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2 weeks ago | 
theanalyst.com | Donald Kolakowski |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
Paige Bueckers is the clear top prospect in the 2025 WNBA Draft. But with the selections wide open behind her, we’re identifying who our model likes as the other top players. There’s no rest for women’s basketball players transitioning from the NCAA to the WNBA. Paige Bueckers won a national championship in her final NCAA Tournament game on April 6 and will find out where she starts her WNBA journey on April 14. The 2025 WNBA regular season is scheduled to begin just over a month later on May 16.
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3 weeks ago | 
theanalyst.com | Donald Kolakowski |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
A lot of players have made their mark during March Madness. But these are the best of the best in the women’s NCAA Tournament since 2012. It’s been another exciting tournament in women’s college basketball, and we ended the season with the best teams advancing to the Final Four. South Carolina, UConn, Texas and UCLA were the top four teams in TRACR entering the tournament, and they’re playing in Tampa, Florida.
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3 weeks ago | 
theanalyst.com | Donald Kolakowski |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
A lot of players have made their mark during March Madness. But these are the best of the best in the NCAA Tournament since 2012. Every March Madness, we add another chapter to the lore of one of America’s favorite sporting events. There hasn’t been much madness this March in the NCAA men’s tournament, with the top seed winning each region en route to the Final Four. But there have been some great individual performances along the way.
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4 weeks ago | 
theanalyst.com | Donald Kolakowski |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
The Memphis Grizzlies showed signs of being a contender before Ja Morant went down. Could they be sleeper contenders in the West? The NBA isn’t built for surprise contenders. Each year, there is a small group of teams that could realistically win the title and all of them are talked about ad nauseam in the few months leading into the playoffs. Some would be a bit more surprising, but you know the teams that fit the bill here in 2025.
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1 month ago | 
theanalyst.com | Donald Kolakowski |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
After an opening weekend devoid of upsets, all the No. 1 seeds are still standing in the men’s NCAA Tournament bracket. How could they go down in the Sweet 16? The first weekend of the 2025 NCAA Tournament featured some exciting finishes and great individual performances. But “March Madness,” it was not. All four No. 1 seeds are left, with only Florida facing a true scare in the first two rounds. All 16 teams left are from a power conference.
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1 month ago | 
theanalyst.com | Matt Scott |Donald Kolakowski |Theo Robertson |Trevor Goldstein
Four teams will be constructed and ultimately assessed and ranked by our ruthlessly mustachioed but militantly objective supercomputer. So here’s the imaginary deal. We woke up this morning, and the NBA was devoid of stars. Had you not noticed? That’s because – well – how would you notice the disappearance of people you cannot fathom? You aren’t Stephen Hawking, or even “Interstellar” Matthew McConaughey. Don’t worry, those players you don’t know about didn’t suffer. They just don’t exist.
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1 month ago | 
theanalyst.com | Donald Kolakowski |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
Arizona fell in the standings after three losses in four games. But our TRACR model thinks the Wildcats are still an elite team. February was a roller coaster of a month for the Arizona Wildcats. It started with three straight wins, including a double-digit victory over now-ranked BYU and a nine-point win against ranked Texas Tech. Arizona reached No. 13 in the AP Poll, marking the first time the team had been in the top 15 since Week 2.
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2 months ago | 
theanalyst.com | Donald Kolakowski |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
Two of the NCAA’s best defensive teams square off Saturday afternoon when Texas A&M hosts Tennessee. Both defenses succeed despite giving up plenty of 3-point attempts. We explain how and reveal our Tennessee vs. Texas A&M prediction. The 3-point shot has become a staple of almost every college basketball offense. The degree to which teams shoot them may vary, but every team needs to generate some attempts each game to be successful.
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2 months ago | 
theanalyst.com | Donald Kolakowski |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González |Robbie Dunne
A blockbuster NBA trade has two sides. Here are three players who could rise to the occasion and fill the void left by departing players. Every season after the NBA trade deadline, there are plenty of eyeballs watching the potential playoff teams that acquired new players. There’s so much intrigue around which players can add enough value to push their new team over the edge.
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2 months ago | 
theanalyst.com | Donald Kolakowski |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
We’ve partnered with Urban Edge Network to highlight the best players in HBCU Division I men’s and women’s basketball each week. We are past the point in the season for moral victories. The regular-season conference championship picture is coming into focus and teams need every win they can get before the season ends. So, it makes sense that both of our HBCU Players of the Week helped their teams stack conference wins to maintain their place in the standings.
