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Chad, Rocco, and David are here for the first Under the Radar of the regular season! Teams like North Florida and Austin Peay from the Atlantic Sun are out to very good starts, which is our featured conference of the week. After that, we run through the other 22 leagues and discuss how Troy and Arkansas State have looked good out of the Sun Belt, UC Irvine has looked amazing out of the Big West, and Grand Canyon, despite being down a few key players, is off to a strong start. We discuss all that, and more! And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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A full panel convenes to recap a busy first week of college basketball. We start off in the Big East, and while most of the teams have held serve in terms of winning their buy games, to date no one in the conference has played anything but a buy game, and some of those teams struggled to win those. Villanova is off to a really rough start after their loss to Columbia. In the SEC, despite some trouble on the flight over, Auburn picked up a massive win against Houston which will end up looking very good on their resume. Ohio State got a big win against Texas, North Carolina had an impressive showing at Kansas, Memphis is off to a good start out in the AAC, New Mexico picked up a big win at UCLA, and Gonzaga is off to a very impressive start. We discuss all that, and much more!!
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It’s the first Hoops HD Report of the regular season! While the first week gives us a ton of games, it normally doesn’t give us that many pivotal games, which is why we always choose this time to preview the upcoming In-Season Tournaments. We run through every bracketed event and discuss each of the teams that are participating, what the potential impact these games could have on their resumes, who we think can benefit the most, and who we think will win each event. Events like the Maui Invitational, the Battle 4 Atlantis, and the Players Era Thanksgiving Festival give us multiple match-ups amongst highly ranked teams…
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A full panel convenes tonight for our final preseason podcast. We release a Preseason Media Bracket that was put together using the AP Poll, Coaches Poll, Media Day polls, and various other preseason prognostications. We reveal it line by line and debate, discuss, and assess it as we go.
Below is a final copy of The Bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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Chad is joined by Rocco, David, and the other David for the Under the Radar Preseason Special. We run through each of the 22 UTR conferences and discuss all of the league frontrunners as well as some interesting notes. Grand Canyon, McNeese, and Princeton are among the teams that we think could do more than just win their conferences, but make a run at landing inside the bubble. We discuss all that, and more. And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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It’s one of our favorite podcasts of the entire preseason!! Because it’s actually FOUR podcasts!! It’s the four conferences that aren’t quite good enough from top to bottom to be considered to be at the level of the Power Conferences, but certainly aren’t Under the Radar Conferences Either. All four leagues typically have at least one or two teams inside the bubble, and in the case of Gonzaga we feek they are as good as anyone in the country and a potential Final Four team. UAB and Memphis have high expectations out of the American, we think there are as many as five teams that could make a run at the NCAA Tournament out of the Atlantic 10 with Dayton and VCU leading the way, and the Mountain West, who sent six teams to the NCAA Tournament last year could be in position to get several teams in again.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC:
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The top have of the Big 12 is absolutely stacked. Five teams start off ranked in the top 10, including Kansas who is the preseason #1 ranked team. Houston, Iowa State, Baylor, and Arizona are all legit Final Four contenders, so it should be a crazy good year in this conference. Cincinnati is also in the top 25 and has their highest expectations in several years. We take a look at all those teams, plus everyone else in the conference as it enters its first year with the 16 team format.
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FACT CHECK: The end of the show featured a train wreck of errors. For whatever reason, we started discussing Hampton during final thoughts despite this being a Big 12 Preview. A shoutout was given to Tristan Maxwell from Jon Teitel for his triple-double in tonight’s exhibition game. Upon hearing this, Chad was so impressed he said Hampton was going to be his pick to win the MEAC this year. Tristan Maxwell did have a triple-double, but it was in December of last season during a regular season game and not on Thursday night. In fact, he isn’t even on the team anymore. Hampton is also no longer in the MEAC. They are now in the CAA. And Hampton lost their exhibition game to Bowie State tonight. Oh well, it is a preseason podcast. These don’t count.
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UConn won their second straight National Championship last year, and despite losing a big part of their roster to the NBA, they still look to be stacked again this year and will once again be in a position to win the Big East. Marquette and Creighton are also really strong teams, and we think all three of them have a really good chance at ending up as protected seeds. Xavier has sustained a substantial injury already, but they still have some solid pieces and we think they can return to the NCAA Tournament after missing it a year ago. Butler is a team we feel could be a sleeper, and Saint John’s with a revamped roster can also make a run at the NCAA Tournament. Georgetown and DePaul have been the doormats of the league the past few years, but they’ve both added some pieces and should be improved this year. We discuss all that, and more!
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The ACC enters its first year with 18 programs, and it looks like Duke and North Carolina are the clear frontrunners. Both will begin the season ranked in the top ten, and just about everyone has them finishing 1st and 2nd in the conference. Miami FL struggled last year, but is another team we think can make quite a bit of noise. Clemson is rebuilding after a run to the Elite Eight, but still looks to have some solid pieces. Wake Forest has high expectations this year and looks to have a real shot of making the NCAA Tournament. Stanford, Cal, and SMU are in their inaugural season as ACC members, but at what cost to the rest of the league? We discuss whether or not the conference has been diluted with some of the new additions. We discuss all that, and more!
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In short, the SEC is absolutely loaded this year. Alabama looks like they are going to be one of the best teams in the country, and Auburn and Tennessee are not all that far behind. An amazing nine teams are ranked in the preseason top 25, and although you never know how good anyone really is until they start playing, all nine of these teams look to be exceptionally strong. We look at all the teams and some of the interesting storylines, most notably John Calipari beginning his tenure at Arkansas, and much more..
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In this time of hightened political interest, Hoops HD has decided to stage their own college basketball centric debate!! Chad Sherwood acts as hosts and moderator as David Griggs and Zach Singer discuss such topics as the expansion of the NCAA Tournament, new NIL rules, video replay reform, conference realignment, and much more!!
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Rocco Miller, who works as a D1 scheduling consultant, joins Hoops HD to discuss the different ways that teams go about building their out of conference schedules. We discuss some of the different scheduling philosophies, how some of the teams would benefit from playing tougher schedules than what they do, and how schedules impact the NET and their NCAA Tournament Chances.
Check out Rocco Miller’s site Bracketeer.Org to follow (among other things) team schedules as they are announced.
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For the monthly offseason podcast (after skipping a month) Chad is joined by a full panel that discusses the new changes to the Selection Committee team sheets and some of the new metrics that have been added. They also look at some of the upcoming MTEs and how NIL money is playing a role. We cover some of the conference realignment, some of the charity games that have been announced, and other offseason news and notes.
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Chad is joined by Galen Clavio, Rocco Miller, and David as they discuss the ongoing House Case that the NCAA is involved in. We also look at how the NIL rules have changed the landscape of college sports, and how it will likely continue to change in the coming months and years. We also look at some of the immediate impacts it’s having, especially on the upcoming MTE’s for the 2024-2025 season.
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Congrats to UConn for winning back to back championships! The first team to do it since 2006 and 2007.
The panel reviews the Final Four. Jon Teitel was actually there and he shares some of his thoughts and experiences out in Glendale. We also touch a little bit on the Women’s Final Four, which actually drew more viewers than the Men’s Final Four did, as South Carolina beat Iowa to finish the season as undefeated national champions. We also touch briefly on some of the coaching changes and some of the bigger jobs that are still open.
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Thanks for watching, listening, and reading all season long!! We will see you periodically throughout the offseason!
