Category: College Basketball
NCAA Basketball Top 25 for 12/8
For more on the week in College Basketball, here’s my Winners & Losers post for this week. FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. Eight teams remain unbeaten. Among mid-majors, only Miami (OH) owns that distinction (8-0). As you might suspect, their non-conference schedule is the worst […]
Continue reading NCAA Basketball Top 25 for 12/8College Basketball Winners & Losers (12/8)
This week’s Top 25. Winners: Duke The Blue Devils won their third straight over a ranked opponent on Saturday. This was their most impressive, as they defeated previously unbeaten Michigan State on the road. Duke’s is ranked 90th in SOS (93rd in non-conference), which may surprise you. That’s because they have played games against Western Carolina, Army, […]
Continue reading College Basketball Winners & Losers (12/8)NCAA Basketball Top 25 for 12/1
For more on the week in College Basketball, here’s my Winners & Losers post for this week. FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. Top 25: 1. Michigan (7-0) (11) – Never overreact to one week’s worth of basketball, but this is impossible to ignore. The Wolverines romped […]
Continue reading NCAA Basketball Top 25 for 12/1College Basketball Winners & Losers
This week’s Top 25. A look at the Winners and Losers during “Feast Week.” In this edition, I’ll be focusing on conferences rather than individual teams or players. Which conferences showed up? Which came up short? Winners: The Big Ten It didn’t turn out to be a slam dunk for the Big Ten, but it’s […]
Continue reading College Basketball Winners & LosersNCAA Basketball Top 25 for 11/25
The Top 25 could (will?) look different next week, as the schedule this week is filled with top matchups. Many of those matchups are in the Players Era Festival, where good teams can easily go winless in three guaranteed contests. That said, traditional tournaments such as the Maui Invitational, Battle for Atlantis, and ESPN Events […]
Continue reading NCAA Basketball Top 25 for 11/25NCAA Basketball Notes and Top 25 for 11/18
It’s hard to get a read on teams this early in the season, but the early-season tournament schedule is coming fast. One of the most anticipated events is the Players Era Festival, which features 18 teams, many of which are among the best squads in the country. To keep up with the times, the Festival […]
Continue reading NCAA Basketball Notes and Top 25 for 11/18NCAA Basketball: My Field of 68
A-Sun (1) Auto: Lipscomb Bubble None America East (1) Auto: Bryant Bubble: None AAC (1) Auto: Memphis Bubble: None Atlantic-10 (1) Auto: VCU Bubble (In): None Bubble (Out): Dayton, George Mason Dayton won three Quadrant 1 games and lost to North Carolina by two and Iowa State by five. Win one of those games and we would have […]
Continue reading NCAA Basketball: My Field of 68College Basketball: A Look at the NCAA Tournament
The race for the #1 seeds Can Auburn, Duke, or Houston blow a #1 seed this week? Not likely. Duke has done enough to keep their position, though a loss to the Georgia Tech/Virginia winner could drop them. Auburn has 16 Quadrant 1 wins and ranks #1 in Wins Above Bubble, which the committee looks at. […]
Continue reading College Basketball: A Look at the NCAA TournamentConference Tournament Preview: CAA
History: The CAA has changed through the years and last won an NCAA Tournament game 13 years ago (VCU). William & Mary has never received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. They are one of three “original” Division I schools with that distinction (Army, the Citadel). Elon has also never made it to the Big Dance. Returning Champion: […]
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