Daily Archives: March 3, 2012

The Summit League is losing one of its flagship programs next year, as Oral Roberts is jetting to the A-Sun.  It is hard to imagine a Summit League with ORU, so let’s not…for now.  The Golden Eagles are trying to … Continue reading →

No, I don’t mean that everyone gets four points off of the point spread in any direction they’d like if they hit both of these games.  I mean that the Big Sky plays two games tonight and then takes two … Continue reading →

The Sun Belt is the only 11-team tournament this year, as LA-Monroe was disqualified from the tournament.  I’m not sure why, and I really hope it wasn’t due to recruiting infractions because if they’re cheating, they really need to cheat on … Continue reading →

With the addition of BYU to the WCC this year, the conference regular season took on an interesting new twist, in jockeying for position for the conference tournament.  Obviously, they will all be fighting for the top-seed, so as to … Continue reading →

As great as the MVC tournament is usually, this year has been a little bit of a letdown.  The games haven’t been incredibly competitive, and the sheet all chalk. #1 Wichita St. vs. #4 Illinois St. The Shockers looked every … Continue reading →

After an interesting Horizon tournament so far, we now add the top two seeds to the party. #1 Valparaiso vs. #5 Butler This is a fantastic game!  The regular season champs and tournament hosts taking on the Horizon darlings, who … Continue reading →

Just like the whole season, the SoCon Opening Round was utterly confusing.  There is only one thing in this conference that seems to make consistent sense – and that team, Davidson, enters the tournament today, with the other 3 bye … Continue reading →

After two uninteresting Opening Round games last night, the MAAC gets really interesting today with a quarterfinal quadruple-header. #4 Fairfield vs. #5 Rider The defending regular season champs, Fairfield are trying to play the role of underdog this year, as … Continue reading →

The Patriot League played four quarterfinal games on Wednesday night and the four survivors are playing today in the semis. #1 Bucknell vs. #5 Lafayette The only team to pull off a quarterfinal upset – Lafayette – gets rewarded with … Continue reading →

There are a lot of great single days of Championship Week, but, for whatever reason, there is nothing better – to me – than the quarterfinal quadruple-header in the Colonial.  Great basketball between teams that are not “playing for seeding.”  … Continue reading →