Bubble Watch, CINCINNATI LIVES edition! Plus: What Michigan-Duke means for the title race, the actualization of AJ Dybantsa, IU's new GM, Kentucky is fine, Sean Miller defenses, bubble movements, and everything else: www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/bubble-wat...

New Bubble Watch! On the real lesson of the Jerome Tang blowup, the UConn atmosphere discourse, Will Wade's press conference hot streak, drifting SEC teams, and everything else: www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/bubble-wat...

Do you guys remember when Nate Oats tried to gaslight the whole country and blow up the NCAA so he could play a solid rim-running center for five games, anyway new Bubble Watch went up today www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/bubble-wat...

Huge win for Indiana. If I was a Wisconsin fan my head would be on Mars

Unbeaten Miami (Ohio) plays at Marshall today. The Redhawks are both a hugely enjoyable story and apparently designed in a lab to break bracket people's brains (especially in a post-WAB world): www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/wab-era-mi...

Hell of a lede to describe the state of college basketball right now from one of my fav writers @eamonnbrennan.bsky.social

Important announcement: The Internet's least sane college basketball column has returned. www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/bubble-wat...

There are Indiana football diehards who stuck it out forever, who deserve tonight more than anyone. But I’d guess there are millions of people like me: once enthusiastic, long since lapsed, now unimaginably all in. Wrote about winning the sports fan lottery: www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/indiana-fo...

The Indiana football high is so potent I'm just letting this Bears situation wash over me. Pure acceptance. I am of the nature to die, etc.

This week's BURP wants to go on the record: The NCAA Tournament is not, in fact, a joke. (But the CFB discourse is starting to scare us.) That, seasonal procrastinators, and much more on this week's episode with Tate Frazier: www.basketunderreview.com/the-basket-u...

Barkley on NIL/portal: "There's no job in the world where you get to be a free agent every year" I love Chuck but I don't think he knows how most jobs work

Remember when college basketball had "no great teams?" That's over now www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/michigan-i...

A truly incredible 70 seconds of college basketball commentary

Florida-UConn is small guys making shots and big guys punching each other in the face for every rebound

My Illinois-Alabama analysis: *extremely loud cackling noises*

Lotta season left blah blah but highly likely Wake Forest just won the Bubble Watch gut-punch loss of the year award

The latest in the Buzzer preview series -- on what should be a really fun edition of the Big Ten, with a handful of new coaches adding yet more more tactical variety -- is here. Offseason finish line in sight! eamonnbrennan.substack.com/p/better-kno...

Wrote about Bruce Pearl, endearing showman and unstoppable wrecking ball — for better and worse www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/bruce-pear...

I never thought it would happen to me Indiana football is a source of unironic joy

Wrote about something that hadn't occurred to me until the podcast earlier this week: In the portal era, it's now part of a program's job to connect new players with fans. www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/connecting...

Hello Bluesky, the latest episode of BURP is a fun one -- w/ Ryan Odom! We talk about his journey to UVa, what fans can expect from a program in transition, and how on Earth you build a good roster in one month. Check it out below or in all the podcast places: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDn_...

I competed in College Basketball Jeopardy with the brilliant @eamonnbrennan.bsky.social and @ksweeneycbb.bsky.social. It’s one of the most competitive games of jeopardy I can remember, which means you gotta stick around the whole time youtu.be/Aa6ZzIyRavI

As someone who used to play golf twice a weekend and got so frustrated after a round he sold his clubs on Craigslist the next day and has refused to play since, I have gained a powerful ally in Scottie Scheffler

Happy @basketunderreview.bsky.social opening day. Would you like to hear @eamonnbrennan.bsky.social and @kenpom.com talk NCAA Tournament expansion? I assume you would. (Presented by Homefield!!!) open.spotify.com/episode/4gSV...

The first episode of the podcast is upon you — talked to Ken Pomeroy about tournament expansion and his secret double life as a touring indie artist of the same name (and much more). On all the usual podcast places. Give it a spin! t.co/IfzyMtwsGQ

The best argument I've seen in favor of tournament expansion goes something like "ah, c'mon, it probably won't be that bad." That's not a good reason to do anything! www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/no-one-lov...

Well this rocks. Some great people involved here, including the legend, @eamonnbrennan.bsky.social. Looking forward to following and supporting. lfg

Did a deep dive on every collegiate pick of the 2025 NBA draft, beginning with a buzzy and freshman-dominated first round … www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/the-colleg...

"These young men are able to see and hear the haters and the doubters" more scintillating draft commentary, a real value add

The draft going to five minutes per pick is perfect for the broadcast partner, which doesn't let its analysts speak for more than 15 seconds anyway

There should be a clause in every NBA TV rights contract that if you go to Game 7 you have to bring in Raftery on comms

Took a big long offseason look at 18 college hoops rosters that particularly interest me -- with "interest" meant alternately as a compliment and a dig. www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/the-most-i...

@eamonnbrennan.bsky.social I can think of nothing more perfect to land in my inbox right before a four hour flight than a long and wildly speculative June post about roster changes. 👊

Incredible Finals moment punctuated by Richard Jefferson. Why is everything bad now

In an era of unprecedented on-court brilliance, college basketball had one last glaring problem: too many video reviews. That problem is about to be fixed. open.substack.com/pub/eamonnbr...

Did a little mailbagging over the weekend, focused on making sense of Indiana’s roster and how IU fans should feel about it www.eamonnbrennan.com/p/what-is-in...

Will never get over Fred Van Vleet being not only a decent NBA player but like an actually awesome one

Todd Golden about to go on a Frank from White Lotus run after this national title

You gotta shoot the ball. Maybe it gets blocked, who cares. Shoot it

Whatever Kelvin just said in that Houston timeout I guarantee it would destroy the psyche of 95 percent of the US populace

My take here: I think I lean to rather being Houston (2-14 from 3 but also on pace to get 16 more shots) than Florida (Clayton didn't score but UH defense is designed specifically to make #2 through #5 beat you)

Clayton didn't score and Florida is only down three. Houston went 2-of-14 from 3 and is only up three. You can go either way you want

Todd Golden said before the game Florida had to have fewer than 12 turnovers to win the game. Looks like they're going to have to find a different way to win it

Rarely seen a start to a game more defined by soul-devouring nerves

Physically ill with second-hand anxiety

Kelvin didn't even yell at Tugler for that. That's when you know it's really bad