It’s a storied Final Four. Purdue has made it for the first time since 1980, NC State has been on an amazing run since the start of the ACC Tournament, Alabama is in the Final Four for the first time ever, and…well…UConn is back in the Final Four for the first time in 12 months. Chad and the panel recap the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight games and look ahead to the Final Four and National Title games. Jon Teitel and Rocco Miller discuss their experiences at the West Regional in Los Angeles, and talk about their upcoming plans for attending the Final Four. We discuss all that, and more…
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Chad is joined by a full panel as they recap the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, and look ahead to the Sweet Sixteen and potential Elite Eight games coming up this week. The Round of 32 ended up being kind of chalky, but we did have some exciting upsets in the Round of 64 with Oakland knocking off Kentucky, Yale getting past Auburn in what was a great matchup, and Duquesne getting their first NCAA Tournament win in most people’s lifetime. We discuss all that, give our picks for the upcoming games, and more…
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Chad and the panel look begin by quickly discussing their thoughts on the selections and seedings and talk about what they like and dislike about what the committee did. After that, we look at the bracket, discuss each match-up, and fill it out round by round. Check out what we think the upsets will be, who is in our Final Four, and who we have winning it all. Plus, the reveal of the AC8 Bracket!
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The Hoops HD Mock Committee has begun it’s selection and seeding process. To see where we are in the process – CLICK HERE
Check out the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid
Also, don’t miss our CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PAGE, which has brackets, times, and viewing information for all 32 conference tourney
Check out our new HOOPS HD TEAM SHEETS AND DEFCON RATINGS for all 362 D1 teams
Finally, be sure to keep an eye on our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS
We’ve seen a ton of carnage in the conference tournaments this week, and we saw some more huge surprises today as NC State knocked of North Carolina in the ACC Championship, Oregon won the Pac 12, and Florida Atlantic fell to Temple in the American. We go through all the conference championship games, and take a look ahead to the final day of Championship Week.
Note from Stalica: There will be a record 21 conference champions that were not the #1 seed in their respective conferences. None of the five conferences playing on Sunday will even feature a #1 seed in the championship games.
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The Hoops HD Mock Committee has begun it’s selection and seeding process. To see where we are in the process – CLICK HERE
Check out the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid
Also, don’t miss our CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PAGE, which has brackets, times, and viewing information for all 32 conference tourney
Check out our new HOOPS HD TEAM SHEETS AND DEFCON RATINGS for all 362 D1 teams
Finally, be sure to keep an eye on our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS
It was another crazy busy day in the world of college basketball. We saw a lot of upsets in the SEC as Mississippi State beat Tennessee and Texas A&M beat Kentucky to help keep their NCAA Tournament hopes alive. NC State is still alive in the ACC after hitting a crazy shot at the end of regulation to tie the game and then got the win in overtime. The MEAC, SWAC, American, Big West, and WAC also got underway. We discuss all that, preview the 13 conference championships that are taking place tomorrow, update you on the progress of our mock committee, peak in again on what the real committee did today, and update our Survival Board.
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BIG TEN SEMIFINALS:
SEC SEMIFINALS:
AMERICAN SEMIFINALS:
ATLANTIC 10 SEMIFINALS:
IVY LEAGUE SEMIFINALS:
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WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! We are here to help you select the field and seed the teams!!
The Hoops HD Mock Committee has begun it’s selection and seeding process. To see where we are in the process – CLICK HERE
Check out the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid
Also, don’t miss our CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PAGE, which has brackets, times, and viewing information for all 32 conference tourney
Check out our new HOOPS HD TEAM SHEETS AND DEFCON RATINGS for all 362 D1 teams
Finally, be sure to keep an eye on our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS
It was another wild day, and the busiest day of Championship Week as most conferences saw quarterfinal action. Every game in the Atlantic 10 was an upset, and with Dayton being eliminated by Duquesne it means that a team will win that conference tournament who was not inside the bubble going into the week. The Mountain West saw another big day of games, and the nightcap in the Big East was exciting. We recap all of today’s action and preview all of the games tomorrow.
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AMERICAN QUARTERFINALS:
BIG TEN QUARTERFINALS:
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WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! We hope you enjoyed your pasta dinner tonight!! We’ve been working hard so you can all relax and enjoy yourselves!!
Check out the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid
Also, don’t miss our CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PAGE, which has brackets, times, and viewing information for all 32 conference tourney
Check out our new HOOPS HD TEAM SHEETS AND DEFCON RATINGS for all 362 D1 teams
Finally, be sure to keep an eye on our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS
Three more automatic bids were earned tonight as Colgate blew through the Patriot League final, McNeese had no trouble winning the Southland, and Montana State beat their rivals Montana after coming from behind in the second half to win the Big Sky Championship. It was also a busy day with a lot of opening round games in some of the bigger conferences. We review all that, and preview the tomorrow’s games. It’s the Thursday of Championship Week!! One of the most exciting and busiest days of the year!!
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WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!! We hope you all got to the hotel safely!!
Check out the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid
Also, don’t miss our CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PAGE, which has brackets, times, and viewing information for all 32 conference tourney
Check out our new HOOPS HD TEAM SHEETS AND DEFCON RATINGS for all 362 D1 teams
Finally, be sure to keep an eye on our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS
Five more automatic bids were given out tonight as Saint Mary’s beat their rivals Gonzaga in a thrilling WCC championship game, Oakland is back in the NCAAs after winning the Horizon League, South Dakota State locked up the Summit League, Wagner beat the top 3 seeds all on the road to win the NEC, and Charleston repeated as CAA Champs. We discuss all of that, as well as all of the other conference tournament action…
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METRO ATLANTIC QUARTERFINALS:
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NOTE: This broadcast was recorded at 10pm, est on Thursday, January 18th. No games that went final after that, particularly Oregon vs Colorado, were considered when creating this bracket.
Chad and the panel build a seedlist line by line and debate, discuss, and assess, and sometimes strongly argue about each team as they go. Find out who they have on the #1 lines so far, who is safely in, who still has work to do, and who on the bubble just made it in and just missed it.
Below is a final copy of The Bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!!
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Tonight’s feature conference is the Horizon League, where Oakland is out to a surprising start after struggling through most of their OOC schedule. They had a big win tonight against Youngstown State to maintain their hold on 1st place. Purdue Fort Wayne, who we were the biggest on coming into league play, has struggled since the start of conference play.
From there, we run through the other 21 UTR leagues and discuss how teams like Grand Canyon and Princeton are looking more and more like they could land inside the bubble and make the NCAA Tournament even if they don’t win their conference tournaments. Samford from the SoCon now has the longest winning streak in the nation after their big win at Western Carolina. McNeese also continues to rack up wins out of the Southland, and teams like Akron and UC Irvine are starting to look a lot better. We discuss all that, and more! And, as we do every week, we close with our UTR Top Ten.
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We look back on a week where we had eight top ten teams lose to unranked opponents, including Purdue who fell at Nebraska, Houston to fell twice to TCU and Iowa State, and Tennessee who stumbled at Mississippi State. We discuss those games, and more, as we run through all ten major conferences and look at Colorado’s and Utah’s struggles in the Pac 12, Dayton who keeps surging in the Atlantic 10, FAU’s inconsistency in the American, how Memphis has been in a lot of close games, but won most of them, North Carolina is playing like a #1 seed, Providence and Illinois have struggled since losing key players, and more!
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NOTE: This broadcast was recorded at 10pm, est on Thursday, January 11th. No games that went final after that, particularly Illinois vs Michigan State, were considered when creating this bracket.
Chad and the panel build a seedlist line by line and debate, discuss, and assess each team as they go. Find out who they have on the #1 lines so far, who is safely in, who still has work to do, and who on the bubble just made it in and just missed it.
Below is a final copy of the bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
NOTE: For those that watched the show, BYU had to be swapped down a seed line for bracketing (and San Diego State moved up) because all spots on the 5 line had games played on Sundays in either the First/Second Round or Regional sites. BYU does not play on Sundays and the Selection Committee honors this request, even if it means the bracket has to be adjusted.
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Chad and David are back for a vintage edition of Under the Radar! Like the old days, it’s just the two of them. Tonight’s feature conference is the Summit League, which has been really strong in recent years, but has been somewhat disappointing this year. We discuss their inaugural challenge with the Big Sky Conference, which has one of the most interesting tiebreakers we’ve ever seen with the conference commissioners arm-wrestling at the Final Four to determine the winner if all other tiebreakers fail to break the tie!
