Category Archives: College Hoops
One Week From Today…
We are now only a week away from the end of the longest offseason in American sports. There hasn’t been a college basketball game that counts since the beginning of April. Now, we are into November and we only … Continue reading
NCAA Tournament Preview: The Midwest Region
The Committee did a pretty fantastic job all the way around, this year. And, one of the most striking successes of this bracket is the balance that each region has. The Midwest is no exception. They have a UNC team … Continue reading
NCAA Tournament Preview – East Region
Well, talk about throwing a wrench in the works. The #1-seed in the East just lost their most important player for the tournament. This region is, all of a sudden, the definition of “wide open.” Syracuses’s Pod – Thu/Sat in … Continue reading
NCAA Tournament Preview – The West Region
The West Region is pretty stacked and, therefore, pretty wide open. While they had a terrific season (and have the best tournament coach ever that isn’t named Wooden), it’s hard not to have some doubt in this region’s top seed, … Continue reading
NCAA Tournament Preview – The South Region
The first two rounds of the NCAA tournament constitute the greatest 4 days on the sporting calendar every year. It never disappoints and always lives up to its ridiculous hype. It’s simply the best. Forget “filling out our brackets” to … Continue reading
Tell Me I’m Crazy: Some Bold College Hoops Predictions
Now that that awful 2011-12 NFL season has drawn to an awful conclusion, everyone can now turn their attention a college hoops season that is much more intriguing than one might think, given the disappoinment of some of the top … Continue reading
Top 15 Big Men in College Basketball
15) Herb Pope, SR, Seton Hall: The senior out of Western PA has played his way onto this list over the first six weeks of the season. Not only is his team off to a surprising 11-1 start, but Pope … Continue reading
Conference Season Preview, Part Four: The Also-Rans
After 24 conference previews, we are now down to the final 8 conferences. These are, most likely, going to be the competitors for the First Four 16-seed games and the other 16- and 15-seeds. For the most part, these guys … Continue reading
Conference Season Preview, Part Three: The Cinderellas
Okay, so we’ve previewed the top half of the country in college hoops, now let’s get down to the other half. The next 8 conferences are more of the third tier, in that they are never looking at multiple NCAA … Continue reading
Conference Season Preview, Part Two: The Guys You Should Have Heard Of
Yesterday, we previewed the conference seasons for the “Big Six” conferences plus the A-10 and C-USA, who aren’t quite major, but not quite mid-major either. Today, we are going to hit up the next 8 conferences, who are all admittedly … Continue reading