The Southland is now an 8-team league following the departure of four Texas schools and Central Arkansas. Nicholls is the heavy favorite to repeat as champs and win the auto-bid, but SLU and UNO lurk in the shadows.
Read morePatriot 2021-22 Preview
Colgate still reigns supreme in the Patriot. Can the Raiders get back to their third Dance in four seasons? Or will Boston U avenge its lost 2020 Tourney berth?
Read moreColonial 2021-22 Preview
The CAA is wide open this season with as many as seven teams capable of winning the league and crashing the Field of 68. James Madison, Northeastern, and Hofstra lead the way.
Read moreBig West 2021-22 Preview
The UC schools dominated the Big West last season and look poised to do so again in 2021-22. Irvine and Santa Barbara lead the way with a feisty Riverside nipping at their heels.
Read moreWAC 2021-22 Preview
The WAC grows to 13 teams this year with the addition of the Southland Four. With hot new contender SFA in the mix, can New Mexico State and Grand Canyon maintain their dominance?
Read moreMAC 2021-22 Preview
MACtion is as fierce as ever with Buffalo and Ohio both potential top 75 teams this year. Bowling Green is loaded, Toledo is always tough, and Kent State and Akron always seem to hang around. A competitive league chock full of talent awaits in the middle of America.
Read moreSoCon 2021-22 Preview
The SoCon is hyper-competitive once again this season with 6 or 7 teams holding legit title hopes. Who will emerge from the huddle and represent one of the best mid-major conferences in the NCAA Tournament?
Read moreWCC 2021-22 Preview
The WCC is the best its ever been with as many as five teams holding legitimate NCAA Tourney aspirations. Gonzaga and BYU are the known entities, but don’t sleep on the Dons, the Gaels, or the Lions.
Read morePac 12 2021-22 Preview
UCLA has the entire nation’s attention after its 2021 Final Four run, but the Bruins will have to go through the Ducks to capture the Pac 12 crown.
Read moreBig Ten 2021-22 Preview
The Big Ten is once again among the toughest conferences in the country. A four-team top tier separates the National Championship contenders from a giant second tier chock full of Big Dance berth potential.
Read more#1 Gonzaga 2021-22 Preview
Gonzaga is loaded and poised to take another run at the National Championship.
Read more#6 Purdue 2021-22 Preview
Purdue brings back an All-American and four rising young Big Ten stars. Matt Painter has a talented squad capable of winning the league and pushing for the school’s first Final Four since 1980.
Read more#7 Michigan 2021-22 Preview
Juwan Howard returns an All-American and brings in the #1 recruiting class in the country. Michigan appears poised to compete for another 1-seed in the Big Dance and add to its cupboard of Big Ten championships.
Read more#9 UCLA 2021-22 Preview
UCLA looks to prove its 2021 Final Four run was no fluke. A wealth of talent, a big man from Rutgers, and a coach named Mick lead the way.
Read more#12 Ohio State 2021-22 Preview
Ohio State brings back a stacked roster headlined by All-American candidate EJ Liddell. Can Chris Holtmann finally reach the second weekend with his talented Buckeyes?
Read more#15 Oregon 2021-22 Preview
Talent oozes from a Duck roster rebuilt with high-level HS talent and scintillating skill from the transfer portal. A healthy Will Richardson looks to lead Oregon to its third straight Pac 12 title and another trip to the Dance.
Read more#17 Illinois 2021-22 Preview
Illinois looks to get back to the top seed line with All-American Kofi Cockburn back in the fold. Can Andre Curbelo ascend to alpha status and lead the Illini to the top of the Big Ten standings?
Read more#20 Indiana 2021-22 Preview
Mike Woodson takes over in Bloomington for the fired Archie Miller looking to bring his Hoosiers back to the top of the Big Ten standings.
Read more#25 BYU 2021-22 Preview
Mark Pope has another winner brewing in Provo. Led by a veteran backcourt in Alex Barcello and Te’Jon Lucas, the Cougars look to earn yet another high seed in March and challenge Gonzaga for the WCC throne.
Read more#31 Maryland 2021-22 Preview
Qudus Wahab and Fatts Russell come to College Park to team with a talented returning trio. Mark Turgeon will look to get back to the Dance for the 7th time in 8 years and compete for a Big Ten title.
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