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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 Michigan won the … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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