The preseason No. 1 team in college basketball last season played in the Big 12, but it was upstart Texas Tech that had the best NCAA Tournament run of any team in the conference as the Red Raiders finished as national runners-up. Because of their regular season and postseason success, especially compared to Texas Tech’s […]
While most college basketball fans in the country were busy watching the 2019 NCAA Tournament, the 32 teams that qualified for the NIT were playing a slightly different version of the sport we know and love. There were four rule modifications in the 2019 NIT, which are outlined below. The 3-point line was extended to […]
College basketball’s regular season is officially over, which means time is running out for teams to improve their resumes and climb onto the right side of the NCAA Tournament bubble. Four automatic bids have already been clinched and if there’s a high number of bid stealers, then the number of at-large hopefuls will shrink. Here’s […]
This is the final weekend of college basketball’s regular season and for many teams, their next loss will officially end their pursuit of an NCAA Tournament bid. Sure, the games on Saturday and Sunday count the same on a team’s resume as a game from November or January but there’s a much greater sense of […]
Three ranked teams are in action Monday night and each plays an unranked opponent, including Virginia and Kansas State, whose opponents are currently projected to be NCAA Tournament teams. As for Syracuse, Texas and TCU, they’re all currently on the right side of the bubble as a projected No. 9, No. 10 and No. 11 […]
It’s March 3 and…80 percent of the Big East is on the NCAA Tournament bubble? Welcome to NCAA Tournament Bracket Scouting, where we analyze the NCAA Tournament resumes and upcoming opportunities among tournament hopefuls from the top six conferences in college basketball. As a reminder, here’s how we define each category. Lock = These teams could […]
There are nine new locks across college basketball’s top seven conference in this week’s NCAA Tournament Bracket Scouting, where we evaluate teams’ resumes and what opportunities they have left in the regular season to climb onto the right side of the bubble. As a reminder, here’s how we’re defining each category. Lock = These teams could […]
We’re officially less than a month away from Selection Sunday, and we’re about 2.5 weeks from the start of conference tournament play. That means time is running out for schools to climb onto the right side of the projected NCAA Tournament bubble, improve their projected seed or contend for a No. 1 seed. The latest […]
Selection Sunday is exactly a month away, which means there’s up to three weeks left of regular season action before the start of conference tournaments. Since last week’s edition of NCAA Tournament Bracket Scouting, we added six new teams that are “locks” to make the tournament. As a reminder, here’s how we’re defining each category. […]
The Big 12 is the only conference in major college football that doesn’t have two divisions, so the conference’s 10 schools annually play each other once in a round robin format. The top two teams from the conference standings then meet in the Big 12 Championship. This leads to a very straight forward schedule analysis […]
It’s only Monday and there’s a top-10 matchup tonight with ACC regular season title and NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed implications. Doesn’t get any better than that in February. Here’s a breakdown of tonight’s biggest games and how the results could affect the NCAA Tournament resumes of the teams involved. The projected NCAA Tournament seeds […]
When the Big 12 decided to bring back its conference title game, there was some concern it could backfire on the league. The thinking was a title game rematch would put the regular season champion at risk and might ultimately knock them from playoff contention. So far, those fears have been unfounded. Two years in […]
Five ranked teams play Wednesday night, including four that play true road games against unranked opponents. Tuesday night’s slate of games saw top-15 teams Michigan State and Kansas both lose in similar scenarios so there could be more upsets tonight. Wednesday’s games include bubble teams Alabama, Nebraska, Creighton and Temple, as well as strong mid-major […]
Duke and Virginia are unanimously top-four teams in the country, according to college basketball’s primary advanced analytics. The Blue Devils and Cavaliers are ranked No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, in the latest AP Top 25 Poll and they’re No. 1 and No. 2, in reverse order, according to the predictive metrics of the popular […]
Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts has officially entered the NCAA transfer portal, meaning other schools are now allowed to contact him. The 2016 SEC Offensive Player of the Year has played in the last three College Football Playoff National Championship games with the Crimson Tide, but he lost his role as the team’s starting quarterback to […]