In all my years of doing bracketology, (and there have been a lot) I don’t think I have ever seen a day quite like Friday. We saw buzzer beaters, overtime games, upsets, multiple ejections in the same game and a classic in Charlotte. Duke and North Carolina met for the third time and I think […]
Thursday was a day filled with bubble teams trying to make a statement. And while there were a few casualties along the way (Creighton, Texas, Georgetown), several did come through. In the SEC both Florida and Alabama got huge wins. The Tide are in my “last four in” and should be safe for now. The […]
The big boys hit the courts Wednesday as championship week rolls on. And the biggest bubble game of the year took place in Charlotte on Wednesday afternoon as NC State took on Clemson. The winner, while not in, certainly would have felt much better about its chances. And the loser would be eliminated and possibly […]
Of the possible bid stealers we talked about, never did we bring up the West Coast Conference. And really with good reason. Gonzaga has raced through the league undefeated. So dominate were the Zags that they defeated the second place team in the league, Saint Mary’s, twice by a combined total of 62 points. So […]
Less than a week until the bracket is announced, we have a new No. 1 overall seed. Virginia moves to the top spot after North Carolina beat Duke for the second time Saturday. The Blue Devils have tumbled all the way to a two-seed, which seems like a big drop for one loss. But when […]
Just nine days until Selection Sunday and a few conference tournaments will crown champions this weekend. And the bubble has probably seen more movement than it has all season. So let’s see where we stand heading into a very important weekend. The top nine seed lines, 36 teams, are at this point all locks […]
Less than two weeks until Selection Sunday and the bracket is in more flux than it has been in some time. Let’s take a look at some of the big changes. The teams on the top three lines remained the same, but with a bit of shuffling on the two-line with Michigan State’s loss to […]
It’s March. We can see the finish line to the regular season. Soon, the excitement and mayhem of conference tournaments will begin and the focus on the bubble teams will increase. As in other years, the bubble has a wide range of teams and resumes. It is truly what makes the bubble such an interesting […]
We talk a lot about the bubble teams and why they are in and why they are out of the field. In the next three weeks, we will discuss those teams in depth. But this season, one of the more fascinating parts of this bracket is that group of about ten teams that reside from […]
The most misunderstood part of bracketology is building the bracket. Once the seed list is compiled, the teams must then be placed in the bracket by regions and also assigned first- and second-round sites. Let’s look at some myths about bracketing. Fiction: The committee sets up first-round matchups for the benefit of television. Fact: […]
The bubble. When the term is mentioned this time of year in college basketball it sends shivers down the spines of teams who are said to be on it. Conversely, for those that are back in the pack and finally get on the bubble, they tend to be very upbeat about being on it. Whatever […]
The top four lines remained pretty much in tack from earlier in the week. The big move was made by LSU with their win (although controversial) over Kentucky earlier this week. The Tigers moved to the four line replacing Wisconsin after the Badgers suffered their second straight defeat. Louisville hangs on to the last spot […]
Last Friday, we outlined some of the teams that we thought were the biggest question marks heading into the NCAA selection committee’s reveal of the top 16. Now that the committee has given us the list, let’s take a look at how the committee viewed these teams and what insight we can glean from those […]
On Saturday, the NCAA selection committee will unveil the top 16 teams in the bracket as they stand through Friday. The committee began meeting on Tuesday and through the week selected the top 24 teams. They then will narrow it down to 16 and announce the one through four seeds on CBS at 12:30 p.m. […]
With both Michigan schools losing this week and Tennessee continuing their excellent play, it was easy to see the Volunteers moving to the one line. The only question: Which Michigan school will move to the two line? Both the Wolverines and Spartans have excellent resumes. Neither has had a bad loss and both teams have […]