Villanova won the 2023 Battle 4 Atlantis. In 2024, the event and Maui Invitational will have some new competition in the race to be considered the most-prestigious early season tournament. | Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Brackets and schedules for the 2024-25 men’s college basketball season’s bracketed multiple-team events (MTEs), both exempt and not-exempt, and basic information on the many, many exempt MTEs with fixed matchups. Click here to visit the 2024-25 Neutral-Site Games/Showcases page. Bracketed MTEs (With Full Schedules) Greenbrier Tip-Off River Division (Visitors): Nov. 15 and 16 ..read more

Brad Penner-Imagn Images A regularly updated list of the 2024-25 men’s college basketball season’s neutral-site games—be they showcases, classics, or standalone contests. Note that this page does not include info on neutral-site games tied to exempt multi-team events (MTEs). Click here to visit the 2024-25 Multi-Team Events (MTE)/Tournaments Page. TV and streaming info from event websites, team schedules, or MattSarzSports.com. Thanks to The D1 Docket and Rocco Miller for their tracking over this offseason. All times are Eastern ..read more

Villanova won the 2023 Battle 4 Atlantis. In 2024, the event and Maui Invitational will have some new competition in the race to be considered the most-prestigious early season tournament. | Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports A regularly-updated list of the 2024-25 men’s college basketball season’s exempt multiple-team events (MTEs) along with the teams that have yet to commit to one. A more detailed version of this page with schedules and TV info will arrive closer to the season. Unannounced dates are tentative. An asterisk (*) indicates a pending conference move for the 2024-25 season. Note that ..read more

A vintage look at the Friday evening NCAA men’s tournament schedule. | Graphic by Chris Dobbertean. Team logos are from Chris Creamer’s SportsLogos.net or College Sports Logos on Twitter. We are reaching the peak of the madness. It’s all downhill from here. Graphics are by me. Team logos are from Chris Creamer’s SportsLogos.net or College Sports Logos on Twitter. Matchup history from Sports Reference. Chronological Schedule South Region in Memphis (TNT) Commentators: Spero Dedes (play-by-play)/Jim Spanarkel (analyst)/Jon Rothstein (reporter) (9) Texas A&M vs. (8) Nebraska, 6:50 p.m. Aggi ..read more

A vintage look at the Friday afternoon NCAA men’s tournament schedule. | Graphic by Chris Dobbertean. Team logos are from Chris Creamer’s SportsLogos.net, College Sports Logos on Twitter, or me (UAB and Marquette). While there were some upsets on Thursday (Hello, Duquesne and Oakland!) is today going to be even wilder? Or will this be a rare year without a truly BANANAS First Round day, like 2007 or 2017? Graphics are by me. Team logos are from Chris Creamer’s SportsLogos.net, College Sports Logos on Twitter, or me (Marquette and UAB). Matchup history from Sports Reference. Chronological Sched ..read more

A vintage look at the Thursday evening NCAA men’s tournament schedule. | Graphic by Chris Dobbertean. Team logos are from Chris Creamer’s SportsLogos.net or College Sports Logos on Twitter. It’s time to cut the field of 68 down to 48. Graphics are by me. Team logos are from Chris Creamer’s SportsLogos.net or College Sports Logos on Twitter. Matchup history from Sports Reference. Chronological Schedule Midwest Region in Charlotte (TNT) Commentators: Brian Anderson (play-by-play)/Jim Jackson (analyst)/Allie La Force (reporter) (10) Colorado State vs. (7) Texas, 6:50 p.m. Rams (25-10, Mountain W ..read more

A vintage look at the Thursday afternoon NCAA men’s tournament schedule. | Graphic by Chris Dobbertean. Team logos are from Chris Creamer’s SportsLogos.net or College Sports Logos on Twitter. Donald Duck ©️ Disney Two days. 32 games. Let’s get started. Graphics are by me. Team logos are from Chris Creamer’s SportsLogos.net or College Sports Logos on Twitter. Donald Duck ©️ Disney. Matchup history from Sports Reference. Chronological Schedule West Region in Charlotte (CBS) Commentators: Brian Anderson (play-by-play)/Jim Jackson (analyst)/Allie La Force (reporter) (9) Michigan State vs. (8) Mi ..read more

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports The Madness begins with a pair of First Four games in Dayton, while college hoops’ second-tier tournament opens with nine matchups. Graphics are by me. Team logos are from Chris Creamer’s SportsLogos.net, or College Sports Logos on Twitter, or myself (Richmond). Chronological Schedule First Four Tuesday TruTV will air both games. Commentators: Spero Dedes (play-by-play), Jim Spanarkel (analyst), Jon Rothstein (reporter) West Region No. 16 Wagner Seahawks (16-15, NEC automatic bid) vs. No. 16 Howard Bison (18-16, MEAC automatic bid) The Seahawks won the pair’s ..read more

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images If you want to win your pool, it might be best that you do the opposite of everything I do in this post. Graphics are by me. Team logos are from Chris Creamer’s SportsLogos.net, or College Sports Logos on Twitter, or myself (Marquette, UAB, Alabama). My track record for making picks is abysmal: 2018: 40-23 (with 3 Final Four teams) 2019: 39-24 (with no Final Four teams) 2021: 39-24 (with 2 Final Four teams) 2022: 26-37 (with no Final Four teams and 1 Elite Eight team) 2023: 33-30 (again, with no Final Four teams, though at least I wasn’t alone on that front) So ..read more

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports I saved my many, many criticisms of the 2024 version of the Selection Committee for my chat with T.J. and Ari, so please listen. Before getting to the show, a quick recap of my performance: 1 at-large miss (Oklahoma out, Virginia in) 39 teams seeded exactly (improvement of 1 from 2023, but still 6 lower than in 2022) 15 seeded within 1 line (drop from 24 in 2023 and 21 in 2022) 11 seeded within 2 lines (rise from 4 in 2023 and 1 in 2022) 2 seeded within 3 lines (rise from 1 in 2023 and 0 in 2022) My biggest misses were BYU (6, projected 4), Florida (7, projected ..read more