11/7 College Basketball Pick of the Day

Nov 7, 2023
College basketball is officially back and after a successful first night we are rocking and rolling into the 23-24 CBB season. Every day from now to the end of the regular season, I will give you what...

2023 SEC Basketball Tournament Predictions

Mar 9, 2023
The 2023 SEC basketball season has been one of the more interesting conferences in all of college basketball. There are six to seven good teams that could make nice little runs in not only the confere...

NBA Mock Draft 2.0: Draft Day Edition

Jul 29, 2021
The big day has finally arrived! Tonight, the NBA welcomes a new crop of young players into the league. Dreams will be realized and franchises will be given hope for seasons to come. I’ve always...

2021 NBA Mock Draft 1.0

Jun 3, 2021
The NBA Playoffs are in full swing, and as we get deeper into the tournament, the draft picture will start to look more and more clear. For fans of teams that didn’t make the playoffs, the draft...

2021 SEC Tournament Preview

Mar 8, 2021
The SEC is improving as a conference. Elite coaching hires over the last decade has turned the league on its head. What was once a football conference that Kentucky dominated in basketball has turned ...

Way-Too-Early 2020-2021 NCAAB Top 10

Apr 16, 2020
I’m incredibly excited to be writing here at Student Union! I thought there would be no better way to make my debut on the site than talking college hoops. Usually around this time of year we wo...

Week 19 AP Poll: Kansas Jumps to #1

Feb 24, 2020
In the Week 19 AP Poll, the Kansas Jayhawks have jumped to the number one spot. After defeating Baylor in a top five matchup Saturday, Bill Self and Co. are hitting their stride. Whether Kansas would ...

Bet Against Us: February 19th, 2020

Feb 19, 2020
Success! 2-1 last night gets us back on track. But February 19th is a new day, so go ahead and bet against us. Dayton saved our asses and covered -3.5 against VCU last night with the help of some clut...

Bet Against Us: February 18th, 2020

Feb 18, 2020
Things don’t always flow in our favor. A Notre Dame buzzer-beater victory over the Tar Heels devastated yesterday’s parlay. But it really hit the fan when Xavier and St. John’s decid...

The Value of Having Parity in College Hoops

Jan 18, 2020
Gonzaga has been the AP No. 1 team in men’s college basketball for each of the past four weeks, marking the longest tenure anyone has maintained in the top position this season. Whether the stre...

Evansville Upsets #1 Kentucky

Nov 12, 2019
On Tuesday night, the Evansville Aces Upset #1 Kentucky in Lexington. After beating then-number one Michigan State just one week ago, the Kentucky Wildcats find themselves getting beat AT HOME by the ...

Get Rich or Die Trying: Back on the Saddle

Mar 29, 2019
After yesterday’s terrible performances, I took a pretty big loss. This game isn’t for the weak. If you’re not able to handle a loss, then you might as well get out of the game now. Today and th...

New Mexico State…. YOU BLEW IT

Mar 21, 2019
You came so close to giving us our first upset of the day. Thus far, on the first day of March Madness, we have not been gifted that many upsets. Minnesota doesn’t really count, and Yale put up ...

Get Rich or Die Trying: March Madness Day 1

Mar 20, 2019
March Madness: the most exciting time of the year for most gamblers. With nonstop action for 4 straight days it can be your best friend or your worst enemy. That’s why I’m here, I’m here to help...

4 Teams that Could Make or Break your Bracket

Mar 19, 2019
Some teams look like they have Final Four potential, and then lose in the first round. Other teams are expected to have an early exit, and then make a deep run. Choose wisely when picking these teams ...

The Buzzer-Beater, Second Edition: February Blues

Feb 18, 2019
Welcome to the second edition of the sophomore year of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This past weekend, I was in Tucson,...

Wooden Award Top 20: Part 2

Feb 12, 2019
Part 1 – posted yesterday – included some big names and studs who are putting up crazy numbers. Those ballers have earned their stripes. They are insanely athletic and are having fantastic...

#SU25 Basketball: Week 16

Feb 11, 2019
The Student Union Difference: #1 team in the country from last week’s poll defeats #3 team, #1 drops in this week’s #SU25 Basketball poll! This week lacked major upsets, but since the last...

Five-Star Recruit Anthony Edwards Commits to Georgia

Feb 11, 2019
Tom Crean’s bag man is finally starting to make some moves. Anthony Edwards, a top-five player in the 2019 recruiting class, and projected top-five pick in the 2020 NBA draft, has committed to ...

Dan’s Bedtime Thoughts: CBB Edition

Feb 1, 2019
It’s college basketball season! Yes, I know that CBB started way back in November, but now that we’re without football, I’ll officially declare it college basketball season. Let̵...

#SU25 Basketball: Preseason

Nov 6, 2018
It’s that time of the year again! The college basketball season tips off tonight with the Champions Classic taking place in Indianapolis. The Kansas Jayhawks take on the Michigan State Spartans,...

