The first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is complete. While it was fun to watch, the bracket has been pretty chalk heading into the Sweet 16. All of the 1, 2 and 3 seeds are still alive, along with two 4 seeds, a 5 seed, and a 12 seed. To get ready for the Sweet 16, check out our reseeding of the remaining teams and the four games I am looking forward to the most. Sweet 16 Reseeding DukeNorth CarolinaAuburnGonzagaVirginiaTennesseeFlorida StateLSUMichigan StateKentuckyMichiganTexas TechPurdueHoustonVirginia TechOregon Intriguing Matchups Florida State vs Gonzaga — Two very high scoring teams are going to battle,…
Author: Zach Pretzer
Zach Pretzer
College Basketball Enthusiast and a Sports Management Major at Northwood University.
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March Madness is here and today is “Fill Out Your Bracket” day, where college hoops fans around the world will fill out their bracket just for it to be busted by the second day or earlier. To add to the excitement that you get out of filling out your bracket, I want to take a deeper look at the matchups I am keeping my eye on and continue our tradition of naming some mid-major players you may have never heard of that could lead a team to an upset no one saw coming. Also, at the end of the article,…
Today is the big day– it is Selection Sunday, and the field of 68 will be selected for the NCAA Tournament. Seven conference championships have still yet to be decided, so everything is subject to change. Below is the updated seed list and bubble after last night’s games, along with a preview of the impact today’s games will have in terms of March Madness seeding. College Basketball Seed List 1 seeds Duke, Virginia, North Carolina, Gonzaga 2 seeds Tennessee, Michigan State, Michigan, Kentucky 3 seeds Houston, LSU, Texas Tech, Florida State 4 seeds Purdue, Kansas State, Auburn, Iowa State 5…
Here is a look at our updated seed list after a crazy couple days of major bubble games. We have just two full days of basketball left before Selection Sunday, so many things will change. But for now, we have a better understanding of the field of 68 and the bubble based on teams that have already lost. College Basketball Seed List 1 seeds Virginia, North Carolina, LSU, Kentucky 2 seeds Gonzaga, Michigan State, Duke, Tennessee 3 seeds Michigan, Houston, Purdue, Kansas State 4 seeds Florida State, Kansas, Nevada, Texas Tech 5 seeds Marquette, Wisconsin, Auburn, Vtech 6 seeds Wofford,…
Champ Week, in my opinion, compares to the NCAA Tournament overall in terms of excitement. In your conference tournament, you are playing for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and the final bragging rights in your league. For mid-majors, this is their championship, and just stepping on the court in March Madness is the end goal. Yes, the chance for an upset is very high, but you come into the big dance, you play your heart out, and if you lose to higher seed, you accept it. Remaining Mid-Major Championships Who will win the super-tight Conference USA? Outside…
Every Monday, we will release our updated college basketball rankings, with headlines from power conference teams. Top-25 Rankings 1Gonzaga2Virginia 3UNC4LSU5Texas Tech 6Kentucky7Michigan State 8Duke 9Michigan 10Tennessee 11Houston 12Florida State 13Purdue14Kansas State 15Wofford 16Nevada 17Buffalo 18Kansas 19Maryland 20Marquette 21Wisconsin 22Virginia Tech 23UCF24Auburn 25Utah State Top-25 Headlines Kansas State grabbed a huge road win over TCU, and right now, it is looking like the Wildcats will be a top-6 seed and TCU will be looking at the bubble.Texas Tech is sizzling right now and it is perfect timing with the Big 12 tourney coming up. The Red Raiders blew out Texas at home for another great win.It is official, the Kansas Jayhawks will not be your Big 12 regular season…
With just three days left in the regular season, the bubble conversation is starting to heat up. Listed below is every team that is on my bubble right now and their final game remaining in the regular season. One note is that the mid-major teams in this bubble watch are not the one-seeds in their conferences. Therefore, they are not projected to win their conference tournament, which puts them on the bubble if they have performed well enough. Last 4 Byes (Safe for now) NC State – at Boston College St Johns- at Xavier Clemson- Syracuse Ohio State – Wisconsin…
With conference tournaments soon to begin, we have updated our March Madness seed list to keep you up to date on the teams projected to make it to the big dance and what seed they would be. March Madness Seed List 1 seeds Gonzaga, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee 2 seeds Duke, Michigan, LSU, Michigan State 3 seeds Kentucky, Texas Tech, Houston, Florida State 4 seeds Purdue, Kansas State, Marquette, Kansas 5 seeds Villanova, Cincy, Virginia Tech, Maryland 6 seeds Wofford, Nevada, Buffalo, UCF 7 seeds Wisconsin, Auburn, Louisville, Iowa 8 seeds Utah State, Miss State, Syracuse, Baylor 9 seeds Washington,…
Throughout the season, we have been posting our Mid-Major Top-25 Rankings, highlighting the 25 best non-power conference teams, along with some mid-major notes. Here are the final batch of rankings of the season! Mid-Major Top-25 Rankings 1Gonzaga2Wofford 3Nevada 4Buffalo 5Utah State 6Belmont7New Mex State 8Lipscomb 9Murray State 10UNCG11Liberty 12Furman 13Old Dominion 14UC Irvine 15Hofstra 16Montana 17South Dak State 18Vermont 19Fresno State 20Jax State 21Toledo 22Northern Kentucky 23Campbell 24Georgia State 25Harvard Mid-Major Notes Northern Colorado is a firm #1 contender for Montana’s Big Sky championship after blowing out third place Weber State.San Fran is done in terms of NCAA Tournament at-large hopes, after home losses to San Diego and Loyola Marymount this week.In two fantastic games this season in the Big…
Every Monday, we will be releasing our updated college basketball rankings, with headlines from power conference teams. Top-25 Rankings 1Gonzaga2Virginia 3UNC4Tennessee 5Duke 6Michigan 7LSU8Michigan State 9Kentucky 10Texas Tech 11Purdue 12Houston 13Kansas 14Florida State 15Marquette 16Viginia Tech 17Wofford 18Kansas State 19Nevada 20Villanova 21Buffalo 22Maryland 23Cincy 24Wisconsin 25UCF Top-25 Headlines Kansas is still alive in the Big 12 race with a huge win over Kansas State at home to make up for their terrible effort at Texas Tech last week.Virginia Tech played a complete game in an upset over Duke at home.Villanova got revenge over Marquette, beating them by six at home and splitting the series with the Golden Eagles.LSU picked up a solid road win over Alabama, leaving the Crimson Tide firmly on…