Author: Zach Pretzer

College Basketball Enthusiast and a Sports Management Major at Northwood University.

Every Thursday I will be posting my Bracketology and bubble. *Filled in with red are the play in games* *The first team of each seed plays the first team in the opposing seed, for example seed 1-1 will play seed 16-1 as seed 8-4 will play seed 9-4* Bubble Last 4 Byes: Louisville, St Bonaventure, FSU, Butler. Last 4 In- Oregon, SMU, Washington State, Tennessee. First 4 Out- Temple, Maryland, Syracuse, Missouri Next 4 Out- Tulane, VCU, Colorado, Mississippi State.

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Every Wednesday I will be posting my Mid Major Top-25, highlighting the top 25 teams from non-power conferences. These rankings exclude the A10, AAC and WCC. Also included each week will be a breakdown of all notable mid major topics around the country. Highlighted teams are in bold. Nevada Vermont UT Arlington Middle Tennessee Boise State Northern Kentucky UNLV SDSU Jack Rabbits FGCU Mercer Belmont Wyoming Ltech Grand Canyon Valpo UNC Ashville Towson SFA Oakland Portland State Murray State New Mex State Bucknell Loyola Chi Princeton Mid Major Headlines Portland State gets their fourth-straight win, this time over Utah State,…

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On Tuesdays, I will be posting my power rankings from all the power conferences, including the A10 and AAC. Also at the end of each ranking, I will add a few remarks on different team’s movements. A10 1)             Rhode Island 2)             VCU 3)             St. Bonaventure 4)             Dayton 5)             St. Louis 6)             La Salle 7)             Davidson 8)             St. Joes 9)   …

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Each week on Monday, I will be posting a breakdown of the AP Top-25, as well as other headlines from power conference teams around the country. *AAC, A10, and WCC included in power conferences.* *This week there will be no Top 25 Breakdown, instead I will cover the main tournaments that made Feast Week 2017 so incredible. This post once again is a very long read because of the tournament breakdowns, next week it will be much shorter.* AP Poll  Duke Kansas Michigan State Villanova Notre Dame Florida Kentucky Wichita State Texas A&M Miami Cincinnati Minnesota UNC USC Gonzaga Baylor…

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Each week I will be posting my top ten players from around the nation, and a brief statement on why they are ranked where they are. Grayson Allen (Duke)- 37 points to carry Duke over Michigan State Bonzie Colson (Notre Dame)- Best two way player in the nation. Trevon Bluiett (Xavier)- Overall best scorer in the country. Miles Bridges (Michigan State)- Freak athlete who can score with ease. Devonte Graham (Kansas)- Leader, shooter, lock down defender, all in one. Marvin Bagley (Duke)- Freshman standout from Duke. Kevin Knox (Kentucky)- Heart of Kentucky’s scoring attack. Jalen Brunson (Villanova)- Best court general…

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Each week I will be posting my bracketology and bubble, along with the top ten movers for the week within the seeds. *Filled in with red are the play-in games* *The first team of each seed plays the first team in the opposing seed, for example seed 1-1 will play seed 16-1 as seed 8-4 will play seed 9-4* *This was not updated with Thanksgiving games* No movers today as this is the first edition. Bubble Last 4 Byes: Texas Tech, Nevada, St Bonaventure, Ole Miss. Last 4 In: Temple, SMU, Georgia, Arizona State. First 4 Out: Syracuse, Uconn, St…

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Each Week on Wednesday I will be posting my Mid Major Top-25 highlighting the top 25 teams from non power conferences. These rankings exclude the A10 and WCC. Due to the season starting on a Friday this year, this post will cover all highlighted teams up until Tuesday Night the 21st. Also included each week will be a breakdown of all notable mid major topics around the country. Mid Major Top 25 Vermont Nevada UT Arlington Toledo Belmont Middle Tennesee Oakland Northern Kentucky Grand Canyon FGCU Boise State Wyoming Mercer Hawaii UNLV Loyola Chicago Albany Illinois State Charleston Fresno State…

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Each week on Tuesdays, I will be posting my power rankings from all the power conferences including the A10, plus the top three teams in the WCC with one wild card. Also at the end of each ranking, I will add a few remarks on different team’s movements. A10 1)         Rhode Island 2)         VCU 3)         St. Bonaventure 4)         Davidson 5)         St. Louis 6)         St. Joes 7)         Dayton 8)         La Salle 9)         Richmond 10) …

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This post is going to bounce around with the different types of content inside of it. I will post the full top-25 rankings and the breakdown, plus headlines from all other power conference teams including the A10 and WCC. This article will show up every Monday, so be on the lookout for it! This first one will have a lot of information on almost every team because this info will tell us how each team’s season should go. Each highlighted team is in bold in each bullet point. AP Top 25 Duke Arizona Kansas MSU Villanova Wichita State Florida Kentucky…

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