Recruiting Crystal Ball: Romeo Langford

Apr 2, 2018
With the college basketball season wrapping up, we begin to look towards next season. One of the best parts of the offseason is learning all the new faces joining your team, whether they be transfers ...

S-E-Crean: America’s Favorite Coach Is Back

Mar 15, 2018
“Guess Who’s Back, Back Again…” -Eminem That’s right, America’s favorite coach Tom Crean is back in the college basketball world. On the first day of March Madness,...

Beat the Spread: Saturday Edition

Mar 3, 2018
Well gamblers, this is it.  The last Saturday of the college basketball regular season is here before the real chips hit the table.  Let’s keep the delay to a minimum and get right to the picks so...

Things less secure than John Calipari’s job

Mar 1, 2018
Today, USA Today came out with their annual report of college basketball coaches’ salaries. And as usual, the list is filled with some noteworthy numbers that could either be salaries or distanc...

Is Mizzou a Contender?

Mar 1, 2018
Mizzou would be a top 25 team no doubt, maybe even top 10, if Michael Porter Jr. was healthy all season. But without him, they are 19-11 and projected to be a 9 seed. Jontay Porter, the younger brothe...

Michael Porter Jr. is back, maybe

Feb 23, 2018
Before the season began, Missouri’s stud freshman, Michael Porter Jr., was the number one draft pick according to many analysts. Following two minutes against Iowa State in a game that was suppo...

Saturday’s College Basketball Picks ATS

Feb 16, 2018
Photo via Getty Images Okay, bear with me here. I may have started slow, as I enter Saturday 3-6 since I started last week, but Tuesday for me was like an ongoing SportsCenter sequence of “Bad Beats...

Tuesday’s College Basketball Picks ATS

Feb 13, 2018
Well, how about that for a rough start? Okay, well it wasn’t that rough. In my first picks addition on Monday night, I went 0-2 in the first two games, although I may add that Notre Dame was c...

Tennessee Set to Face Cuonzo Martin, Mizzou

Jan 17, 2018
Number 21 Tennessee rolls into Columbia, Missouri riding a three-game win streak. Two weeks ago, however, Vol fans may have been wondering what happened to the team they were so fond of before confer...

Brian Bowen to Enroll at South Carolina

Jan 10, 2018
So, interesting news that just came out of no where in the college basketball world. Like, literally no where. Did anyone see this coming? I’m actually curious because this is out of deep left f...

Vols Look to Bounce Back Against Kentucky

Jan 6, 2018
Tennessee (9-4, 0-2 SEC) has a chance to stop the bleeding Saturday night as the Vols host 17th-ranked Kentucky (12-2, 2-0 SEC). Vols fans may be ready to pull the plug on a promising season after a ...

Jordan Bringing Brand to SEC and Florida Gators

Dec 5, 2017
Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand have been in the news recently for bringing the brand to specific schools. Most notably North Carolina, Michigan and Oklahoma. After adding Florida recently, the Jo...

Bracketbusters: Tennessee Volunteers

Dec 4, 2017
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Bracketbusters, an article series dedicated to the teams who have the chance to bust your bracket, hence the clever name. Sure, it’s early and these teams sti...

What To Watch For: Weekend Edition

Dec 2, 2017
College basketball is officially underway and each weekend brings a full slate of excellent matchups from around the nation. On this weekend edition of what to watch for, I break down which matchup to...

Alabama Almost Beats Minnesota With Only 3 Players

Nov 25, 2017
In a matchup of top 25 hoops teams, Alabama found themselves in a precarious situation today. With about 13:40 left on the clock in the second half and Alabama just trimming the lead to seven, the who...

SU player spotlight: Tremont Waters

Nov 22, 2017
Will Wade’s first season with LSU did not have a ton of promise. The LSU program was not much with Ben Simmons and it hasn’t been much since then, either. Maybe there is something brewing,...

Commodores Gain Yet Another 5-Star Recruit in Shittu

Nov 22, 2017
Vanderbilt coach Bryce Drew is rolling on the recruiting trail. On Wednesday, five-star Class of 2018 power forward Simi Shittu committed to be a Commodore, giving Drew his second five-star pledge of ...

Michael Porter Jr. Likely Out For Season

Nov 21, 2017
Enormous news out of Columbia, Missouri today. Five-star recruit and possible first overall pick in next year’s draft, Michael Porter Jr., will undergo lower back surgery that would likely end h...

If You Don’t Know Now You Know; The Young Bull

Nov 15, 2017
It was a calm Tuesday in Tuscaloosa. Students were finishing up some exams before Thanksgiving break, some were getting ready for their Tuesday night bar visits. Neither of those come as a surprise. W...

Student Union Player Spotlight: Michael Porter Jr.

Nov 7, 2017
School: University of Missouri Hometown: Seattle, Washington Position: Forward Year: Freshman Last March, the number one high school basketball player in the nation, Michael Porter Jr. shocked the Col...

Watch Out For Alabama …….. Basketball

Nov 6, 2017
It’s no secret that The University of Alabama makes a name for itself on the gridiron. Football has always been king in Tuscaloosa. With arguably the most historically successful football progra...