Bracket Impact Results of Jan 5
BIG Wins Purdue- Wins at Ohio State after suffering first loss. 1 seed still for us Cincinnati- The Bearcats have work to do, but getting conference road wins always help. 70-61 over Wichita State Florida Atlantic– The Owls defeat UAB 88-86. They have a NET ranking of 12 and 2 quad 1 wins. Could be …
Bracket Impact Games of Jan 4
BIG Wins North Carolina State– 84-60 over Duke. The kind of win that will help the Wolfpack get into the bracket Providence- The Friars defeat UConn 73-61. Providence always makes a run. 6/7 seed Clemson– Wins at Virginia Tech 68-65. Road wins matter. Clemson is close TCU– Wins at Baylor 88-87- See Above- Road win …
Bracket Impact Games of Dec 21st
BIG Wins Villanova– defeats St. John’s 78-63. Nova needs to have a good conference run to make the dance North Carolina– Defeats Michigan. The Tar Heels have a couple of nice wins after their losing streak Clemson– Wins at Georgia Tech 79-66. Wins like this help the Tigers resume. Still work to do TCU– defeats …
Bracket Impact Games of Dec 20th
BIG Wins Wake Forest – Defeats Duke 81-70. Wake was on our considered list in our latest bracket. This win will go a long way for their chances to make the dance Providence– A double OT victory over #24 Marquette. Here we go again. Providence in conference play making a strong push Miami Fla– The …
Bracket Notes: November 29th, 2023
Feast Week is over and there were a lot of results that will impact the bracket come March. Here are a few key takeaways BIG 10 had a great week led by the Purdue Boilermakers winning in Portland. By defeating Gonzaga and Duke in the Phil Knight tourney, the Boilermakers take a huge leap up …
Bracket Notes: November 14th, 2023
Insights from the first week of basketball PAC 12 Conference had a difficult week. USC, Oregon, Arizona St, Washington St, Colorado, Stanford all lose. USC and Oregon are tourney worthy and the others are fighting for a spot. The whole conference will need to have some marquee wins to offset this week The ACC had …
Bracket news Feb 13
There are several teams that do not have resumes that match their NET ranking. This makes them difficult to predict what seed lines these teams may be on. The NET is a sorting tool, but the committee has demonstrated in the past that the NET does have some impact on their selections. Teams with Higher …
Bracket Game results of note the past five days
We are planning on regular brief articles on impact games each evening. Due to Covid protocols our meeting time & production time has been very limited. Today we list teams- with limited explanation. Teams with big wins Michigan Duke West Virginia Michigan St Oklahoma St Maryland VCU Georgia Tech St Bonaventure Holding Serve Kansas Texas …
Bracket Games of Feb. 18
BIG Wins Iowa: Wins at Wisconsin 77-62. The Hawkeyes are back to winning and look like a 3/4 seed Wichita St: The Shockers take the lead in the American Conference by beating Houston 68-63. They are the AQ this Friday and a 12 seed. UCLA: The Bruins needing some good wins on the resume, get …
Bracket Games of Feb. 17
BIG Wins VCU: Defeats Richmond 68-56 to solidify its standing as the best A10 team. In position for at- large if needed Indiana: Defeats Minnesota 82-72 in a game between bubble teams. The win evens the Hoosiers quad 1/2 record at 8-8. Likely 10 seed. Boise St: Defeats Utah St 79-70 to take the lead …