Ryan Spangler – All Articles
With the newest season of college basketball less than 100 days away, predictions for the season are beginning to surface. Several teams are in the midst of overseas tournaments giving us a first look at the newcomers. In the next week or two campuses will be flooded with returning students and then the first preseason…
Roster and staff turnover is a basic part of the world of college basketball. The ability to create a powerful program depends on a school stabilizing the effects of these changes. There are a few teams that I see as unable to cope with what they have lost this year and will not make the…
This year’s college basketball season was one of the most interesting in recent memory. Story lines poured out of the action on and off the court. Here’s what I consider the main themes of the 2015-2016 season: Senior Rebirth Some of this year’s best teams featured multiple seniors. Many of the Naismith and Associated Press…
In the middle of the season I made my Final Four picks. I wish I could stick by them, but three of the teams I selected are in the East Region. My picks were North Carolina, Kentucky, Xavier and Oklahoma, but only one of the first three teams can advance to the Final Four. I…
