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Whoever ends up with the Hawk, we'll know who tampered and got in his ears. My early money is on Muss (USC). Ole Miss is a darkhorse with wife-beater Beard.

An update on NCAA Tournament wins & appearances by Power 5 programs since Y2K. Please note, with Oregon State and Washington State playing in the WCC next season, the Beavers and Cougars now are absent from this list. Conversely, SMU (ACC), welcome to the Power 5 (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big...

Big Ten only. I’ll try to keep this updated as 💩 hits the fan: Illinois (4) 6-10 F Carey Booth (Notre Dame) -- 6.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg, .5 apg, 39.1 FG% 6-2 G Kylan Boswell (Arizona) -- 9.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 3.6 apg, 39.6 FG% 6-6 F Jake Davis (Mercer) -- 9 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.1 apg, 41.9 FG% 6-7 G Tre White...

ROAD TO SELECTION SUNDAY, MN – Without further ado, the final Field of 68 projection for the 2023-24 college basketball season. I’m going to list the 68 teams differently this year, separating them into the automatic qualifiers (32) and the 36 at-large selections. There are 5 conference...

Please note, I'm including the 2 games played in the Rudy Gobert/Corona-shortened 2020 Big Ten Tournament. 1 Michigan (14-6, .700) 2 Michigan State (12-6, .667) 3 Purdue (10-7, .588) 4 Penn State (11-8, .579) 5 Ohio State (9-8, .529) 6 Iowa (7-7. 500) 7 Wisconsin (8-9, .471) 8 Minnesota (7-8...

With Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington joining the Big Ten next season, we bid a sad farewell to "Weakling Wednesday". Sure, technically there still will be Wednesday "1st round" games at the Big Ten Tournament in 2025 (the bottom 6 teams instead of 4), but now our attention will shift to the...

The "second" Wednesday of Championship Week is when most of the fun really begins. The major conferences take center stage, but still with plenty of drama to be had in the mid- and small-major conference tournaments. Here are my 36 at-larges as of Wednesday morning (NET ranking in parentheses)...

ROAD TO SELECTION SUNDAY, MN – We’ve reached our penultimate Field of 68 projection. The final projection will come in the wee hours of Selection Sunday morning (March 17). Automatic qualifiers from multiple-bid conferences are denoted with an *. The automatic qualifier is the conference...

I hope you've found this useful over the last 12 days. Join me for the final Field of 68 projection in the wee wee hours of Selection Sunday morning. Through Friday, March 15 I waited as long as I could, but I've finally added New Mexico to the "lock" list after the Lobos' Mountain West...

ROAD TO SELECTION SUNDAY, MN – We’re getting down to the nitty gritty, only two weeks from Selection Sunday. Currently I have 37 teams battling for 19 available at-large bids. Of those 37, this week 13 can become locks for the Field of 68 if they win one or two of their remaining regular season...

4 TEAMS FOR THE FINAL AT-LARGE SPOT. ... Pick only 1. These are the resumes of 4 mid-majors who might have a fighter's chance at an at-large bid if they fail to win their conference tournament. Once again, if you think you know who these teams are, I ask that you not speculate and throw their...

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ROAD TO SELECTION SUNDAY, MN – We’ll try a different look for this week’s Field of 68 projection. This format gives you an idea of how I’m thinking for the back-end part of the at-large pool. The new at-larges in the bracket this week are Nebraska, Seton Hall, and Wake Forest. Dropping out for...

We're just over 2 weeks away from the major conferences completing their regular seasons. Let's take a look at the number of NET top 50 wins by teams currently on my at-large/bubble-board, with each team's best NET win noted in parentheses. ... Lock, Stock & Barrel (barring a cataclysmic...

3 teams for 1 spot. As always, if you think you know who these teams are, please don't blurt out in the thread. Thanks. Team reveals & results after Gopher game tonight. Team A Overall Record: 22-5 KPI/SOR Average (Resume Based): 42 BPI/KenPom Average (Predictive Based): 49.5 True Road...

ROAD TO SELECTION SUNDAY, MN – One month from Selection Sunday, the Big XII and SEC sport 9 NCAA Tournament bids in our latest Field of 68 projection. The surging Mountain West is next with 6, while the Big East and Big Ten check in with 5. Other conferences boasting multiple bids are the ACC...

The top 2 NCAA Tournament non-qualifiers receive automatic bids to the NIT. Gophers moved up 8 spots in the NET after the competitive loss to Purdue. Here's how the race is stacking up. An * = currently projected into my Field of 68. #53 Nebraska* #60 Northwestern* #69 Iowa #71 Ohio State #75...

4 teams, 2 at-large spots available. Which 2 would you select? I'm excluding NET ranking so that you can't look it up. You'll have to trust me that at this point in time all 4 are considered bubble teams (at least marginally). If you know or think you know who any of these teams are, I ask that...

ROAD TO SELECTION SUNDAY, MN -- The completion of Week #14 brings 4 new at-large teams into the fold, Gonzaga (after earning its first Quad 1 win), Memphis, Mississippi State, and Nevada (the 6th team in from the Mountain West). Conversely, the Big East took a big hit going from 7 projected...

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