INFORMATION CENTRAL!!
March Madness is now OFFICIALLY here!
-For the first installment of our nightly Championship Week Video Notebook – CLICK HERE
-For Jon Teitel’s latest Bracket Projections, where he is attempting to guess the actual Selection Committee – CLICK HERE
-For the Hoops HD Survival Board, where we have daily updates for all the teams who have not yet been eliminated – CLICK HERE
-For Conference Tournament Brackets and Schedules – CLICK HERE
-For David’s latest bracket projections, where he IS NOT trying to guess the committee – CLICK HERE
NEWS, NOTES, AND HIGHLIGHTED GAMES
-Michigan picked up a really nice road win at Maryland yesterday. I don’t think their chances are all that great of jumping up to the #1 line simply because they don’t have the chance to play and beat anyone that’s currently being projected up there, but they should land solidly on the #2 line.
-Marquette had a somewhat surprising home loss to Creighton. It doesn’t crush them by any means, but it does put a little bit of dirt on their resume. Losing home games to non-tournament teams will do that.
-Washington barely beat Stanford, and they’re damn lucky that they did. Following up a loss to a Cal team that isn’t in the top 250 by losing to a Stanford team that isn’t even likely to make the NIT would not have been a good week.
-Saint John’s continues to be incredibly inconsistent. They have now swept Marquette, and been swept by DePaul. All you bracketologists out there can have fun trying to assess that one!
-VIRGINIA AT SYRACUSE (ACC). Virginia appears to be on pace to land on the #1 line and Syracuse looks to be safely in the field. A loss won’t hurt the Orange so much as a win would help.
-Arizona State got a nice win at Oregon State. Not a great win. Just a nice win. They continue to straddle the cutline and have a virtual zero margin for error.
-TEXAS AT TEXAS TECH (Big 12). Lot’s of storylines to this game! It’s got some heat to it, so it’s a bit of a rivalry game. Texas Tech is trying to lock up a protected seed and holding serve at home would help, and Texas is trying to make the NCAA Tournament and a win tonight would give them a HUGE amount of stability, which they could use given their overall win/loss record.
-KANSAS STATE AT TCU (Big 12). K State is in first place and trying to win the league, as well as add another solid win to their resume and stay on pace for a protected seed. TCU is just trying to finish strong to make sure they stay on the right side of the fence. A loss tonight wouldn’t knock them out other than deny them a much needed opportunity to add a quality win to their resume.
-NORFOLK STATE AT DELAWARE STATE (MEAC). A win tonight clinches an outright first place finish for Norfolk State.
-PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AT ALABAMA STATE (SWAC). A win for PVAM clinches at least a share of first place.
-NORTHERN ARIZONA AT MONTANA (Big Sky). Northern Arizona has just a half game lead with three games to go.