Illinois: A team centered around toughness
FIVE TAKEAWAYS The Illinois Fighting Illini traveled to Mackey Arena to face the Purdue Boilermakers on Tuesday evening in a game that had a lot of bracket implications. Illinois came out on top 79-62 to earn a rare BIG 10 road win. We were there to witness a truly “tough” team take control in the …
Bracket Report: Jan 21
SEEDS 1-4 This week we have a new number 1 seed in San Diego St. The Aztecs are undefeated and have 3 quad 1 and 3 quad 2 wins. This is good enough for us to move them up. Seeds 2-3 find a bunch of teams with similar resumes. We had a huge discussion between …
Louisville Cardinals Jan 19
Overall Record: 15-3 (6-1) Net Ranking: 10 Quad 1 Record: 4-3 Quad 2 Record: 3-0 Weekly Results: Louisville has been on the road for two straight ACC battles and came up big in both games against Pittsburgh and a tough Duke basketball team. These two big wins will defiantly move the Cardinals up in the …
Conference bracket news
IN THE BRACKET 11 teams are in our most recent bracket. Winning games on the road will be really tough. Teams will have tough stretches of play throughout the rugged schedule. TEAMS WITH WORK TO DO – Minnesota, Purdue, Penn St, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Rutgers TRENDING– Wisconsin is on the move up. After a tough …
Bubble talk: Jan 15
The bubble is the last 18 teams in and all of the teams up for consideration. We currently are considering 25 teams that are not listed in our last bracket. So as of today our bubble is 43 teams strong. Teams can always move in or fall out of our bubble with a good week …
Bracket update: Jan 14
Resumes are starting to take shape. The top 15-20 teams in our seed list are all in good shape at this point of the season. The bubble is large and teams move up and down each week as they add quality wins. The sorting statistic the NET still fluctuates quite a bit after each result. …
Keys to making the tournament: Stat wise
As the conference season kicks off in full here in 2020, we thought we would share some info that we use to sort teams 1-68 for selection for the tournament. NET: Teams in the top 40 of the NET will get heavy consideration. The NET is not a standings board, but teams in this area …
Crossroad Classic: What we learned
Butler: The Bulldogs are for real. In defeating the Purdue Boilermakers, Butler showed a level of toughness and concentration needed to compete for a BIG East title. Head Coach LaVall Jordan demonstrated that in the post game press conference by stating the teams goal of limiting teams to less than 60 points. He was somewhat …
Bracket update: Dec. 18th
The new NET rankings came out this week. The release always revives the discussion of how teams are selected and what metrics are used. Here is one thing for certain. The NET, although still flawed, is better than the RPI. Remember that the NET is not a standings board where the top four teams are …
Early takeaways of the college basketball season
Quite simply, basketball is back in full swing. As the Lakers and Bucks dominate in the pros, the 351 Division 1 college basketball teams have progressed through the first month of their season. Between the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, the Maui Invitational, and the random matchups that make up the non-conference portion of the schedule, we …