Home to the number 1 team in the country, the ACC nevertheless looks fairly open heading into Brooklyn. Plenty of teams have at-large bid implications, and the ultimate storyline - Bonzie Colson's potential return - should have neutral fans cheering hard for the Irish.
Read moreMEAC 2017-18 Tournament Preview
The battle for a likely berth in Dayton starts Monday, and all of college basketball nation should cheer for Savannah State and their outrageous brand of basketball before they descend to Division II in a few years...
Read moreMAC 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Buffalo won the MAC in 2015 and 2016; after a year hiatus, they're the prohibitive favorites to take the league's auto bid once again. As with any year in the MAC, though, the title is very much up for grabs.
Read moreAmerica East Tournament Preview 2017-18
Ignoring the weird home loss to Hartford, Vermont continued their dominance of the America East on their way to a 2nd straight regular season title - it's the Catamounts tournament to lose, but Albany and UMBC will not go quietly.
Read moreColonial 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Charleston was the preseason CAA darling, and they managed to snag the 1-seed after a bumper-than-expected season. But the CAA looks wide open for any of the top five squads, so we could see some chaos in South Carolina...
Read moreSummit 2017-18 Tournament Preview
The power duo from the Mount Rushmore State are the odds-on favorites in the Summit (and the tournament is being played in Sioux Falls), but can anyone play spoiler? Will we get Mike Daum in the NCAA Tournament for a third straight year? (We hope so!)
Read moreHorizon 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Northern Kentucky looks just about unstoppable heading into the Horizon League Tourney. 2-seed Wright State, who swept the Norse during the year, look to be the biggest threat to a repeat NKU berth, while UIC and Oakland hope to pull off a magical March run.
Read moreWCC 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Just when we thought Saint Mary's might finally dethrone the Zags, a letdown at San Francisco put Gonzaga right back in the driver's seat, which has become familiar territory for Mark Few & co.
Read moreSoCon 2017-18 Tournament Preview
UNC Greensboro committed highway robbery to snatch the SoCon regular season title belt from a stumbling East Tenny squad. Will Steve Forbes and the Bucs avenge their late season collapse to clinch their 2nd straight automatic berth?
Read moreMVC 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Arch Madness, baby! One of the most balanced leagues in memory (outside of Loyola) descends upon the Gateway to the West, and all 10 teams can realistically say they have a puncher's chance at the title. Will Loyola continue its dominance? Or will we see a shocker at Scottrade?
Read moreMAAC 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Always one of the most unpredictable tournaments, the MAAC enters with at least 4-5 contenders convinced they'll be cutting down the nets....
Read moreOhio Valley 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Despite getting a bye to the semis, a Top 2 seed has not won the OVC Tournament since 2015. With a clear best two teams this year (Murray and Belmont), will that trend reverse?
Read moreNEC 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Only one of the 8 teams that qualified for the NEC championship finished with a sub .500 record in league play - the tourney field is wide open, but Wagner's balance on both sides of the ball makes them the favorite to punch the NEC's ticket to the big dance.
Read moreBig Ten 2017-18 Tournament Preview
The Big Ten looks like it has 4 teams safely in the field, but anyone else likely needs to win this strangely-timed tournament to earn a 5th bid (and break the hearts of bubble teams everywhere)...
Read morePatriot 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Bucknell once again showed why its the class of the Patriot League, dominating the conference standings from start to finish. The Bison look to punch a ticket to NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. Can anybody stop Nana Foulland and Co.?
Read moreBig South 2017-18 Tournament Preview
UNC Asheville took home the regular season title for the second year in a row, but it is Winthrop who looks to repeat as the Big South representative in the NCAA Tournament. Liberty, Campbell, and Radford all look to play spoiler to the Tourney hopes of the conference favorites.
Read moreAtlantic Sun 2017-18 Tournament Preview
MARCH IS (ALMOST) HERE!! The first conference tournament kicks off Monday, as Florida Gulf Coast aka The Artist Formerly Known As Dunk City attempts to capture a third straight A-Sun tourney title.
Read moreCollege Hoops All-Stars: The East
With the West selected, we turn our attention to the East - who composes the 3MW all-star squads from the Atlantic side of the country?
Read moreCollege Hoops All-Stars: The West
Our annual look at who would compose the West roster of a collegiate All-Star team...
Read moreQuick Peek at Futures: February Follow-Up
With the stock market in the midst of a record breaking slide, it's time to reallocate those assets to the always safe and steady futures market - and we're obviously talking about college basketball futures, not boring commodities...
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