March 8-11. All games at Springfield, Mass. All-kenpom: Momo Jones, Iona (kPOY); Billy Baron, Canisius; Dylon Cormier, Loyola MD; Juan’ya Green, Niagara; Derek Needham, Fairfield. Up to this point, conference tournament brackets haven’t brought much of the crazy. But the MAAC makes up for it here. Pick any team, predict they won’t win the title, […]

March 7-10. All games at St. Louis, Mo. All-kenpom: Doug McDermott, Creighton (kPOY); Colt Ryan, Evansville; Jackie Carmichael, Illinois State; Cleanthony Early, Wichita State; Tyler Brown; Illinois State. Creighton hasn’t overpowered the rest of the conference, so it’s not surprising they aren’t the odds-on favorite to emerge from Arch Madness victorious despite their regular-season title. […]

March 6-9, 11. All games at Las Vegas. All-kenpom: Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga (kPOY); Elias Harris, Gonzaga; Matthew Dellavedova, St. Mary’s; Brandon Davies, BYU: Tyler Haws, BYU. Thankfully, the WCC is doing away with the PBA-inspired stepladder format after this season. In the meantime, it’s another season where your seed is your destiny. That doesn’t mean […]

March 6-9 at Nashville, Tenn. All-kenpom: Kerron Johnson, Belmont (kPOY); Ian Clark, Belmont; Isaiah Canaan, Murray State; Trevor Noack, Belmont; J.J. Mann, Belmont. Belmont dominates the all-kenpom team and not surprisingly, they dominated the conference. Well, I suppose it was a small surprise that Murray State lost six games in conference and ended up finishing […]

March 6, 9, 12. All games at higher seed. All-kenpom: Mike Muscala, Bucknell (kPOY); Ella Ellis, Army; C.J. McCollum, Lehigh; Holden Greiner, Lehigh; Joe Willman, Bucknell. The Patriot League format is rather favorable towards higher seeds with all games played at campus sites. The past eight tournaments have used this format and the following seeds […]

March 6, 9, 12. All games at higher seed. (Semis re-seeded.) All-kenpom: Jamal Olasewere, Long Island (kPOY); Alex Francis, Bryant; Shane Gibson, Sacred Heart; Velton Jones, Robert Morris; Kyle Vinales, Central Connecticut. The campus-site/re-seeding format heavily favors the higher seeds, but Robert Morris gets dinged a bit because of a potential semifinal game with Bryant, […]

March 6-9 at Mercer. All-kenpom: Torrey Craig, USC Upstate (kPOY); Bernard Thompson, Florida Gulf Coast; Sherwood Brown, Florida Gulf Coast; Travis Smith, Mercer; Eshuante Jones, Northern Kentucky. Mercer was the predetermined host and rightfully so being the longest-tenured member of a conference that features nearly annual membership changes. However, it works out well here since […]

March 5, 8, 9, 12. First round/final at higher seed. Quarters/semis at Valparaiso. All-kenpom: Ray McCallum, Detroit (kPOY); Ryan Broekhoff, Valparaiso; Kevin Van Wijk, Valparaiso; Nick Minnerath, Detroit, Keifer Sykes, Green Bay. The best free-throw shooting conference in college basketball tips off its tournament at campus sites Tuesday night. The undisputed two-best teams in the […]

March 5, 7, 9, 10 at Coastal Carolina All-kenpom: Jeremy Atkinson, UNC Asheville (kPOY); Anthony Raffa, Coastal Carolina; Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern; John Brown, High Point; Donta Harper, Gardner-Webb. The expansion of the Big South resulted in the conference splitting into divisions, which as is typical, has led to some stupid results regarding tournament seeding. […]

I don’t know whether Gonzaga’s going to get a one-seed. Should they get a one, there will be a lot of reasons given as to why they won’t be able to win six games in a row in the tournament. Of course, 67 of 68 teams will eventually lose in the tournament, so anyone taking […]