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…
The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, otherwise known as Arch Madness, is one of the nation’s premier mid-major tournaments every season. This year is no exception. The Valley has two teams ranked in the top-15 nationally as the favorite’s to meet in Sunday’s title game. But this…
When it mattered most, UIC finally completed a comeback. The Flames had trailed by 19 points at halftime Tuesday against the Wright State Raiders (11-20, 3-13 Horizon), but that seemed like a long time ago when Jay Harris‘ 3-pointer dropped in to give them a…
The Horizon League Tournament gets underway Tuesday night. I’m a big fan of this tournament because of how much it favors teams that performed well in the regular season. The top two seeds, which are Valparaiso and Green Bay this season, receive byes to Saturday’s semifinals,…
Selection Sunday is closing in fast. It’s exactly 33 days away, but who’s counting? 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…
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…
The NCAA announced sites for the 2016-2018 NCAA Tournaments Monday, and the Midwest Regional will come to Chicago’s United Center in 2016. The NCAA also announced that the Round of 64 and Round of 32 of the tournament will go back to being to first- and…
It’s not even November yet, but here is The Catch and Shoot’s first look at 2015 NCAA Tournament bracket projections: (All projected conference champions are in italics.) MIDWEST EAST Louisville 1 Kentucky 1 Wisconsin Columbus 16 Texas Southern/Hartford 16 Central Connecticut St./High Point 8…
What made you think I’d wait to put up my first bracket projections for the 2015 NCAA Tournament? Next year’s Big Dance is still way in the future, but we might as well take a general look at the what the field could look like.…
