action that was. It seemingly had it all—buzzer beaters, huge scoring outputs, close wins, blowouts, and a whole lot of kids screaming ’67.′ Let’s take a look back at the sights and sounds of the opening week! Here is the Watchability Index for

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 7, 2025
For the second time this week a Division II team upset a Division I team, with Northwood knocking off Western Michigan, 85-81. Northwood was picked 11th in their conference’s preseason poll and won just nine games last season. The other Division II win came on Monday, when Hawai’i Pacific opened

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 7, 2025
It was a slower day on Thursday for games, but there were a couple very interesting results. Unfortunately for the casual fans there were no big upsets, but George Mason did beat James Madison for the first time in 21 years. Two of the best mid-majors in the country battled

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 6, 2025
It was a fairly pedestrian day of college hoops, with only 14 of the 34 games featuring two Division I teams. The most eye popping score came from Athens, where Georgia absolutely dismantled Maryland Eastern Shore, 94-29. That’s not a typo. This is the same UMES team that took Georgia

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 6, 2025
After starting off the season quickly on Monday, we’ve hit a bit of a lull in the scheduling the last few days. The Fairfield vs. Villanova game was the highlight of the slate yesterday, as Fairfield controlled the game in the opening and last quarter en route to a 75-63

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 5, 2025
Christian Anderson announced his ascendance to superstardom last night, with a stat-stuffing performance in Texas Tech’s 98-60 win over Lindenwood. Anderson poured in 34 points to go along with 11 assists, seven rebounds and four steals. On top of that? Only one turnover. He and JT Toppin make up one

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 5, 2025
We were treated on Tuesday afternoon to a game that felt like an Elite Eight contest as #8 Tennessee and #9 NC State battled in a close game. NC State fell behind early but battled back to take control in the 2nd half en route to an 88-77 win. Khamil

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 4, 2025
How much fun was that? Opening day delivered on multiple fronts with some eye opening performances and eyebrow raising results. The headline of the night belonged to Arizona freshman Koa Peat. He poured in 30 points to go along with seven rebounds, five assists and three steals against defending champion

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 4, 2025
College basketball is back, and we were treated to some great basketball on the first day of the 2025-26 season. Now, it might not have been the prettiest, but all throughout the day there were games that were coming down to the wire. The game that had the most eyes

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - November 3, 2025
College basketball is BACK. Shoutout to the Field of 68 for putting together a full day of hoops for us. They’ll handle the morning slate, while the defending national champions tip off a double-header in Las Vegas for the night cap. We’re proud to present the first Watchability Index of

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - November 3, 2025
We. Are. Back. Thanks for joining us on the ride, as we are about to embark on a fun-filled 153 days of action until the next National Champion is crowned. We’re excited to present the first women’s Watchability Index of the season: New content at Basket Under Review Will Warren’s

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 31, 2025
Folks, we’re nearly there. This is the final newsletter of the offseason! With a new season on the horizon, we figured it’s time to ask you - what do you want to see here next week? Scores and recaps? One big storyline as we’ve done for the last month? Message

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - October 31, 2025
We’ve made it! Kind of. This will be the last newsletter before there are games! With the season starting in three days, what do you want to see in the newsletter? Scores and recaps? Top performances? A few bigger stories at the top, as we’ve done in the past two

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 30, 2025
We’re just four short days away from the college basketball season, so it’s time for some Final Four picks. We polled the staff and here’s what they came up with: Some notes: * Houston is the most common champion (four times) * Houston and UConn appear in the most Final Fours (six

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - October 30, 2025
We’ve officially reached the point in the offseason where the season is so close but yet feels so far away. We’ve already seen a rush of commitments prior to the start of the early signing period, secret scrimmages are all but over, and exhibition games are essentially wrapping up in

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 29, 2025
The NCAA’s recent rule change allowing college athletes and staff to bet on professional sports will have to wait a little bit longer. The vote to delay the effective date was a direct response to a memo from SEC commissioner Greg Sankey asking the NCAA to overturn the ruling. In

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - October 29, 2025
Yesterday, I mentioned how exhibitions don’t matter in the grand scheme of the college basketball season. They aren’t a great barometer for how a season is going to turn out because coaches are trying out new lineups, implementing changes, and not going through a full scouting report for their opponents.

