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2024 NCAA Men’s Tournament Viewing Guide: First Round Friday Evening
We are reaching the peak of the madness. It’s all downhill from here.
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2024 NCAA Men’s Tournament Viewing Guide: First Round Friday Afternoon
While there were some upsets on Thursday (Hello, Duquesne and Oakland!) is today going to be even wilder? Or will this be a rare year without a truly BANANAS First Round day, like 2007 or 2017?
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2024 NCAA Men’s Tournament Picks: (Throws Hands Up)
If you want to win your pool, it might be best that you do the opposite of everything I do in this post.
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2024 NCAA Men’s Tournament Viewing Guide: First Round Thursday Evening
It’s time to cut the field of 68 down to 48.
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2024 NCAA Men’s Tournament Viewing Guide: First Round Thursday Afternoon
Two days. 32 games. Let’s get started.
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Bracketology 2024: FINAL Text-Only Bracket and Seed List
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the final projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket.
Bracketology 2024: FINAL
UAB took care of Temple in the American final and Yale escaped Brown at the buzzer to end Ivy Madness. That means this bracket looks very similar to this morning’s. (I did make some adjustments to the 5/12 and 4/13, however). Thank you for reading this season, and I’ll have a recap along with my picks soon.
Bracketology 2024: Text-Only Bracket and Seed List—Selection Sunday Morning
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket for the morning of March 17, 2024. One final projection for the road will arrive before the Selection Show (6 p.m. Eastern, CBS).
Bracketology 2024: Happy Selection Sunday!
Unfortunately, it may not be a happy day for several bubble teams who saw their hopes snuffed out as Saturday unfolded.
Bracketology 2024: Saturday Evening Update (11:53 p.m. Eastern)
Oregon and NC State popped two teams’ bubbles tonight. I have a preliminary idea of whom, but will look through résumés again in the morning.
Bracketology 2024: The Bubble Collapses
After Friday’s action, particularly the drama-filled evening, there are very few at-large places available. Plus, the four No. 1 seeds are virtually set in stone.
Bracketology 2024: Text-Only Bracket and Seed List—Saturday, March 16
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket for Selection Eve.
Bracketology 2024: Bubble Live-ish! Friday Edition!
I’m going to try this again. Note that I will not necessarily make it to the very late Vegas window. Middle-age is not optimal.
Bracketology 2024: Text-Only Bracket and Seed List—Friday, March 15
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket for Friday, March 15, 2024.
Bracketology 2024: Beware The Bubble-Popping Ides Of March
Conference Tournament Thursday No. 2 for 2024 knocked a few contenders out. Even more could drop out on Friday, either due to their own losses or action elsewhere.
2023 Conference USA Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
The final iteration of this event for Conference USA 3.0 could very well end with the league sending two teams to March Madness.
2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Last season, second-seeded Saint Peter’s claimed the title, then became America’s darlings thanks to a run to the Elite Eight as a 15 seed. While the Peacocks are unlikely to repeat, Iona, Rider, Siena, Quinnipiac, and the rest will look to repeat SPU’s success—starting in Atlantic City.
2023 Mid-American Conference Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
The MAC’s top eight head to Cleveland for an event that is known for unpredictability thanks to how closely matched the contenders typically are.
2023 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Howard has a great chance to make its first NCAA trip in over 30 years, while a first-ever trip for Maryland-Eastern Shore is also a possibility.
2023 Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Second-seeded Grambling State may never have a better chance to earn its first-ever NCAA bid. However, the SWAC’s traditional powers will stand in the Tigers’ way in Birmingham.
2023 Big West Conference Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
A trio of University of California campuses head up this season’s field, with Cal State Fullerton and Hawai’i capable of taking the title from them in Henderson, Nevada.
2023 Western Athletic Conference Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
After one year with a stepladder bracket, the WAC returns to a traditional format this season—other than the way the field was seeded, that is.
2023 America East Playoffs: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Vermont won the conference title by three games over UMass Lowell, so naturally the perennial champs from Burlington are a heavy favorite yet again.
Conference Tournament Basics 2023
Many of this season’s conference tourney innovations are realignment-driven, and more will surely be in the pipeline as expansion continues over the next few seasons.
2023 Patriot League Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Can Colgate pull off the three-peat and secure a fourth straight bid (apologies for 2020, BU)?
2023 Big Sky Conference Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
This season, the Big Sky Tournament will be played earlier in Selection Week than in the past, which will give the conference improved exposure on actual television.
2023 Southland Conference Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
This year’s Southland Tournament has a new site and new schedule, which will see the final played three days earlier than in the recent past.
Bracketology 2023: The Bubble Is About To Start Percolating
Once again, I made only slight changes to the previous bracket, but the days of early Selection Week stability are about to disappear.
Bracketology 2023: Text-Only Bracket and Seed List for March 8, 2023
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of Wednesday’s bracket.
Bracketology 2024: Text-Only Bracket and Seed List—Thursday, March 14
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket for Thursday, March 14, 2024.
Bracketology 2024: The Bubble! Live-ish! Thursday! Edition!
Note this is up about an hour later than I had hoped. Woken up by storms at 6 or so, tried to take a short nap after posting the bracket, missed the 12 Eastern window. (shrug emoji)
Bracketology 2024: New Mexico Back In, Indiana State Still In ...
... but for how long? Particularly now that teams like Cincinnati, Kansas State. Pitt, Wake Forest, Ohio State, Iowa, and Texas A&M are positioned to pass them.
Bracketology 2024: College Basketball Coast To Coast March 14th Show
Two tremendous days of conference tournament action are ahead of us, and we previewed all of it on the nation’s college basketball show and podcast.
Bracketology 2024: Moving Days Have Arrived
Before Wednesday’s play tips off, I reviewed the top three seed lines and made some adjustments below that to reflect Saint Mary’s win in the WCC final late on Tuesday.
Bracketology 2024: Text-Only Bracket and Seed List—Wednesday, March 13
The 1-68 seed list and, for those using screen readers, a text-only version of the projected NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket for Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
Bracketology 2024: The State Of The Bubble On Wednesday, March 13
I’m applying a different approach to the last few days of bubble posts.
Bracketology 2024: The Easiest Projection Of The Season
I have to thank Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s, and James Madison for making that possible. Things start to get slightly complicated again tonight with the WCC final and extremely so once the power conference tournaments start popping on Wednesday.