Texas Longhorns: Is this the year?
On Saturday, the Texas Longhorns traveled to West Lafayette, Indiana to face the Purdue Boilermakers in Mackey Arena. The Boilers had won 18 straight games in what many call one of the best atmospheres in all of college basketball. Under Shaka Smart, the Longhorns have been just good enough to win more than they lose …
2019-2020 Initial Bracket
Below is our initial bracket of the year. Our brackets will indicate the match-ups our committee believes will happen in the first round of the NCAA tournament and will follow NCAA guidelines. This is always a work in progress as the bracketing procedure is a complicated process. This bracket published is based on past performance …
NCAA South Regional Summary: A Regional for the Ages
The NCAA South Regional in Louisville, KY ended as an historical thriller. Three nail-bitingingly close games, two of which ended in overtime, a buzzer-tying shot, and possibly the greatest individual NCAA tournament performance of all-time by Carsen Edwards. Fans who were fortunate to witness this regional got their money’s worth and then some. I’ll start …
Purdue vs Tennessee – South Regional 2019
The South Regional boasted #3 Purdue and #2 Tennessee playing in the Sweet 16. The game was hosted in Louisville, so both fan bases could travel well to the game. The Boilermakers and Volunteers had both taken care of business up to this point into the tournament. Each side has experience, with talent to go …
THE NET: How high is too high?
The new NET ranking is starting to solidify as the end of the non-conference season approaches. One of the misconceptions of the NET is that it is a “standings” statistic, meaning the top ranked teams automatically get the best seeds. The NCAA has mentioned that is is still going to use the quad system this …
Quad 1 wins: Your team needs them to move up
Quad 1 wins? What does that have to do with ranking team? Everything! The new NET ranking system is used to order teams. Then results against those teams are placed into four quads. Quad 1 is where you want your favorite team to gain victories. The teams that have quad 1 wins move up …
Bracketering: An interesting procedure
Once teams are placed on a seed line, they then have to be bracketed into pods for tournament action. We will take you through this procedure as we know it. It is a very interesting procedure. The NCAA attempts to have teams play as close to home as possible while also balancing out the four …