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4 weeks ago | 
hoopshq.com | Tristan Freeman |Jonathan Wasserman |Hayley McGoldrick |Riley Frain
For NBA draft prospects projected to be picked outside the lottery, the decision to stay in college or turn pro never has been more difficult. Top players potentially can earn more in NIL than they would in the NBA next season. Rookie contracts are predetermined, based on the spot where the player is drafted; the higher the pick, the greater the salary. Consider Texas Tech’s JT Toppin, a 6-foot-9 sophomore forward and the reigning Big 12 Player of the Year.
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4 weeks ago | 
hoopshq.com | Tristan Freeman |Jonathan Wasserman |Hayley McGoldrick |Riley Frain
It is not guaranteed that Lendeborg will play for Michigan. He has entered the NBA draft but retained his collegiate eligibility. Hoops HQ draft expert Jonathan Wasserman projects Lendeborg as a late first-round pick. That would allow him to make just over $2 million as dictated by the NBA’s rookie salary cap.
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1 month ago | 
hoopshq.com | Tristan Freeman |Jonathan Wasserman |Hayley McGoldrick |Riley Frain
Bueckers led the UConn Huskies to their first NCAA title in nine years, the program’s 12th overall, and averaged 19.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game in her final year of college. While the Wings already get scoring prowess from Arike Ogunbowale and picked up the 2024 Most Improved Player in DiJonai Carrington, they went 9-31 last season, missed the playoffs and traded Satou Sabally to the Phoenix Mercury.
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1 month ago | 
hoopshq.com | Jonathan Wasserman |Riley Frain |Hayley McGoldrick |Seth Davis
The Tigers (22-11) had a tremendous season cut short in the CAA Tournament semis, falling to a scorching-hot Delaware team that nearly won five games in five days to reach the NCAA Tournament. Towson is primed for another dominant season in the CAA, as it has retained its talent. Tyler Tejeda, a 6-foot-9 sophomore forward who averaged 16.7 points, and 6-foot-1 sophomore guard Dylan Williamson (14.6 points per game) have announced they are returning; that’s a huge amount of production staying put.
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1 month ago | 
hoopshq.com | Tristan Freeman |Jonathan Wasserman |Hayley McGoldrick |Riley Frain
The Tigers (22-11) had a tremendous season cut short in the CAA Tournament semis, falling to a scorching-hot Delaware team that nearly won five games in five days to reach the NCAA Tournament. Towson is primed for another dominant season in the CAA, as it has retained its talent. Tyler Tejeda, a 6-foot-9 sophomore forward who averaged 16.7 points, and 6-foot-1 sophomore guard Dylan Williamson (14.6 points per game) have announced they are returning; that’s a huge amount of production staying put.
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1 month 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.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
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.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
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.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
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.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
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.
