Expanding our Tournament? It's inevitable, right?  So, what would it have looked like this year?  Before we get to that, we must figure out how the setup of the best tournament in sports would be in expanding the field.  How many? How many teams are we expanding to?  The popular amounts that has been talked about recently is 72 and 84.  There are whispers of the field expanding to 96, but for the sake of all our sanities, I will focus on the former two numbers exclusively. What will the format look like? I believe the traditional format of a 64-team bracket is fa ..read more

  The BIG Heartland Bracketology: March 17 FINAL Updated: Sun., Mar. 17 - 4:45 pm TRUE SEED LIST 1. UCONN (1) 2. Purdue (1) 3. Houston (1) 4. North Carolina (1) 5. Tennessee (2) 6. Arizona (2) 7. IOWA STATE (2) 8. Marquette (2) 9. Creighton (3) 10. Baylor (3) 11. AUBURN (3) 12. Kentucky (3) 13. Kansas (4) 14. Duke (4) 15. ILLINOIS (4) 16. Alabama (4) 17. Brigham Young (5) 18. Wisconsin (5) 19. South Carolina (5) 20. SAINT MARY'S (5) 21. Utah State (6) 22. Texas Tech (6) 23. San Diego State (6) 24. Nevada (6) 25. Gonzaga (7) 26. Washington State (7) 27. Clemson (7) 28 ..read more

  The BIG Heartland Bracketology: March 3 Updated: Tue., Mar. 3 - 9:45 pm TRUE SEED LIST 1. PURDUE (1) 2. HOUSTON (1) 3. UCONN (1) 4. ARIZONA (1) 5. TENNESSEE (2) 6. NORTH CAROLINA (2) 7. Kansas (2) 8. Marquette (2) 9. Creighton (3) 10. Baylo (3) 11. Iowa State (3) 12. Alabama (3) 13. Duke (4) 14. Brigham Young (4) 15. Illinois (4) 16. Kentucky (4) 17. Auburn (5) 18. San Diego State (5) 19. Wisconsin (5) 20. Dayton (5) 21. Clemson (6) 22. Washington State (6) 23. South Carolina (6) 24. UTAH STATE (6) 25. Boise State (7) 26. SAINT MARY'S (7) 27. Northwestern (7) 2 ..read more

  The BIG Heartland Bracketology: February 27 Updated: Tue., Feb. 27 - 9:45 pm TRUE SEED LIST 1. PURDUE (1) 2. HOUSTON (1) 3. UCONN (1) 4. ARIZONA (1) 5. TENNESSEE (2) 6. NORTH CAROLINA (2) 7. Kansas (2) 8. Alabama (2) 9. Marquette (3) 10. Duke (3) 11. Iowa State (3) 12. Creighton (3) 13. Baylor (4) 14. Auburn (4) 15. Wisconsin (4) 16. San Diego State (4) 17. Illinois (5) 18. Clemson (5) 19. Kentucky (5) 20. Washington State (5) 21. Texas Tech (6) 22. Dayton (6) 23. Brigham Young (6) 24. SAINT MARY'S (6) 25. UTAH STATE (7) 26. Florida (7) 27. Texas Christian ..read more

  The BIG Heartland Bracketology: February 19 Updated: Mon., Feb. 19 - 9:45 am TRUE SEED LIST 1. PURDUE (1) 2. UCONN (1) 3. HOUSTON (1) 4. ARIZONA (1) 5. NORTH CAROLINA (2) 6. Tennessee (2) 7. Kansas (2) 8. Marquette (2) 9. ALABAMA (3) 10. Baylor (3) 11. Iowa State (3) 12. Duke (3) 13. SAN DIEGO STATE (4) 14. Illinois (4) 15. Creighton (4) 16. Wisconsin (4) 17. Auburn (5) 18. SAINT MARY'S (5) 19. DAYTON (5) 20. Kentucky (5) 21. Texas Tech (6) 22. Colorado State (6) 23. Clemson (6) 24. Brigham Young (6) 25. Washington State (7) 26. South Carolina (7) 27. Texa ..read more