From there, we run through the other 21 UTR leagues and discuss how Weber State and Akron are starting to come on strong. We look at James Madison’s loss to Southern Miss and discuss how damaging that might be to their at-large chances. Indiana State went down to Drake tonight, which may jeopardize their chances of landing inside the bubble. Princeton and Grand Canyon are still looking incredibly strong and are starting to get votes in the top 25. Lafayette had a shocking upset win over Colgate, and we look at how the Patriot League may be shaping up. We discuss all that, and more! And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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Chad and the panel recap a busy week in college basketball, and look ahead to an equally busy week that’s coming up. North Carolina is suddenly looking like one of the best teams in the country after their road win against Clemson, Cincinnati went form being way off the radar to solidly in the picture after a huge win at BYU, Oregon had a big week out in the Pac 12 with two big road wins against the Washington schools, Northwestern got a big win that they really needed against Michigan State, and the Mountain West has four teams that look to be solid tournament teams with a chance of even getting a fifth. We discuss all that, and more!!
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PROGRAM NOTE: This show was recorded at 7:30pm est on Wednesday, January 3rd and did not take into account any of the games that were played that day, most notably Seton Hall’s win at Providence, or Nebraska vs Indiana, or anything else that would have impacted the bracket.
It is the first Bracket Rundown Video Podcast of the season! For this first edition, we built the entire seedlist and bracket out or Joby Fortson’s JNG RATINGS. We reveal each team line by line and discuss each of them as we go. We talk about which teams the JNG may be overvaluing at this point, as well as who all has the potential to improve.
Below is the finished bracket, but do not look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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This week’s feature conference is the Big West, which appears to have quite a bit of depth and balance. Cal State Northridge isn’t just one of the bigger Under the Radar surprises, but one of the bigger surprises in all of college hoops. UC Santa Barbara has been somewhat disappointing, but is still loaded with talent, UC Irvine has proven to be dangerous, and Long Beach State should be in the mix as well.
From there we run through the other 21 UTR conferences and discuss how strong Princeton has looked out of the Ivy League, how Weber State is likely the team to beat in the Big Sky and could be a dangerous opponent in the Round of 64, how despite some unlucky and heartbreaking losses Louisiana Tech is still a dangerous team, Grand Canyon looks to be good enough to land inside the bubble and maybe even crack the top 25 before the end of the year, and much more. And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten
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Happy New Year Everybody!!
Chad and the panel are back for the first Hoops HD podcast of the new year, and we cover a lot as conference play is now getting in to full swing. It was also a busy end of the year with three major upsets in Notre Dame’s blowout over Virginia, Stanford’s blowout over Arizona, and Florida Atlantic’s loss at Florida Gulf Coast. We look at all three of those, as well as how much Gonzaga seems to now be struggling. The Mountain West has as many as six teams that could land inside the bubble, and a couple who may be on pace to earn protected seeds. Houston is tops in nearly every predictive metric, and we discuss them and how strong the entire Big 12 is. The ACC and Big East have big weeks this year, and we break all of that down. We discuss all that, and more…
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It is our last podcast of 2023! Tonight’s feature conference is the MAC, and the reason we feature it is because of how we think it has underperformed. Akron has a decent overall record, but their overall resume is hurting. Ohio U has also dealt with injuries and that has effected their play. Still, we think it will be an exciting league once it gets rolling.
From there, we move on to the other 21 UTR leagues and talk about how we think Weber State and Montana are the teams to beat in the Big Sky, Appalachian State had a surprising loss, but should still be able to challenge James Madison out in the SoCon, the Ivy League has seven good teams in it and should be setting itself up for its most exciting season in years, McNeese State should dominate the Southland and could finish with more than 30 overall wins. We talk about all that, and more! And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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Ken Pomeroy, publisher of KenPom.com, is our guest on this special edition of the Hoops HD Report. We focus on his site and ratings and talk about how he got started in publishing his site, what exactly his rankings are … Continue reading →
Chad and the panel begin by the events that led to Hall of Fame Coach Bob Huggins resigning from West Virginia, and how it is an unfortunate end to a very successful career. From there we look at the new … Continue reading →
Chad and David are joined by Rocco Miller, who is the first ever regular Hoops HD panelist to appear on the show as a guest!! In addition to being a Hoops HD panelist and contributor, Rocco is also a Scheduling Consultant for many D1 programs, and we talk with him about how programs go about building their out of conference schedules. We discuss the differences of how Power 5, multi-bid leagues, and under the radar leagues go about putting together their schedules, we focus on all of the different multi-team events (MTEs) that are coming together, talk a little bit about the challenges under the radar teams face when they try to get other good teams to schedule them, and talk about how the sport would benefit if all the teams who avoid playing certain opponents would reconsider and play those teams.
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Congratulations to UConn, who defeated San Diego State 76-59 to win the National Championship!! It is the 5th for the school, and they are also just the 5th team (we think) to win every single NCAA Tournament game by double digits. We also believe that they are the first team to win the National Championship after losing so many games in the month of January, but cannot say for sure.
We recap the Final Four, and discuss the fantastic and storied seasons that all four had, particularly Florida Atlantic who basically walked out of the Atlantic Ocean to win 30+ games and advance to the Final Four. We also briefly discuss all of the other men’s and women’s postseason tournaments, and then each share some final thoughts on the Final Four, the NCAA Tournament, and the season as a whole.
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The Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight were as crazy and surprising as they’ve ever been in recent memory!! Florida Atlantic won a pair of exciting games to go to their first ever Final Four after having only been to one NCAA Tournament in their entire history prior to this year. San Diego State wasn’t expected to do much after beating a 12 and 13 seed to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, but they knocked off Alabama in a shocker (at least to us), and held on to beat Creighton in a thriller to advance to their first ever Final Four. Miami FL advanced to their second straight Elite Eight game after a shocking and decisive win over Houston, and then got by a really good Texas team to get to their first ever Final Four. UConn has been the most impressive team in The Tournament so far and blew past both Arkansas and Gonzaga to advance. We recap all the action, look ahead to the Final Four and discuss those matchups, and more…
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Chad and the panel recap the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. There are always surprises, but this year we seemed to have more surprises than we were expecting! The most notable is Fairleigh Dickinson’s win over Purdue. It is so surprising that perhaps the second biggest surprise was Fairleigh Dickinson’s win over Texas Southern in the First Four. For the third year in a row, a 15 seed is in the Sweet Sixteen as Princeton knocked out both Arizona and Missouri. Only two of the 1 seeds made the Sweet Sixteen, and other teams really had to sweat to hold on. We go over all of the action from the first two rounds, preview the upcoming Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight games, and more!
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Chad and the panel begin by looking at the teams that actually made it into the field and briefly discuss what the committee did that we agree with, the things that we disagreed with, and the teams that were left out that we thought should have been in.
After that, we look at the Field of 68 and fill out the full bracket as a panel. We discuss match-ups, potential match-ups, upsets, our Final Four, and our National Champion.
In closing, we briefly look at the NIT and CBI Tournaments, and lastly we reveal this year’s AC8 field!!
Below is the bracket we filled out, but do not look at it until you watch the show!!!
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The Hoops HD Mock Committee as completed Day 3 of their deliberations. We have completed our field of 68, seeded all the teams, and scrubbed lines 1 through 10. John Stalica has a writeup of what we’ve done so far. CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT
CLICK HERE for the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid
CLICK HERE for our CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT INFO PAGE, which has brackets, times, and viewing information for all 32 conference tourney
CLICK HERE for our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS
Saturday of Championship Week is in the books, and it is now officially Selection Sunday. We recap all the action from all the conference tournaments, discuss all the teams that punched tickets, and take a look at what happened in the major conferences and how today’s action could have impacted their seedlist. We close by showing you the board of what the Hoops HD Mock Committee has done.