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 28, 2025
Tyon Grant-Foster was granted eligibility for the upcoming season by a Spokane County judge last night. Grant-Foster was originally denied a waiver by the NCAA two weeks ago. He began his career in the 2018-2019 season at JUCO Indian Hills. He played there two years before transferring to Kansas for

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - October 28, 2025
Sometimes you just need to remind yourself that preseason exhibition results do not matter in the grand scheme of things. However, when you’re Mikayla Blakes, you have the ability to set the tone before a very likely huge season. Her performance of 40 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and 5

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 27, 2025
We had an incredible slate of exhibition games this weekend. Kansas beat Louisville | Kentucky beat Purdue | BYU beat North Carolina | Michigan beat St. John’s | Indiana beat Baylor | Duke beat Tennessee For a full list of exhibition scores from the weekend, go here. All these games are great - but what

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - October 27, 2025
We are now less than a week away from November, which only means one thing—it’s college basketball season. The exhibition games and scrimmages have still been a popular talking point, and there was quite a bit to talk about from this past weekend. It’s almost here, folks. In one

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 24, 2025
Well, the FBI’s investigation into illegal gambling activity broke wide open yesterday. The irony of this news breaking the day after the NCAA approved a rule change allowing student-athletes and staff to bet on professional sports is not lost upon us. College basketball is currently dealing with its own gambling

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - October 24, 2025
October isn’t necessarily a month where you’d expect staff moves to be made; however, we were treated to an early morning announcement with some coaching staff news out of the ACC. Virginia Tech announced that Liz Kitley would be returning to the school with the title “Assistant to the Head

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 23, 2025
When news broke Tuesday that Louisville landed a commitment from G-League guard London Johnson, several coaches and media members had something to say. The most notable comments came from Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo. Izzo isn’t shy about his feelings regarding the current state of college basketball, so it’s

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - October 23, 2025
It was a Wednesday filled with news, but none bigger than a surprise transfer announcement just 12 days until the college basketball season kicks off. Minnesota’s Mallory Heyer announced that she is planning on entering the transfer portal as a graduate transfer. Heyer plans to graduate from Minnesota in December

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 22, 2025
Big East Media Day is always a quote factory and this year was no different. The Big East is without a doubt the most entertaining conference in America. The basketball-first passion, the rivalries, the larger than life personalities and a week of epic battles at Madison Square Garden to crown

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - October 22, 2025
Conversation around the upcoming season is in full swing, and nearly every day we are seeing an all-conference preseason poll come out. However, the headline on Tuesday was the AP announcing the preseason first-team All-Americans. Hannah Hidalgo and Lauren Betts each received 29 of the 31 potential votes. Sarah Strong

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 21, 2025
For most conferences, there’s a fairly clear hierarchy of teams reflected in their preseason polls. For the Sun Belt? Well...it’s complicated. Yes, you’re reading that correctly. Eight (!!) different teams received first place votes. The team voted third, South Alabama, has the most first place votes. The team voted first,

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - October 21, 2025
With the start of the season drawing near, conferences are continuing to put out their preseason polls. While not as crazy as the men’s Sun Belt preseason poll with 8!! teams receiving first place, the women’s Sun Belt preseason poll was released on Monday with four teams garnering a first-place

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 20, 2025
It was a big weekend for debuts, but there were none bigger than AJ Dybantsa’s first appearance in a BYU uniform. The potential first overall pick in the 2026 draft delivered with a stat-stuffing, highlight filled performance. Dybantsa had a few lapses defensively, but it doesn’t seem like an exhibition

The Women’s College Basketball Newsletter - October 20, 2025
As the 2025-26 season draws closer, this past weekend was a big weekend for closed scrimmages. However, last week there were two notable exhibitions that caught the attention of NCAAW fans as UConn and Boston College faced off on Monday and Alabama and Florida State matched up on Thursday. Alabama

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 17, 2025
The Kentucky men‘s basketball program is set to payout a total of $22 million to its players this season, according to a report from the Lexington Herald-Leader. “The payroll number for John Calipari’s final UK team — a star-studded group featuring two NBA lottery picks and a few other

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 16, 2025
Some news - the Basket Under Review team is growing! We’re pleased to announce the addition of several new contributors from college basketball blog Heat Check CBB. Heat Check was a staple in CBB media for several years. Their daily watchability graphics, bracketology and written work were enjoyed by

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 15, 2025
A new trend sweeping the nation is “hiring” big name alums for what is essentially a glorified advisory role. From the team’s release: “Hayward will volunteer his time in the newly-created position, working alongside head coach Thad Matta, General Manager/Director of Player Personnel Tony Bollier, and Vice President/Director

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 14, 2025
The Preseason AP Poll is here. Let’s overreact accordingly. Some interesting nuggets from the initial poll: * Purdue is preseason No. 1 for the first time in school history. * Houston’s streak of consecutive poll appearances is up to 107 weeks. Tennessee has the second longest streak at 81 weeks. * BYU, St.

