Category Archives: Conference Tourney Challenge

As seems to happen every year, the CTC ends right when the Selection Show begins, so I obviously get carried away thinking ahead to the greatest sports event of the year, without looking back on the CTC, as a good … Continue reading →

Selection Sunday.  My favorite day of the year.  Not only because it reveals the menu for our Madness, but because it comes with the crowning of another CTC champion.  There are four major conference championships today (each worth at least … Continue reading →

If you bought a ticket to Saturday’s ACC semifinal doubleheader in Atlanta, then you’re probably pretty glad you did.  Both games yesterday were dramatic, well-played, down-to-the-wire contests that showed that the top of the ACC should not be judged at … Continue reading →

Kentucky is one win away from running the table in the SEC – a very impressive feat, no matter how “down” this conference is or how good this UK team is.  But, they don’t exactly have an easy final game … Continue reading →

The best conference in America started to show some chinks in the armor down the stretch, as teams like Minnesota, Northwestern, and especially Illinois, were revealed to be rather fraudulent.  But, that doesn’t change how good the top of this … Continue reading →

The true depth of the A-10 has been on display all year, yet was never more evident than in AC this week.  6 games so far have been played down the shore, and they have all been hard-fought competitive games, … Continue reading →

Alexi’s 585.5 points are almost 60 more than Lohse (who had another impressive day) and almost 120 more than 3rd place Scoot, and over 200 more than the average score on the day. The great day for Alexi jumped him … Continue reading →

Like several of the conferences that came before, the WAC was supposed to come down to one game between the league’s two best teams.  But, something happened on the way to this fateful game tonight.  Cinderella lives in Ruston, LA, … Continue reading →

You could see this coming back in November.  Long Beach St. was the clear favorite in this league and, despite their aggressive schedule, it was hard to imagine an at-large coming from a conference so weak.  So, the Beach would … Continue reading →

Every year this tournament gets turned upside-down and every year we end up with a finale that, while good and interesting, usually has no CTC impact.  And, here we are again – same thing.  Syracuse, Marquette, Notre Dame, and even … Continue reading →