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IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP:
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The Hoops HD Mock Committee as completed Day 2 of their deliberations. John Stalica has summed up what we’ve done so far. CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT
CLICK HERE for the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid
CLICK HERE for our CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT INFO PAGE, which has brackets, times, and viewing information for all 32 conference tourney
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It was a crazy night in the WAC with a big upset as Grand Canyon knocked off Sam Houston State, and Utah Valley blew a 23pt second half lead to Southern Utah setting up an unexpected championship game. Vanderbilt was a huge story as they racked up another big win over Kentucky, and are looking more and more like they belong in the NCAA Tournament. It was also a big night in Conference USA, the Mountain West, the Big Ten, and Big 12. We go through all of today’s action and preview all of tomorrow’s
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BIG TEN SEMIFINALS:
SEC SEMIFINALS:
AMERICAN ATHLETIC SEMIFINALS:
ATLANTIC TEN SEMIFINALS:
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The Hoops HD Mock Committee has started its deliberations!! John Stalica has summed up what we did on the first night – CLICK HERE to check out who has been voted into our field!
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It’s the busiest day of Championship Week, and one of the best days of college basketball for the entire season! We recap all of the conference tournament action and discuss San Jose State’s big win over Nevada and how that might impact the Wolfpack’s chances, some bubble teams were in action in the Pac 12, ACC, and Big Ten. We discuss all that, and more.
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AMERICAN QUARTERFINALS:
WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! We do this work for you so you don’t have to!!!
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There were five championships tonight, most notably Gonzaga blowing out Saint Mary’s to win the WCC (again), Charleston hanging on in a seesaw battle against UNC Wilmington, Northern Kentucky getting past Cleveland State to win the Horizon, Merrimack winning the NEC over Fairleigh Dickinson despite not being eligible for the NCAA Tournament, and Oral Roberts blowing out North Dakota State to complete the perfect season in the Summit League. We had some crazy semifinal action in the Big Sky with Northern Arizona pulling another upset to advance to the championship, and multiple overtime games in some of the other conferences. We discuss it all and preview all of tomorrow’s action.
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SWAC QUARTERFINALS:
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WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! We have stayed up late so we can help you make the proper selections and seedings!
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Furman is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1980! They beat Chattanooga to win the SoCon Championship. We saw two exciting games in the Colonial as UNC Wilmington knocked off top seeded Hofstra, and Charleston was in a battle with Towson that went back and forth. Louisiana will be going back to The Dance after winning The Sun Belt Tournament, and sadly Penguin Fever has come to an end after Youngstown State fell to Northern Kentucky in the semis of the Horizon League. We discuss all of this, along with the rest of today’s action, and preview a very busy day tomorrow as several conference tournaments have their championship games, and a few others get underway.
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NOTE: This broadcast was recorded at 9pm, est on Thursday, March 6th, and the seedlist was created prior to 8pm, est. No games that were played that day, particularly the West Coast Conference Tournament games, were factored in
The Hoops HD Staff have each created their own personal seedlists. Those were cross country ranked to create a master seedlist, which was then put into a bracket by Chad. On this show, we reveal that bracket team by team, and then line by line in a Selection Sunday type format. The panel is seeing the bracket for the first time as it is revealed, and they debate, discuss, and assess each team as they are revealed.
Below is a final copy of the bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! We are your perpetual mentors and are providing you with all of the guidance and information that you need!!!
CLICK HERE for the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid
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CLICK HERE for our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS
Three more champions were crowned today as UNC Asheville, Kennesaw State, and Drake all punched their tickets to the NCAA Tournament. Kennesaw State is dancing for the first time ever after an exciting win on their home floor against Liberty. We saw some more big upsets as Eastern Washington was knocked out of the Big Sky Quarterfinals and South Alabama pulled off another upset as they knocked out James Madison in the semifinals of the Sun Belt. We break down all of today’s action for you.
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WEST COAST SEMIFINALS:
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BIG SKY QUARTERFINALS:
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CLICK HERE for our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS
It was a crazy day of conference tournament action with two huge upsets in the Sun Belt which knocked out Southern Miss and Marshall. Texas State, who finished 11th, is now in the semifinals. We also saw a couple of upsets in the Southern with UNC Greensboro and Samford both going down. We also had our first conference champion!! Congrats to Southeast Missouri who won an overtime thriller against Tennessee Tech to win the Ohio Valley Championship. Fairleigh Dickinson also locked up an automatic bid with their semifinal win over Saint Francis U. They’ll face Merrimack in the Northeast Conference Championship game, who is not eligible for the NCAA Tournament. We discuss all that, and more!!
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NOTE: This broadcast was recorded at 10pm, est on Thursday, February 2nd, and the seedlist was created prior to 8pm, est. No games that were played that day were factored in
The Hoops HD Staff have each created their own personal seedlists. Those were cross country ranked to create a master seedlist, which was then put into a bracket by Chad. On this show, we reveal that bracket team by team, and then line by line in a Selection Sunday type format. The panel is seeing the bracket for the first time as it is revealed, and they debate, discuss, and assess each team as they are revealed.
Below is a final copy of the bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! We are here to share our knowledge with you!!
CLICK HERE for the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid
CLICK HERE for our CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT INFO PAGE, which has brackets, times, and viewing information for all 32 conference tourney
CLICK HERE for our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS
It was quarterfinal night in the Northeast Conference, and we also had opening round action in the OVC, Horizon League, and Big South Conferences. We recap all of that action and preview all of tomorrow’s games as well.
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OHIO VALLEY QUARTERFINALS:
SUN BELT 2ND ROUND:
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Lots of action tonight as the Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals gave us two pretty exciting games, including Kennesaw State barely holding on at home to beat 9th seeded Queens. It was also opening round night in the Patriot League where we saw two really exciting games, the Horizon League, and the Sun Belt. We discuss all the games that were played, and preview the Big South, Ohio Valley, and Northeast Conference games that are set to tip off tomorrow.
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It is our final Hoops HD Report of the regular season!! We’re not going anywhere, though. We will be posting our Hoops HD Championship Week Video Notebooks every night until Selection Sunday.
It was a crazy weekend, and we look back at wild day in the Big Ten where Iowa had one of the most ridiculous comebacks you’ll ever see against Michigan State, Indiana upset Purdue on the road, Rutgers came from way behind in the second half to knock off Penn State, and that was just the Big Ten!! Arizona State needed a big win to help them get on the right side of the bubble, and they got it via a 60 foot buzzer beater to knock off rivals Arizona on the road. Kentucky and Texas A&M are continuing to look really strong in the SEC, and Mississippi State is right on the bubble. Gonzaga avenged their loss to Saint Mary’s and the two finished in a tie for first place in the WCC. We discuss all that, and more!!
We’d also like to welcome all the Selection Committee Members for the Championship Week Video Notebook!!
Check out the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid
Also, don’t miss our CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PAGE, which has brackets, times, and viewing information for all 32 conference tourney
Finally, be sure to keep an eye on our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS
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http://hoopshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/HHD-Report-and-CWVN-2-27-23-Audio-On.mp3ATLANTIC SUN QUARTERFINALS:
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WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! We are here to help!! We are here to tell you everything you should be doing!!
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CLICK HERE for our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS
Championship Week officially gets underway tomorrow with the Opening Round of the Atlantic Sun Tournament!! The Survive and Advance portion of the season is officially here!! We’ve got a FULL PANEL to break down the two opening round Atlantic Sun games tomorrow because when it comes to the opening round of the ASun, we at Hoops HD DO NOT MESS AROUND!!!
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NOTE: This broadcast was recorded at 10pm, est on Thursday, February 2nd, and the seedlist was created prior to 8pm, est. No games that were played that day, particularly Northwestern vs Illinois or Rutgers vs Michigan, were factored in
The Hoops HD Staff have each created their own personal seedlists. Those were cross country ranked to create a master seedlist, which was then put into a bracket by Chad. On this show, we reveal that bracket team by team, and then line by line in a Selection Sunday type format. The panel is seeing the bracket for the first time as it is revealed, and they debate, discuss, and assess each team as they are revealed.
Below is a final copy of the bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
And below is an audio only version of the show, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!!
