Anyone who tells you with 100% confidence they know where Loyola will be seeded is full of crap. In the Bracket Matrix, the Ramblers are seeded as high as a No. 4 seed and as low as a No. 11 seed. I have my own…
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With less than three weeks until Selection Sunday, here’s how the bracket is shaping up. For reference, the bracket holds 32 automatic bids for conference champions (noted with their conference next to their name), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections. I am evaluating teams on how…
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…
ST. LOUIS — Wichita State’s streak of four straight NCAA Tournament appearances is in jeopardy after Northern Iowa eliminated the Shockers on Saturday in the MVC Tournament quarterfinals. Wichita State is pretty clearly one of the best teams in college basketball. The Shockers rank No. 10 in…
For these projections, teams are evaluated on what they have accomplished (or failed to accomplish) to this point in the season without looking ahead. 32 spots are given as automatic bids (noted in the bracket with italics), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections. Two automatic…
For these projections, teams are evaluated on what they have accomplished (or failed to accomplish) to this point in the season without looking ahead. 32 spots are given as automatic bids (noted in the bracket with italics), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections. Automatic bids…
Welcome back to The Catch and Shoot’s bracket projections, Selection Sunday style! Five conference championship games will be played Sunday, but everything else is set. Four of them are just for a matter of seeding, but the American title game could have huge implications. A win…
The SWAC is a really bad basketball conference. It ranks No. 33 out of the 33 league on Kenpom with a .1424 rating. The next-worst conference is the MEAC at .2038. This is an historical problem. The SWAC is always terrible and rarely has even one competitive…
Welcome back to The Catch and Shoot’s bracket projections! Several automatic bids have been punched already in mid-major leagues, and power conference bubble teams are now gearing up to make one final push in their conference tournaments. For these projections, teams are evaluated on what…
For these projections, teams are evaluated on what they have accomplished (or failed to accomplish) to this point in the season without looking ahead. 32 spots are given as automatic bids (noted in the bracket with italics), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections. To determine…