Bubble Watch: Sunday, February 26th

Bubble teams, as usual, are in bold. Sunday, February 26th: Cincinnati @ South Florida (12PM ESPN3) – Huge, huge bubble game in the Big East. The Bearcats are in slightly better position but are still firmly on the bubble. South Florida is on the outside looking in and definitely need this win to improve their [...]

Eating Crow: Michigan, UConn, Notre Dame

Its that time of the year, crow eating time. The time when the college basketball fans that had big enough cojones to make pre-season predictions look back at them and either pat themselves on the back, or just laugh. This will be the laughing edition. It seems fitting to lead crow eating off with the [...]

Brief Big East Tournament Predictions

Tournament Bracket First Round: UConn vs Depaul – Noon ESPN2 Seton Hall vs Rutgers – 2PM ESPN2 Villanova vs South Florida – 7PM ESPNU Marquette vs Providence – 9PM ESPNU Second Round: UConn vs Georgetown – Noon ESPN St. John’s vs Seton Hall – 2:30PM ESPN Cincinnati vs Villanova -7PM ESPN West Virginia vs Marquette [...]

Freeman Wills Georgetown to Win

You could feel it in the air. Something was brewing in the Wells Fargo Center. The Villanova Wildcats erased a 10 point deficit with 6:37 to play by implementing a three-quarter court press, and then a full court press. Georgetown looked rattled. Fortunately for Hoya fans, star guard Austin Freeman was immune to it all. [...]

Stacked Saturday: A Primer

Today’s slate of games is waaay too much to cover in a few 140 character tweets. Starting 30 minutes ago with Louisville at Marquette tipping at 11AM and ending with three 11PM West Coast tip offs, this Saturday has just about everything for the casual and die-hard college basketball fan. The casual fan might lean [...]

Bubble Games of the Week: Bye Bye Winter Break

College students all across the nation are flooding back onto campuses this week to start the second semester, but most importantly: cheer on their men’s basketball team. Some students have more cheering to do than others. If you’re a fan of one of the teams in bold below, losing your voice is mandatory. Monday, January [...]

Resume Rundown: January 5th

I just completed the first “Resume Rundown” for the 2010-11 College Basketball season. There are a few things to keep in mind when viewing it: – The teams listed are all teams vying for at-large bids. No 1-bid league leaders, or other league leaders are included. Ex: Duke, Syracuse, etc. I included Butler at the [...]

Bubble Games of the Week: Conference Kick-Off

Its that time of year. Non-conference schedules are winding down, and conference games are heating up. Can you smell that? Its Bracketology in the air. I will be writing weekly “Bubble Games of the Week” which covers not every game that every bubble team is involved in, but simply the games that can help bubble [...]

Games to Watch: December 20th-26th – Christmas Week

This week is off to an interesting start, Jacksonville just beat #19 Florida in OT. There aren’t any games to watch tonight, but there are a few good match ups during this slow week. Tuesday, December 21st: UNLV @ #11 Kansas State – 9PM ESPN2 – After a 9-0 start, UNLV has lost 2 of [...]

Games to Watch: December 13th-19th – Finals Week

A slow week of games due to finals week. A bunch of nice contests of Saturday, but nothing like last Saturday. This is also the last big weekend of non-conference games, as the following weekend is Christmas, followed by most teams starting their conference schedules. Monday, December 13th: No Games of Note. Tuesday, December 14th: [...]