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Tonight’s feature conference is the Ivy League, which currently has a three way tie for first place, and four teams that are still fighting for the last spot in the conference tournament. We discuss what a wild year it has been, and how important it is as we head into the final two games of the season.
From there we run through the other 22 UTR leagues and look at who has clinched first place, who has a path to first place, and how the last few games of the season impact the upcoming conference tournaments. Charleston and Hofstra are neck and neck in the Colonial, and while Charleston has had the better overall season, we think Hofstra might be playing better right now. Drake has finally come to life in the Missouri Valley, and they’ve got a huge game against Bradley this Sunday that will decide first place. North Texas is looking real strong out of Conference USA, and we discuss the chances of that league getting two teams into the NCAA Tournament. We talk about all that, and more. And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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Chad and the panel start off in the Big Ten tonight and take a look at Northwestern, who has been one of the bigger stories in all of college basketball this year. Purdue and Indiana are both still looking really good, and we look at Nebraska who has gotten hot all of a sudden, and while it’s a long shot we think they could get a look from the committee if they can avoid a loss before the Big Ten semifinals. The Big 12 continues to look incredibly strong with as many as six teams still fighting for protected seeds, and nine out of ten who are still within reach of making the NCAA Tournament. Every game is a huge match-up. Marquette still looks to be the best team in the Big East, and Xavier is right on their heels despite some fluke losses to the likes of DePaul and Butler earlier in the year. UCLA and Arizona are solid protected seeds out of the Pac 12, and Houston continues to string together wins and is good enough to win it all out of the American. We also look at all the bubble teams in conferences like the SEC, ACC, and Mountain West. We discuss all that and more!
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Tonight’s feature conference is the SoCon, which has three teams fighting for first place in the latter part of the season. Samford, who hasn’t finished in first place of any league since 1999, has a chance to win the SoCon this year, but will have to hold off Furman and UNC Greensboro in order to do it.
From there we run through the other 22 UTR leagues and take a look at who is on the verge of clinching 1st place, and who all could be eliminated from qualifying for their conference tournaments this week. Youngstown State continues to be a great story in the Horizon League. Hofstra actually holds the tiebreaker over Charleston in the Colonial and will lock up the #1 seed in the CAA Tourney if they win out. The MAC and Ivy League races are exciting as some of the top teams are slated to face each other this week. Southern Miss is looking better and better and could be a very dangerous team if they can get to the Round of 64, and Drake is continuing to play at a high level as they’re in a race to win the Missouri Valley. We discuss all that, and much more. And, as we do every week, we close the show with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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We begin tonight by spending a few minutes on the situation at New Mexico State. They have cancelled all their remaining games and continuing to internally investigate some allegations of a serious nature within the program.
After that, we move on to look back on what was a crazy busy week in college basketball. We begin in the SEC where Tennessee had to losses at the buzzer to Vanderbilt and Missouri, and discuss how that win for Mizzou completely changes the complexion of their resume. We also talk about how Alabama is now the overall #1 team and how they’ve go ta big game coming up at Tennessee this week. The Big 12 continues to look historically strong, but some of the teams like TCU and Iowa State are starting to slip a little bit. Other teams, particularly Oklahoma State, are starting to look better and better. In the Big Ten Purdue lost on the road to Northwestern, but still appears to be set up for a #1 seed if they can win out, Arizona had a surprising loss to Stanford in the Big 12, Saint Mary’s fell to LMU in the West Coast but is still in control of first place, and several teams from the Mountain West are hovering around the bubble. We discuss all that, and more!!
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NOTE: This broadcast was recorded at 10pm, est on Thursday, February 9th. No games that went final after that, particularly Saint Mary’s vs LMU or Oregon vs USC, were considered when creating this bracket.
Chad and the panel build a seedlist line by line and debate, discuss, and assess each team as they go. Find out who they have on the #1 lines so far, who is safely in, who still has work to do, and who on the bubble just made it in and just missed it.
And below is our special Bracket Build Podcast, where we show you exactly how the seedlist is converted into a bracket and how all of the different bracketing rules come into play
Below is a final copy of the bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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This week’s featured conference is the Big West, which as it is most years has been hugely exciting all year long. UC Santa Barbara has been the frontrunner for most of the year, and we thought they might actually be able to get a serious look from the committee if they were able to win out, but they suffered a very surprising loss to Cal State Northridge this week. UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Hawai’i and Long Beach State are other teams that are right up there in the conference race.
After that, we move on and look at the other 22 UTR leagues and start off with a rather bizarre night in Maine as their game against Vermont was delayed because the floor was crooked and needed to be re-laid. Teams like Oral Roberts and Colgate are getting very close to clinching first place bids, the Ivy League and SWAC races are heating up both at the top of the standings and to make the cutline for the conference tournaments. Hofstra is actually tied with Charleston in the Colonial, and although their season profile isn’t as strong as CofC’s we feel that they may actually be more dangerous right now. We discuss all that, and more. And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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We take a look back at another busy week in college basketball, and discuss Saint Mary’s big win over Gonzaga and which team belongs higher on the seedlist, Purdue picking up their second loss of the season at Indiana, and Duke’s win over North Carolina. We take an extensive look at the Tarheels and discuss whether or not they belong in at all. The Big 12 continues to be very strong with as many as six teams within reach of a protected seed, and as many as three who are within reach of a #1 seed. It’s a big week in the SEC with Texas A&M, Florida, and Arkansas all being on the bubble and all needing to string together wins. We discuss all that, and more!
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NOTE: This broadcast was recorded at 10pm, est on Thursday, February 2nd, and the seedlist was created prior to 8pm, est. No games that were played that day, particularly Florida Atlantic’s loss to UAB and Charleston’s loss to Drexel, were considered when creating this bracket.
The Hoops HD Staff have each created their own personal seedlists. Those were cross country ranked to create a master seedlist, which was then put into a bracket by Chad. On this show, we reveal that bracket team by team, and then line by line in a Selection Sunday type format. The panel is seeing the bracket for the first time as it is revealed, and they debate, discuss, and assess each team as they are revealed.
Below is a final copy of the bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
And below is an audio only version of the show, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!!
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Tonight’s feature conference is the MEAC, and one of the great stories in college hoops this year is Maryland Eastern Shore, who for a decade was one of the worst teams in all of D1, but who this year is within reach of first place. We discuss them and how we expected Norfolk State to run through the conference, but who now finds themselves a game out of 1st place.
From there we run through the other 22 UTR conferences and talk about how Colgate and Oral Roberts are getting close to clinching first place in their standings, how tight leagues like the Ivy, Ohio Valley, Sun Belt, WAC, Southland, and Missouri Valley are. We take a look at Fordham, who is on the brink of winning 20+ games for just the fourth time in their entire history and how they are just a game out of first place in the Atlantic Ten. College of Charleston suffered a loss to Hofstra and fell out of the rankings, which means they are back on the show. We take a long look at them and discuss their chances of getting a bid if they lose in the conference tournament. We discuss all that, and much more! And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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A full panel has been assembled tonight, including Bryan Black who was finally able to join us. We review a very busy week in college basketball, including this past Saturday which had more than its share of surprises. Alabama was absolutely creamed by Oklahoma, Iowa State fell against a Missouri team that needed a big win, and TCU endured injuries and lost in overtime to Mississippi State just to name a few. We once again look at the overall strength of the Big 12, which still has six teams that are separated by just one game and all of whom are within reach of a protected seed. Purdue has a big week coming up as they face Indiana this weekend. We take a look at Texas A&M, Mississippi State, and Arkansas from the SEC and talk about whether or not they belong in the field right now, and what they need to do in order to make it. The Mountain West has several teams who are on pace to make the field, most notable Boise State, New Mexico, and San Diego State, and we take a look at their upcoming games. We discuss all that, and more!
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NOTE: This broadcast was recorded at 10pm, est on Thursday, January 26th. No games that went final after that, particularly UCLA vs USC or Arizona at Washington State, were considered when creating this bracket.
