Sam Federman

By Sam Federman (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) The College Football Playoff is trying too hard to be watchable. It's an hours-long,...

By Sam Federman The Twitter bio of a Division I college basketball coach, somehow If you have followed this podcast for long enough, you...

By Sam Federman Kevin Jairaj - Imagn Images With Loyola Chicago's loss to San Francisco in Milwaukee on Sunday, there are just five...

By Sam Federman Photo from Illinois Athletics Last season, the Big Ten Freshman of the Year was shared by Mackenzie Mgabko and Owen...

By Sam Federman Providence at Rhode Island: The surprise of the A-10 so far has been Rhode Island's strong start behind MARFO transfer...

By Sam Federman Yesterday, Jonathan wrote about the ACC-SEC Challenge, which gets underway tonight. There's one other cross-conference...

By Sam Federman The talk of the college basketball world right now is centered on a few things. Dan Hurley's antics as UConn struggles in...

By Sam Federman Last season, the Missouri Valley had three teams in the top 65 of KenPom's rankings. Throughout the year, calls for a...

By Sam Federman Ladies and gentlemen, the best week of the year. Well until March that is. Feast Week is officially here. Here's a look...

By Sam Federman Hello all, and welcome to the first edition of my sporadic column, Fed in Focus , which is a name I've had for a long...

By Sam Federman Just two weeks into the season, Gonzaga has already picked up four wins against teams in the top 130 of KenPom's...

By Sam Federman Wait, isn't that the same title as yesterday? Technically, it is. But we don't mean the same thing. Thank God It's...

By Sam Federman As the clock wound down with Duke and Kentucky tied at 72, the Blue Devils gave the ball to their generational star,...

By Sam Federman Led by an 18-point performance by Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest took down Michigan 72-70 in Greensboro on Sunday. The...

By Sam Federman A few quick things Northern Colorado transfer Saint Thomas drilled a dagger three with 10 seconds left for USC to avoid...

By Sam Federman When you think of Ryan Kalkbrenner, you think of dominant defense. You think of a player that is going to keep you out of...

By Sam Federman Anybody who has ever watched Sunday Night Football knows the old “I’ve been waiting all day for Sunday night” adage....

By Sam Federman 20. Illinois Fighting Illini (Big Ten) What I like: The Illini have one of the most talented rosters in all of college...

By Sam Federman I know it’s late in the rankings to try a new format, but I think this format probably cuts some of the fluff and...

By Sam Federman This morning, college basketball had seven active coaches with a national championship, now there are only six. Virginia...

By Sam Federman 40. USC Trojans (Big Ten)  Eric Musselman has never stayed in a job for a long time, so it isn’t a surprise to see him in...

By Sam Federman 50. New Mexico Lobos (Mountain West) It became apparent early last season that New Mexico’s offense was best when running...

By Sam Federman 60. Syracuse Orange (ACC) Syracuse won 20 games in its first season under new head coach Adrian Autry, but got there in a...

By Sam Federman 70. Villanova Wildcats (Big East) Kyle Neptune has earned the scorn of the doubt (not sure if that’s a real phrase, but...