Jonathan Lidskin

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Lidskin Lecture: 2025-26 Breakout Coaches

1 month ago | bracketsbubblesandbidstealers.com | Jonathan Lidskin

By Jonathan Lidskin Every year in college basketball, we get teams and programs that kick it into another gear. With that, there is a coach that did a ton of work to get his team to a higher level. In college basketball, one of the great things is that we get to discover new stars both with players and coaches on a yearly basis. This past season alone we had multiple coaches under the age of 40 reach the Final Four and one of them won a National Title.
2025-26 Offseason Tracker

2 months ago | bracketsbubblesandbidstealers.com | Sam Federman |Jonathan Lidskin

By Sam Federman and Jonathan LidskinWelcome to the College Basketball Offseason. Once again, Sam and Jonathan have been hard at work on the Brackets, Bubbles, and Bid Stealers Offseason Database. We track coaching changes, notable transfers, top JUCO commitments, all NBA Draft entries and their status, and much more. We're also constantly working on improving the database with new information.
Jonathan Lidskin’s March Madness Bracket Bible: 2025

2 months ago | bracketsbubblesandbidstealers.com | Jonathan Lidskin
Troy Punches Ticket to the NCAA Tournament

2 months ago | bracketsbubblesandbidstealers.com | Jonathan Lidskin

By Jonathan Lidskin After 12 seasons at his alma mater, Scott Cross was fired by UT Arlington. Cross won a lot of games at Arlington including a top 75 KenPom finish and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2017. After being fired, Cross spent a season as an assistant at TCU but then landed on his feet at Troy. He has now taken the Trojans to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017. Troy took down Arkansas State in the Sun Belt title game, mounting a furious second-half comeback.
Drake Punches Ticket to the NCAA Tournament

Mar 9, 2025 | bracketsbubblesandbidstealers.com | Jonathan Lidskin

By Jonathan Lidskin After an NCAA Tournament loss to Washington State, Drake was gutted. They lost their coach and pretty much all of their rotation players from a team that was a 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It was thought to be an impossible task to stay at the level that Darian DeVries had them at, but it turns out, that the answer to staying at that level was a D2 coach and a handful of his players.
High Point punches ticket to the NCAA Tournament

Mar 9, 2025 | bracketsbubblesandbidstealers.com | Jonathan Lidskin

By Jonathan Lidskin Our third ticket to the NCAA Tournament has been decided. For the first time ever, High Point will be dancing. The Panthers knocked off Winthrop to win the Big South Tournament, coming back from down double digits in the game. High Point finished the season 29-5, winning the Big South title for the second straight season. Last year the Panthers were upset by Longwood in the semifinals.
Jerome Picks Wave 1

Mar 4, 2025 | bracketsbubblesandbidstealers.com | Jonathan Lidskin

By Jonathan Lidskin One of the best times of the college basketball season is upon us. Champ Week(s) gives us some of the most fun, wacky and exhilarating basketball of the season. We get teams playing for tournament bids, games super early in the day, games super late at night and so much more. There is an overstimulating amount of basketball across these two weeks that have already started and I know the ASun has already concluded their quarterfinals.
Rise & Shine: Carolina goes Modern

Feb 25, 2025 | bracketsbubblesandbidstealers.com | Jonathan Lidskin

By Jonathan Lidskin Amid this season’s struggles and potentially missing the tournament for the third time in six seasons, North Carolina Men’s Basketball needed to make a change. This isn’t just a change that is as simple as adding a big man or deciding to play faster. UNC has decided to make an organizational change. The Tar Heels are trying to operate differently and catch up to the NIL era of college basketball. Their solution for that problem?
Rise & Shine: Big Ten Title Race

Feb 18, 2025 | bracketsbubblesandbidstealers.com | Jonathan Lidskin

By Jonathan Lidskin One of the best college basketball traditions at this point is a super competitive and balanced Big Ten Conference. This year has been no different as good teams have been picked off by inferior opponents all season. While the conference doesn’t have a team like Purdue of last year, many of these teams have been super enjoyable to watch.
Rise and Shine: Norfolk Magic

Feb 4, 2025 | bracketsbubblesandbidstealers.com | Jonathan Lidskin

By Jonathan Lidskin Since taking over at Norfolk State over a decade ago, Robert Jones has built quite the resumé. His program has been the standard in the MEAC with three regular season titles and multiple NCAA Tournament appearances. This season, Jones might have his best group yet and last night, they extended their lead in the conference to two games. With under seven minutes to play, Norfolk State trailed by double digits at home to NC Central.