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Another regular season conference champion has been picked off. Savannah State, the outright champions of the MEAC, got dropped in their first round game against Hampton. Christopher Tolson scored 16 points to lead the way for the Pirates, who used an 11-2 run to blow the game open down the stretch. Savannah State had won…
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All those Arizona fans that were hoping their team would able to string together three wins in a row and earn the Pac-12′s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament got dealt a bit of bad news on Tuesday evening when word came out that Josiah Turner was suspended indefinitely. Details are unclear right now, but…
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NCAA Tournament Cheat Sheet: Get to know South Dakota State
Mar 7, 2012, 5:48 PM EDT
Read through the rest of the NCAA Tournament Cheat Sheets here. Conference: Summit Coach: Scott Nagy Record: 27-7, 15-3 (2nd) Rankings and Ratings: – Kenpom: 55 – RPI: 55 – AP/Coaches: Unranked Seeding?: Depending on how some of the other conference tournaments turn out, the Jackrabbits are actually looking at a pretty good seed. Most projections…
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It’s official: Pitt’s disappointing season won’t end in the NCAA Tournament
Mar 7, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
Pitt’s disappointing season continued on Wednesday afternoon, as the Panthers’ last chance to play their way into the NCAA Tournament ended with a whimper and a 64-52 loss to No. 13 Georgetown. For a few minutes, it looked like the Panthers might actually put together a run, as they jumped out to an early lead…
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Read through the rest of the NCAA Tournament Cheat Sheets here. Conference: Sun Belt Coach: Ray Harper Record: 15-18, 7-9 (7th) Rankings and Ratings: – Kenpom: 192 – RPI: 191 – AP/Coaches: Unranked Seeding?: Western Kentucky may be the single-lowest seed in the tournament. They will be in the play-in game. Names to know: Derrick Gordon…
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There’s not need to even dance around the subject: the only thing that anybody is going to be paying attention to heading into the Pac-12 tournament is whether or not this league is capable of sending more than just their automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. So in lieu of actually writing something worth while…
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Read through the rest of the NCAA Tournament Cheat Sheets here. Conference: Horizon Coach: Ray McCallum, Sr. Record: 26-4, 12-2 (1st) Rankings and Ratings: – Kenpom: 115 – RPI: 138 – AP/Coaches: Unranked Seeding?: This is where is gets interesting. There is an outside chance that Detroit ends up on the 16 seed line, although it…
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The will probably be the last year of the WAC having any kind of relevancy nationally. Nevada and Fresno State are leaving to become full-time members of the Mountain West. Hawaii is going to the MWC for football and taking the rest of their talents to the Big West. In exchange, the WAC is adding…
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Its official: Temple will be joining the Big East. That’s coming from Brett McMurphy, and if Brett McMurphy is saying it, than you can pretty much believe it. The way it stands right now, Temple’s football program will be added in 2012 while their basketball program won’t leave the Atlantic 10 until 2013. Normally, you…
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I wouldn’t blame you if you couldn’t name a single team — let alone a single player — in the SWAC. Buried at the bottom of the map and the bottom of just about every ranking formula, teams in this league are known more for the ridiculous road trip they take in November and December,…
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We all thought this was finally going to be the year. With the amount of talent that Kansas lost off of their roster from last season and with the majority of their recruiting class finding themselves ineligible to play this season, the Jayhawks were left with the inconsistent Tyshawn Taylor, the unproven Thomas Robinson and…
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Read through the rest of the NCAA Tournament Cheat Sheets here. Conference: Ivy Coach: Tommy Amaker Record: 26-4, 12-2 (1st) Rankings and Ratings: – Kenpom: 38 – RPI: 36 – AP/Coaches: Unranked Seeding?: It will be interesting to see where Harvard gets seeded. They had a solid RPI, a top 25 win and a 5-3 record…
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Prior to the season starting, the was plenty of speculation about the strength of Conference USA. More specifically, there was talk that, if things broke the right way, this could end up being a four bid league. Central Florida was returning a lot of talent and bringing in a number of transfers. Marshall was going…
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Winners Seton Hall: The Pirates picked up an impressive 79-47 win over Providence in the first round of the Big East tournament on Tuesday night. Beating Providence isn’t exactly a marquee victory for the Pirates, but given what had just happened — losing to 28 by DePaul on the last day of the regular season…
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Princeton jumped out to a 21-6 lead on Penn on Tuesday night in New Jersey in the final game of the Ivy League’s regular season. The Quakers fought back, cutting the lead to three at one point in the second half, but Princeton was able to pull away down the stretch, winning 62-52. Ian Hummer…
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Drexel’s Bruiser Flint: ‘I won 19 in a row. What do you want me do to?’
