Hoops HQ Contributors

Seth Davis, Hoops HQ's Editor-in-Chief, is an award-winning college basketball writer and broadcaster. Since 2004, Seth has been a host of CBS Sports and Turner Sports's March Madness NCAA basketball tournament. A writer at Sports Illustrated for 22 years and at The Athletic for six, he is the author of nine books, including the New York Times best sellers Wooden: A Coach’s Life and When March Went Mad: The Game Transformed Basketball.

Alex Squadron is a staff writer for Hoops HQ. His byline has appeared in SLAM, the New York Post, The Athletic, Sports Illustrated and SB Nation.

Eden Laase has been covering women’s basketball exclusively for the last four years. Before that she spent time as a beat writer covering Gonzaga men’s basketball, college hockey in Colorado, and high school sports in Michigan. Eden’s work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Just Women’s Sports, Yahoo, the Boston Globe and more.

Krysten Peek joins the Hoops HQ team as a senior contributor after 10 years at Yahoo Sports, extensively covering basketball at the high school, college and NBA levels. She is also a color analyst for NBA...

Chris Dortch has been editor and publisher for Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook — considered the “bible” of college hoops — for the last 26 years. His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, NBA.com, ESPN.com, The Athletic, Lindy’s, Athlon’s, the Washington Post, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and SECSports.com.

Jonathan Wasserman serves as the Lead NBA scout and draft insider for Bleacher Report and NBA TV. He is Hoops HQ's NBA draft correspondent.

Jason La Canfora grew up around bookies and betting in East Baltimore, with a bar on every corner and someone taking book behind the bar in pretty much all of them as well. As a child,...

Luke DeCock has spent 25 years immersed in some of college basketball’s most heated rivalries, covering Duke, North Carolina and NC State as a columnist for the Raleigh News & Observer. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and been syndicated nationally. A three-time NC sportswriter of the year and the 2021 National Headliner Award winner for sports commentary, Luke will be inducted into the US Basketball Writers Association’s Joe Mitch Hall of Fame at the Final Four in April, 2026.

Aaron Cohen is an Assistant Editor at Hoops HQ. He covered the 2025 NCAA Tournament from the Atlanta regional, and is a fixture in the Madison Square Garden press box, covering the biggest college basketball games at the World's Most Famous Arena.

Brett Friedlander is a sportwriter who has won 26 national, state and regional awards, covered 13 Final Fours, The Masters golf tournament, a Super Bowl and a World Series, and is the author of the book “Chasing Moonlight: The True Story of Field of Dreams’ Doc Graham.”

Jeff Goodman is a long-time college basketball reporter who has worked for ESPN, CBS and FOX. He is currently the co-owner of the Field of 68, a college basketball network that covers the sport year-round and also features the nightly college basketball show After Dark.

Brad Wachtel, Hoops HQ's lead Bracketologist since 2024, has two decades of experience projecting NCAA Tournament brackets. His NCAA Tournament analysis has appeared on countless outlets, including the Field of 68, SiriusXM College Sports, the Sports Grid, the Asbury Park Press and the Newark Star-Ledger. He is a former men's basketball administrator at Rutgers and director of operations for The Hoop Group.

If you love college basketball, you probably have heard or seen Debbie Antonelli on ESPN or CBS. A 3 year starting guard  and captain at NC State, Debbie helped lead the Wolfpack to 4 NCAA Tournaments, 2 sweet 16s, 2 ACC regular  season titles and one ACC Tournament title. Her 37 year broadcasting career landed her in the  Naismith Hall of Fame and winner of the Curt Gowdy Media Award, Women’s Basketball Hall of  Fame, North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, NC State’s Ring of Honor with her banner in the  rafters at Reynolds Coliseum. She has also been recognized with 2 Emmy Awards.

Tristan Freeman has been the lead writer and editor at FanSided's Busting Brackets since 2018. He is regular contributor to Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report, Field of 68 Daily, Sleepers Media and HoriZone Roundtable. He is a longtime member of the US Basketball Writers Association.

Noah Henderson is the Director of the Sport Management Program at Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business and the founder of The College Front Office, a publication focused on the professionalization of college sports. A...

Rapheal Davis is a distinguished former college basketball player and media personality, known for his outstanding tenure as a three-time team captain at Purdue University under Coach Matt Painter. With four years of experience as a studio and color analyst for the Big Ten Network and two years covering high school basketball, Rapheal brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to the sport.

Evan Sidery has covered the NBA in a national role since 2017 for various outlets such as Forbes, SB Nation and BasketballNews.com. You can follow him at https://x.com/esidery.

Quentin Williams is a senior journalism major at St. John’s University with bylines in SLAM and The Portal Report, and experience with Complex Sports. He has covered high-level players across multiple sports and prominent figures across the sports media landscape, including award-winning stylist Kesha McLeod. With an emphasis on uncovering the stories behind the game, he aims to highlight perspectives that might otherwise go untold.

Ben Hall is a sportswriter and host based in Baltimore, with a deep-rooted passion for analyzing games. He has been covering and handicapping college basketball since the age of 21, bringing sharp insight and thoughtful perspective...