This is the final installment of log5 analysis for November tournaments that have real brackets… Great Alaska Shootout The Great Alaska shootout starts tonight and Belmont will attempt to bring the title home to an OVC team for the second consecutive season. The GAS is back on real TV with CBS Sports Network covering six […]

[Programming note: The Day After will be observing Thanksgiving break and return Monday. At which point this feature will be posted on Mondays and Fridays only. There are actually interesting basketball-related things to write about now, and the other days will be filled in with such content.] Most appealing game (according to FanMatchTM): Saint Louis […]

Most appealing game (according to FanMatchTM): New Mexico vs. Connecticut. Some of the key moments of this game were not shown due to “weather problems” or some such thing, according to CBS Sports Network. But hey, that Jimbo Fisher documentary was kind of neat. The Lobos built a comfortable lead early in the second half […]

The Maui Invitational starts today (bracket) with UNC, Texas, and Marquette headlining the field. Poking a few holes in this analysis, one can assume USC is still significantly underrated and perhaps a Kabongo-less Texas is slightly overrated. My completely subjective guess on Chaminade is that they’re the equivalent of the 285th best team in D-I. […]

Most appealing game (according to FanMatchTM): Belmont at Stanford. The Bruins (not those Bruins) beat the Cardinal 70-62 [76] in a rather odd contest. Stanford’s 6-7 Josh Huestis, who’s not exactly a shot-blocker, blocked eight Belmont shots which doubled his previous career high. Stanford’s Dwight Powell fouled out with 16:37 to go. That’s not a […]

Most appealing game (according to FanMatchTM): Florida State vs. Saint Joseph’s. The Seminoles’ offensive ways continue and after a 73-66 [65 poss] win over the Hawks, FSU’s offense officially ranks better than its defense. Over a full season, this has only happened once in Leonard Hamilton’s previous ten years in Tallahassee. Major upsets (<15% win […]

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Most appealing game (according to FanMatchTM): Saint Joseph’s vs. Notre Dame [64 poss]. I’m not sure about the cause-and-effect, but the game turned when the Hawks’ Langston Galloway lost a tooth in a collision with Jerian Grant at the 5:00 mark. Saint Joe’s was down six at the time but fought back to force overtime […]

UConn and New Mexico headline the field in the Virgin Islands and it’s about a coin flip that they meet in the title game. If you want a sleeper, go with Mercer. I’m hoping to see more minutes from the guy I call the “Fab Melo of the A-Sun” (it rolls of the tongue with […]

Most appealing game (according to FanMatchTM): Purdue vs. Villanova. Eight point deficits with 1:29 remaining are rarely turned into wins, but the Wildcats turned a 70-62 game into a 75-75 tie to force overtime. Of course, it helps to have a four-point possession, and after a controversial, if technically correct, Flagrant 1 call on D.J. […]