Mar 6, 2012, 7:36 PM EDT
Bruiser Flint has already started his media campaign to try and convince the public and at-large — and, I guess, the Selection Committee — that his Drexel Dragons deserve a spot in the NCAA Tournament. “We won 27 games. We lost in the championship. We won the regular season. I think our resume, our stuff,…
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Player of the Year: Andrew Nicholson, St. Bonaventure Nicholson was easily the most dominant big man in the Atlantic 10 this season, averaging 17.6 ppg, 8.3 rpg and 1.6 bpg as he led the Bonnies to a tie for third place in the conference. Nicholson wasn’t quite as good individually as he was as a…
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Read through the rest of the NCAA Tournament Cheat Sheets here. Conference: MAAC Coach: Jimmy Patsos Record: 24-8, 13-5 (2nd) Rankings and Ratings: – Kenpom: 127 – RPI: 80 – AP/Coaches: Unranked Seeding?: Loyola might be able to get out in front of the play-in games, but the Greyhounds are still going to end up playing…
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Lamar head coach Pat Knight lit into his team at a press conference. He called them names. He referred to drug use. He sounded like he was throwing his players under the bus. I called him on it. And now I look stupid, because the Cardinals responded by winning their last three games of the…
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Player of the Year: Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State There is a lot of talent in the Mountain West, but what Franklin did this season simply cannot be overlooked. He averaged 17.1 ppg and 8.0 rpg on the year, but those numbers bumped up to 19.5 ppg and 9.9 rpg in league play. A 6’5″…
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I’m not sure you would actually believe me if I told you how bad Savannah State was just a short six seasons ago. They went 2-28. One of those two wins came against something called Wilberforce. They lost to Oregon 83-23. They lost to Pacific 82-37. Yale beat them by 29. Texas A&M-Corpus Christ beat…
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Read through the rest of the NCAA Tournament Cheat Sheets here. Conference: Southern Coach: Bob McKillop Record: 25-7, 16-2 (1st) Rankings and Ratings: – Kenpom: 66 – RPI: 66 – AP/Coaches: Unranked Seeding?: Davidson is probably looking at somewhere around a 13 or 14 seed. They are definitely one of the strong mid-major automatic bids —…
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Read through the rest of the NCAA Tournament Cheat Sheets here. Conference: WCC Coach: Randy Bennett Record: 27-5, 14-2 (1st) Rankings and Ratings: – Kenpom: 43 – RPI: 30 – AP/Coaches: Unranked/18th Seeding?: Prior to their win over Gonzaga in the WCC title game on Monday night, most people had St. Mary’s slotted as a seven…
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Player of the Year: Jorge Gutierrez, Cal The last time a player in the Pac-12 (then the Pac-10) won Player of the Year without leading his team in scoring was Mike Bibby, and we all know what he went on to be. Gutierrez is a different player than Bibby, but his contributions go well beyond…
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Read through the rest of the NCAA Tournament Cheat Sheets here. Conference: CAA Coach: Shaka Smart Record: 28-6, 15-3 (2nd) Rankings and Ratings: – Kenpom: 46 – RPI: 41 – AP/USA Today: Unranked Seeding?: It will be interesting to see where VCU gets placed in the bracket. They don’t have an overwhelming profile — they probably…
