With three down and one to go, it’s time to wrap up the first round breakdowns with the East Region. 1-Kentucky vs 16-East Tennessee State – Welcome to the Big Dance East Tennessee State. We hope you enjoyed your stay. There’s the door. Kentucky cruises in this one. 8-Texas vs 9-Wake Forest – Both Texas [...]
Now that we’ve covered the West and Midwest Brackets, let’s move on to the South bracket. 1-Duke vs 16-Arkansas-Pine Bluff/Winthrop – The good news is Arkansas-Pine Bluff or Winthrop gets to add an NCAA Tournament win to their resume. The bad news is they will be rewarded with a date with Duke in a first [...]
Now that we’ve broken down the West Region, let’s move on to talk about Kansas and the rest of the Midwest Region. 1-Kansas vs 16-Lehigh – Congrats to Lehigh for winning the Patriot League conference tournament. Their reward: a first round date with the best team in college basketball. Enjoy your short stay, MountainHawks. Rock [...]
Between now and tip-off on Thursday, we’ll be breaking down each game in each region to give you some help in filling out your brackets. We’ll start things off in the West Region. 1-Syracuse vs 16-Vermont – Even with Arinze Onauku sitting this one out due to injury, Syracuse is too much for all-world talent [...]
Is it me or do the Bubble teams not understand that to get in or stay in, one must win? Thursday was an awful day for the bubble and no auto-bids were handed out. Out Memphis – couldn’t get the job done and unless UTEP loses Conference USA will remain a one bid league. UAB – [...]
With only one team winning more than 20 games (Utah State), the most NCAA bids the WAC can hope for is two, and even that might be a stretch. After dropping its first two conference games, Utah State ran off fourteen in a row. With 25 overall wins and a 14-2 record in conference, you [...]
While everyone knew this would be a down year for the Pac Ten, no one thought it would be this abysmal. Only three teams managed more than 16 total wins this season. There is some impressive individual talent in the conference – Klay Thompson, Quincy Pondexter and Landry Fields- come to mind. Overall, the conference [...]
Almost all the preseason publications predicted the Big 12 to be the best conference in the nation this season, and with the exception of a couple teams failing to live up to the lofty hype, those predictions ended up being right on point. Kansas sprinted out to a 13-0 start before losing to Oklahoma State [...]
There were a couple great games for bids last night as the Bubble gets smaller. Northeast – Robert Morris outlasts the home team and beats Quinnipiac 52-50. A solid game to start the evening and Bob Morris makes it two years in a row. Big Sky – Up by 20 at halftime, Weber State lets [...]
Three more bids went out last night in addition to a ton of A-10 Bubble action. It’s getting down to the nitty gritty. Sun Belt – Second seeded North Texas springs the mild upset beating Troy to grab a bid for the Mean Green. Horizon – No upset here as Butler crushes Wright State by [...]