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: VTech, Clemson, Syracuse, Maryland. Last 4 In: LSU, Ohio State, Temple, Boston College. First 4 Out: Arkansas, St Johns, Iowa State, Georgia. Next 4 Out: Mississippi State, Providence, Washington, Houston.
Author: Zach Pretzer
Zach Pretzer
College Basketball Enthusiast and a Sports Management Major at Northwood University.
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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. Last Week’s Rankings Mid Major Top-25 Middle Tennessee Nevada Boise State Loyola Chi Northern Iowa Towson SF Austin UNLV Central Michigan UT Arlington NKU Grand Canyon Wyoming Murray State Albany Portland State New Mex State ULL SDSU Jack Rabbits Oakland Lamar Wagner FGCU Georgia Southern Vermont Mid Major Topics Oakland has surprsingly…
Every Tuesday, 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 Rhode Island St Bonaventure Davidson VCU Umass Duquesne George Mason La Salle St Joes GW Dayton St Louis Richmond Fordham Dayton continues to drop as they cannot seem to figure out what to do to win this season. AAC Wichita State Cincy Houston SMU Temple UCF Tulane Tulsa Uconn Memphis USF ECU Houston and SMU are battling for the #3 spot and potentially…
Every Monday, I will be posting a breakdown of the AP Top-25, as well as other headlines from power conference teams around the country. Each highlighted team will be in bold. *AAC, A10, and WCC included in power conferences* AP Poll Villanova MSU Wichita State Duke Arizona State Miami UNC Kentucky Texas A/M Xavier West Virginia Gonzaga Kansas TCU Seton Hall Virginia Purdue Notre Dame Florida State Tennessee Baylor Florida Arizona Texas Tech Cincy Top-25 Breakdown Arizona State sky rockets to #5 after they took out (at the time #2) Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse. The Sun Devils are the surprise team…
Every Friday I will be posting my Top-10 Players from around the nation and a brief statement on why they are ranked in my top 10. Marvin Bagley (Duke)- Overall dominance in all categories. Grayson Allen (Duke)- Senior leader of Marvin, and all Duke’s freshmen. Trae Young (Oklahoma)- Averaging 28 points on the year. Tra Holder (ASU)- Took Arizona State into the Top 25. Trevon Bluiett (Xavier)- Best shooter in the nation. Miles Bridges (MSU)- Most athletic player in the country. Collin Sexton (Alabama)- Freshman showing us that Alabama can succeed at basketball too. Jordan Murphy (Minnesota)- Beast in the…
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: Providence, VTech, Syracuse, Maryland Last 4 In: Clemson, Mississippi State, Ohio State, Houston First 4 Out: Arkansas, SMU, Davidson, St Johns Next 4 Out: Temple, Georgia, Missouri, Tulane
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. Last Week’s Rankings Mid Major Top-25 Nevada UT Arlington Boise State Middle Tennessee Northern Kentucky Valpo Towson Grand Canyon LTech Wyoming Vermont Northern Iowa Oakland Central Michigan Murray State SF Austin UNLV Portland State Albany New Mex State SDSU Jack Rabbits Missouri State Loyola Chi Lamar Wagner Mid Major Topics Tennessee Tech…
A10 Rhode Island St Bonaventure VCU Davidson St Joes La Salle Dayton St Louis GW George Mason Umass Fordham Richmond Duquesne The A10 has been under-performing this year, so teams ranked 4-to-14 are pretty identical, as the top-three are on their own island right now. AAC Wichita State Cincy SMU Houston UCF Temple Tulane Tulsa Uconn USF Memphis ECU Houston got a great blowout win over Arkansas to get back on track and move back into the four spot. Memphis has struggled their way to just about the bottom of the conference. ACC Duke Miami UNC Notre Dame Virginia FSU…
Every Monday, I will be posting a breakdown of the AP Top-25, as well as other headlines from power conference teams around the country. Each highlighted team will be in bold. *AAC, A10, and WCC included in power conferences* AP Poll Duke Kansas MSU Villanova Florida Wichita State Texas A&M Kentucky Notre Dame Miami UNC Gonzaga Xavier Minnesota Virginia Arizona State Cincy West Virginia Seton Hall TCU Purdue Nevada Baylor Tennessee USC Top-25 Breakdown The AP once again nearly hit spot on, in my opinion. My one problem with the poll is Kentucky getting jumped by fellow conference member, Texas…
Every Friday I will be posting my Top-10 Players from around the nation and a brief statement on why they are ranked in my top ten. Marvin Bagley (Duke)- If this man gets set up in the paint, he is scoring. Bagley is the most dominant player in the country right now. Grayson Allen (Duke)- Senior leader at Duke who is putting up great numbers along side Marvin. Miles Bridges (Michigan State)- Freak athlete scorer who dunks on everyone, including his teammates. Bonzie Colson (Notre Dame)- Best two-way player in the country, in my opinion. Trevon Blueitt (Xavier)- Best overall…