Call to the Hall: HoopsHD interviews brand-new College Basketball Hall of Famer Jay Wright It has been an amazing few months for Villanova basketball: in April it was announced that the Wildcats will face Notre Dame in Rome this fall, in June the Knicks won an NBA title with the help of alumni…

New Athletic Year, New Conferences As of July 1, the 2026-27 athletic year for the NCAA is now underway. Most notable for this season will not only be the expansion of the NCAA Tournament from 68 to 76 teams, but we are also seeing the most conference realignment since three seasons ago when the…

Going for the Gold: HoopsHD interviews USA U-17 women’s national team member Eve Long For those of you who cannot wait to see the next generation of college basketball players, you are in luck....

Man of Steal: HoopsHD interviews USA Men’s World Cup Qualifying Team member Jacob Gilyard In addition to all the teenagers trying to win gold medals for USA Basketball this summer, there are also some veterans trying to help Team USA qualify for the 2027 FIBA Men’s World Cup in Qatar....

2026 NBA Mock Draft (Final Version) The NBA Draft is scheduled to start tomorrow so this is our final attempt to predict where everyone will get selected....

Going for the Gold: HoopsHD interviews USA U-17 national team finalist Joaquim Boumtje-Boumtje For those of you who cannot wait to see the next generation of college basketball players, you are in luck....

Going for the Gold: HoopsHD interviews USA U-18 national team member Bella Flemings For those of you who cannot wait to see the next generation of college basketball players, you are in luck....

2026 NBA Mock Draft (Version 2.0) The NBA Draft is scheduled to take place on June 23rd/24th and until then we will do our best to predict where everyone will get selected. Some websites do their mock drafts based on “best player available” but we try to focus on team needs: for example, if a team…

Going for the Gold: HoopsHD interviews USA U-18 national team finalist Quentin Coleman For those of you who cannot wait to see the next generation of college basketball players, you are in luck. USA Basketball announced the finalists for its U-18 national team roster last weekend, which includes…

Hoops HD Hardball Championship Week – Sunday Edition All of the auto bids have been awarded - here are the winners from yesterday: American: East Carolina (defeated UT-San Antonio 1-0)ACC: Georgia Tech (defeated North Carolina 13-6)Atlantic 10: VCU (defeated Rhode Island 9-1)Big East: St. John's…

Hoops HD Hardball Championship Week – Saturday Edition We would like to congratulate the following teams that have clinched auto bids as of yesterday: America East: Binghamton (defeated Maine 7-3)Atlantic Sun: Lipscomb (defeated North Alabama 5-4 in 10 innings)Big 12: Kansas (defeated West…

One last day of Baseball Conference Tournaments!!! hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

Hoops HD Hardball Championship Week – Friday Edition The number of auto bids will start to really crank up today; here's a summary of where things stand after last night's games: AMERICA EAST (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND) - ESPN+ Binghamton clinched the first spot in the championship game with a win over…

Lamar claimed the Southland bid last night, joining Yale and Holy Cross in the field. HUGE day today as more bids will be won and more leagues will try to fight the weather and get their games in! All your Baseball Brackets are right here! hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

2026 NBA Draft Preview: HoopsHD interviews Iona F Toby Harris The NBA Finals have not even begun but it is already time for most of the league to start preparing for next season. The lottery was held on May 10th, the final deadline for NCAA players to withdraw is May 27th, and the draft will begin…

Hoops HD Hardball Championship Week – Thursday Edition Despite Mother Nature bringing a deluge to parts of the country, action is starting to heat up in advance of Selection Monday: AMERICA EAST (SEMIFINAL ROUND) - ESPN+ Binghamton and Maine advanced to the semifinal round; UMBC defeated…

2026 NBA Draft Preview: HoopsHD interviews Dartmouth F Brandon Mitchell-Day The NBA Finals have not even begun but it is already time for most of the league to start preparing for next season. The lottery was held on May 10th, the final deadline for NCAA players to withdraw is May 27th, and the…

Hoops HD Hardball Championship Week – Wednesday Edition AMERICA EAST (2ND ROUND) - ESPN+ UMass-Lowell and Maine won yesterday to advance to the double-elimination portion of the bracket. AMERICAN (2ND ROUND) - ESPN+ Memphis and Wichita State won yesterday to advance to the double-elimination…

Hoops HD Hardball Championship Week – Tuesday Edition ACC - 2ND ROUND (Single elimination) A large number of conference baseball tournaments got underway yesterday, and all but two of the conferences will have begun as of today. In the ACC, Pittsburgh kept their faint chances of an at-large NCAA…

What can Blue do for Drew? HoopsHD interviews Duke transfer F Drew Scharnowski Michigan's victory in the NCAA title game last month might have closed the window on the 2025-26 season, but it also opened up the doors to the transfer portal. More than 2,500 players decided to test the waters and see…

Baseball Championship Week starts to steamroll today! The next 6 days are a college baseball dream! hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

Hoops HD Hardball Championship Week – Monday Edition Only one game was played in the college baseball landscape today - the Patriot League had the spotlight all to themselves today. Holy Cross blew open a close game en route to an 11-2 victory in Game 1 of the Patriot League Championship Series.…

Hoops HD Goes Hardball in 2026! While Jon Rothstein famously says "We sleep in May" during college basketball season, those of us at Hoops HD do not sleep. Starting this year, our colleague Chad Sherwood has added conference tournament brackets for college baseball season. You can click HERE for…

All locked in! Every 2026 Conference Tournament Bracket is now available! hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

