ncaa-tournament Stories - The Crimson Quarry
New NCAA Basketball Format Announced
When the NCAA announced that it was expanding the tournament to 68 teams, I assumed that it meant that instead of one play-in game, we'd have four. Specifically, it would push the eight worst teams to...
Making the NIT matter
The very notion seems quaint today, but the NCAA Tournament wasn't always college basketball's premier postseason destination. Female athletes in fact competed under an entirely separate organizationa...
The NCAA Tournament Atlanta Regional: Who to watch for
First of all, some of you may have noticed an error in my fact checking yesterday about the National #8 seed always making it to the CWS. That was an error on my part and thanks to NoDakJacket for h...
NCAA Tourney Update: Georgia Bulldogs Struggle on Links, Advance in Softball and Tennis
You already knew that the Diamond Dogs defeated Kentucky last night (by which tankertoad was totally surprised), and I mentioned in passing that Friday was a busy sports day in Bulldog Nation, but I s...
NCAA Tournament Expanding to 68, Not 96
Hallelujah. The NCAA won't be going to a 96-team tournament after all. It was looking a couple weeks ago that a 96-team hootenanny was a done deal, but cooler heads prevailed. We're going to have a 68...
Badger Bits: Tourney expanding to 68 teams
The NCAA and CBS won't be getting a divorce afterall. CBS and Turner Broadcasting have come together to sign a 14-year deal to broadcast the NCAA Tournament. The agreement creates a package similar t...
Instantaneous Ill-Informed Roundball Reaction (After I Had a Chance to Sleep on It, of Course)
Mark Fox (to Trey Thompkins): Coach [Stacey] Palmore was calling you out about next year. I'm not going to do that. Trey Thompkins: Don’t worry, coach. I’m coming back. Mark Fox: God ble...
POWER 16: April 10 Edition
Two separate discussions follow el salto. First, I present the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll rankings for the 2009-2010 season and discuss what they mean. (There was no final AP poll following the...
TOURNEY WATCH: 4/6/2010
Well, all good things must come to an end, and so it was for the uppity Butler Bulldogs, whose Cinderella run stopped just a few seconds short of midnight. I couldn't help but think that if Butler had...
BRACKET BLOG: National Championship
Tonight is the end of the road. For those of you who, like me, can't stand golf, major league baseball or the NBA playoffs, this is the last bright spot in the sporting world until August, which makes...
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