We hit the halfway point of my pre-spring Top 25 rankings. My rankings probably will change after spring practices are completed, and they’ll most assuredly be tweaked when I submit my Associated Press Preseason Top 25 ballot in August. [READ: McMurphy’s Top 25 – Nos. 25-21] Today: Teams ranked 11-15. Thursday: Teams ranked 6-10. Friday: […]
After predicting the 2019 over/under win totals for the ACC and SEC, let’s turn to the Big Ten — a conference with its own unique scheduling format. While the ACC and SEC both utilize an eight-game conference schedule, the Big Ten deploys a nine-game format. In theory, this makes the regular season for all their teams […]
Tuesday night’s slate of college basketball games features 12 teams ranked in the latest AP Top 25 Poll, four games between ranked teams and eight teams that were included in last Saturday’s top-16 seed reveal. It’s a night that could decide how the top four seeds in each region ultimately shake out. For teams that […]
In just over a month, the 2019 NCAA Tournament bracket will be revealed on Selection Sunday, and we already have a sense of what the top four seeds in each region might look like thanks to the third annual Bracket Preview Show, where the NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee announced the top 16 seeds. As we […]
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee announced the top 16 teams in college basketball Saturday afternoon on its third annual Bracket Preview Show, giving fans an early glimpse of which teams are currently in position to earn top seeds on Selection Sunday. The committee evaluated teams’ resumes through Friday’s games. Duke, Tennessee, Virginia and Gonzaga earned […]
It has been three years since a Big Ten team has been in the College Football Playoff. It’s been even longer since a Big Ten team has scored in a College Football Playoff game, way back in 2014. Ohio State won the inaugural College Football Playoff in 2014 as a No. 4 seed, upsetting No. […]
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee will reveal its top 16 teams Saturday on the third annual Bracket Preview Show on CBS. The show will give college basketball fans their first glimpse at how the committee uses the NET in the first season of the metric’s implementation after it replaced the RPI last offseason. […]
Nine teams ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll are in action Tuesday night, including seven teams in the top 10 and three of the four No. 1 seeds in Stadium’s latest NCAA Tournament projections. Every ranked team is playing an unranked opponent Tuesday and four of them are on the road, so these are […]
There’s a top tier of four teams in college basketball, at least that’s what the AP Top 25 Poll voters seem to think. No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Virginia and No. 4 Gonzaga maintained their respective rankings in the latest AP poll that was released Monday, marking the third week in a […]
The Big Ten has long been a rankings darling this season with nine teams that have been ranked in the AP Top 25 poll, six teams ranked in the top 30 of the NET as of Sunday, and the conference holding the top spot on kenpom.com as the strongest of college basketball’s 32 conferences. On […]
The top six teams in the AP Top 25 Poll remained the same in Week 13, but eight schools saw their positioning change by at least four spots from last week. Here are our reactions to the latest AP poll. Welcome back, Purdue After debuting at No. 24 in the preseason AP Top 25 Poll […]
What would you say if someone told you that there are only 15 college basketball teams that currently fit the statistical profile of recent national champions? Because as of Monday morning, that’s the number of schools that have comparable adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency marks to the last 17 national champions whose data is available […]
Week 12 of the college basketball season saw the preseason No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the AP Top 25 poll square off as Kentucky defeated Kansas in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The two schools are trending in opposite directions as February approaches. Here’s how we predict the Week 13 college basketball AP Top […]
Chances are if you’re a college basketball fan residing in Bloomington, Indiana, Columbus, Ohio, or Lubbock, Texas, it’s likely been a frustrating last few weeks. Indiana lost its fifth straight game on Tuesday at Northwestern, Ohio State is 0-5 since the start of the New Year and Texas Tech has lost three in a row […]
Week 12 of the college basketball season starts with a trio of games on Monday between power conference regular season title contenders in the ACC, Big 12 and Big Ten. Here’s a preview of some of the biggest games of the week and what’s at stake. Maryland at Michigan State, Monday, January 21, 6:30 […]