Chad and the panel build a seedlist line by line and debate, discuss, and assess each team as they go. Find out who they have on the #1 lines so far, who is safely in, who still has work to do, and who on the bubble just made it in and just missed it.
Below is a final copy of the bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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Tonight’s feature conference is the Horizon League, which is having a bit of a down year collectively, but has two great stories in Milwaukee who’s having their best year in a long time, and Youngstown State that’s having their best year in history that we can remember. Both teams are neck and neck at the top of the standings, and Northern Kentucky is in the mix as well.
From there we move on to the other 22 UTR leagues and discuss how Vermont has played their way back to the top of the America East, Liberty appears to be asserting themselves in the ASun, and a hugely exciting race is heating up in the Sun Belt with Marshall and Southern Miss near the top, but with as many as five other teams that could win the league. There is now a six way tie for first place in the Ohio Valley after SIUE had a week where they lost two straight at home. Oral Roberts is dominating the Summit League, and Kent State, who we thought had a chance of landing inside the bubble, suffered a damaging loss on the road to Northern Illinois. We discuss all that, and more! And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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We’ve got a stacked panel tonight to review a busy week in college basketball and look ahead to yet another busy week. We spend a little time debating whether Alabama or Purdue should be the top ranked team, we look at the Big 12 and how as many as six teams could end up as protected seeds, we discuss TCU’s huge blowout win at Kansas, we look at two other shocking losses with Houston losing at home to Temple and Gonzaga losing at home to LMU. We preview a big week for the SEC as they go into the Big 12/SEC Challenge. The Mountain West has several teams hovering around the bubble, and we debate what the actual strength of the league is with some of us thinking it’s a mirage and others thinking it’s strong. All that, and more!!
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NOTE: This broadcast was recorded at 9:30pm, est on Thursday, January 19th. No games that went final after that, particularly LMU vs Gonzaga or UCLA vs Arizona State, were considered when creating this bracket.
Chad and the panel build a seedlist line by line and debate, discuss, and assess each team as they go. Find out who they have on the #1 lines so far, who is safely in, who still has work to do, and who on the bubble just made it in and just missed it.
Below is a final copy of the bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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Tonight’s feature conference is the Missouri Valley, which is traditionally one of the most successful Under the Radar conferences and has routinely placed teams inside the bubble, and has even made some Final Four runs (albeit not with current members), but that didn’t have the collective out of conference success this year that they normally do. Still there are several teams like Drake, Indiana State, Bradley, Southern Illinois, and even Belmont (and a few others) fighting for first place, so it’s as exciting as ever!
From there we run through the other 22 UTR leagues and discuss how strong Kent State has been and what their chances are of landing inside the bubble, how crazy leagues like the Sun Belt are with so many teams tied or close to tied at the top of the standings, how exciting the WAC and Conference USA are shaping up to be, Youngstown State as a surprise team in the Horizon League, and more!! And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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We’ve got a bit of an extended edition tonight because it was such an eventful week in college hoops, and there is a ton to get to. We had nine ranked teams lose over the weekend, which included Tennessee losing at home to a Kentucky team who picked up not just a good win, but an elite level win, which will really help their resume. The Big 12 has as many as six teams that could end up as a protected seed, and each week is chuck full of elite games. We look back at a busy week from last week, and look ahead to all the exciting games this week. The Big Ten is also hugely competitive with Purdue looking like a #1 seed, Michigan State and Iowa playing a lot better, and Rutgers and Northwestern are also looking like Tournament caliber teams. New Mexico had a big win at San Diego State out in the Mountain West, and Boise State is also putting together a strong resume. We discuss all that, and more…
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NOTE: This broadcast was recorded at 9pm, est on Thursday, January 12th. No games that went final after that were considered when creating this bracket.
Chad and the panel build a seedlist line by line and debate, discuss, and assess each team as they go. Find out who they have on the #1 lines so far, who is safely in, who still has work to do, and who on the bubble just made it in and just missed it.
Below is a final copy of the bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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Tonight’s feature conference is the Northeast Conference, which is perhaps the weakest overall league in D1, but still one of the most exciting. The majority of the games last week came down to the final minutes, which seems to be how it always goes in this conference. Fairleigh Dickinson and Saint Francis U are off to good starts, but they will both continue to be challenged throughout the season.
From there we run through the other 22 UTR leagues and discuss UMass Lowell’s blowout win against Vermont which puts them back on top of the America East, UNC Wilmington’s thrilling near upset over College of Charleston tonight in the Colonial, UC Santa Barbara’s strong start in the Big West, Florida Atlantic’s great start in CUSA and how they’re nearing the top 25, Oral Roberts’s great start out in the Summit League, and strength at the top of both the Sun Belt and the WAC. We discuss all that, and more! And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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Chad and the panel are back to recap a very busy and very upset heavy (especially in the Big Ten) week of college basketball. We start off in the Big 12 and talk about how as many as six teams appear to have a legit path to a protected seed, including Kansas State who seemingly came out of nowhere and won two games against ranked teams on the road. In the SEC, we talk about how much Kentucky has struggled, and how strong both Alabama and Tennessee have been this year. The Big Ten remains top heavy, especially with Purdue, but with Iowa and Northwestern both picking up key road wins on Sunday a lot of teams are looking like they can land inside the bubble. Arizona suffered an upset over the weekend in the Pac 12, Gonzaga almost suffered two upsets in the West Coast, and several teams in the Mountain West is still battling to get inside the bubble. We discuss all that, and more!!
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NOTE: This broadcast was recorded at 10pm, est on Thursday, January 5th. No games that went final after that were considered when creating this bracket.
Chad and the panel build a seedlist line by line and debate, discuss, and assess each team as they go. Find out who they have on the #1 lines so far, who is safely in, who still has work to do, and who on the bubble just made it in and just missed it.
Below is a final copy of the bracket, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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This week’s feature conference is the MAC. We talk about Kent State’s chances of making the bubble if they can dominate the league, but also discuss just how hard it will be for them to dominate it because of all the rivalries and tough road games that exist in this league.
From there we run through the other 22 UTR leagues and discuss how much better Dayton has been playing and how dangerous they could be if they can win the Atlantic Ten and make the NCAA Tournament, the strength of conferences like Conference USA, the Sun Belt, and the WAC and how we could see multiple teams from all of those leagues making runs at the bubble, how disappointing some of the conferences like the Horizon League, the SoCon, and Missouri Valley have been, and more. And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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We have two featured conferences this week! The first is the Atlantic Ten, who we relegated down to Under the Radar for the rest of the year. I was not in favor of this move, but when I filled out my UTR Top Ten and no Atlantic Ten teams were in it, it began to make sense. Fordham and Duquesne continue to play well, Dayton is improving, and Saint Louis has some notable wins and might be able to get within reach of the bubble if they can blow through the league.
We also highlight the Ohio Valley due to Eastern Illinois’s huge upset win at Iowa. The two teams were over 300+ spots apart in all the metrics, making it the biggest upset on paper that we can ever remember.
From there we run through all the other UTR leagues and talk about the strength at the top of the Colonial with Charleston continuing to win, Kent State from the MAC who has a big week and may be good enough to make a run at the bubble if they can dominate the conference, the strength and depth of the Sun Belt with Louisiana, Southern Miss, and Marshall all looking really good, UC Santa Barbara looking really good out of the Big West, and more. And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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Tonight’s featured conference (after a comedically poor on-air start by the panel) is the Colonial, which has four really strong teams in College of Charleston, Towson (despite a recent loss to Navy), UNC Wilmington, and Hofstra who still has a lot of potential. Charleston is inching closer and closer to the Top 25, and we may see more than just one team from this conference in the NCAA Tournament come March.
