Jonathan Wasserman

1 week ago | hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Drew Blouin |Jonathan Wasserman |Krysten Peek

Earlier this week, Texas Tech star JT Toppin announced that he will be returning for another season and his NIL package was reportedly a staggering $4 million. Toppin has been a projected late first-round pick all season long and is choosing to not even go through the draft process and receive feedback from teams. The 2025-26 NBA rookie scale salaries for picks 20 to 30 range from $2.2 million to $3 million in guarantee money.

2 months ago | hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Jeff Goodman |Jonathan Wasserman |Alex Squadron

Then Pikiell returned to his office, rewatched the Illinois game while scribbling notes, cut up that video with his assistants and then watched Maryland’s last three games. “They’re playing like the best team in our league,” Pikiell said. “I was here until 3 a.m.” Why grind so hard? For starters, that’s Pikiell’s traditional postgame routine.

2 months ago | hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Jeff Goodman |Jonathan Wasserman |Alex Squadron

Passion is your thing. The pageantry, the parades, Pat McAfee. You love with your whole heart and hate with your whole heart. So I’m going to explain what you’ve missed in college hoops so far in terms you’ll understand. Here are a few things you’ll love and a few you’ll hate as you finally sink your teeth into the 20224-25 college basketball season. You’ll Love This: The Bluebloods Are Struggling.

2 months ago | hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Jeff Goodman |Jonathan Wasserman |Alex Squadron

Here is where the POY race stands as of today. Betts does all of her work in the paint, so her effective field goal percentage (field goal percentage that takes into account additional points from threes) is the same as her regular shooting percentage, which is super efficient at 64 percent. That’s in the 97th percentile. Meanwhile, her points per 40 minutes average is 27.4, which is in the 99th percentile. Another key part of her game is second chance points, of which Betts scores 4.8 per game.

2 months ago | hoopshq.com | Jonathan Wasserman |Seth Davis |Alex Squadron |Justin Perri

It isn’t always pretty. It doesn’t always go as planned. Shots rarely seem to find the bottom of the net. But the Red Storm just keep winning, and they are doing it with an old school style defined by defense, toughness and physicality. That was the story on Friday night at Gampel Pavilion, as No. 12 St. John’s toppled No. 19 UConn, 68-62, in a classic Big East battle. It was the Johnnies’ tenth straight victory and first over the Huskies since the 2022-23 season.