On Oregon, and not Michigan State, as a No. 1 seed: “This again was a very hard conversation”. In this case the NCAA took its usual measures to prevent something like this from happening. How about Monmouth at 27-7, doing everything the NCAA asks teams to do, playing a large number of road games, against quality teams, but today are outside looking in, as the number one seed in the oft-cared about NIT Tournament. On the other end of the spectrum, a Kentucky or Duke Final Four would be a party for their fans – and hey, don’t they deserve another one? – but not particularly noteworthy from a macro perspective.
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The Bearcats thought they had it won on a buzzer-beater in the third overtime period when Kevin Johnson hit what he thought was the game-winner. Experience tends to prevail in March, and there’s plenty of it in this year’s field.
HUH?: Castiglione listed Tulsa as the last bubble team to get in. This year’s Confidential series features five teams: No. 1-seed Oregon, No. 2-seed Oklahoma, No. 3-seed Miami, No. 3-seed Texas A&M, and No. 5-seed Purdue.
Kansas. Bill Self has won 12 consecutive Big 12 titles, an insane statistic that can’t be appreciated enough.
The Bulldogs last week apologized for wearing T-shirts in support of Montague during warm-ups of their February 26 win over Harvard, a move that upset many on campus and led to a larger discussion of the school’s culture. In fact, they’re looking for a fourth straight.
The 2016 NCAA Tournament bracket is out and experts have filled out their NCAA Tournament brackets for the college basketball tournament that will crown a national champion in April.
The Roadrunners stunned top-seeded New Mexico State in the Western Athletic Conference final 57-54 and then went ballistic after the horn.
Staying in the west region, the aforementioned Texas A&M Aggies will face a hard second-round matchup against what promises to be a game Green Bay team that ranked sixth in the nation in scoring during the regular season.
“Sometimes you’re in it sometimes you’re not but with March Madness I think everybody’s in it”, he said.
FUTURE PRO The mock drafts project Ivan Rabb and Jaylen Brown as potential top-10 picks later this year. My guess is the majority of the people in your pool will choose one of those teams to win, but the problem with that is that this should be a tournament rife with upsets, many of which will happen in the early rounds, which means by the time we get to the Final Four, you may find yourself far behind, anyway. “So that last group of teams, which St. Bonaventure was considered, they were being compared to teams like Syracuse and VCU. While they had a really good season and the program was recognized as such, we consistently indicate that teams should try and test themselves against good teams outside their conference”. We have a responsibility to get it right.
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“I’m sure a lot of the fans are probably disappointed, ” Villanova coach Jay Wright said.
