Larry Brown Sports
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
