1. 5 NCAA Basketball Programs That Need to Open the Vault to Hire Brad Stevens

    Brad Stevens has been to more Final Fours in his five-plus seasons as a young head coach than the majority of college basketball programs have in their entire histories...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 4 months ago 2,889 reads 28 comments

  2. College Basketball Conference Power Rankings at Week 11

    Suffice to say, this past week was not a good time to be undefeated. Just ask Arizona, Wyoming, Duke and Michigan. All four squads received their first blemish at the hands of fellow conference rivals, which somewhat muddles this exercise...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 4 months ago 2,688 reads 9 comments

  3. Ohio State Basketball: Report Card Grades for the Win over Michigan

    Apparently gravity took the day off Sunday in Columbus, because Trey Burke’s go-ahead three-point attempt with 17 seconds remaining was three-fourths of the way down before rimming ...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 4 months ago 3,500 reads 4 comments

  4. Ohio State or Michigan: Which Squad Is More Dangerous?

    On the surface asking which NCAAM's team, Ohio State or Michigan, is more dangerous seems like a painfully obvious exercise...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 4 months ago 2,695 reads 44 comments

  5. Ohio State vs. Michigan: Who's Under the Most Pressure in B1G Showdown?

    Few things define Midwestern sports better than the rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan. There is, of course, a deep hatred there—after all, it is arguably the greatest ...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 4 months ago 2,317 reads 7 comments

  6. College Basketball Conference Power Rankings, Week 10

    Non-conference play is always entertaining and helps shed some light on where the conferences stand relative to each other, but there’s just something special about league games...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 4 months ago 10,912 reads 19 comments

  7. Ohio State vs. Michigan: Buckeyes' Bulletproof Plan to Stop Trey Burke

    There is not a lot of optimism surrounding the Ohio State basketball program after the beatdown Illinois treated the Buckeyes to Saturday...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 4 months ago 2,251 reads 14 comments

  8. Ohio State vs. Illinois: Live Score, Reaction and Analysis

    Ohio State may have been the higher-ranked team heading into Saturday afternoon’s contest at Illinois, but the Illini made short work of the Buckeyes and came away with a dominating 74-55 victory...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 3,142 reads 12 comments

  9. Michigan Basketball: Breaking Down Trey Burke's NBA Potential, Draft Stock

    It seemed like a foregone conclusion after Trey Burke’s impressive freshman season at Michigan that he was going to pack his bags and head toward the greener pastures of the NBA...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 8,362 reads 35 comments

  10. Indiana Basketball: 5 Roadblocks to B1G Title

    Kentucky may have won the national championship last year, but the college basketball offseason belonged to Tom Crean and Indiana...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 3,532 reads 15 comments

  11. Ohio State Basketball: 5 Bold Predictions for the B1G Season

    Unfortunately for the Ohio State Buckeye basketball fans, the nonconference portion of the schedule was somewhat disappointing...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 2,706 reads 14 comments

  12. College Basketball Conference Power Rankings at Week 9

    The beginning of a new year means one thing in college basketball—the renewal of conference play and the best intraleague rivalries...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 2,877 reads 7 comments

  13. Ohio State Basketball: Ranking the 5 Biggest Roadblocks to the Big Ten Title

    Oh, Big Ten play, how we have missed you. For some reason, all of these nonconference games don’t result in bruises the size of baseballs, fundamental box outs, players sprawling on the floor for loose balls and 51-49 final scores...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 1,925 reads 5 comments

  14. Ohio State Basketball: How Buckeyes Can Solve Their Early Shooting Woes

    For those who follow Ohio State basketball, the days of Jon Diebler draining three-pointers every night must seem like eons ago...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 755 reads 0 comments

  15. Michigan State Basketball: Battle-Tested Spartans Will Be Ready for Big Ten Play

    Before the college basketball season began many prognosticators envisioned the Big Ten as the best conference in the country...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 2,003 reads 7 comments

  16. Ohio State Basketball: Ranking the Buckeyes' NBA Prospects

    Thad Matta has made a habit of putting his players into the NBA. In his time at Ohio State alone, Matta has seen Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr., Daequan Cook, Kosta Koufos, Byron Mullens, Evan Turner, Jon Diebler and Jared Sullinger drafted by NBA teams...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 3,946 reads 8 comments

  17. College Basketball Conference Power Rankings at Week 8

    Raise your hand if you know what all these numbers have in common—three, seven, eight, 10 and 16. If you guessed the rankings in the AP Poll of the various college basketball teams that lost Saturday, then you are correct...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 2,672 reads 12 comments

  18. Ohio State's Lack of Killer Instinct Against Duke and Kansas Reveals Weakness

    Our story begins a little more than eight months ago in a distant land they call New Orleans. Ohio State was cruising against Kansas in the first half of its Final Four matchup ...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 1,779 reads 11 comments

  19. Ohio State Basketball: 5 Keys to Beating Kansas

    The players would probably never say it out loud, but the Ohio State basketball team has to have a measure of revenge on its mind heading into this weekend’s showdown with Kansas...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 1,359 reads 1 comments

  20. Kansas vs. Ohio State: Complete Game Preview

    In every college basketball season, there are a handful of November and December games that capture the attention of the football-loving sports public, even if just for two hours. Saturday’s clash in Columbus between No...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 2,258 reads 19 comments

  21. 7 NCAA Basketball Teams Already Hitting the Panic Button

    There are two types of losses this early in the college basketball season—those you finish by tipping your cap to the other team and then learning from and those you simply have trouble ever getting over...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 2,457 reads 2 comments

  22. College Basketball Conference Power Rankings at Week 7

    It takes a special weekend of college basketball to ensure that the No. 8 ranked team overcoming a double-digit deficit to win by one against the No. 6 ranked team isn’t the biggest storyline...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 1,731 reads 7 comments

  23. Ohio State Basketball: Christmas Wish List for Buckeyes

    It’s the Christmas season, and everyone is busy getting their wish lists together. While I’m sure Thad Matta would love a Red Ryder BB gun from Christmas Story , something ...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 2,448 reads 3 comments

  24. Why Indiana Is Still the Team to Beat

    I’m going to resist all temptation to make a “the Butler did it" joke, but Indiana’s undefeated season is officially over...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 25,861 reads 48 comments

  25. Why Mid-Majors Should Be Alarmed by Demise of ESPN's BracketBusters

    The life of a mid-major college basketball program in today’s world of conference expansion, switching and dissolving is a perilous one at best...

    Scott Polacek Written by Scott Polacek about 5 months ago 711 reads 7 comments