We conclude our extensive year-by-year looks at NCAA Tournament and Selection Sunday bubbles over the last 35 years by revisiting recent history, the last five years of tournament selection 2015-19.
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Bubbles, Sitting on the Fence and Brackets Part 6: 2010-14
Part 6 of our year-by-year deep dives looking at the NCAA Tournament bubbles past brings us to the years 2010-14. The 68-team tourney arrives, TV commentators go ballistic about VCU’s selection in its Final Four year, and inspired picks in 2012 and 2013 are followed by a decided shift in committee philosophy the next year.
2018-19 Conference USA Post-Mortem
Old Dominion won the regular season and tournament titles in Conference USA, which was actually an improved conference again but whose razor-thin difference between many squads mean it didn’t always show.
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 18, 2019
Cassius Winston showed why he’s a midseason All-American, leading Michigan State as it stopped Nebraska’s 20-game home winning streak. Hofstra also keeps its streak going, plenty of excitement in the OVC, WCC and Conference USA, another coach ejected and more.
Scanning the Nation Notebook – Jan. 16, 2019: Why there’s no talk of Georgia State as an at-large contender, Texas Tech, Maryland, Wofford & more
There’s little talk of Georgia State as an at-large team in mid-January, but there probably would’ve been a year ago. Plus, notes on Texas Tech, Maryland, Loyola Chicago, Wofford, Purdue’s Trevion Williams and more.
2017-18 Conference USA Post-Mortem
Middle Tennessee State, Old Dominion and Marshall led a vastly improved Conference USA this year, one that yet again pulled a surprise in the NCAA Tournament.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 25, 2018
In so many ways, Loyola Chicago has been an incredible story this postseason, and the Ramblers’ run will continue improbably in the Final Four.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Being a small, relatively unknown, Franciscan Catholic school is plenty enough to appeal to the average, underdog-loving fan of the NCAA Tournament, but St. Bonaventure provided all the more reason to for fans to take notice with its play Tuesday night.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 13, 2018
The day after Selection Sunday reminded us once again that sometimes the sting of some notable NCAA Tournament snubs can have effects that go far beyond just that year.
Bracket Impressions: Selection process with misplaced priorities in need of fix
The 2018 NCAA Tournament selections demonstrated once again that the selection committee seems to have lost sight of what should be the most basic, important thing to ask of teams: winning games.
