The Missouri Valley Conference and Mountain West announced the matchups for their 2016 inter-conference challenge series. Matchups for the event are based on several factors, such as recent achievements, records and RPI rankings. The conferences also factor in how teams are projected to perform in the…
Valparaiso basketball history is full of drama. It holds one of the most iconic moments in college basketball history in Bryce Drew’s game winner against Ole Miss in the first round of the 1994 NCAA Tournament. Valpo also had the Lutheran miracle of 1988 when…
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.…
First Team Shabazz Napier, Connecticut—18.1 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 4.9 apg Napier was already a hands-down, first-team All-American before the postseason, but his NCAA Tournament performance has elevated him to a new level. Napier has led No. 7 seed Connecticut to the Final Four, averaging 23.3…
I already gave you my picks for Thursday’s games, so here is what I think will happen Friday. No. 3 Duke vs. No. 14 Mercer, 11:15 a.m. CT on CBS, Midwest Region I have Duke in my Final Four, but Mercer has the players…
That thing called the First Four will soon be in the past, and then we can move on to the real Madness. (Don’t get me wrong. The First Four was very entertaining. It’s just not the same as what is about to happen Thursday and…
BROOKLYN, N.Y.—Barring an egregious gaffe by the selection committee, UMass’ next game will be in the NCAA tournament. Derek Kellogg knows that, even after his Minutemen fell to George Washington, 85-77, in the Atlantic 10 quarterfinals on Friday night, and the conference’s depth is to…
February is right around the corner, and now is when bracket projections actually begin to take some weight. Arizona and Syracuse currently sit on top as the No. 1 and No. 2 overall seeds. Michigan State and Kansas fill out the top line. Here’s a…
Marvin Menzies has New Mexico State on its way to becoming something of a mid-major dynasty. The seventh-year head coach has led the Aggies to no worse than a third-place finish in the Western Athletic Conference every season, and he coached his team to the…
