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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Sometimes, our best-laid plans just flop. In March, this writer rolled out a historical series looking at NCAA Tournament at-large selection and the proverbial ‘bubble’, examining teams just above and below the cutline in the tourney every year from 1985 through 2019. The series ran in early March, five years […]
Does college basketball enjoy testing fans’ patience?. The sport needs less instant replay, not more, and the month of March this year showed just why.
In our latest podcast, we talk about how strange it feels to have no games at this time of the year, as well as postseason awards and coach and player movement.
Before the 2020 Selection Sunday that would never come due to the NCAA’s response to the COVID-19 virus, Hoopville’s Adam Glatczak looked at the history of the NCAA Tournament bubble in the era of the 64+ team tournament field, from 1985 up to present.
In our post-cancellation podcast, we try to find the words to describe an indescribable situation, as well as what this whole situation brings to light – including that the NCAA does not look good in all of it.
Are there any words to describe what has transpired over the past couple of days? Not really, but that hasn’t stopped us before, so we’ll try.
Welcome to the latest edition of Talking Hoops With Ted Sarandis. It’s our first special podcast of the final days of Championship Week as we mainly look at tournaments Ted is covering in New York. The spotlight for the past couple of days, especially Wednesday, is on who won’t be […]
Many teams miss out on the NCAA Tournament every year. Some are very close to getting in. Some are agonizingly close. Here is a list of 16 of the very nearest misses for the NCAA Tournament since the tourney’s expansion to 64 teams in 1985.
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.
Part 5 of our series recalling, researching and reviewing NCAA Tournament Selection Sundays of the past looks at the years 2005-09. Included: Jim Nantz and Billy Packer tee off on the MVC and CAA in 2006, the same year the Valley got four bids but probably (our opinion) should’ve had six.
