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Jan 26 2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Mountain West claims 6 bids, Big 12 gets 10 Brian Bennett 99 Elsewhere, there's a new No. 1 seed, and a Big Ten team climbs to the No. 2 line.
Jan 19 2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Lean times for the ACC — at least for now Brian Bennett 275 The storied league has only three bids in this week's field of 68, while the Mountain West has five.
Jan 12 2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Bear of a week shakes up the 68-team field Brian Bennett 185 Upsets abound, so we're dishing out some new seed lines, including a surprising demotion for Kansas.
Jan 5 2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Gonzaga looks like a bubble team Brian Bennett 125 Arizona stays a No. 1 seed, Memphis moves up to a No. 2 and two Big East teams grab the final pair of at-large bids.
Dec 29, 2023 2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Purdue, Arizona, Houston, Kansas are top seeds Brian Bennett 104 This must be the place ... for you to see who's in and who's out of the first 68-team tournament field.
Nov 17, 2023 With League of Legends world finals approaching, more colleges are welcoming esports Daniel Brown 16 Gaming competitions draw massive interest, and more universities are doing their part to tap into that demographic.
Mar 12, 2023 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Alabama takes No. 1 overall seed Brian Bennett 549 Selection Sunday Eve has arrived. Most teams are where they're going to be by now.
Mar 3, 2023 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Bid thieves who might steal a bubble team’s dream Brian Bennett 113 Are there any true mid-major leagues that will get more than one bid on Selection Sunday?
Feb 17, 2023 Bracket Watch: Key questions before selection committee reveals its top 16 seeds Brian Bennett 188 Alabama, Purdue, Houston or Kansas as the top overall seed? We'll find out which way the committee leans on that and more Saturday.
Jan 13, 2023 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Alabama is a No. 1 seed. Northwestern and Clemson are in Brian Bennett 113 Kansas, Houston and Purdue remain No. 1 seeds in our latest field of 68, while Kansas State continues to rise.
Dec 30, 2022 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: UConn, Purdue, Kansas and Arizona are No. 1 seeds in first mock Brian Bennett 113 Where do teams like North Carolina, Kentucky and Creighton wind up in our first NCAA Tournament bracket of 2022-23?
Nov 14, 2022 College basketball needs a better opening week, Keyontae Johnson’s return and more Seth Davis 37 Finally, at long last, the wait was over. The 2022-23 college basketball season finally tipped off last Monday, and you couldn’t ask for a better inaugural host than Baylor. The Bears are two years removed from a national championship, were ranked No. 5 in the preseason AP Top 25, and they have...
Sep 28, 2022 Men’s College Basketball Coaching Tiers 2022: Who is now on top in the sport? Dana O'Neil and Brian Hamilton 349 There are eight coaches in the top tier, experts say, but they exist across a wide range in the sport.
Jan 21, 2022 Bracket Watch: Wisconsin has done enough damage to merit a No. 1 seed Brian Bennett 140 Oregon, TCU and Wyoming make their debuts in our field of 68, while North Carolina is barely hanging on.
Jan 14, 2022 Bracket Watch: Auburn and Arizona ascend to the No. 1 line, Miami is the new bubble buzzword Brian Bennett 101 LSU and Texas Tech make big jumps, and Memphis is the first team out in our latest 68-team projected field.
Jan 7, 2022 Bracket Watch: Kansas cops a No. 1 seed, while the ACC can barely get arrested in our 68-team field Brian Bennett 115 Michigan State moves up to the 2 seed line in the latest bracketology projection.
Dec 29, 2021 Bracket Watch: Baylor, Purdue, Duke and Gonzaga seize early No. 1 seeds in our 68-team field Brian Bennett 135 Our first bracket projection of the season also has Kansas, Arizona, UCLA and Tennessee claiming No. 2 seeds.
Jul 19, 2021 ‘That kid is only 14?’: Class of 2025 standout Darryn Peterson impresses LeBron James and high majors Matthew Gutierrez 48 Peterson, one of the top rising ninth graders in the country, expects his recruitment to take off this fall.
Jul 16, 2021 Brennan: Welcome back to summer hoops. Remember that? Eamonn Brennan 14 After a long hiatus, summer hoops are back. Eamonn Brennan checks in from the Under Armour Association summer calendar in Georgia.
