Author Archives: Jon Teitel

Hanging with the Revolutionaries: Part 1

Posted on February 14, 2026 by Jon Teitel

HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel will spend the upcoming months covering several Georgetown basketball home games, with a very special reward coming in March. However, since it is a rare occurrence to have a top-100 match-up in DC these days, he was … Continue reading →

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Towering Twin: HoopsHD interviews McDonald’s All-American Darius Ratliff

Posted on February 11, 2026 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 Florida won … Continue reading →

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Towering Twin: HoopsHD interviews McDonald’s All-American Adonis Ratliff

Posted on February 10, 2026 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 Florida won … Continue reading →

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Never Nervous Jervis: HoopsHD interviews McDonald’s All-American Jasiah Jervis

Posted on February 9, 2026 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 Florida won … Continue reading →

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Bracketology 2026: March Madness Predictions (Version 6.0)

Posted on February 8, 2026 by Jon Teitel

We are 5 weeks away from Selection Sunday as we continue to make our NCAA tourney predictions. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel correctly picked 66 of the 68 teams that made the 2025 tourney: 62 of his 66 were within 1 spot … Continue reading →

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Sowing the seeds we love: HoopsHD interviews NCAA Selection Committee member Tom Wistrcill

Posted on February 6, 2026 by Jon Teitel

For those of you who cannot wait until Selection Sunday to find out what the Selection Committee is thinking, the top-16 teams will be revealed in a sneak preview later this month. This is not a crystal ball showing exactly … Continue reading →

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