The 2019 NCAA Tournament was unveiled on Selection Sunday and Duke, Virginia, North Carolina and Gonzaga are the four No. 1 seeds. You can read our bracket reactions and region-by-region breakdown here. [RELATED: Here’s What You Hear When You Sit Courtside] NCAA Tournament play will officially kick off with the First Four in Dayton, Ohio, […]
No. 4 Virginia Tech def. No. 11 Saint Louis 66-52 12 – That’s how many more free throws Virginia Tech made than Saint Louis in its 14-point win. The Billikens out-rebounded the Hokies 35-37 but Virginia Tech got to the free throw line 27 times to Saint Louis’ 16. The Hokies were 22-of-27, while the […]
In a shocking move, Vanderbilt is terminating Bryce Drew as head coach after just three seasons, sources told Stadium. Drew, 44, went to the NCAA tournament in his first year. The Commodores played all but five games this season without starting point guard and likely lottery pick Darius Garland, who suffered a season-ending knee injury […]
Alabama is negotiating a buyout with Coach Avery Johnson and an agreement could be reached as soon as Friday, sources told Stadium. Johnson has gone to the NCAA Tournament just once in four seasons and the Crimson Tide was a major disappointment this year, finishing 18-16 overall, 8-10 in the SEC and losing to Norfolk […]
The NCAA Tournament provides incredible moments and displays of emotion, ranging from when Cinderella teams experience their first trip to the Big Dance to seniors coming to the realization that their college careers are coming to an end as their teams face an insurmountable deficit in the final minutes. For every NCAA Tournament matchup, starting […]
Two of the hottest teams entering the NCAA Tournament will meet Thursday afternoon in Salt Lake City. Conference tournament champions Auburn and New Mexico State will play in the 5/12 game in the Midwest. Historically, No. 5 seeds have won in the first round roughly 65 percent of the time, so odds are that at […]
No. 10 seeds have won roughly 38 percent of their first-round games against No. 7 seeds historically so that alone makes No. 7 seed Nevada vs. No. 10 seed Florida a game to keep an eye on. But the contrast in perception between the two teams for most of the season makes this Thursday evening […]
When the NCAA announced the creation of a new metric to gauge college basketball teams, it was billed as an all-encompassing formula that would displace traditional metrics like RPI and effectively measure teams throughout the season. “What has been developed is a contemporary method of looking at teams analytically, using results-based and predictive metrics that […]
It’s officially the week of the 2019 NCAA Tournament. The bracket has been released and we’re here to help you make your picks. We assembled a four-person panel that includes Stadium’s Chinmay Vaidya, Michael Rizzo, Andy Wittry and Michael Bolling. We asked our panel seven questions about the NCAA Tournament bracket, including topics ranging from […]
The wait is over, the 2019 NCAA Tournament bracket has finally been revealed. Here are our immediate reactions and region breakdowns for the tournament bracket. The ACC makes history with three No. 1 Seeds The four No. 1 seeds in the 2019 NCAA Tournament are Duke, Virginia, North Carolina and Gonzaga. That’s a historic […]
The day has finally arrived. It’s Selection Sunday and the 2019 NCAA Tournament bracket has been released. Now comes the fun part of analyzing each region and picking first-round upsets, a dark horse team, the Final Four field and a national champion. But first, you need to print your bracket. You can find it here. […]
There will be 32 automatic bids earned to the 2019 NCAA Tournament over the course of the next two weeks. Many conference tournaments will be won by teams that would’ve made the NCAA Tournament regardless of how they fared in their conference tournament but some teams will “steal” valuable auto-bids, meaning they wouldn’t have made […]
The 2019 NCAA Tournament bracket will be announced on Selection Sunday, which falls on Sunday, March 17 this year. It’s the most anticipated date in the sport’s calendar as college basketball players, coaches and fans alike find out which teams made the NCAA Tournament, which were snubbed and what the potential path to a national […]
We’ve finally reached Selection Sunday, which might as well be a national holiday for college basketball fans across the country. It marks the end of NCAA Tournament bracket projections and speculation as the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee will reveal the field of 68, including the four No. 1 seeds, the potential road to […]
Billy Kennedy went to the Sweet 16 in 2016 and again a year ago, but the administration made a move with him after a mass exodus following last season and then a disappointing 11th-place finish in the SEC this year. Was it just performance, or also health-related? Kennedy has been battling Parkinson’s Disease for most […]
