With Selection Sunday nine days away, the Bracket Breakdown takes on the challenge of placing teams in regions and pods.
Tag: NCAA Tournament
Bracket Breakdown: Long-Range Assassins Your Team Wants to Avoid
A handful of likely NCAA Tournament teams are great at hitting three-pointers, which isn’t so great for the favored teams trying to make a deep run.
Duke: Blue Devils Don’t Get Enough Credit
In a season in which Kansas, Kentucky and Big East teams get all the love, the Blue Devils are the best team people aren’t talking about.
William & Mary: A Tribe Called on a Quest
William & Mary is on the verge of entering uncharted territory for the program, which has played basketball for more than 100 years without an invitation to the NCAA Tournament.
Maryland: Bubble Boys Could Turn Into Cinderella
Yes, the Terrapins are once again on the bubble. But Maryland could make a big run if it gets a little more production from a certain senior guard.
Bracket Breakdown: Why Your Team Really Wants a Top Three Seed
A run to the Final Four requires talent, but the luck of the draw doesn’t hurt.
Bracket Breakdown: Which Wildcats Deserve a No. 1 Spot?
Villanova, Kentucky and Kansas State are contending for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. If the selection committee picked today, the Wildcats that grab a top seed might surprise you.
Bracket Breakdown: Pac-10’s Struggles Will Benefit Mountain West, Atlantic 10
While the Pac-10 is in danger of becoming a one-bid conference this season, the Atlantic 10 and Mountain West could put as many as nine teams into the NCAA Tournament. How is that possible?
World Series Wildcat
“The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!” While it was not quite the legendary moment that Bobby Thomson’s famous homer was in 1951, Kenny Lofton’s game-winning, pennant-clinching single in the bottom of the ninth against the St. Louis Cardinals in 2002 will certainly rank up there when […]
