Articles for Selection Sunday

NCAA Tournament East Region analysis: Can UConn emerge and repeat as champions?
9 months, 1 week ago

NCAA Tournament East Region analysis: Can UConn emerge and repeat as champions?

New York Times  

Follow live coverage of South Carolina, NC State and Iowa, UConn in women’s Final Four today The East Region of the Men’s Tournament can best be described as quirky — it features overall No. —Jeff Goodman Team in 16 words: Bruce Pearl’s teams defend, play hard and if they make enough shots from deep, are dangerous. Record: 27-7 Coach: Bruce …

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Caitlin Clark, Connecticut, cowboy hats: Here's what to watch for on Selection Sunday
9 months, 1 week ago

Caitlin Clark, Connecticut, cowboy hats: Here's what to watch for on Selection Sunday

NPR  

Caitlin Clark, Connecticut, cowboy hats: Here's what to watch for on Selection Sunday Enlarge this image toggle caption Matthew Holst/Getty Images Matthew Holst/Getty Images It's the most wonderful time of the year: Will Caitlin Clark end her historic college career with a ring? Sponsor Message The final 1-seed in the men's tournament may still be up for grabs Three of …

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College basketball power rankings: Houston leaps to No. 1
9 months, 3 weeks ago

College basketball power rankings: Houston leaps to No. 1

New York Times  

Thanks, Leap Year, for ruining our boilerplate “Welcome to March!” lede. — Brian Bennett Last week: 2 One number to know: 37.9 For as much as we’ve talked about Purdue’s supporting cast this season — TL;DR: it is much better, especially when Southern Illinois transfer Lance Jones is on — if the Boilermakers are going to make their first Final …

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: What the bracket reveal tells us about the bubble
10 months ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: What the bracket reveal tells us about the bubble

New York Times  

The full NCAA Tournament bracket has been released with UConn leading the way as No. There’s more ahead: Washington State at Arizona on Thursday and Wake vs. Duke, Ole Miss vs. South Carolina, Texas at Kansas, Cincinnati at TCU, Villanova at UConn and A&M at Tennessee this weekend. Team NET/KenPom SOS/SOR Quad 1 Butler 57/55 7/43 4-9 Providence 59/56 57/47 …

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Purdue, UConn lead men’s NCAA Tournament top 16 seed reveal: Surprises, snubs and full rankings
10 months, 1 week ago

Purdue, UConn lead men’s NCAA Tournament top 16 seed reveal: Surprises, snubs and full rankings

New York Times  

Purdue, UConn, Houston and Arizona were ranked as No. 1 seeds Saturday by the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee in its top 16 preview, three weeks ahead of Selection Sunday. The top four seeds were voted in that order on every member’s ballot for the first time in selection committee history, chairman Charles McClelland said. 4 seeds Illinois and …

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Searching for ‘bubble sleepers’ and more locks
10 months, 1 week ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Searching for ‘bubble sleepers’ and more locks

New York Times  

The full NCAA Tournament bracket has been released with UConn leading the way as No. Big East Team NET/KenPom SOS/SOR Quad 1 Butler 50/49 7/35 4-8 Providence 58/54 38/46 4-6 Villanova 39/33 15/68 3-6 St. John's 48/41 9/60 2-9 Seton Hall 75/70 45/54 4-5 Spotlight On: Providence Huge win on Tuesday, 75-72 over St. John’s, in a game the Friars …

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Did the Big 12 game the system?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Did the Big 12 game the system?

New York Times  

The full NCAA Tournament bracket has been released with UConn leading the way as No. As we approach March, it’s worth keeping an eye on Big 12 bubble teams like Cincinnati, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and TCU — all with sub-275 NC SOS — and how they fair on Selection Sunday compared to other bubble teams with better NC SOS, like …

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Only 6 teams locked into wide-open field as February looms
10 months, 3 weeks ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Only 6 teams locked into wide-open field as February looms

New York Times  

The phrase “on the bubble” is believed to have originated with auto racing, particularly the Indianapolis 500, where the final day of qualifying is known as “Bump Day” or “Bubble Day,” and drivers in danger of getting bumped from the starting field by faster times are deemed “on the bubble.” By the late 1980s, the term caught on in college …

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The NET rankings turn 6. How is the NCAA Tournament’s primary metric faring?
1 year ago

The NET rankings turn 6. How is the NCAA Tournament’s primary metric faring?

New York Times  

Clemson was one of the first four teams left out of the 2023 NCAA Tournament despite recording 23 wins and a 14-6 ACC record. So it’s not surprising that Tigers coach Brad Brownell, who called his team’s omission “a mistake” last Selection Sunday, is still a little sensitive when asked his opinion on the NET rankings. I don’t think it …

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NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Penn State will play in March Madness
1 year, 9 months ago

NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Penn State will play in March Madness

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of the finale of March Madness and the National Championship game. The Athletic has live coverage of the ACC Tournament with analysis, scores and bracket news Automatic qualifier: Duke Locks: Virginia, Miami Waiting game: Pittsburgh, NC State, Clemson Clemson Last night, Clemson’s blurb was like 400 words, a whole section unto itself, about how just …

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Path to the College Football Playoff: 9 remaining contenders’ scenarios to make the field
2 years, 1 month ago

Path to the College Football Playoff: 9 remaining contenders’ scenarios to make the field

New York Times  

The regular season has two weeks left, and during the first weekend in December, the conferences will play for trophies across the sport. If Ohio State loses to Michigan, it would need two of the following to happen if it doesn’t want to be stressed come Selection Sunday: a two-loss Pac-12 champion, a two-loss ACC champion, a one-loss Big 12 …

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What would an 80-team (or 96, or 128) NCAA Tournament look like? Hint: It’s not pretty
2 years, 1 month ago

What would an 80-team (or 96, or 128) NCAA Tournament look like? Hint: It’s not pretty

New York Times  

As we look forward to the start of another college basketball regular season, we can’t help but wonder what the future of the sport’s postseason will look like. Bennett: I think it’s instructive to examine which additional teams would have made an 80-team NCAA Tournament in 2022. As we’ve sort of alluded to already, a really smart defender of tournament …

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Boogie Ellis can’t be expected to carry the USC offense in the NCAA tournament
2 years, 9 months ago

Boogie Ellis can’t be expected to carry the USC offense in the NCAA tournament

LA Times  

This time, there would be no escape. UCLA got the better of USC in their third meeting Friday, and as both enter March Madness with their eyes on another deep run, it’s the Trojans who have the most questions hanging over them. UCLA coach Mick Cronin called that likely seeding “ridiculously low” and attributed it to “West Coast bias.” But …

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Bracket Watch: What can NET history tell us about teams like Rutgers, Iowa and North Carolina?
2 years, 10 months ago

Bracket Watch: What can NET history tell us about teams like Rutgers, Iowa and North Carolina?

New York Times  

“History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” — David C. McCullough, historian and author. That includes some serious outliers, such as Georgetown and Oregon State last season and Oregon in 2019, which wouldn’t have been at-large teams but won their conference tournaments and grabbed 12 seeds. The five lowest NET-ranked teams to get an …

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