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Breaking down the 68-team field through Jan. 27. I do not give at-large consideration to teams lower than #75 in the NET rankings. One-Bid Conferences (23) = 23 Locks for Now (28) = 51 #1 Arizona #2 Duke #3 Michigan #4 Gonzaga #5 Nebraska #6 Illinois #7 Iowa State #8 UConn #9 Michigan State...

(all rankings NET, all times Central) Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel St. Thomas (17-5, 9-10 ATS) NET: Tommies move up one spot to #113 Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies stay at #118 Tuesday Summit League Results/Highlights None Wednesday Summit League Slate #178 South Dakota State @ #266 Omaha...

As we still mourn the passing of Weakling Wednesday (formerly known as the "Rutgers Invitational"), 2025-26 brings us to our first "Terrible Tuesday", the first day of an all-18 team Big Ten Tournament. Our frontrunners at roughly the halfway point of the Big Ten season are #15 Oregon (1-8)...

And I’m still not dismissing Denver. Dangerous if the game becomes a total shootout. It’s all about matchups.

Gophers lose to Nebraska. They’re finally wearing down. The question now is can they salvage a College Basketball Crown appearance? It’s only eight teams this year, not 16.

Far from a sure thing it will happen this season. The School Thou Shall Not Mention Here will be one of the favorites, but there are at least two and probably three teams that can beat them. They'll have to earn it. That's life in a 1-bid league.

Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel St. Thomas (17-5, 9-10 ATS) NET: Tommies stay at #114 Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies stay at #118 (all rankings NET, all times Central) Monday Summit League Results/Highlights None Tuesday Summit League Slate No games Tuesday Reach the Summit Selections (23-7...

Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel St. Thomas (17-5, 9-10 ATS) NET: Tommies stay at #114 Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies stay at #118 (all rankings NET, all times Central) Sunday Summit League Results/Highlights None Monday Summit League Slate No games Monday Reach the Summit Selections (23-7...

ROAD TO SELECTION SUNDAY, MN – I started this week’s Field of 68 projection by placing all NET top 75 teams with eight or more combined Quad 1&2 wins directly into the field. Essentially that means I have 19 virtual NCAA Tournament “locks” as we enter Week 13 of the regular season: Alabama...

Through Games Played Jan. 24 (Nebraska 76, Minnesota 57) (St. Thomas 90, South Dakota 78) #87 Minnesota (10-10, 3-6) #114 St. Thomas (17-5, 6-1)

Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel St. Thomas (17-5, 9-10 ATS) NET: Tommies move up 1 spot to #114 Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies drop 2 spots to #118 (all rankings NET, all times Central) #114 St. Thomas 90, @ #280 South Dakota 78 Nick Janowski (23 points, 5 rebounds) and Ryan Dufault (13 points...

Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel St. Thomas (16-5, 8-10 ATS) NET: Tommies move up 1 spot to #115 Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies move up 1 spot to #116 (all rankings NET, all times Central) #115 St. Thomas (16-5, 5-1 Summit) @ #272 South Dakota (11-10, 3-3 Summit) Time (TV): 1 p.m. (Midco Sports)...

Through Games Played Jan. 22 (St. Thomas 74, South Dakota State 69) #83 Minnesota (10-9, 3-5) #116 St. Thomas (16-5, 5-1)

Getting concerned with the turnovers. Need to get those back down to 8-10 ballpark. 13-15 is too many. Duf was huge off the bench.

Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel St. Thomas (16-5, 8-10 ATS) NET: Tommies move up 1 spot to #116 Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies drop 7 spots to #117 (all rankings NET, all times Central) #116 St. Thomas 74, #180 South Dakota State 69 (in Saint Paul) Carter Bjerke and Nick Janowski scored 21...