Tag: NCAA
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What This Season’s College Recruitment Tells Us
A player’s college career helps shape what comes next, and different coaches look for different things in that experience. Looking at which college graduates SLB clubs recruit, and what those players have done since leaving, can reveal the thinking behind a squad. Straight Out of College Every club enters 2026/27 with at least one player…
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20 Things I’ve Learned About the Youth Pathway
Every other week this season, I published an article on youth basketball in Britain. I started out knowing very little. What I did have was time, curiosity, and a willingness to knock on doors, talk to people, and do the research. The deeper I got, the clearer it became that this is one of the…
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Brits in College Through the Years (Women)
Every year since 2017/18, Hoopsfix has published a Brits in College article tracking which British women are playing in North American college basketball. Each season also includes a list of players who have left North American college basketball, along with a short note on what they did next. By combining those lists across multiple seasons,…
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Brits in College Through the Years (Men)
Every year since 2010/11, Hoopsfix has published a Brits in College article tracking which British men are playing in North American college basketball. Each season also includes a list of players who have left North American college basketball, along with a short note on what they did next. By combining those lists across more than…
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How Europe Helps Young Players Find Minutes
The years after junior basketball are not self-sustaining. Without structure, they break down. Across Europe, leagues respond by building explicit mechanisms for this phase. The examples below show how different rules organise these years, rather than leaving them to chance. Make It Easy To Play Down a Level Lithuania addresses a familiar problem. A young…
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Europe Is Losing Talent to the NCAA
College basketball is no longer just an American story. It is redrawing the global map. In the last two years, U.S. programmes have begun to lure Europe’s best young talent with offers that combine money, exposure and a proven route to the NBA. College basketball is increasingly viewed as the second-best league in the world…
