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The SCOOP College Basketball Podcast

The SCOOP College Basketball Podcast

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Season 4

College Basketball Coaching Hire Grades 2026

With most of the college basketball coaching carousel behind us, we break down all 53 hires made around the country this offseason. From blue bloods making a change to sneaky good low-major hires, we've got it all covered. We assigned grades on a curve, using a number of factors to determine what letter grade each athletic director gets for the hire. Which mid-major schools knocked it out of the park? Which high-majors will we touch on again in this podcast in 2-3 years? We've got it all covered in the latest episode of The SCOOP College Basketball Podcast.

Season 3

College Basketball's Offseason Losers

On the latest episode of The SCOOP College Basketball Podcast, we dive into teams who "lost" the offseason. From missing out on big targets, questionably constructing rosters and just not having enough money to be competitive, the upcoming season isn't looking the best for these squads.

These teams WON the offseason

In the latest episode of The SCOOP College Basketball podcast, Austin and Luke go over 10 of their biggest winners of the offseason, due to transfer activity, player retention and coaching changes. Update: since the recording of this podcast, USC guard Alijah Arenas has suffered a potential season-ending meniscus injury

Grading EVERY D1 Offseason College Basketball Coaching Hire

In our yearly coaching grades podcast, we analyze and grade ALL 57 Division 1 college basketball head coaching hires this offseason, from the highest of the high majors to the lowest of the low majors. Update: Tennessee State is in the process of hiring Memphis assistant Nolan Smith as their head coach.

Top 25 Breakdown: June edition

In the latest episode of The SCOOP, Austin and Luke break down their preseason top 25 teams in the country, now that rosters have started to set and the portal movement has largely come to a close. We deeply analyzed each of our top 25 teams, going over their roster, potential improvement points and question marks.

Season 2

SoCon Men's Basketball Preview (2024-25)

Our second conference preview of the year takes us to the SoCon! In this preview, you'll find - A detailed breakdown of every team and their outlook for this season - Our projected conference awards and All-Conference teams - Our Top 10 Transfers to enter the league - Some Breakout Players to keep an eye on + more!

Conference USA Men's Basketball Preview (2024-25)

We are back with our conference previews, kicking things off with Conference USA! In this preview, you'll find - A detailed breakdown of every team and their outlook for this season - Our projected conference awards and All-Conference teams - Our Top 10 Transfers to enter the league - Some Breakout Players to keep an eye on + more!

Grading ALL 66 Division I Men's Basketball Coaching Hires

The coaching carousel is almost done (looking at you, Maryland Eastern Shore), so we decided to give grades for all 66 coaches hired so far, from the big time brands like Kentucky and Ohio State, down to the low major schools such as UT Martin and New Orleans, on an A+ to F scale. We also went in depth on the hires, so if you haven't been paying attention this offseason, this is the place to catch up!

Conference Play is Here!

2024 is near, and with the start of the new year marks the start of conference play! With all we've gathered in the first few months of the season, Austin and Kyle look at college basketball with a wide view and predict what conference standings are going to look like. Also covered in this episode are some main storylines in college basketball, including Terrence Shannon Jr's indefinite suspension and the new transfer rules.

Feast Week Recap: Purdue wins Maui, What's going on with Villanova

In our latest podcast episode. we touch on all of the major tournaments to happen during the best regular season week, Feast Week, in addition to covering the recent ACC-SEC Challenge games. Purdue won the Maui Invitational, Villanova won the Battle 4 Atlantis, FAU won the ESPN Events Invitational, and many more notable MTEs took place that we touched on. We also looked ahead to the games this week, and gave our predictions.

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