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

A vintage look at the top four seeds in each region of the final projected NCAA men’s D1 tournament bracket of 2024. The numbers in the upper left corner of each team’s logo represents its place in the overall seed list. | Graphic by Chris Dobbertean using logos (primarily) from SportsLogos.net. The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the final projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket. Text-Only Bracket for Screen Readers First Four Tuesday West: To Charlotte (Thursday): (16) HOWARD (MEAC) vs. MONTANA STATE (Big Sky) Midwest: To Pit ..read more

A vintage look at the Cut Line picture for the final projected men’s NCAA D1 tournament bracket of 2024 | Graphic by Chris Dobbertean using logos from SportsLogos.net and College Sports Logos on Twitter. UAB took care of Temple in the American final and Yale escaped Brown at the buzzer to end Ivy Madness. That means this bracket looks very similar to this morning’s. (I did make some adjustments to the 5/12 and 4/13, however). Thank you for reading this season, and I’ll have a recap along with my picks soon. Text-Only Bracket for Screen Readers and Seed List Key Conference logos indicate auto ..read more

A vintage look at the top four seeds in each region of the projected NCAA men’s D1 tournament bracket for Selection Sunday morning, March 17, 2024. The numbers in the upper left corner of each team’s logo represents its place in the overall seed list. | Graphic by Chris Dobbertean using logos (primarily) from SportsLogos.net. The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket for the morning of March 17, 2024. One final projection for the road will arrive before the Selection Show (6 p.m. Eastern, C ..read more