Home of the #1 overall seed, the East looks like a collision course between Villanova and Duke...or does it? The first round has some upset potential with a few talented double-digit seeds, and an underseeded Wisconsin team lurks in the 8/9 game.
Read more2016-17 NCAA Tournament Preview: West Region
Many in the national media think the West is the weakest region, but there's still a bevy of entertaining first round matchups. Will Huggy Bear make it out of the first round this time? How many points will Mike Daum score against the Zags? And who wins Florida bragging rights, the Seminoles or Gulf Coast?
Read moreSecond Chance Points FINAL Bracketology - 3/12/17
It's here! It's finally here! Here's Jimmer's final bracket guesses...conference championship has been wild, but it's time for The Big Dance.
Read moreIvy 2016-17 Tournament Preview
It's the first year of the Ivy Tournament!! Princeton is the favorite after terrorizing the league (went 14-0), but the tournament is played at Penn's Palestra and Yale and Harvard have the talent to compete.
Read moreSecond Chance Points Bracketology - 3/10/17
Two days prior to the bracket being revealed, Jimbo looks at the bracket (factoring in games through 3-9-17)...it's creeping up on us, you guys...
Read moreWAC 2016-17 Tournament Preview
After finally wrestling a tournament berth away from New Mexico State last year, CSU-Bakersfield looks to make it two in a row as the 1-seed. NMSU is still lurking, though, and with no Grand Canyon in the tourney, it likely comes down to those two.
Read moreSouthland 2016-17 Tournament Preview
For the first time in forever (Frozen voice), the SLC is completely up for grabs - basically, because Brad Underwood is terrorizing another conference now. This conference had 12 of the 13 teams finish 7-11 or better, so despite New Orleans winning the league outright, competition will be fierce.
Read moreBig Ten 2016-17 Tournament Preview
The top of the Big Ten is softer than a baby's bottom (That's a weird phrase, right? I'm pretty sure that's a creepy phrase). As a result, this tournament's pretty open - Purdue is the favorite, but they've dropped a few odd games along the way. Also - it's dumb that this tournament is in Washington, DC!
Read moreC-USA 2016-17 Tournament Preview
Spoiler - Marshall did not win this conference like I predicted. But hey, at least I took my shot! Middle Tennessee has a decent chance at an at-large, so we could very well see a bid stolen in Birmingham. Plenty of candidates abound, but the Blue Raiders were dominant this season, so it will be a tall task.
Read moreBig 12 2016-17 Tournament Preview
Guess who won the conference? I'll wait.
You're right, it was Kansas! But the Sprint Center has a tendency to get wild, with the Jayhawks only backing up their regular season crown twice in the last 5 years. Who will reign supreme this year?
Read moreAtlantic 10 2016-17 Tournament Preview
Dayton and VCU look like locks for the tournament (Rhode Island has a chance), but will a bid-stealer pop up in the A-10? Bubble teams everywhere are rooting for the Flyers and Rams...
Read moreSWAC 2016-17 Tournament Preview
I know you're all dying to see who will win the SWAC...but wait! Texas Southern could actually, maybe, possibly get a 15-seed! That is, assuming they can get through the "gauntlet" of the SWAC tournament - the second-place team (Alcorn St.) is banned from the postseason, so maybe gauntlet is the wrong word.
Read moreSummit 2016-17 Tournament Preview
There's a clear best player in this league (MIKE DAUM), but I truly don't know who the best team is. South Dakota rode a great group of transfers to a surprise regular season title, and the tournament is up the road in Sioux Falls. Still, though, this league is about as open as it gets.
Read moreSecond Chance Points Bracketology - 3/3/2017
Jimmer aka @2ndChancePoints takes a pre-weekend look at the bracket...
Read moreHorizon 2016-17 Tournament Preview
With word that Alec Peters won't play (he still deserves the thumbnail picture), who the hell is going to take the Horizon? A wide open field creates chances for a few unexpected teams...
Read moreFinding an "O"-asis
Virginia and Louisville are both ACC powers that thrive on defense while running two extremely different offensive systems that have occasionally sputtered. Will either attack be potent enough to make a run in March?
Read morePatriot League 2016-17 Tournament Preview
Big Timmy Kempton is probably the league's best player, but Lehigh's lack of depth and Bucknell's dominance mean he'll have an uphill battle to win the league's tournament berth.
Read moreBig South 2016-17 Tournament Preview
Winthrop and Asheville shared the conference title, but due to some bonkers tiebreakers, Winthrop will host the tournament. Can tiny dynamo Keon Johnson and Winthrop finally get over the championship hump?
Read moreMake Conferences Matter Again
I can't stand the idiotic unbalanced conference schedules that have resulted from the proliferation of super-conferences, so I went through and fixed all 32 (now 35) leagues. This took way too long and I'm a psycho, but enjoy! Kentucky vs Louisville twice a year!
Read moreSecond Chance Points Bracketology - 2/17/17
Just over 3 weeks away from Christmas - I mean my birthday - I mean Selection Sunday! We've gathered a week of data after the committee's top 16 reveal, so how do I see the field shaping up now? Some bonus thoughts and predictions within...
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