What is the value of home court advantage? This is, quite literally, the million dollar question that’s confounded professional handicappers for decades.
Read moreGlory in the Grind: A Student Manager Spotlight
Behind every well-oiled basketball program lies the backbone of the day-to-day operations: the student managers. In this spotlight feature, we take a peak behind the curtain of college basketball’s most thankless job.
Read moreThe USBWA CBB Awards & The Missouri Athletic Club: A Match Made in Heaven
The Weave got an exclusive look at the USBWA College Basketball Awards Monday evening, hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis, which served as the grand finale to a memorable 2019 college hoops campaign.
Read moreFinal Four Recap: Virginia v. Auburn
First came the controversy… then came the clutch…
10 years from now, how will we remember Virginia’s Houdini-esque escape from Auburn?
Read more2018-19 Final Four Preview: Virginia vs. Auburn
Survive and advance. That’s the script Auburn and Virginia stuck to over the weekend, as both needed overtime to keep their NCAA title hopes from flatlining. With a new lease on life, the orange-shaded squadrons will duke it out for a chance to play for all the marbles in the first matchup of Saturday’s double header in Minneapolis.
Read more2018-19 Sweet 16 Preview: Midwest Region
After spoiling Kansas’ plans to play in its ‘home away from home’ at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Auburn now set its sights on dispatching yet another powerhouse from the blue blood infested Midwest Region. While the Tigers hope to keep their 3-point party rolling, the Coogs aim to de-throne the potentially PJ Washington-less Wildcats.
Read more2018-19 Sweet 16 Preview: East Region
Duke survived a Round of 32 heavyweight bought with Tacko Fall and UCF, while Michigan State dominated a hapless, Jordan Murphy-less Minnesota squad. Now they head to the nation’s capital to take on Virginia Tech and LSU, respectively, two teams who could give their higher-ranked opponents issues…
Read more2018-19 Sweet 16 Preview: South Region
In this chalky Sweet-16, the South region features the only double-digit seed left in the field. Can Oregon continue its mad dash through March? Or will one of the heavy hitters, Virginia, Tennessee and Purdue, cut down the nets this weekend in Louisville?
Read more3MW Bracket Challenge
By popular demand, the Weavers have compiled their brackets and published herein for all to see - let the Madness begin…
Read moreSouth Region Preview: 2019 NCAA Tournament
Virginia looks to avenge last year’s edition, while an experienced Tennessee squad lurks on the bottom half of the bracket. Will everything in between descend into madness? Is this finally the Final Four year for Tony Bennett?
Read moreMidwest Region Preview: 2019 NCAA Tournament
Two blue bloods, North Carolina and Kentucky, sit opposite each other in the Midwest bracket as the region’s top-2 seeds. To prevail, they’ll have to outlast two Big-12 powers (Kansas and Iowa State), two ‘mid-major’ wrecking balls (Wofford and Utah State), along with a handful of other dangerous challengers.
Read moreAmerican Tournament Preview 2019
Cincy’s two-year run atop the AAC leaderboard has come to a close after being overthrown by Kelvin Sampson and the Cougars. Can Houston stay hot in Memphis and complete the season sweep of both the AAC regular season title and AAC championship crown?
Read moreBig Ten Tournament Preview 2019
You won’t find a more competitive conference tournament than the B1G championship, which features some heavyweights with some serious punch at the top, along with some feisty challengers lurking in the middle to lower seed range.
Read moreBig 12 Tournament Preview 2019
So long sir streak - Texas Tech and K-State finally wrestled away the Big-12 title belt from Kansas, but the Jayhawks get another crack at reasserting their place as the league’s alpha-dog in nearby Kansas City this weekend.
Read moreConference USA Tournament Preview 2019
The Monarchs were anointed kings of the C-USA in the regular season, but ODU will have to maneuver through a deep 12-team field to lock up the automatic bid in Frisco this weekend.
Read moreBig Sky Tournament Preview 2019
Jordan Davis elevated Northern Colorado to new heights this year, but a catastrophic letdown on the last day of the regular season helped Montana take home a second straight Big Sky regular season crown. The Bears now seek redemption when they head to Boise, along with a deep field of worthy challengers.
Read moreSWAC Tournament Preview 2019
It’s been three seasons since someone other than Texas Southern claimed the SWAC’s auto-bid, but is this the year Prairie View A&M or another thirsty challenger finally restores order?
Read moreSummit Tournament Preview 2019
Mike Daum and the Jackbunnies set out for a fourth straight Summit championship this week at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls…
Read moreMissouri Valley Tournament Preview 2019
Will we get a repeat of Sister Jean voodoo magic? Or will a deep field of challengers put an end to the Ramblers run? All will be settled in what should be another unpredictable Arch Madness in St. Louis.
Read moreWeekend Wrap-up: 3/4
UCF and Utah State busted out of their bubble cages, while others dug themselves deeper into doomsday territory - we recap it all in another Weekend Wrap-up herein…
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