Jul 16, 2021 French big man Yohan Traore making quick impression on recruiting scene CJ Moore 16 Yohan Traore has made a quick impression on the recruiting scene, earning attention from schools such as Gonzaga, Kansas and Ohio State.
Feb 12, 2021 Bracket Watch: Some clarity is coming with a sneak peek at what could be the top 16 seeds Brian Bennett 81 The selection committee might give us a hint on how it's thinking with a preliminary unveiling of the top seeds on CBS on Saturday.
Feb 5, 2021 Bracket Watch: Baylor, Gonzaga’s march toward the NCAA Tournament is historical Brian Bennett 53 Bracketologist Brian Bennett gives us his latest field of 68 teams for the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
Jan 29, 2021 The NCAA Tournament bubble is not as bad as it used to be: Bracket Watch Brian Bennett 74 Bracketologist Brian Bennett says the NCAA Tournament bubble is changing during this unusual 2020-21 season.
Jan 22, 2021 Bracket Watch: The S curve is back, and that’s a beautiful thing Brian Bennett 90 Until it lost to Indiana, Iowa was going to be a 1-seed in the latest NCAA Tournament projection from bracketologist Brian Bennett.
Jan 15, 2021 Bracket Watch: An NCAA Tournament without Duke and Kentucky? That may be reality Brian Bennett 96 Our latest bracket from bracketologist Brian Bennett says at least two blue bloods are in danger of missing the NCAA Tournament.
Jan 12, 2021 Gonzaga or Baylor, Big Ten bids, bloodied blue bloods: College hoops mailbag Dana O'Neil 63 Dana O’Neil opens the mail and answers readers’ questions on college basketball.
Jan 8, 2021 Bracket Watch: Texas is a top seed, Oklahoma State is in and so is Duke (barely) Brian Bennett 107 The latest NCAA Tournament bracket from our resident bracketology guy, Brian Bennett.
Dec 30, 2020 Bracket Watch: Picking a 68-team field with Gonzaga, Baylor, Kansas, Nova up top Brian Bennett 146 The NCAA Tournament selection committee will have its hands full as it weighs the merits of teams who have played a varying number of games.
Sep 19, 2020 College hoops mailbag: 10 best coaches, second chances and much more Dana O'Neil 81 Dana O'Neil answers your questions on the return of college basketball and much more.
Aug 10, 2020 The Athletic’s plan to save the nonconference hoops season: 44 pods, 357 schools The Athletic College Basketball Staff 142 With COVID-19 creating massive scheduling and logistical issues for college sports, we present our plan for men's and women's hoops.
Jun 23, 2020 What group of mascots would make the best college basketball team? Brian Bennett 18 From Sparty to Kasey the Kangaroo to Mario the Magnificent, we have some fun with the best mascots suited to play hoops.
Mar 20, 2020 The Fan Fiction NCAA Tournament: What would Friday be without upsets? Brian Bennett 22 We're using KenPom.com probabilities, our staff's opinions and the minds of two writers to play out the 2020 NCAA Tournament.
Mar 9, 2020 Bracket Watch: The teams that helped and hurt themselves on Wednesday Brian Bennett 151 Brian Bennett makes his latest prediction for the NCAA Tournament. This bracket will be updated every day until Selection Sunday.
Mar 9, 2020 This Week in Mid-Major: Predicting conference tourneys, and our All-America team Brian Bennett 38 With the second week of conference tournaments starting, Brian Bennett looks at who can claim the automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament.
Mar 6, 2020 Bracket Watch: Will some peculiar NET ratings cause seed madness? Brian Bennett 78 The NCAA moved to the NET ratings system before last season, and for the most part, it worked swimmingly in Year 1. There weren’t many controversial choices for inclusion into the field of 68 last March, and 14 of the top 16 teams in the NET on Selection Sunday reached the Sweet 16.So the NCAA...
Feb 28, 2020 Bracket Watch: The fourth 1-seed, the fourth 2-seed and what to do about UK Brian Bennett 98 Brian Bennett releases his latest NCAA Tournament bracket projection with two weeks to go until Selection Sunday.
