Luke Winn

Joined: Dec 11, 2013

Luke Winn joined Sports Illustrated in 2002 as a web producer and is now a senior writer. He primarily covers college basketball, but has written about baseball, the Olympics and more.

Marvin Bagley III Is an Unprecedented Late-Summer Prize for Duke

College

USA Basketball's Under-19 team for the upcoming FIBA U19 World Cup in Egypt is set. Who made the cut, and who were the top standouts from Colorado trials?

Three Thoughts On Non-Lottery NBA Prospects

NBA

There will plenty of talent after the NBA lottery, as productive players like Caleb Swanigan and Sindarius Thornwell will still be on the board.

NBA

While much of the draft focus has centered on point guards, Thursday could be as much about Josh Jackson as it is those floor generals.

NCAA case has Louisville making wrong kind of history—and likely vacating a national title

College

Louisville basketball's NCAA penalties reveal an array of ignominious firsts for the program: the first to use a "the hookers weren't expensive" excuse, and the first to potentially vacate a national championship.

NBA Draft: Two Intriguing (But Flawed) Sleepers

NBA

No one is the next Draymond Green, but a likely second-rounder from South Carolina has similar college production.

Lauri Markkanen Isn't Dirk 2.0, But He's An Elite Shooter

NBA

Lauri Markkanen might not be the best defender in the draft, but the 7-footer can shoot his way to forgiveness.

The Case For: Lonzo Ball, The Draft's Best Guard

NBA

Not only is Lonzo Ball the best point guard in the loaded 2017 NBA draft, he might be the best point guard in the one-and-done era.

A D-II freshman made 67% of his threes. Did he shoot enough for it to be a meaningful stat?

College

Northwest Missouri State's Ryan Welty couldn't shoot, but then he overhauled his shot and went on to post one of the most remarkable shooting seasons in recent memory.

The 2017 Effy Awards, Part III: Celebrating the best defensive players and teams