If you’re thinking about purchasing the CSTV March Madness on Demand, where you can get live streaming video of every game in the first three rounds, you can get a $5 discount off the $19.95 retail price by following this link. From what I saw on Wednesday, when they showed various press conferences, it’ll be […]

Before I present a breakdown on Thursday’s featured game, I’m going to throw a couple of links at you. Surely if you’re a regular at this site, you know of Yoni’s site. And you are probably already participating in his blogger’s bracket. But if not, get over there and fill out a bracket. You can […]

Some random thoughts on the brackets… – One of the first games to be announced was Oklahoma State/SE Louisiana. My first reaction was "81-29." SE Louisiana is to Cajun Country what Washington State is to the Palouse. Billy Kennedy’s team wins the same way Dick Bennett’s does. Nine times this year the Lions have held […]

It was a no-brainer that if Duke won the ACC tourney while beating likely number one seeds Wake Forest and UNC in the process, they would deserve the final number one. Duke won the ACC, but went through NC State and Georgia Tech in the process. Washington deserves the final number one seed. Their resumes […]

Luke Winn has followed through on the RPI fiasco, and has an excellent summary of things here. ESPN is apparently going to pretend that this never happened. It’s all pretty hilarious for the most part, and I’ll have some more things to say on it later. In the meantime, must get some sleep. By the […]

Regarding the previous post on the RPI formula: I got some unexpected confirmation that indeed, the formula I am now posting is the one being used by the selection committee. Makes me glad I never charged for this stuff.

After seeing the ‘team sheet’ that Luke Winn posted, the alarm bells sounded in my head (see previous post). But then I read Gregg Doyel’s piece this morning, and noticed this… Until Wednesday, the Pac-10 had been the country’s No. 2-rated RPI league for months. Bowlsby himself thought the Pac-10 remained the No. 2 league, […]

Andy Katz has an article detailing the hopes of bubble teams after talking to some people close to the committee. (But I think it’s hard to believe Notre Dame, with an RPI of 92, still has a bid after a stinker of a performance against Rutgers). Katz knew the field before CBS did last March, […]

UNC’s Rashad McCants has missed the Tar Heels last four games due to a mysterious intestinal disorder. UNC has won all four games, but not surprisingly, they have not been as dominant without him. Most of the minutes vacated by McCants have been snapped up by the offensively-challenged and smaller Melvin Scott. How has McCants’ […]

So I’m about to announce the at-large field for this year’s tourney. The real committee can ignore Sunday’s games, so why can’t I ignore games starting on Tuesday? Naturally, I’m sure I’ll get a few wrong. But one thing I won’t be wrong about is this – New Mexico has no shot at an at-large. […]