Author Archives: Jon Teitel

Happy Birthday! HoopsHD interviews McDonald’s All-American AJ Dybantsa

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Jon Teitel

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 while UConn won … Continue reading →

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The (Future) Bear: HoopsHD interviews McDonald’s All-American Tounde Yessoufou

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Jon Teitel

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 while UConn won … Continue reading →

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Call to the Hall: HoopsHD interviews JD Rutometkin about his Hall of Fame father John

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Jon Teitel

On New Year’s Eve the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2024 including 2-time NCAA champ Dave Meyers, 1957 NCAA champ Lennie Rosenbluth, and 2-time All-American John Rudometkin. John graduated in 1962 as USC’s all-time leading … Continue reading →

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Bracketology 2025: March Madness Predictions (Version 4.0)

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Jon Teitel

For today’s Hoops HD Daily Rundown – CLICK HERE We are only 7 weeks away from Selection Sunday as we begin to make our NCAA tourney predictions. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel correctly picked 67 of the 68 teams that made the … Continue reading →

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Bracketology 2025: March Madness Predictions (Version 3.0)

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Jon Teitel

For today’s Hoops HD Daily Rundown – CLICK HERE We are only 8 weeks away from Selection Sunday as we begin to make our NCAA tourney predictions. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel correctly picked 67 of the 68 teams that made the … Continue reading →

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Hanging with the Hoyas: Part 8

Posted on January 18, 2025 by Jon Teitel

HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel will spend the upcoming months covering several Georgetown basketball home games, with (hopefully) a very special reward coming in March. He was in attendance Friday night at Capital 1 Arena and prepared this photo essay about the … Continue reading →

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