Category Archives: Conference Tourney Challenge

All chalk in the quarters for the Big Ten, though Minnesota nearly spoiled the party.  But, this should be a really good Final Four here in Chicago. Despite it being all chalk, only Bry, Rikey, and RDoc hit all 4.  … Continue reading →

A really good day for Tobacco Road sets up a Final Four with three teams from The Triangle plus one from Tallahassee. Gross and J were the only two to go 4-for-4 in yesterday’s quarters.  With J’s better first round, … Continue reading →

This joke of a conference has their title game today.  The tournament (all three games of it so far) has been pretty good – again.  There’s just something about bad basketball teams – they seem to create dramatic basketball games. … Continue reading →

It’s getting really interesting… On, by far, the biggest day yet, a couple people made some serious moves up the standigs, and we’ve got ourselves a really tight ballgame here.  Primm wins the day with 615 points.  Gross and Doogan … Continue reading →

The WAC quarters saw the two clear-cut top teams survive rather easily and then two exciting upsets, basically presenting a pretty smooth road to a Nevada-New Mexico St. showdown in the WAC finals – just as it ought to be. … Continue reading →

I made the claim earlier that the Big XII’s Final Four was the best in the country.  Now, I’m not going to backtrack on that, but I think that the Mountain West semis that are taking place tonight in Sin … Continue reading →

The MAC resurgence this year was fueled, mainly, by four really solid mid-major teams.  And, due to the new tournament format, it was actually possible that these four best teams would constitute the conference’s final four.  And, it all worked … Continue reading →

Last night’s Big West semis may have just greased the rails for what everyone thought would happen anyway – that the whole Big West season would come down to a single game on March 10th between LBSU and UCSB.  Now, … Continue reading →

Yesterday is the perfect example of why I hate the way the media treats the Pac-12.  Oregon’s loss to Colorado is NOT evidence of how deep the league is because Colorado is good enough to beat the Ducks.  It IS … Continue reading →

N.J.I.T. beat Houston Baptist in, what I’m sure was, a thrilling game in Chicago last night, setting up the Great West’s version of a Final Four. #1 Utah Valley vs. #4 N.J.I.T. Utah Valley has proven themselves to be the … Continue reading →