A few things to chew on as the NCAA Tournament kicks back into gear tonight: Eight of the top ten and 13 of the top 16 teams in Ken Pomeroy’s final regular season rankings are still alive in the NCAA Tournament, which this year has been mostly devoid of upsets. All of the 1-3 seeds […]
Month: March 2009
Back from vacation, ready for a vacation from vacation
I’ve had a fun week and a half, but I’m ready to be at home for a while now. Tonight will be the first night since 3/12 that I’ve spent back-to-back nights at home and the first night in almost a week that I’ve spent back-to-back nights at the same place. I suppose I really […]
2009 NCAA Tournament Log5 and Picks
I don’t have a lot of commentary right now since I’m on vacation (spring training is pretty cool, you know), but I have made my NCAA Tournament picks and computed the Log5 win probabilities based on KenPom’s rankings. See below. There are actually five brackets there (my ESPN entries), but #1 is the one I […]
2009 Florida Spring Training Trip – Schedule
Being out of college and married with no kids has certain benefits, even in a slumping economy. My wife’s job recently offered her the opportunity to go to a conference in Orlando in March (free hotel!), so my eyes lit up with only one thought: Spring Training. Her conference is this weekend, and today I’m […]
Scouting the 2009 NCAA Tournament: Top Teams
This is the fourth installment of a four-part series on scouting the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Check out the intro, Part 1 (small conferences), Part 2 (mid-majors), and Part 3 (power conferences). With just a few days left until Selection Sunday and many conference tournaments either underway or complete, I will attempt in this post to […]
Hot shooting turns cold, and Bisons fall in GSC semis
The Bisons’ season ended on Saturday in what had to be a frustrating shooting performance for the entire team. Harding made just 3 of 21 three-point attempts and lost to eventual GSC champion Arkansas Tech 73-63. The Wonder Boys owned the Bisons on the boards in this game, nabbing 20 of 38 offensive rebound chances […]
Scouting the 2009 NCAA Tournament: Power Conferences
This is the third installment of a four-part series on scouting the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Check out the intro, Part 1 (small conferences), and Part 2 (mid-majors). Most of college basketball’s best teams play in one of six “power” conferences, also known as the BCS conferences in football: the ACC, SEC, Big East, Big Ten, […]
Bisons shoot their way past West Alabama in GSC Tourney
Great three-point shooting and solid defense carried the Bisons to an opening-round victory last night in the GSC Tournament. Harding defeated West Alabama 82-56, and the Bisons got out to such a hot start that it was never a close game. Sam Brown led the team with four threes and 16 points, but three other […]
Bisons play it dangerously close, but reach GSC Tourney yet again
Quick aside for starters: Unlike pretty much every D-I conference (and most in D-II), not everyone makes the GSC tournament. Since it’s such a large conference, only the top 5 teams in each 8-team division make it, and the #4-5 teams have to play a first-round game while everyone else gets a bye. This works […]
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