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Eight biggest takeaways from Thursday’s Sweet Sixteen games

After enduring three brutally long days without college basketball, the NCAA Tournament made its triumphant return Thursday night. With only one mid-major (Gonzaga) and one double-digit seed (Oregon) advancing to play this weekend, the Sweet Sixteen …

Eight biggest takeaways from Sunday’s NCAA Tournament games

Four days and two rounds are in the books, and the NCAA Tournament has left us with more questions than jaw-dropping moments. The second round, especially Sunday, provided more close games, but not much outside the expected. The top seeds have …

Carsen Edwards

Eight biggest takeaways from Saturday’s NCAA Tournament games

With three days now in the books, March has not exactly gone mad just yet. Only three of the 40 games played were decided by three-or-fewer points. Only one of those three featured a game-winning score in the final seconds. Instead, we’ve seen a host …

Eight biggest takeaways from Friday’s NCAA Tournament games

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but more than half of the games of the NCAA Tournament are now behind us. With 32 games in the books and just 31 remaining, we are beyond the halfway point but far from crowning a champion. Friday’s action helped …

Ja Morant

Eight biggest takeaways from Thursday’s NCAA Tournament games

There’s always a ton of pressure on the first two days of tournament play. The years that are full of shocking upsets and buzzer-beaters have spoiled us. We expect that every year on the first Thursday and Friday of tournament play. When a day like …

Biggest storylines entering the NCAA Tournament

During college basketball’s biggest week, sometimes I worry that I’m going out of my mind. The excitement builds and builds to a point where I put any kid on Christmas morning to shame. Just looking at an unfilled, untouched bracket makes my ears …

Biggest takeaways from the NCAA Tournament bracket reveal

The brackets have been revealed and the NCAA Tournament is right around the corner. After an absolutely insane week of conference tournament play, the NCAA popped bubbles and handed out seeds, filling out the 68-team field. This March’s edition of …

Eight biggest storylines to watch during conference tournaments

There are some basketball junkies who argue that the week of conference tournaments is actually more exciting than the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. Although I think that take is a bit too spicy for my taste, I can see the appeal. The stakes …

Eight teams that could make a surprising run to the Final Four

No one ever wants to be the boring person who picks all top-ranked teams to reach the Final Four in their bracket. I’d much rather lose taking my chance at finding the needle in the haystack than not even really trying. History, both recent and …

Ranking the top 10 NCAA championship contenders

College basketball, more than any other sport, seems to have a dichotomy about its championship contenders. Even at this point in the season, you could convince me that only two or three teams can really win it all. At the same time, I’d be willing …

10 potential March Madness sleepers

College basketball is in full swing, which means most eyes are on the power conferences. As the big boys battle one another, they attract almost all of the nation attention. For mid-major clubs, it can feel like they are toiling away, giving their …

College basketball teams off to rocky starts in conference play

With conference play now firmly underway in college basketball, we’ve reached a healthy point in the season to start assessing not only how teams stack up this year, but also how they’ve handled the transition into conference play. Certainly some …

Coach K

Early favorite to win every major conference in college basketball

The turn of the calendars to a new year can mean only one thing for college basketball: Conference play is here! The first two months of non-conference play can feel like the first quarter of a thoroughbred race. Jockeys move, shake, and jostle for …

10 most impressive freshmen this college basketball season

The period between Christmas and New Years acts as a handy moment to redefine the college basketball season. Conference play for nearly every league kicks off, meaning we can really start to assess which teams are fighting for top seeds, which have a …

10 college basketball games to watch in December

November college basketball is a wild ride. Half the games are big time match-ups fabricated by sponsored tournaments and the other half feature certain blowouts. One thing both genres share in common is lack of national interest. Tournaments held …

10 college basketball teams off to surprising starts

The basketball season is still very young, with most teams playing five or fewer games so far. Right now, teams are jockeying for position like horses out of the starting gate before the first turn. The top teams are looking to keep pace with their …

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