Monthly Archives: March 2012
CTC Day Eleven Preview: Big XII Quarterfinals
The Big XII tourney kicked off last night with two very uninteresting games. But, just like that, this tournament became incredibly interesting, as the top 6 teams join the fold. #4 Baylor vs. #5 Kansas St. Baylor spent much of … Continue reading
CTC Day Eleven Preview: Three Days, Three Big East Quadruple-Headers
After eight games in two days, why not go for 12 in three days. The top four seeds in the Big East join the fray today to take on the four winners from yesterday. #1 Syracuse vs. #9 Connecticut The … Continue reading
CTC Day Eleven: Day One of Three-Day Basketball Heaven…Ya Know, Before Next Week’s Four-Day Heaven
Well, yesterday was a fantastic day of basketball, and today is going to by infinitely better. There are 49 games, most of which are in 5x conferences. The conferences that haven’t started yet will all start today. There is a … Continue reading
CTC Day Ten Standings: Big Win for Dave in Day Ten; Lohse Comes Back to Earth, but Easily Retains Overall Lead
As the days are getting bigger (Day Ten was the second-biggest so far, Day Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen are BY FAR the biggest days), there is more ability to move up or down. But, there wasn’t as much movement as … Continue reading
CTC Conference Recap: The Big Sky
Another two-team race came down to those two teams settling it all on the court. In an upset-free tournament, four people went all chalk for the perfect bracket. Congrats to Bry, Lynch, RDoc, and Rikey on the four-way split of … Continue reading
CTC Conference Recap: The Patriot League
A good Patriot League season came down to the best two teams battling it out in a back-and-forth game, where its brightest star stepped up in the biggest moment. The Lehigh win gives Mac the 2012 Patriot League title – … Continue reading
CTC Conference Recap: The NEC
Another great season in the NEC is in the books, and it culminated with a solid tournament and the crowning of a rather undisputed champion tonight. Lil Lohse, Mac, Primm, and Rikey all complete perfect NEC brackets in impressive fashion. … Continue reading
CTC Day Ten Preview: Pac-12 Opening Round
Here’s a question for you: How does a conference that is so clearly a one-bid league improve to a league that might get as many as FOUR bids, without playing anyone outside of said league? I can’t stand it. After … Continue reading
CTC Day Ten Preview: Big XII Opening Round
Is this the best conference in the country? This is one of only two conferences that I will even entertain that notion, but I think I would take the Big Ten…though it’s really close. The 10-team Big 12 opens tonight … Continue reading
CTC Day Ten Preview: Conf USA Opening Round
It seems like once we all kind of jointly decided that Conference USA wasn’t a very good league, it immediately got a lot more interesting – in more of a mid-major kind of a way. And, this year was no … Continue reading