Opinion: Confirmation Bias In psychology confirmation bias describes the tendency to confirm one’s own assumptions and expectations. Within this construct information and circumstances are unconsciously selected, interpreted and weighted in such a way that they fit into the existing worldview. For example, anyone who thinks that climate change and global warming is nonsense will quickly […]
Where usually thousands of screaming students would fill the stands, there is just a dull silence. Instead of emotion-packed showdowns, the NCAA is experiencing a rash of game cancellations. The frustration level is high in many places. Without question, the world of college basketball looks more different than ever before. Still, the top college teams […]
NBA Draft 2020 Who’s a boom and who’s a bust? Spoiler alert: The NBA Draft 2020 will be polarizing. It’s nothing new that evaluations of NBA talents are wide ranging, but the differences in opinion this year are extreme. The pessimists are forecasting the worst class of talent in the past decade while other […]
The best of the class From A(D) to Z(ion), this list breaks down the Top 10 players in NCAA basketball since the 2000-01 season. Whether it has been athletic scoring machines or electrifying shooters or dominating defenders, the last two decades of college basketball has given fans plenty of thrills. We look at the most […]
Tyrese Haliburton went from unknown high school all-arounder to a model pass-first point guard – as well as a U19 world champion – to a leading man for the Iowa State Cyclones, with the results making him an intriguing prospect for the NBA. Haliburton was leading the Cyclones this season in scoring as well as […]
It was not the college career that he expected. James Wiseman joined the Memphis Tigers as a superstar hyped college freshman. The 18-year-old center wanted to lead Memphis to the NCAA title and then get picked No. 1 in the 2020 NBA Draft. Things went entirely different than expected. James Wiseman was supposed to bring […]
Satou Sabally could become the next German player in the WNBA as the 21-year-old is playing her third year with the Oregon Ducks. Sabally showed she’s one of the team’s top players in scoring 25 points in Oregon’s 93-68 victory over the USA women’s national team on November 9, 2019 – the first college to […]
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That. Damn. Song. In pure NCAA tradition there is this one song they always use for the official recap video. Sung by Luther Vandross “One Shining Moment” has been the official March Madness anthem for many many years now and once you have seen the video, watching basketball in slow motion may never be the […]
Just a few more days until the US goes crazy. Again. Just like every year. March Madness is about to begin. But what is it that Americans find so fascinating about college basketball? For us over here in Europe it’s a bit hard to grasp the phenomenon. Or is it? Sure, coming from a culture […]
