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…
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…
The Missouri Valley Conference has performed well across the board this postseason. Wichita State and Northern Iowa advanced to the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament, Illinois State is in the second round of the NIT, Loyola Chicago is in the CBI quarterfinals and Evansville…
1. Kentucky (29-0, 16-0 SEC). Last week: 1 2. Virginia (27-1, 15-1 ACC). Last week: 2 3. Duke (26-3, 13-3 ACC). Last week: 4 4. Villanova (27-2, 14-2 Big East). Last week: 6 5. Wisconsin (26-3, 14-2 Big Ten). Last week: 3 6. Arizona (26-3,…
1. Kentucky (27-0, 14-0 SEC). Last week: 1 Kentucky steamrolled Auburn last week, posting 110 points on the Tigers, to remain unbeaten. The Wildcats continue their quest for a perfect season against Mississippi State and Arkansas this week. 2. Virginia (25-1, 13-1 ACC). Last…
1. Kentucky (25-0, 12-0 SEC). Last week: 1 Kentucky held off a talented LSU team on the road and then blew out South Carolina at Rupp Arena. Kenpom gives Kentucky at least an 84 percent chance of winning in each of its six remaining regular…
1. Kentucky (23-0, 10-0 SEC). Last week: 1 It was another week without a blemish for Kentucky. The Wildcats held off Georgia and Florida last week to remain unbeaten. According to Kenpom, they are now more likely to finish the regular season without a loss than…
Finally, The Catch and Shoot’s first bracket projections for the 2015 NCAA Tournament have arrived. 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…
1. Kentucky (17-0, 4-0 SEC). Last week: 1 Kentucky purely dominated Missouri and Alabama last week to remain undefeated. The Wildcats are back to No. 1 on Kenpom, and there they have a 36% chance of finishing the regular season undefeated. 2. Virginia (17-0, 5-0…
1. Kentucky (15-0, 2-0 SEC). Last week: 1 After no one came within eight points of Kentucky in non-conference play, Ole Miss and Texas A&M took the Wildcats’ to overtime in their first two SEC games. But Kentucky survived both matchups to remain unbeaten. 2.…
