The latest iteration of March Madness has been great. That is largely a product of the way this tournament is organized, selected, and broadcasted (please don’t change it!). We’ve also had a real fine experience when we get down to the actual performances, but the 2024 Men’s Basketball NCAA Tournament feels a bit like that supporting character in a teen drama series that has a troubled past or a rough upbringing that we keep rooting for and become pleasantly surprised with on occasion, but they keep reverting back to their villainous ways. In less unnecessarily analogous terms, “it’s had it’s ..read more

Teams In the Tournament 67/68 (98.5%) Teams Correctly Seeded: 39/68 (57.4%) Teams Predicted within One Seed Line: 61/68 (89.7 ..read more

One more seed list update before the big day. Deeper scrub coming tomorrow. – Top 8 feel pretty comfortably locked  – Colorado feels safe, New Mexico feels better than before  – Virginia, Texas A&M, Providence, Seton Hall head the anti-bid-steal committee  – Sorry Indiana State, it’s a no *Based on games played through 03/15/2024 ..read more

Quick tweaks and a peek at the current Auto-bids, and their seeds: St. Mary’s (7) Drake (11) James Madison (12) Samford (13) Charleston (13) Oakland (14) Morehead State (14) South Dakota State (15) Longwood (16) Stetson (16 Play-in) Wagner (16 Play-in) *Based on games played through 03/12/2024 ..read more

One Final Week. We are not responsible for any incorrect Opinion’s: – North Carolina back to a 1-seed – Texas Tech continues to impress – Villanova, New Mexico, Virginia just holding on – Not enough from Indiana State Last Four Byes: Seton Hall, Michigan St., Mississippi St., Florida Atlantic Last Four In: St. John’s, Villanova, New Mexico, Virginia First Four Out: Texas A&M, Providence, Colorado, Indiana St. Next Four Out: Wake Forest, Iowa, Butler, Pittsburgh *Based on games played through 03/10/2024 Still In the Mix: Kansas St., Ohio St., Cincinnati, Utah, Memphis, Ole Miss, Oregon ..read more

The Postseason is underway! Still much to sort out: – Arizona hangs on to final 1-seed – Baylor creeps into final 2-seed – Seed lines 6 through 8 are razor close – Big East bubble teams all sneak in – New Mexico no room for error Last Four Byes: Northwestern, Michigan St., Villanova, St. John’s Last Four In: Seton Hall, Florida Atlantic, New Mexico, Providence First Four Out: Virginia, Wake Forest, Ole Miss, Butler Next Four Out: Iowa, Texas A&M, Colorado, Drake *Based on games played through 03/04/2024 Also Considered: Cincinnati, Memphis, Kansas St., Pittsburgh, Utah, Ohio St., Syracuse ..read more

Had to wait an extra day for March, but it’s here: – Who will win the 3-way fight for #1 overall? – Can the Mountain West hang on to 6 bids? – Can South Florida and Richmond steal a bid? – Will Pitino get the Johnnies to the dance? – Where is Greg Gumbel right now? *Based on games played through 03/01/2024 In the Mix: Memphis, Drake, Utah, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Ohio State ..read more

Mediocrity prevails. Don’t expand the tournament: – FAU has 1 win over projected at-large teams – Texas A&M (OUT) has 4 Q3 losses – Ole Miss loses 5 of 6, hangs onto a bid – New Mexico, Colorado State pick up much unneeded losses – The Big East is bubbly *Based on games played through 02/26/2024 LAST FOUR BYES: Wake Forest, Gonzaga, New Mexico, Michigan State LAST FOUR IN: Ole Miss, Seton Hall, Virginia, Florida Atlantic FIRST FOUR OUT: Butler, Villanova, St. John’s, Texas A&M NEXT FOUR OUT: Kansas St., Cincinnati, Utah, Memphis ..read more

Coming back from a little basketball break. March is right around the corner. LAST 4 BYES: Seton Hall, Michigan St., Ole Miss, Florida LAST 4 IN: Butler, Gonzaga, Texas A&M, Virginia FIRST 4 OUT: Villanova, Cincinnati, Utah, Wake Forest NEXT 4 OUT: Indiana St., St. John’s, Kansas St., Pittsburgh *Based on games played through 02/23/2024 ..read more

Big Bubble Shake-up: – Florida, Virginia, Washington State IN – Utah, St. John’s, Kanas State OUT – Providence, Seton Hall slip – Texas A&M, Nevada, Michigan State rise – Gonzaga joins First Four Out *Based on games played through 02/12/24 ..read more