Bulls Should Be Tourney Bound

  What a win for the South Florida Bulls.  To go into Louisville and knock off the ranked Cardinals is exactly what this team needed… a win on the road against a quality opponent.  Believe it or not, South Florida is now 12-5 in the Big East, which in any other year would make this

Horizon, Patriot, WCC Conference Tournaments

  Yesterday I took a look at some of the conference tournaments that will complete on Saturday.  Here I will preview a few more of them where at large bids are really not at stake. Horizon: The Horizon league gives a massive advantage to its top teams.  The #1 and #2 seeds receive a double

Big South, OVC, Atlantic Sun Tournaments

By the time Saturday concludes, 3 teams will have punched their ticket to the big dance.  Action in the Big South, OVC, and A-Sun will take place over the next week.  Despite these being smaller conferences, bubble teams need to take note.  In all likelihood, Belmont is not going to get an at-large berth if

What’s Happening in Columbus?

Just a little over two weeks ago, Ohio State had a 39 game home winning streak, the second longest in the nation.  They had just escaped a hot shooting Purdue team, but looked to be too much in the end.  Ohio State was 21-3.  They were the #3 team in the country. When looking at

Saturday’s Big Wins

Saturday was a huge day across the country.  For many teams it was their last opportunity in the regular season to make a big impression.  My final 6 teams in the bracket all came out with big wins, further solidifying their status as an NCAA Tournament team.  Here’s a list of some of Saturday’s big

Updated Rankings/Bracket

Bracket and Rankings have been updated through Saturday’s games. None of the teams I had in my field fell out. The last 6 teams I had in all won their games Saturday, so there was no need to drop anyone at this time.

Unleash The Dragon

  What to do with Drexel?  If you told Bruiser Flint and his players on November 18th before a game in the Virgin Islands against Norfolk State “if you lose this game, you will not be in the NCAA tournament”, what do you think they would have said?  I’m sure you’d get some laughs.  I’m

Storm Brewing in Iona

Every year the selection committee goes through a process of creating a mock bracket before the actual process is completed.  This process is open to media members and gives the general public an idea of what goes into making the final decisions.  This year’s final bracket can be seen here.  One exercise which they always

Golden Eagles… National Title Contenders?

When second leading rebounder Davante Gardner went down with a knee injury, Marquette was challenged to rise to the occasion.  But over the past two weeks, Marquette has won 4 straight games, all by 13 points or more.  Jae Crowder has stepped up big time and has become much more noticed at a national level.

In Defense of VCU

Just a year ago, there was a heated debate about whether the VCU Rams belonged in the NCAA tournament.  When the brackets were released, and the Rams were in, ESPN experts, bracketologists, and the wife of Dick Vitale, who didn’t know DIDDILY about basketball, all felt that VCU should not have made the field.  When