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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…
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Early in the year, the Atlantic 10 was all Xavier. With a lofty preseason ranking, an all-american anchoring a back court that could match up with anyone in the country and a pair of come-from-behind wins over Purdue and at Vanderbilt, it really shouldn’t be any wonder that the Musketeers were the talk of the…
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For the last time ever, we will be watching the Big East Tournament as we know it. Next season, West Virginia will be gone, headed to the Big 12. Pitt and Syracuse won’t be far behind them, replaced by powerhouse programs like SMU, Houston and UCF. Saying the league will be diluted is akin to…
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Player of the Year: Kendall Marshall, North Carolina Marshall didn’t put up the numbers that the rest of his teammates did. He didn’t score as much as a number of other point guards in the conference. But there is no one in the league — maybe in the country — that was as vital to…
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After the Redhawks lost to Toledo in the first round of the MAC Tournament, head coach Charlie Coles announced that he will be retiring as the head coach of Miami (OH). Coles had been at Miami for 16 years, with 14 of them as the head coach as he took over for Herb Sendek, after…
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Player of the Year: Anthony Davis, Kentucky Do I really need to elaborate? He’s a dominant defensive force all season long and is slowly but surely showing that he has a face up game and the ability to step out and be a threat on the perimeter. He’s the only player that can give Thomas…
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Player of the Year: Thomas Robinson, Kansas There really isn’t much of a debate here. T-Rob may end up being the National Player of the Year. At worst, he is a First Team All-American. That gets you Big 12 Player of the Year quite often. Coach of the Year: Frank Haith, Missouri There is, however,…
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Player of the Year: Jared Sullinger, Ohio State When I went to make this pick, I had it in my mind that I was going with Draymond Green as the Big Ten’s Player of the Year. I really did. But once I actually say down to try and argue why Sullinger didn’t deserve the award,…
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Player of the Year: Jae Crowder, Marquette Crowder has been absolutely sensational this season. His numbers speak for themselves — 17.6 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 2.4 spg, 36.1% 3PT — but it was his versatility that was even more important. Crowder’s ability to bang with the best of the Big East’s big men in the paint…
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John Calipari is an easy coach to dislike. If the fact that he has slid by unscathed as the programs that he ran prior to Kentucky had Final Fours vacated isn’t enough, the fact that he is the face of Big Blue Nation and completely unapologetic for recruiting players with the main goal being to…
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Gonzaga has been the dominant force in the West Coast Conference for more than a decade. League titles, NCAA Tournament appearances, a trip to the Elite 8, all-americans and NBA Draft picks. However you want to quantify dominance, Gonzaga did it. But for the first time since 2000, the ‘Zags did not win a share…
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Tonight at 7 p.m. in Richmond, Drexel and VCU will be taking the floor for the right to earn the CAA’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. And while conference tournament title games are always terrific to watch, there is plenty of added intrigue involved here. For starters, both VCU and Drexel are playing their…