From there we run through the other 21 Under the Radar conferences and talk about UMass Lowell’s good start in the America East, and how Vermont and Bryant could also give them a run, Conference USA has multiple strong teams in UAB, North Texas, Western Kentucky, and FAU, Kent State continues to look really impressive out of the MAC, Iona is starting to make quite a bit of noise out of the MAAC, we like the season Northwestern State and Southern Miss are having, and think Seattle U and Sam Houston will be an interesting battle in the WAC. We discuss all that, and much more…
And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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We begin (unfortunately) discussing the news that broke today with Chris Beard at Texas. He has been suspended without pay after being arrested for a domestic disturbance and his future is unknown.
From there we discuss Kansas’s blowout win at Missouri and how impressive they’ve looked this year, Purdue being atop the polls after Houston’s home loss to Alabama, Virginia and Connecticut also putting together strong cases that they should be ranked #1, how there are three unbeaten teams from the Mountain West in Utah State, UNLV, and New Mexico, all of whom have looked impressive so far, and much more…
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Tonight’s feature conference is the WAC, where we start off discussing the unfortunate events surrounding New Mexico State and the impact it is having on them on the court. We also discuss Sam Houston and how they started off ranked really high in the NET after beating Utah and Oklahoma on the road.
After that we run through the other 21 Under the Radar conferences and discuss the great start UMass Lowell is off to and their big upcoming game against UMass, Kent State’s near upsets of both Houston and Gonzaga and what their at-large chances could may end up being, the strength of the top of the Colonial with teams like Charleston and Towson, Cornell and Yale being off to good starts in the Ivy League, and some really good teams out of the Sun Belt with James Madison and Southern Miss. And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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We review all of the action from a busy week last week and talk about Marquette’s big win against Baylor and how they followed that up with a close home loss to rival Wisconsin, Purdue’s unbelievably strong start to the season, how Houston was tested by both Kent State and Saint Mary’s but survived, some of Gonzaga’s struggles early this year, the really good start that several Mountain West teams (UNLV, New Mexico, and Utah State) are off to, and how the Atlantic Ten continues to struggle. We discuss all that, and more…
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Tonight’s featured conference is Conference USA. We discuss the great starts that UAB is off to, Charlotte’s big win at Davidson and the Hornets Nest Trophy that they won, and Florida Atlantic’s big start. We talk about how the conference … Continue reading →
Feast Week is over, which is the busiest week of the year other than Championship Week, and the Hoops HD Panel is here to break down all the action. Purdue had a fantastic showing out in the Phil Knight Tournament … Continue reading →
Chad, David, and Rocco take a look at one of the busiest and most crucial weeks of the season for UTR teams. The MTEs are hugely important opportunities for those who are trying to get statement wins that the selection … Continue reading →
It’s Feast Week!! The panel looks back on what was a very busy week of college basketball which gave us several top 25, and multiple top 10, matchups. We discuss all that as we run through all ten of the … Continue reading →
It’s the regular season debut of Under the Radar!! This week’s feature conference is the SWAC in light of how they won three games against the Pac-12 in the Legacy Series, including Grambling’s win over a Colorado team that went … Continue reading →
Chad is joined by David, John, and Rocco, and they recap a very busy first week of the regular season. The Gavitt Games between the Big East and Big Ten are underway, and we discuss each of those match-ups, Gonzaga … Continue reading →
Chad and the panel run down all of the bracketed MTEs that are about to start!! We preview each team that’s in each event, discuss the important early season resume building opportunities that exist, particularly for UTR teams that are … Continue reading →
A full panel is on hand tonight as Chad reveals his Hoops HD Preseason Bracket! We go through each team line by line and assess how good we think each of them are, and the panel discuss whether or not … Continue reading →
Chad and David (and later John Stalica) run through all 22 Under the Radar leagues and preview each one of them. We discuss who we think the favorites will be, what possible seed line we think they might end up … Continue reading →
Tonight, we have four conference previews in one post. It’s the four conferences that don’t quite fall into the category of being power conferences from top to bottom, but still send multiple teams to the NCAA Tournament every year. This … Continue reading →
The panel takes a look at UCLA and Arizona, both of whom look to be really strong and who we should once again see highly seeded in the NCAA Tournament. Oregon and USC are two other teams that we really … Continue reading →
The panel takes a look at this year’s Big Ten and one of the debates is over just how strong the league is going to be. A lot of teams are going through overhauls of their rosters, and the general … Continue reading →
The Hoops HD Panel takes a look at all the teams in the SEC. We look back at how Kentucky’s season ended in perhaps one of the biggest surprises in the history of the sport last year and discuss their … Continue reading →
The Big 12 is crazy good this year. We think there are five teams in the conference that could end up as protected seeds, and as many as six or seven that can make the Tournament. Teams like Baylor and … Continue reading →
CLICK HERE for All of Hoops HD’s Continued and Extensive Preseason Content Chad is joined by a full panel (including John Stalica, who’s such a Big East homer that his signature reps the Big East during an ACC preview show). … Continue reading →
CLICK HERE for All of Hoops HD’s Continued and Extensive Preseason Content Chad and the panel take a look at this year’s Big East Conference. Everyone is big on Creighton and we feel they’re good enough to earn a protected … Continue reading →
Chad, David, and Jon are joined by Selection Committee Chairman and Bradley Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Chris Reynolds. We talk about the NCAA Tournament, and all the work that goes into selecting and seeding the teams. It is emphasized … Continue reading →
A full Hoops HD panel examines the new transfer rules, particularly the new transfer portal, and the new rules proposals that could potentially allow a player to transfer an unlimited amount of times without having to sit out a year, … Continue reading →
Barry Hinson, the current Associate Athletic Director at Oklahoma State, former head basketball coach, and story telling legend joins Chad, David, and Zach. We discuss his new role as the NIL Director at Oklahoma State and how the new legislation, … Continue reading →
We are making college hoops history tonight!! ESPN College Basketball Analyst and Bracketologist Joe Lunardi joins us today from his car! So far as I know, he has never appeared on a video podcast while driving and talking to a … Continue reading →
Chad is joined by a full panel as they discuss all the conference moves coming up for next season, and of course the big moves that are taking place in the power conferences, most notably UCLA and USC recently announcing … Continue reading →
Chad and the panel are back and are joined by Galen Clavio as they discuss the impact the NIL is having on college basketball. We discuss what we’ve seen so far from the NIL and how we may continue to … Continue reading →
Tonight Chad and the panel look back at a thrilling National Championship game where Kansas came from behind to beat North Carolina, as well as both Final Four games that each team won with Kansas blowing by Villanova, and North … Continue reading →
Chad and the panel look back at all of the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight games, including Saint Peter’s improbable run to the Elite Eight, which is one of the biggest surprises in the history of college basketball. We also … Continue reading →
Tonight we start with a quick recap of the game of musical chairs that the coaches play each year, and discuss some of the major moves that we’ve seen so far. After that, we recap a crazy and exciting first … Continue reading →
WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!! Today is Selection Sunday!! We have enjoyed being your guide and resource as you’ve gone through this process!! We are here to help you all the way until the end!! CLICK HERE to check out the … Continue reading →
WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! Tomorrow is Selection Sunday!! We are here to guide you through the process!! CLICK HERE to check out the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD to see who is a lock, who is under consideration, who needs the automatic … Continue reading →
WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! We break down the busiest week of Championship Week for you, and once again are here to help you as you select and seed all the teams!! We take our obligation to you very seriously!! CLICK … Continue reading →
IT’S THE THURSDAY OF CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK!!! This is a special day on the college athletics calendar, and a day when you can totally binge on college basketball! WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! We realize that you are all together as a … Continue reading →
WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! We are a just a week away from Selection Sunday, and we are here to make sure you have all the information you need!!! CLICK HERE to check out the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD to see … Continue reading →
WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! Thursday was a busy day, but we are here to break it all down for you!! Please use all the information on this site so you know what teams to select and where to seed them!! … Continue reading →
CLICK HERE for our latest BRACKET RUNDOWN Video Podcast, where we build a seedlist on the air and debate and discuss each team as we go WELCOME SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS!!! We are here to educate and help you!! Be sure … Continue reading →
The seedlist reflects all games that were completed before 10pm est on Wednesday, March 2nd. None of the games that went final after that, including Creighton vs Connecticut and Marquette vs DePaul, were considered.