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 13, 2025
The annual mid-October tradition of Ken Pomeroy releasing his preseason rankings signifies just how close we are to a new season of college basketball. A few notes to point out from the Top 25: * Kentucky’s defense is ranked 4th, which is nearly 90 spots higher than Mark Pope’s average defensive

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 10, 2025
The college basketball world lost an icon late last night, as Loyola Chicago announced the passing of Sister Jean. Sister Jean first stepped on campus at Loyola over sixty years ago. She joined the basketball team in an official role in the early 90’s and was a fixture in the

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 9, 2025
College basketball had a gambling issue this past season. Several teams lost players to suspensions because of gambling related charges and investigations. So how did the NCAA respond? Just let ’em do it, of course! The new proposal still needs approval from the DII and DIII levels to pass, but

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 8, 2025
College basketball Twitter was set ablaze yesterday with this tweet from Basket Under Review contributor Rocco Miller. This does not look like a tournament that gives access to more mid-majors. This looks like a tournament that wants to get rid of mid-majors before the tournament even begins in earnest. If

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 7, 2025
Billy Clyde Gillespie is back, again. After a brief administrative leave and internal investigation, the 65-year-old was reinstated last night, according to a release by the university. Gillespie has a long history of accusations and investigations, dating back to his days at Kentucky in the late aughts. He’s known for

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 6, 2025
It was so good to see college basketball highlights back on the timeline this weekend. Yes they were clips from dunk contests and watered down intrasquad scrimmages, but that’s still something! We’re four weeks from the start of another season and we’ve finally reached the point where we’ll see some

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 3, 2025
Heavy sigh. Despite overwhelming disapproval from fans, the NCAA and TV executives are nearing a decision (read “they’ve made a decision and are just letting us down easy”) to expand the NCAA Tournament. The number they’ve decided on is 76 according to a report from Ross Dellenger. Under this new

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 2, 2025
Nevada head coach Steve Alford just lost an assistant to the NBA G-League, which is a perfectly normal thing that happens in the coaching carousel. This time though, the assistant he lost is going to play in the G-League. When was the last time you saw an assistant coach sign

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - October 1, 2025
Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors passed a massive increase in their athletics budget yesterday, funneling $229.2M into the department over the next four years. According to the school’s release, the plan will support a full front office for the football program, additional operational funding for Olympic sports and infrastructure

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - September 30, 2025
The Players Era Festival continues to beef up it’s lineup for the 2026 edition, adding Louisville, Miami, Missouri and Ohio State. The festival has drawn the biggest brands in the sport the last two years, offering guaranteed NIL payouts and plenty of opportunities to grab a resume-building win. While paying

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - September 29, 2025
Our first big giveaway of the season is here, with the “Predict the Preseason AP Poll” contest. The premise is simple - try to guess the exact order of the first AP Poll, which traditionally debuts the second week of October. As a subscriber to this newsletter, you’re eligible to

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - September 26, 2025
Tyson Chicken logos on Arkansas uniforms? Fedex logos on Memphis uniforms? STARBUCKS LOGOS ON WASHINGTON UNIFORMS?? Jersey patches are likely coming to college uniforms as soon as next fall, according to a report from Yahoo Sports senior college football reporter Ross Dellenger. It’s just another step towards the professionalism of

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - September 25, 2025
Another day, another spin of the coaching carousel in college basketball. The situation at Wagner hit the mainstream media yesterday, with this detailed report from Zach Braziller at the New York Post. “Copeland is being accused of verbally abusing several players and refusing them water breaks during strenuous practices,” the

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - September 24, 2025
It was a relatively uneventful day in the college basketball world, but we did get one piece of news that could add another wrinkle to roster construction in years to come. Yes, you’re reading that correctly. A player who spent the previous two years in the G-League is now going

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - September 23, 2025
When was the last time we had three coaching changes in September? Bruce Pearl’s retirement on the first day of official practice sent shockwaves across the college basketball landscape yesterday. He steps away after 30 seasons as a head coach, amassing a 706-268 (.725) record, two Final Fours (2019 & 2025)

The Basket Under Review Newsletter - September 22, 2025
Happy first day of official practice to all who celebrate! Before you dive into today’s content, take a moment to vote for the 2025-2026 All-Name Team. Vote here. Also, our first women’s basketball AMA (ask me anything) is on Wednesday, September 24 at 8pmEST. Maryland head coach Brenda Frese joins











































































