Feb 14, 2020 Bracket Watch: The top 16 seeds? No sweat. The challenge comes at the bottom Brian Bennett 101 The toughest calls for the selection committee will be determining which teams belong at the bottom of the bracket.
Feb 7, 2020 Bracket Watch: The four No. 1 seeds right now, and who is next in line Brian Bennett 33 Brian Bennett lays out his NCAA Tournament bracket projection.
Jan 24, 2020 Bracket Watch: Would the selection committee go west for two No. 1 seeds? Brian Bennett 98 Gonzaga and San Diego State are making strong cases to be on the top line come Selection Sunday.
Jan 17, 2020 Bracket Watch: Let’s play the blind résumé game Brian Bennett 59 Brian Bennett gives his latest NCAA Tournament bracket, including a new No. 1 overall seed and why the defending champ is not in the field.
Jan 13, 2020 This Week in Mid-Major: Richmond is back, so is Santa Clara and a new top 10 Brian Bennett 23 Brian Bennett breaks down everything that's going on in mid-major college basketball.
Jan 10, 2020 Bracket Watch: After Duke and Kansas, who’s in line for a No. 1 seed? Brian Bennett 130 Baylor and surprising Butler and San Diego State are all in great shape at the midpoint of the 2019-20 season.
Dec 31, 2019 KenPom: Predicting the champion in all 32 college basketball conferences Ken Pomeroy 37 A year ago, Ken Pomeroy correctly predicted who would win 21 of the 32 conference regular-season titles.
Dec 6, 2019 Rui Hachimura’s intellectual development, Davis Bertans’ dominance and what’s that, defense? Fred Katz 21 Hachimura is getting more comfortable with the NBA game while Bertans could finish the season in some elite company.
Dec 1, 2019 Fighting bullies, being prompt and smoking (or not): Why Scott Brooks credits his mom for his success Fred Katz 10 Brooks, who had his jersey retired by UC-Irvine, credits his mom with pushing him to get where he is now.
Nov 18, 2019 Bennett: Against the spread picks for Monday’s best college basketball games Brian Bennett 10 Picking Southern Utah-UCLA, UC-Irvine-Colorado and more.
Mar 23, 2019 Davis: My ATS picks for Sunday's second-round games Seth Davis 42 By the end of the night, we will have our Sweet 16. Most of the games have been highly competitive and entertaining, and though I charged out of the gate during the first round, my Saturday went about as well as it did for Kansas. Hopefully, I will finish the weekend strong. So enjoy the rest of...
Mar 21, 2019 Davis: My ATS picks for Friday's first-round games Seth Davis 52 The first round of the NCAA Tournament is such a big deal that one picks column is not enough to cover it. So even as the first full day of the tourney gets underway, your fearless forecaster already has his eyes on Friday’s slate. We are wall-to-wall with my precious prescience for 48 glorious...
Mar 20, 2019 The Athletic College Basketball poll: 12 vs. 5 upsets, best first-round games, UVA's future and more The Athletic Staff 26 One more time before the first round tips off, we have assembled the collective hive mind of The Athletic College Basketball — 19 staff members in total — to get their thoughts on what we can expect from the NCAA Tournament. Earlier this week the staff named their Final Four teams and...
Mar 18, 2019 South: Virginia, Tennessee on path toward meeting in Louisville? Hugh Kellenberger 23 Below are breakdowns of every team in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament that you should find helpful, whether you’re filling out a bracket or getting ready for your team’s first game.Opponent: No. 16 Gardner-WebbWhen: Friday in Columbia, S.C.Record: 29-3 (16-2 ACC)How they got...
Mar 17, 2019 Bracket Watch: Settling on the other two No. 1 seeds Brian Bennett 185 By beating Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s becomes our first high-profile bid thief, knocking another team off the bubble.
Mar 11, 2019 Bracket Watch: A handful of greetings and goodbyes as we begin Championship Week Brian Bennett 182 Our bracketologist Brian Bennett breaks down the field of 68 heading into Championship Week.
Mar 8, 2019 Bracket Watch: Clemson, N.C. State and just trying to hang on Brian Bennett 94 In last week’s Bracket Watch, we looked at the teams that could possibly still snag a No. 1 seed. About 24 hours later, Michigan State continued its inexplicable inability to beat Indiana, while Houston lost at home to UCF. Um, thanks for clearing things up, I guess?So as we head into the...
