An Israeli-American, he played for Israel’s national team at the 2023 FIBA Under-20 European Championship. Wolf brings an intriguing skillset to the table (especially his ball handling and passing as a big) that has NBA potential, but he will need to make smarter decisions and improve his defense. He’s not the greatest rim protector so is probably best suited to be a power forward in the NBA.

With its ninth straight win, 12th-ranked St. John’s has already matched its win total from all of last season and, at 11-1, has opened up a 1.5-game lead in the conference.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders enjoyed a tremendous bounce back season in 2023-24 after struggling to a .500 mark in the previous campaign. Although they got knocked out in the first round, at least they returned to the NCAA Tourney for the third time in four seasons.

Although they’ve made the NCAA Tourney in consecutive seasons, the Texas A&M Aggies have seen their win total dip from 27 to 25 to just 21 last season.

The University of California Golden Bears have failed to make the NCAA tourney since 2015-16, and don’t look likely to break that streak this season. However, the program does seem to be on the upswing since bottoming out two years ago with a butt ugly three-win campaign.

Since seemingly bottoming out in 2018-19, the UCLA Bruins improved year by year… until last season’s debacle when they won just 16 games and missed the NCAA Tourney for the first time since 2019-20.