Monthly Archives: March 2016
Here’s the forecast based on the latest ratings. The biggest winners of the first week were the survivors in the Midwest thanks to the Michigan State upset. The team hurt the most was Oregon, who struggled with Saint Joseph’s and has to deal with a chalk bracket in the West. Elite8 Final4 Final Champ 1 […]
Hey coaches, need a hand with filling out your schedule for the the 2016-17 season? I can’t play matchmaker, but I can provide you a spreadsheet with a first cut of expected ratings for every team next season. These ratings use the same method that has produced the preseason ratings on my site in previous […]
What follows is the odds for every team in the field of 68 advancing through each round of the NCAA tournament using log5 methodology and my ratings.
Big West Conference March 10-12. All games at Anaheim. kPOY: Michael Bryson, UC Santa Barbara. The Big West tournament begins Thursday with quarterfinal action at the Honda Center.
Western Athletic Conference March 10-12. All games at Las Vegas. kPOY: Pascal Siakam, New Mexico State. The WAC tournament gets underway Thursday with three quarterfinal games at the Orleans Arena.
Sun Belt Conference March 10-13. All games at New Orleans. kPOY: Shawn Long, Louisiana Lafayette. The Sun Belt tournament begins on Thursday with two first-round games at Lakefront Arena.
American Athletic Conference March 10-13. All games at Orlando. kPOY: Daniel Hamilton, Connecticut. The American tournament gets underway Thursday with two first-round games at the Amway Center.
Big Ten Conference March 9-13. All games at Indianapolis. kPOY: Denzel Valentine, Michigan State. The Big Ten gets underway on Wednesday with two first-round games at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Big 12 Conference March 9-12. All games at Kansas City. kPOY: Buddy Hield, Oklahoma. The Big 12 tournament gets underway with two first-round games on Wednesday at the Sprint Center. Is the 2016 Big 12 the best conference ever, or not even the best conference this season? This question will not be answered at the […]
Atlantic 10 Conference March 9-13. All games at Brooklyn. kPOY: DeAndre Bembry, Saint Joseph’s The A-10 tournament gets underway on Wednesday with two first-round games at the Barclays Center. Three teams shared the regular season title with 14-4 records and it would have been a quartet had Saint Joseph’s not been upset at home by […]