Evan Miyakawa
@EvanMiya
College basketball analytics at http://EvanMiya.com, trusted by 100+ D1 teams. PhD Statistician. Featured in @ESPN, @CBSSports, @TheAthletic, @SINow. Hebrews 11:6.
Purdue rolling out lineups with TKR and Oscar Cluff together is an interesting concept. As Brian mentions, the biggest weakness of any lineup with those two would be rim protection, with a predicted block rate in just the 42nd percentile nationally at EvanMiya.com.
Purdue has a national title ceiling, but reaching that ceiling is dependent upon the Boilermakers figuring out how to maximize a frontcourt rotation with three bigs anchored to the paint. Is that a puzzle they can solve? Subscribe to read @basket_review: basketunderreview.com/purdues-frontc…
Coaching changes and landing top transfers or high school recruits are expectation-raisers, but how often do they work out right away? For @HeatCheckCBB, I dove into the recent numbers on various headlining offseason strategies. WORDS: heatcheckcbb.com/ncaa-basketbal…
Brian Rauf is writing for @basket_review now and he's already killing it.
No program underwent an offseason overhaul quite like NC State. With a revamped roster and Will Wade leading the charge, the Wolfpack don't just have hope - it now has the expectation of success. Inside NC State's fearless offseason, for @basket_review: basketunderreview.com/the-reawakenin…
“Praise the name of God forever and ever, for he has all wisdom and power. He controls the course of world events; he removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars.” - Daniel 2:20-21
A vote on NCAAT expansion is near. The biggest reason behind the push is "access." But that's a bogus selling point and I have the proof right here. One last clear-eyed case against messing with a beloved American treasure. Leave the tournament alone. cbssports.com/college-basket…
I’m thrilled to announce a new college basketball outlet called Basket Under Review. New podcasts, shows and written content coming July 14. Follow along here: @basket_review
Losing Kaleb Glenn moves Michigan State’s roster ranking down about 5 spots according to the Roster Outlook tool at EvanMiya.com.
Michigan State forward Kaleb Glenn has suffered a torn patellar tendon and will miss the entire season, he told @On3sports. The plan is for the transfer from Florida Atlantic to redshirt this upcoming season. Averaged 12.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per game at FAU.…
Coach’s challenges — at any point in the game — are coming to college basketball. And, more importantly, “Officials cannot conduct video review on out-of-bounds calls unless through a coach's challenge.” The final two minutes of a game will no longer take 20 minutes. In theory.
Panel approves changes to enhance the flow of the game in men’s basketball. ncaa.org/news/2025/6/10…
A new "Roster Outlook" tool is up at EvanMiya.com! You can input any set of players to see how that roster would typically rank in the preseason. Here are the outlooks for one team from each of the major conferences ⤵️ blog.evanmiya.com/p/five-team-ro…
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This is all contingent on Quaintance recovering well from his ACL injury of course, but if healthy I think JQ might be good enough to be a first-team all defensive guy in college basketball.
Jayden Quaintance has all of the tools to become a star at Kentucky. @EvanMiya ranked JQ as the No. 1 defensive player in the transfer portal. on3.com/teams/kentucky…
Here’s the full view of the Way Too Early Top 25s. 17 teams appear in each ranking.
The Daily! It’s June, so how about an updated look at the Way Too Early Top 25s? Plus: • @ArizonaMBB & @PennStateMBB add international players • @USC_Hoops loses a guard • Houston won’t have Tugler for summer workouts And more! fieldof68.beehiiv.com/p/latest-way-t…
Texas A&M is the only team to sign 5 players in the transfer portal all inside the top 100 at EvanMiya.com. Miami and Michigan are the only other teams with 4+. Mackenzie Mgbako, Pop Isaacs, Rashaun Agee, Federiko Federiko, and Rylan Griffen are all top 100:

With NC State getting Darrion Williams, the top rated player in the portal at EvanMiya.com, Will Wade now has the 3rd best incoming transfer class in the entire country.

With the addition of Boogie Fland, Florida's incoming transfer class is the 3rd best in the country at EvanMiya.com. The Gators are also top 3 in Overall Transfer Activity, which accounts for both additions and subtractions. The champs are reloading.

I need to clarify two things that should have been even more obvious at the top of the tweet: 1. This is just for spending on INCOMING TRANSFERS 2. This is NOT what I personally think each school has actually spent based on intel. This is a sum of the market value of each of the…
Updated: Here are the CBB programs that are "estimated" to have spent the most NIL money on incoming transfers this offseason: Indiana 10.1 million USC 9.9m Iowa 9.0m Michigan 8.9m Kentucky 8.8m St. John's 8.4m Baylor 8.1m Miami 8.1m Virginia 7.9m Texas A&M 7.6m These are…
In 2025, more than half of the best mid-major players in the country were guys who were originally recruited by that team out of high school and stayed for multiple years. Schools that are able to keep and develop their players continue to find success.
Mid-majors are struggling more than ever to find sustainable success year-over-year. In the modern NIL era, how can these programs keep up? I conducted a study to find the best roster construction strategies for mid-majors. Here are the results ⤵️ blog.evanmiya.com/p/mid-major-ro…