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CTC Day Thirteen Preview: The A-10 Semis

Rough day for the Philly contingent of the Atlantic 10 yesterday, as all three Big Five A-10 teams lost in the quarters, setting up an underrated Final Four here. With the field going 6-for40 between the first two games yesterday, … Continue reading

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CTC Day Thirteen: The Big Ten Semis

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

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CTC Day Thirteen Preview: The ACC Semis

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

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CTC Day Thirteen Preview: The One We’ve All Been Waiting For – The Great West Championship

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

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CTC Day Twelve Standings: Primm, Gross, and Doogan Dominate the Day to Put Themselves in Striking Distance of Bry and Mac, Who Retain the Top Two Spots

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

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CTC Day Twelve Preview: The WAC Final Four

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

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CTC Day Twelve Preview: Big XII is Good, The MWC Final Four is Close…

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

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CTC Day Twelve Preview: MAC Semis

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

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CTC Day Twelve Preview: The Big West Semis

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

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CTC Day Twelve Preview: Only Three Games Until We Can Stop Paying Attention to the Pac-12

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

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