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Tag: 2017 NCAA Tournament

NCAA Tournament Podcast: Final Four picks, sleepers, which 1 seed has the hardest path and more

  • Posted onMarch 14, 2017March 14, 2017
  • Featured

Newsday‘s Ari Kramer and I are back with our NCAA Tournament picks. We talked everything from who’s going to make the Final Four to which lower seeds have the best chance of making the second weekend. We also gave our predictions for Northwestern and Wichita…

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Bracketology Podcast, Ep. 2: Iowa gets bubbly, Wisconsin’s free fall continues, and how should the committee treat Wichita State

  • Posted onMarch 3, 2017March 3, 2017
  • Big Ten

Newsday‘s Ari Kramer and I had a late-night hoops chat after Iowa stunned Wisconsin at the Kohl Center on Thursday to talk about where the NCAA Tournament bracket stands moving toward the weekend. 0:20 — Is Northwestern really a lock after the miracle against Michigan? 5:43…

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Bracketology: B1G mediocrity among ACC and Big 12 domination

  • Posted onFebruary 14, 2017February 14, 2017
  • NCAA Tournament

Welcome back to The Catch and Shoot’s bracket projections! The bracket is broken down into 32 spots given as automatic bids (noted in the bracket with italics), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections. Teams are evaluated by how they have performed to this point in…

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Bracketology Podcast: Talking the committee’s top 16 reveal, Northwestern and Wichita State

  • Posted onFebruary 10, 2017February 12, 2017
  • NCAA Tournament

I had a chat with Ari Kramer (@Ari_Kramer), who is Newsday‘s bracketologist as well as my older brother. We discussed Saturday’s selection committee reveal of the top 16 teams, Northwestern’s NCAA Tournament chances, the MVC’s chances at two bids and more. 1:06 — Top 16 teams…

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Northwestern is playing like a team under pressure

  • Posted onFebruary 8, 2017March 6, 2019
  • Chicago Basketball

From the opening tip, Northwestern did not look right in Tuesday’s 68-61 loss to Illinois. While pressing on offense and alternating between rotating slowly and overcommitting on defense, the Wildcats looked like a team playing under pressure. Most likely the cause was the absence of leading…

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Bracketology: ACC up to 12 bids, Northwestern still safe for now

  • Posted onFebruary 8, 2017February 8, 2017
  • NCAA Tournament

Welcome back to The Catch and Shoot’s bracket projections! The bracket is broken down into 32 spots given as automatic bids (noted in the bracket with italics), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections. Teams are evaluated by how they have performed to this point in…

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Bracketology: Kansas pushes past Baylor in South, Northwestern falls to 7 seed

  • Posted onFebruary 2, 2017February 2, 2017
  • NCAA Tournament

Welcome back to The Catch and Shoot’s bracket projections! The bracket is broken down into 32 spots given as automatic bids (noted in the bracket with italics), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections. Teams are evaluated by how they have performed to this point in…

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Northwestern and 5 teams with the best chance to make first NCAA Tournament in 2017

  • Posted onJanuary 31, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Northwestern finally looks ready to break its NCAA Tournament drought after cracking the Top 25 for the first time since 2009. But the Wildcats may not be the only team playing in their first-ever NCAA Tournament in March. Along with Northwestern, here are five other schools…

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Bracketology: Northwestern continues rise in field of 68

  • Posted onJanuary 17, 2017January 17, 2017
  • NCAA Tournament

Welcome back to The Catch and Shoot’s bracket projections! The bracket is broken down into 32 spots given as automatic bids (noted in the bracket with italics), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections. Teams are evaluated by how they have performed to this point in…

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Northwestern’s NCAA Tournament odds move past 50 percent

  • Posted onJanuary 16, 2017January 16, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

For the first time this season, Northwestern is more likely to make the NCAA Tournament than miss it, according to teamrankings.com. After Sunday’s 89-54 win against Iowa, the sports data website pegs the Wildcats’ chances for a bid at 55.9%. To be clear, Northwestern is…

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