Author Archives: Jon Teitel

Happy Anniversary!: HoopsHD interviews Ed DiGregorio about Jeff Covington

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Jon Teitel

CLICK HERE for the latest HOOPS HD BRACKET RUNDOWN Video Podcast where we build a seedlist line by line Washington, DC, has produced plenty of great basketball players over the past several decades: Elgin Baylor/Kevin Durant/Adrian Dantley/etc. Another DC native … Continue reading →

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You Ware It Well: HoopsHD interviews McDonald’s All-American Kel’el Ware

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Jon Teitel

If you want to win an NCAA title you usually need a good coach, a great resume…and a McDonald’s All-American. Only 3 championship teams since 1979 have not featured such a player (2002 Maryland/2014 UConn/2021 Baylor). The McDonald’s All-American Game … Continue reading →

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Mr. Smith Goes to Arkansas: HoopsHD interviews McDonald’s All-American Nick Smith Jr.

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Jon Teitel

If you want to win an NCAA title you usually need a good coach, a great resume…and a McDonald’s All-American. Only 3 championship teams since 1979 have not featured such a player (2002 Maryland/2014 UConn/2021 Baylor). The McDonald’s All-American Game … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday!: HoopsHD interviews Phil Martelli about Jameer Nelson

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Jon Teitel

The national POY award is often given to a player from a major conference (Duke’s Zion Williamson, Kentucky’s Anthony Davis, etc.), but occasionally a guy from outside the top conferences plays so well that there is no choice but to … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary!: HoopsHD interviews Hall of Famer Dan Issel

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Jon Teitel

Before the days of Kentucky big men like Karl-Anthony Towns/Anthony Davis there was Dan Issel. He never won a scoring title or conference POY award since his career overlapped with another decent player at LSU named Pete Maravich but he … Continue reading →

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Bracketology 2022: March Madness Predictions (Version 6.0)

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Jon Teitel

CLICK HERE for today’s NEWS, NOTES, AND HIGHLIGHTED GAMES We are only 5 weeks away from Selection Sunday as we continue 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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