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2013 CTC: The Southern Conference (FINAL)

The SoCon made the encouraging move this year away from the divisional-based seeding system for their conference tournament, with the exception of granting the top two seeds to the two division winners.  The thing that hasn’t changed, however, are the … Continue reading

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2013 CTC: The West Coast Conference (FINAL)

It’s not often (and by “not often” I mean “absolutely never”) that the #1 team in the nation appears during the first week of the CTC, but that is going to be the case here in 2013 (and, my thoughts … Continue reading

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CTC Day Six: Mac Dominates the Weekend – Winning Days Five AND Six, though Bry and RDoc are Solid Enough to Stay Ahead in the Overall

Mac wins his second day in a row, completing a perfect Missouri Valley bracket, moving into 3rd place.  Bry and RDoc remain barely ahead in the top 2 spots overall.  Lazarow has a huge day, jumping into the Top 10 … Continue reading

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CTC Day Five: Mac Wins Day Five; Bry Keeps the Top Spot Overall, but his Three Closest Chasers All Make Up Ground

Mac narrowly edges RDoc in Day Five, catapulting him into the Top 5.  Continued solid performances by J, GrossJr, and RDoc, keep them ahead of Mac at 2, 3, and 4 – still trailing the leader, Bry, though by a … Continue reading

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2013 CTC: The Missouri Valley Conference (3/9)

There are 31 conference tournaments over these two weeks, and they are all incredible, in their own ways.  And now with the dissolution of the CAA, one tournament stands above the other 30 – “Arch Madness.”  The place is always … Continue reading

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2013 CTC: The Ohio Valley Conference (3/9)

Just when Murray St. looked like they would have to pull the OVC up by the bootstraps into the upper tier of low-majors, they got some help.  Belmont jumped from the A-Sun to the OVC and probably moved the league … Continue reading

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2013 CTC: The Big South Conference (3/9)

Fellow roundball junkies, welcome to the 2013 CTC!  We are always trying to tweak what we do here to help you all follow along, so this year, we decided to just have a single page for each conference tournament that … Continue reading

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2013 CTC: The Atlantic Sun Conference (FINAL)

The A-Sun doesn’t do well in the  “computer numbers,” but I think it is a much better league than any of those tempo-free numbers or the ole RPI may claim.  Mercer and Florida Gulf Coast can rival any low-major top … Continue reading

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CTC Day Four: Big Day Puts Bry in the Overall Lead; J Stays #2, while RDoc and a Couple of Grosses Join the Top 5

With the first big-time scoring day, there was a ton of movement, and Bry’s big day gives him the overall lead, as the first to top 400 points.  As a point of reference, the winner last year nearly topped 3,000, … Continue reading

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CTC Day Three: Defending Overall Champ, Primm, Wins Day Three and Skyrockets to #2; J Regains Overall Lead

Fueled, in part, by the huge upset pick of Loyola Marymount, our defending overall champ, Primm take the Day Three title and moves into 2nd place in the overall standings.  J has another solid day and is back in the … Continue reading

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