The panel builds a seedlist line by line, and assess, discusses, and debates each team as they get brought up. Find out who the #1 seeds are, who the other protected seeds are, who is safely inside the bubble, who just made the field, who is on the bubble, and who is on the outside looking in.
The bracket below was put together using the seedlist we built, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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It was Opening Round Day in the ASun, Horizon League, and Patriot League, and we had a couple of thrilling finishes including an overtime in the Patriot League and Central Arkansas and Stetson coming down to the final seconds in the ASun. After that, we discuss all of Wednesday night’s action which includes the NEC Quarterfinals, and the Opening Rounds of the Big South and Ohio Valley.
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It’s the March Madness Eve edition of the Hoops HD Report!! We look back at a very crazy weekend where seven teams in the top ten all lost all on the same day. We look at all the major conferences and discuss whether or not Providence would deserve consideration for a #1 seed if they’re able to win at Villanova. We look at Oregon, VCU, and San Diego State trying to play their way into the field, and more…
We finish with Day 1 of our Championship Week Video Notebook.
We’d also like to welcome all the Selection Committee Members for the Championship Week Video Notebook!!
Check out the HOOPS HD SURVIVAL BOARD, which shows who is a lock, who is on the bubble, and who needs the auto-bid
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Finally, be sure to keep an eye on our most recent BRACKET PROJECTIONS
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We begin tonight in the Mountain West, and how there are four teams that are currently inside the bubble and two more that can get there. Boise State just had their long winning streak snapped, but is still in excellent shape, and Wyoming had a fantastic week with wins over Boise, Colorado State, and at Fresno State.
We look at all of the other major conferences and discuss Duke’s upset loss at home to Virginia and how that probably knocks Duke off the #1 line, if they were even there to begin with. Wake Forest and North Carolina are fighting to improve their Tournament resumes. UCLA had a surprising loss to Arizona State out in the Pac 12, but is still well within the range of a protected seed along with Arizona. In the Big East, Providence continues to be undervalued and we think they should at least be in the discussion for a #1 seed. The West Coast Conference remains strong and still looks like it will get four teams into the field. The SEC and Big 12 are also ridiculously tough from top to bottom and we discuss that as well. All that, and more!!
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The seedlist reflects all games that were completed before Monday, February 3rd. None of the games played that day, particularly UCLA at Arizona, Oregon at Colorado, Boise State at Wyoming, or San Francisco at BYU were considered. Having said that, the results of UCLA at Arizona and Boise State at Wyoming probably wouldn’t have changed the bracket.
This week the panel each submitted their own individual seedlists. They were collectively cross country scored, a master seedlist was created, and that was used to build the bracket. No one on the panel other than Chad knew the final results of the bracket, and it is revealed on the air line by line in a Selection Sunday style format. Watch as they reveal, debate, discuss, and assess each team.
The bracket below was put together using the seedlist we built, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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Tonight’s feature conference is Conference USA, and how North Texas has emerged as the team to beat after their big win against Louisiana Tech. UAB is right behind them, but dropping games to Rice and Marshall has hurt their resume.
From there we move on to the other 21 UTR conferences and discuss how Vermont is continuing to dominate the America East, and how their best challenger Stony Brook is now ineligible for the conference tournament. Hawai’i and Cal State Fullerton are the surprise frontrunners in the Big West, Longwood and USC Upstate are the surprise teams in the Big South, Jacksonville State is the new frontrunner in the ASun, Seattle is a surprise team in the WAC, and Murray State, Loyola Chicago, and Iona are all still fighting to stay inside the bubble. We discuss all that, and more! And as we do every week, we close the show with our UTR Top Ten.
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We look back at the SEC/Big 12 Challenge, particularly Kentucky’s blowout win at Kansas and how it was probably the single most impressive showing by any team this season so far. Baylor also suffered their third loss of the year as they fell at Alabama, and we look ahead to another busy week in both the Big 12 and the SEC.
From there we look at the Big East and how impressive Providence has looked this year, as well as Xavier’s big come from behind win at Creighton. We look at the Pac 12 and how UCLA is continuing to dominate, and how Oregon is starting to slip again. In the ACC we look at a lack of quality teams outside of Duke, and debate whether or not North Carolina and Wake Forest belong in at all. We think as many as four teams from the Mountain West and the West Coast could make the field, and we discuss both of those leagues at length. In the Atlantic Ten, Davidson has hit a bit of a skid, and VCU seems to be red hot and good enough to win out. All that, and more!!
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The seedlist reflects all games that were completed before 9pm, est on Monday, January 27th. None of the games that went final after that, particularly the San Francisco vs Saint Mary’s game, were considered
The panel builds a seedlist line by line, and assess, discusses, and debates each team as they get brought up. Find out who the #1 seeds are, who the other protected seeds are, who is safely inside the bubble, who just made the field, who is on the bubble, and who is on the outside looking in.
The bracket below was put together using the seedlist we built, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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Tonight’s feature conference is the Big South where Longwood continues to be one of the bigger surprises among Under the Radar teams, and has a big showcase coming up against Winthrop in the always popular WinWood Cup.
From there we run through the other 21 UTR leagues and talk about how Vermont is starting to dominate the America East, how the Big West is upside down with teams like Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside near the top of the standings and UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine toward the bottom, a rough week for Belmont out of the OVC, but Murray State is still inside the bubble, how Seattle has come from out of nowhere to grab the lead in the WAC, how Ohio U’s blowout loss to Toledo has changed the shape of that league, and much more!! And, as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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The panel looks back at a busy week in college basketball and begins in the Big Ten where we discuss Michigan State’s big win at Wisconsin, how Indiana had a big win against Purdue but followed it up with a loss to Michigan, and whether or not Michigan can get back on the bubble.
After that we go through the other nine major conferences and discuss how Baylor and Kansas are starting to distance themselves from the rest of the Big 12, how we might have four teams from both the West Coast and Mountain West make the NCAA Tournament, how Marquette is continuing to look more and more impressive in the Big East, how Providence is being undervalued, and how Arizona could end up as a #1 seed if they can finish strong. All that, and much more!!
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The seedlist reflects all games that were completed before 9pm, est on Monday, January 20th. None of the games that went final after that, particularly the Arizona vs Stanford, San Francisco vs Gonzaga, and UCLA vs Utah, were considered
The panel builds a seedlist line by line, and assess, discusses, and debates each team as they get brought up. Find out who the #1 seeds are, who the other protected seeds are, who is safely inside the bubble, who just made the field, who is on the bubble, and who is on the outside looking in.
The bracket below was put together using the seedlist we built, but don’t look at it until you’ve watched the show!!
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Tonight’s feature conference is the ASun, and we focus on how Kennesaw State, after being terrible for the better part of the last two-and-a-half years, is suddenly 3-0 in league play and is hosting Liberty in a big game this week.
From there we run through the other 21 UTR conferences and discuss how Vermont is running away from the America East and how they could be dangerous in the Round of 64, how we like Ohio U’s chances of landing inside the bubble if they can continue to blow through the MAC, how Iona appears to have a clear path to win out in the MAAC, how Murray State had a big win at Belmont and for now appears to be solidly inside the bubble, how there are three good teams in CUSA with UAB, North Texas, and LA Tech, and much more. And as we do ever week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.
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The panel looks back at a crazy week (and weekend) of college basketball where we saw Baylor lose twice at home, LSU get upset by Arkansas, Texas Tech lose to Kansas State after several big wins, and so many other things. The Big 12 is looking very strong with all ten teams being in the top 75 of the NET. The ACC is continuing to struggle outside of Duke, but Miami FL and Florida State are starting to pick it up. Oregon is back inside our bubble after two big wins against UCLA and USC. Davidson is looking stronger and stronger out of the Atlantic Ten, and the Mountain West has several teams hovering around the bubble. We discuss all that, and more…
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