Bracket Decisions
Putting together a bracket is quite the task. It starts with a seed list where we rank teams from 1-68. Each bracket update has some unique and difficult decisions. Here are a few of our discussions this week. LAST 1 SEED– San Diego St held onto the last 1 seed in our bracket. Despite a …
Creighton Blue Jays Feb 24
Overall Record: 22-6 (11-4) Net Ranking: 15 Quad 1 Record: 9-6 Quad 2 Record: 5-0 Weekly Results: The Blue Jays are on a roll with a 5 game win streak. 3 out of their 5 teams have been against AP Top 25. They’re 2nd in the Big East with a record of 11-4. They’re behind …
Bubble talk: Feb 20
In & Trending up PROVIDENCE– The Friars are stringing together some nice wins. Several wins on the road. They currently have 6 quad 1 wins. They must avoid accumulating too many losses and they will likely be in the field. If we updated today, they would likely be in the play-in game. NC STATE Signature …
Penn State Nittany Lions Feb 18
Overall Record: 20-5 (10-4) Net Ranking: 9 Quad 1 Record: 7-3 Quad 2 Record: 5-2 Weekly Results: The Nittany lions are on a hot streak of 8 wins in a row. They’re second in the Big Ten. They have been a tough team all year and Nittany lions are only getting better and stronger as …
Bubble talk: Feb 12
In & Trending up OKLAHOMA– The big win vs West Virginia helped their resume. Oklahoma was in jeopardy of falling out of our bracket. This quad 1 win moves them up to the 10 seed line XAVIER The Musketeers have won three in a row including two road wins. One of those road wins was …
Maryland Terrapins Feb 10
Overall Record: 19-4 (9-3) Net Ranking: 9 Quad 1 Record: 7-4 Quad 2 Record: 4-0 Weekly Results: The Terrapins are on a roll with a 6 game winning streak. They have been a solid team all year with a record of 19-4 and is leading a tough Big 10 Conference having a 9-3 record. They …
Conference bracket news – 2/7
IN THE BRACKET (11)– TEAMS SAFELY IN: Michigan St, Maryland, Iowa, Penn St, Illinois, Ohio St, Rutgers, TEAMS IN & WITH WORK TO DO – Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Purdue TEAMS IN CONSIDERATION– Minnesota, TRENDING– Penn St- The Nittany Lions as a 4 seed? It could be happening. IN THE BRACKET (6) TEAMS SAFELY IN: Seton …
Final Four Thoughts: Iowa at Purdue
Purdue is a totally different team at Mackey Arena: Most college basketball teams play much better at home than on the road, but it would be hard to find a team that is more night and day at home and away than Purdue. The same Purdue team that only scored 37 points at Illinois a …
Auburn Tigers Feb 3
Overall record: 19-2 (6-2) Net ranking: 11 Quad 1 Record: 2-2 Quad 2 Record: 6-0 Weekly Results: The Auburn Tigers have two wins against SEC opponents Ole Miss and at home against a tough Kentucky team. Auburn is a fun team to watch after last years tough loss in the Final four. They’re a hungry …