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Bracket Breakdown: Mock Tournament 6.0

8 Mar 2010

Check out the field as projected one week before Selection Sunday. With the regular season complete, teams will be making their closing arguments for inclusion in the NCAA Tournament during their conference tournaments this week.

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Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Bracket Breakdown, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Illinois, Mock Tournament, Villanova

Bracket Breakdown: Big East Flirts With Greatness

By: Michael Protos in: Columns

28 Feb 2010

Few teams reach the NCAA Tournament with a losing conference record of 13 or more overall losses. Six Big East teams’ records are hovering around those numbers.

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Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Bracket Breakdown, Bubble Teams

Purdue: Without Hummel, Boilermakers Seek Validation

By: Michael Protos in: Conference Notes

25 Feb 2010

The Boilermakers have lost their second-leading scorer for the season but need to find a way to keep winning to prove they are still worthy of a top seed.

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Tags: Big Ten, Injuries, Purdue, Robbie Hummel

Bracket Breakdown: Mock Tournament 2.0

By: Michael Protos in: Columns

22 Feb 2010

In the second bracket projection of this season, the Bracket Breakdown punishes some Wildcats while rewarding others. And Charlotte doesn’t look like one of the 65 teams worthy of a bid to the NCAA Tournament — as of Feb. 22.

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Tags: ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Bracket Breakdown, Kentucky, Mock Tournament, Ohio State, SEC, Villanova, Wake Forest

Minnesota: White Departs for Good

By: Michael Protos in: Newswire

1 Feb 2010

Royce White will roll out of town for good after announcing that he will withdraw from Minnesota.

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Tags: Big Ten, Legal Concerns, Minnesota, Royce White, Withdrawal

Maggie Dixon Classic Notes

By: Ray Floriani in: Columns

18 Dec 2008

Madison Square Garden has played host to many great events over the years. In the college basketball game it is home to the “final four” of the nation’s oldest post-season tournament, The NIT. Add the Pre-season NIT, Big East Tournament and Coaches vs. Cancer, to name a few and you can see why the Garden is termed the “Mecca” of basketball.

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Tags: Army, Big East, Big Ten, Maggie Dixon, Patriot League, Penn State, Rutgers, UConn

News and Notes Approaching the Weekend

By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns

11 Dec 2008

Army may not have the won-lost record to show it, but the Black Knights look like they can be a tough out in an improved Patriot League. The biggest reason is that they have a number of scoring threats to go along with being athletic. After Monday night’s win at Bryant, ten different players have scored in double figures at least once this season.

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Tags: ACC, Army, Big Ten, Boston College, Brown, Iowa, Ivy League, Patriot League

Weekend Tournament Quick Hitters

By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns

1 Dec 2008

While NJIT’s losing streak gets plenty of attention, Monmouth also entered Saturday’s game without a win. They were 0-6, albeit against a very difficult schedule, so they were happy to get a win. The least difficult opponent they had played before Saturday is probably FIU, and that was a road game against a team not lacking in talent that has been hit by injuries.

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Tags: ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Boston College, Hartford, Monmouth, Niagara, NIT, Oklahoma, Penn State, Philly Hoop Group, Purdue, Rhode Island, Towson, UAB

Big Ten Notebook: The Big Ten is Down? Not So Fast . . .

By: Nils Hoeger-Lerdal in: Conference Notes

25 Nov 2008

Who says the Big Ten is down? Through the first few weeks, the conference has one loss as a whole, and that loss was to Duke.

I admit, the competition isn’t of the highest level, and most of the games have been on Big Ten courts, but there aren’t the Division II losses or stunner upsets that have shown up this time of the season in years past. Does this mean the Big Ten will be represented heavily in the polls or send seven teams to the dance? Obviously not.

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Tags: Big Ten, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, Purdue