Today we have more Southland action, a potential first bid to be handed out in the Ivy, and the last few brackets to be announced (ASUN, Big South, CAA and WAC)! We are your home for Baseball Conference Tournament Brackets!!! hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

Southland and Ivy League Tournament play continues -- and by the end of the day, we should have pretty much all of our remaining conference tournament brackets released! #Baseball hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

2026 NBA Draft Preview: HoopsHD interviews Lindenwood G Anias Futrell The NBA Finals have not even begun but it is already time for most of the league to start preparing for next season. The lottery was held on May 10th, the final deadline for NCAA players to withdraw is May 27th, and the draft…

Conference Tournament play is back on as the Southland gets underway today! #Baseball hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

From a Bishop to a Saint: HoopsHD interviews McDonald’s All-American Darius Bivins If you want to win an NCAA title then you usually need a good coach, a great resume…and a McDonald’s All-American. Only 2 championship teams from 1979-2020 did not have such a player (2002 Maryland/2014 UConn), and…

2026 NBA Mock Draft (Version 1.0) The NBA Draft is scheduled to take place on June 23rd/24th and until then we will do our best to predict where everyone will get selected. Some websites do their mock drafts based on “best player available” but we try to focus on team needs: for example, if a team…

Ivy League Baseball Bracket!! hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

Southland Baseball Bracket!!!! hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

The Patriot League Baseball Tournament starts today! And yes, that means @DavidGPuppet is safely locked away in the #BaseballPuppetBunker!!! hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

We have our first Baseball Conference Tournament Bracket!!! The Patriot League is set to go!!! hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

Puppet Ramblings – NCAA Tournament Expansion = BAD!! Most who follow us are diehard college hoops fans, so I'm going to assume that if you're reading this that you already know. The NCAA will, almost assuredly, expand the tournament field to 76 teams. The announcement will likely come some time in…

Baseball? Baseball!!! We have every Baseball Conference Tournament Bracket! hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

Take Me Out to the Old Ballgame.... HoopsHD has gone Hardball this spring! Your home for Baseball Conference Tournament Brackets!!! hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

Tourney Talk: HoopsHD interviews UConn father Josh Mullins It has been a marvelous couple of months for UConn freshman Braylon Mullins: a career-high 25 PTS against Creighton in mid-February, a game-high 21 PTS vs. Georgetown in the Big East tourney, and an unforgettable game-winner vs. Duke in…

here may be 207 days until the next Hoops Season starts -- so how about some Hardball?? College Baseball fans -- WE HAVE YOUR BRACKETS NOW TOO!!!! hoopshd.com/baseball-con...

The Hoops HD Report – Final Four Edition We recap the regionals, and we start off in the East Region which gave us one of the most exciting finishes in the history of the NCAA Tournament as UConn hit a shot from the parking lot to knock out Duke and advance to the Final Four. Michigan blew past…

East Regional Champs: UConn postgame celebration! Here are some the best photos I took during the UConn postgame celebration on Sunday: I saw plenty of former players in attendance when the Huskies beat Purdue in the 2024 NCAA title game in Glendale, AZ, but apparently they show up for the Elite 8…

All-Access at the East Regional in DC: UConn-Duke The NCAA tournament is about basketball but also so much more: the parents, fans, bands, cheerleaders, etc. The Sweet 16/Elite 8 are taking place in 4 cities around the country and we could not be more excited to be there in person! HoopsHD is…

All-Access at the East Regional in DC: Duke Dads The NCAA tournament is about basketball but also so much more: the parents, fans, bands, cheerleaders, etc. The Sweet 16/Elite 8 are taking place in 4 cities around the country and we could not be more excited to be there in person! HoopsHD is…

All-Access at the East Regional in DC: Duke breakout room interviews The NCAA tournament is about basketball but also so much more: the parents, fans, bands, cheerleaders, etc. The Sweet 16/Elite 8 are taking place in 4 cities around the country and we could not be more excited to be there in…

All-Access at the East Regional in DC: Duke locker room interviews The NCAA tournament is about basketball but also so much more: the parents, fans, bands, cheerleaders, etc. The Sweet 16/Elite 8 are taking place in 4 cities around the country and we could not be more excited to be there in…

All-Access at the East Regional in DC: UConn breakout room interviews The NCAA tournament is about basketball but also so much more: the parents, fans, bands, cheerleaders, etc. The Sweet 16/Elite 8 are taking place in 4 cities around the country and we could not be more excited to be there in…

All-Access at the East Regional in DC: UConn locker room interviews The NCAA tournament is about basketball but also so much more: the parents, fans, bands, cheerleaders, etc. The Sweet 16/Elite 8 are taking place in 4 cities around the country and we could not be more excited to be there in…

All-Access at the East Regional in DC: Sweet 16 The NCAA tournament is about basketball but also so much more: the parents, fans, bands, cheerleaders, etc. The Sweet 16/Elite 8 are taking place in 4 cities around the country and we could not be more excited to be there in person! HoopsHD is…

Tourney Talk: HoopsHD interviews Michigan State parents Rodney Ward and Ayana Ball-Ward Earlier this month Michigan State lost to UCLA 88-84 in the Big 10 tourney quarterfinals but was still good enough to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. The Spartans beat North Dakota State/Louisville…

Tourney Talk: HoopsHD interviews St. John’s cheerleader Kolbey Nastri Earlier this month St. John's beat UConn 72-52 in the Big East tourney title game to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. The Red Storm have now made the NCAA tourney for the 2nd year in a row, and after a buzzer-beating…