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Tag: Big 12
Bracket Breakdown: Critical Questions for the Elite Eight – Part 2
With Kansas, VCU, North Carolina and Kentucky wrapping up the Elite Eight Sunday, we preview each game with the critical factors that will determine which team gains the upper hand.
Bracket Breakdown: Best Conferences Thus Far Come as a Surprise
You’re a diehard fan, a liar or a genius if you can say that you predicted the CAA and ACC would be the top two conferences in performance expectations after the first weekend of NCAA Tournament action.
Breaking the Studious Silence
The fall semester comes to a close, which means more games on the schedule and more eligible players on the court. As players get their grades back, we take stock of academic rankings for the top 25 teams.
Big 12 Player Rankings
Kansas State doesn’t have last season’s point guard leading the charge. However, Jacob Pullen and company are doing just fine, and their player ratings back that up.
After the Feast
After splurging on great holiday tournaments and plenty of turkey and green bean casserole, it’s time to get back into the basketball news cycle with a recap of the biggest stories and results of the past week.
Giving Thanks to Hoops!
After a little more than a week into the season, we’ve got plenty of results to chew through, just in time for the feast of holiday tournaments filled with great match ups.
Hoopville’s Player Rating System: The TIQ
Hoopville launches its player rating system, known as the Total Impact Quotient, which gathers a whole mess of statistics and boils them down to a single number. We then compare players based on their respective positions.
Second Practice
Hoopville’s new roundup takes you through some of the top headlines, most entertaining links and best work of our staff.
Bracket Breakdown: Kansas’ Upset Follows Scary Trend for Jayhawk Fans
At face value, No. 9-seed Northern Iowa’s second-round knockout of the favorite to win the national championship looks like one of the biggest upsets of the past 10 years. In retrospect, coach Bill Self’s Jayhawks might be chronic underachievers.
