Basketball News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
This past weekend the NCAA released their current Top 16 seeds. Everyone is aware of the powerhouse teams such as Kansas, Houston, and Alabama. However, as the season’s end comes closer and closer, there are many teams fighting for bubble spots and fighting to win their conference’s automatic bid. Some conference tournaments begin as early […] READ MORE
It is February 14th, 2023, and the Alabama Crimson Tide are ranked #1 in the AP Poll. No, this is not a team that plays in Bryant-Denny Stadium. This team is not led by Nick Saban and Bryce Young. This is Alabama Basketball. Alabama is Ranked #1 (In Basketball) The Foundation Following the 2018-2019 college […] READ MORE
What a difference a month can make. On the 8th of January, Arkansas lost its third straight contest to open SEC play. Fast forward to February 8th and the Razorbacks streak is up to 9 consecutive wins after an overtime upset of top-ranked Auburn. Eric Musselman’s squad is one of the hottest in the nation […] READ MORE
It’s the offseason, which means it’s time to dig through the annals of college basketball history in search of something that can satisfy the dreadful boredom that comes around this time each year. A fine source of information comes from looking at previous champions and Men’s NCAA Tournament winners. And when you’ve got a sport […] READ MORE
It’s year two of Juwan Howard’s tenure as the head coach of Michigan basketball, and he has them rolling thru Big Ten play. After a solid first season, his team has taken a major step forward in the 2020-21 campaign. The Wolverines are 13-1 overall and in first place in the Big Ten at 8-1. […] READ MORE
The basketball world has lost another iconic figure. Legendary Georgetown coach John Thompson Jr. died at his Arlington, Virginia home on Sunday night. He was 78. Thompson was the first black coach to win an NCAA championship in 1984. Legendary Coach John Thompson Jr. dies at age 78 Remembering John Thompson’s Career He was known as […] READ MORE
With the Big Dance just around the corner, we dissect the NCAA Tournament bubble chances of the Georgetown Hoyas in this report. READ MORE
Dan Stack has been writing and reporting about sports since 2003, but has been dabbling in journalism ever since his days when writing for his college newspaper, The Pioneer (LIU C.W. Post) back in 1995. He comes to Last Word on Sports after having previously worked at FanRag Sports where he was a college basketball analyst, as well as lead recruiting analyst for both college football and basketball. Stack also worked at BleacherReport.com (where he wrote about fantasy football and college basketball, while amassing over one million page views), Fanball.com (he ran a blog for the Pittsburgh Steelers-SteelersMill.com), FantasyPros911.com (wrote about fantasy football and baseball), SNYGiants.com (New York Giants coverage), NYGiantsRush.com, Mets360.com (Mets baseball coverage), CollegeHoopsNet.com, RotoWire.com (fantasy baseball beat writer) and Sportsmedia101.com (where he wrote and blogged at Knicks101.com). He is also a senior writer for WeAreDePaul.com, and has written and reported on the DePaul men's basketball program since 2003. He has covered many Big East games on the east coast and has been a regular at the Big East Tournament for more than a decade. Prior to his online sports writing career, Stack was also the Managing Editor of his county's weekly newspaper, the Rockland County Times, from 2007 to 2009. He has a BA degree from C.W. Post with a major in broadcasting and a minor in journalism. At Post, he not only wrote for the school newspaper, but also was a DJ at the school's radio station (WCWP) and was a crew member for Post TV (the University's TV Station). If want to hear rumblings on college basketball, fantasy sports, New York fandom an other random pop culture musings, be sure to follow him on Twitter @Stacdemon