  FINAL: The BIG Heartland Bracketology: March 12 Updated: Sun., Mar. 12 - 4:45 pm TRUE SEED LIST 1. ALABAMA(1) 2. Kansas (1) 3. Houston (1) 4. PURDUE (1) 5. Ucla (2) 6. TEXAS (2) 7. ARIZONA (2) 8. Baylor (2) 9. GONZAGA (3) 10. MARQUETTE (3) 11. Kansas State (3) 12. Tennessee (3) 13. Connecticut (4) 14. Indiana (4) 15. Xavier (4) 16. Iowa State (4) 17. Virginia (5) 18. Texas Christian (5) 19. SAN DIEGO STATE (5) 20. Texas A&M (5) 21. Kentucky (6) 22. Miami (FL) (6) 23. Saint Mary's (CA) (6) 24. DUKE (6) 25. Northwestern (7) 26. Creighton (7) 27. FLORIDA ATLANTIC (7) 28 ..read more

  The BIG Heartland Bracketology: March 8 Updated: Wed., Mar. 8 - 6:45 am TRUE SEED LIST 1. HOUSTON(1) 2. KANSAS (1) 3. ALABAMA (1) 4. PURDUE (1) 5. UCLA (2) 6. Texas (2) 7. Baylor (2) 8. Arizona (2) 9. GONZAGA (3) 10. MARQUETTE (3) 11. Tennessee (3) 12. Kansas State(3) 13. Connecticut (4) 14. Indiana (4) 15. Xavier (4) 16. MIAMI (FL) (4) 17. Virginia (5) 18. Texas Christian (5) 19. SAN DIEGO STATE (5) 20. Saint Mary's (CA) (5) 21. Kentucky (6) 22. Creighton (6) 23. Iowa State (6) 24. Texas A&M (6) 25. Northwestern (7) 26. Duke (7) 27. Michigan State (7) 28. Iowa (7) 2 ..read more

  The BIG Heartland Bracketology: March 4 Updated: Sat., Mar. 4 - 2:45 am TRUE SEED LIST 1. ALABAMA (1) 2. HOUSTON (1) 3. KANSAS (1) 4. PURDUE (1) 5. UCLA (2) 6. Baylor (2) 7. Texas (2) 8. Arizona (2) 9. Tennessee (3) 10. GONZAGA (3) 11. Kansas State (3) 12. MARQUETTE (3) 13. Xavier (4) 14. Connecticut (4) 15. Texas Christian (4) 16. Indiana (4) 17. Saint Mary's (CA) (5) 18. MIAMI (FL) (5) 19. Virginia (5) 20. Kentucky (5) 21. SAN DIEGO STATE (6) 22. Creighton (6) 23. Arkansas (6) 24. Northwestern (6) 25. Iowa (7) 26. Texas A&M (7) 27. Michigan State (7) 28. Illinois ..read more

  The BIG Heartland Bracketology: February 27 Updated: Mon., Feb. 27 - 11:45 pm TRUE SEED LIST 1. ALABAMA (1) 2. HOUSTON (1) 3. KANSAS (1) 4. PURDUE (1) 5. UCLA (2) 6. Texas (2) 7. Baylor (2) 8. Arizona (2) 9. MARQUETTE (3) 10. Kansas State (3) 11. GONZAGA (3) 12. Tennessee (3) 13. Indiana (4) 14. Connecticut (4) 15. Xavier (4) 16. Miami (FL) (4) 17. Virginia (5) 18. Saint Mary's (CA) (5) 19. SAN DIEGO STATE (5) 20. Texas Christian (5) 21. Northwestern (6) 22. Texas A&M (6) 23. Kentucky (6) 24. Creighton (6) 25. Iowa State (7) 26. Arkansas (7) 27. Illinois (7) 28. Mich ..read more

  The BIG Heartland Bracketology: February 20 Updated: Mon., Feb. 20 - 2:45 pm TRUE SEED LIST 1. ALABAMA (1) 2. HOUSTON (1) 3. PURDUE (1) 4. KANSAS (1) 5. Texas (2) 6. Arizona (2) 7. Baylor (2) 8. UCLA (2) 9. VIRGINIA (3) 10. Tennessee (3) 11. Iowa State (3) 12. Kansas State (3) 13. Indiana (4) 14. MARQUETTE (4) 15. Gonzaga (4) 16. Xavier (4) 17. SAINT MARY'S (CA) (5) 18. Creighton (5) 19. Connecticut (5) 20. Miami (FL) (5) 21. Texas Christian (6) 22. SAN DIEGO STATE (6) 23. Northwestern (6) 24. Providence (6) 25. Iowa (7) 26. Oklahoma State (7) 27. Illinois (7) 28. Michigan St ..read more