March 9-10, 16. Quarters/semis at Albany. Championship at higher seed. All-kenpom: Jameel Warney, Stony Brook (kPOY); Tommy Brenton, Stony Brook; Mark Nwakamma, Hartford; Mike Black, Albany; Dave Coley, Stony Brook. I always root for Maine to win its conference tournament. And every year I am disappointed. The Black Bears got a break this season when […]

March 8-11. All games at Hot Springs, Ark. All-kenpom: Marcos Knight, Middle Tennessee (kPOY); Augustine Rubit, South Alabama; Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee; Bruce Massey, Middle Tennessee; Tymell Murphy, Florida International. Middle Tennessee was the biggest favorite to win its conference when I posted the analysis in early January, and unlike some heavy favorites (Duke and […]

March 8-11. All games at Asheville, NC. All-kenpom: Jake Cohen, Davidson (kPOY); De’Mon Brooks, Davidson; Karl Cochran, Wofford; Lucas Troutman, Elon; Andrew Lawrence, College of Charleston. Davidson steamrolled the conference during the regular season, losing just one game and easily taking the top spot in both offensive and defensive efficiency in conference play. Of their […]

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 […]