Mar 1, 2019 Bracket Watch: We have a new No. 1 seed, but will another be available soon? Brian Bennett 92 It's March. Congratulations, everybody. We made it.
Feb 22, 2019 Bracket Watch: A humble request for the selection committee Brian Bennett 124 Dear selection committee members,First off, thank you for your service. I hope you get some tasty takeout meals while you’re sequestered in Indianapolis next month. I hear Bazbeaux makes a mean pizza pie.Anyway, I wanted to offer a heartfelt plea as you go into your bracketing deliberations.
Feb 15, 2019 Bracket Watch: It's all business up top, and a post-apocalyptic wasteland at the bottom Brian Bennett 62 A few minor things have happened since the selection committee released its midseason top 16 seeds last Saturday.Duke won at Virginia and completed a miracle comeback at Louisville. Marquette beat Villanova. Kentucky lost at home to LSU. Wisconsin dropped two games. Michigan got upset at Penn...
Feb 10, 2019 Max effort: UC Irvine's Hazzard quietly lives up to legendary basketball name Jeff Pearlman 7 The grandson of UCLA great Walt Hazzard has the Anteaters atop the Big West and in position for their second NCAA tourney bid ever.
Feb 8, 2019 Bracket Watch: Is it Kentucky or Gonzaga for final No. 1 seed? Brian Bennett 91 Reactions to last week’s Bracket Watch debut were dominated by two discussion threads:1. “Michigan deserves a No. 1 seed over Michigan State!”“No, the Spartans are better than the Wolverines!”“You’re stupid, UM rules!”“You’re ugly, Sparty’s the best!”2. “Indiana’s...
Dec 26, 2018 KenPom: The most likely contenders in all 32 conference races Ken Pomeroy 36 Using his ratings sytem, Ken Pomeroy breaks down each conference race and identifies the favorites and possible contenders.
Oct 29, 2018 The 68: Kansas is our preseason No. 1 Hugh Kellenberger 90 The Top 68 is a projection of teams The Athletic college basketball staff sees making the NCAA Tournament.
Mar 10, 2018 The Fieldhouse Bracket Watch: With Xavier's loss, does North Carolina have a case for a No. 1 seed? Stewart Mandel 23 An annual topic of debate heading into SelectionSundayis usually over which teams will get the four No. 1 seeds. This year, that debate is … unexciting.My four No. 1 seeds – Virginia (30-2), Villanova (29-4), Kansas (26-7) and Xavier (28-5) – have remained unchanged for several weeks.
Mar 2, 2018 The Fieldhouse Bracket Watch: Could the UNC-Duke winner move up to the top line? Stewart Mandel 13 There are no shortage of stakes whenever rivals Duke and North Carolina meet, as they will for the second time this seasonon Saturdayat Cameron Indoor Stadium. But here are a couple of added NCAA Tournament incentives on the table: A chance at the fourth No. 1 seed on SelectionSunday and...
Feb 28, 2018 Mid-major Tournament Preview: Charleston has its work cut out for it in the Colonial Matt Craig 16 The College of Charleston appeared to be in line for a conference championship before the season even began. The Cougars had the talent: The top six scorers returned from a 25-win team. They had the experience: Five of those six scorers are juniors or seniors who made it to last year’s...
Feb 27, 2018 The Fieldhouse Bracket Watch: The Big Ten, The Big Apple and ... little drama Stewart Mandel 36 The 2018 Big Ten Tournament starts … Wednesday. No, really! Jim Delany wanted so desperately to move the event to Madison Square Garden he was willing to start the darn thing on the last day of February.There won’t be a whole lot of intrigue for NCAA bracket purposes because the league is so...
Oct 16, 2017 Big West: In a one-bid league, UC Irvine is the team to beat Special to The Athletic 1 By Mirin FaderThere is a clear favorite in the Big West this season. Despite losing most of its offensive firepower, UC Irvinehas the size, speed and defensive grit to take the conference crown. It will be up to UC Davis and Cal State Fullerton to give chase.Top tierUC Irvine The Anteaters...
