After a wild first day of NCAA tournament action, Friday has a lot to live up to, but if it does we could have the best first two days of the tournament in the last 5-10 years. Fortunately, there are a lot of appetizing games on tap. Here are my top 5: 1. Kentucky vs. […]

We’ve reached the end! The tournament tips off shortly, but for now enjoy one last batch of haiku to get you ready: 1. Virginia Cavs looked great in league Complaints about the schedule Ignore their great D

The best part of the NCAA tournament is, of course, all of the goofy things you can do with it. Over at Rock Chalk Talk I have been coming up with sometimes funny, sometimes informative, (sometimes neither) haiku for each NCAA tournament team (Inspired by Inside College Hockey). The tradition continues this year with every […]

Everyone knows the best two days of the NCAA tournament are the first two. We get to watch a ton of games, sometimes as many as four at once, and the tournament’s most memorable upsets, and sometimes most memorable moments, happen then. Louisville won the title last year, but just as many people remember Dunk […]

All this week (and next) we'll be running through how to defeat some of the top contenders for the national title. Today's installment is the Arizona Wildcats. Arizona has lost just three games all year, the latest of which at Oregon in a game where the Wildcats had nothing to play for. (it should also […]

The Big Sky tournament kicks off this week kicks off on Thursday with all games in Ogden, Utah, site of top seeded Weber State. The field is heavily slanted towards the Wildcats winning, with the semifinals getting re-seeded so that they get to face the lowest remaining seed, and of course getting to host all […]

Until the NCAA tournament begins, I will be writing pieces on how to defeat some of the top contenders in the nation. First up, 2014's lighting rod, Wichita State. Let's start with what Wichita State does well. The Shockers really get after teams defensively, and are one of the best contenders at preventing opponents from […]

Perhaps it has been influenced by the amount of NBA basketball I have watched over the last couple years, but for whatever reason I have become obsessed with where teams take the majority of their shots from. Obviously the best two spots to shoot from are at the rim and from beyond the arc (because […]

The Patriot League tournament begins today, kicking off March Madness, so they get their own special preview.  In conference efficiency margins (inspired, of course, by John Gasaway's Tuesday Truths):   Record Pace PPP PPP allowed Efficiency Margin American 13 – 5 61.1 1.08 0.97 0.11 Boston U 15 – 3 65.2 1.08 0.98 0.10 Holy […]

Happy Valentines Day. Whether you are going out for some sushi with your sweetheart, or settling in with a pint of Ben & Jerry's, we are choosing to celebrate by unveiling college basketball's all time team: G: Jason Hart (Syracuse, 1996-2000) Hart led the Big East in minutes played as a Freshman, the first Frosh […]