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Writer Sam Vecenie takes an in-depth look at some of his best bets for the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Writer Sam Vecenie takes an in-depth look at some of his best bets for the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

March Madness 2021: Here’s the latest sign that Rutgers is a lock to make the NCAA Tournament field Updated Mar 14, 2021; After a surprise ouster from the Atlantic 10 Tournament quarterfinals in 1991, Rutgers needed to sweat out its NCAA Tournament fate. “It was agonizing not knowing if we were in or not,’ then-Scarlet Knights coach Bob Wenzel said at the time. But when Rutgers appeared in the NCAA Tournament field on the selection show, Wenzel let his emotions go. “When I saw us up th...

38th Indiana and Minnesota are missing the tournament barring miracle BTT runs. Incidentally, there are rumors that both Archie Miller and Richard Pitino will be looking for new jobs this offseason. The Actual All-Conference Awards [Hit THE JUMP for awards that make sense.] All-Conference Teams Some notes about my selection process: I value how well a player functions with a team setting a little more for these teams than some of the individual awards. Youll see where Im going with this when yo...

No. 8 seed Syracuse plays No. 9 seed NC State in the second round of the ACC Tournament in Greensboro on Wednesday afternoon.

It’s the regular season finale. Thank God.

THE OVERVIEW Its those guys again, just a little down the road and with a championship locked up this time. The stakes for the Spartans remain high. Theyre the last at-large in the Bracket Matrix field, which hasnt yet been updated for them getting whooped yesterday. Bart Torviks updated projections also have them as the last team to make it, though that means only a 22.3% chance of securing an at-large bid. They need a win on Sunday or theyll need to make some noise in the Big Ten Tournament t...

Seths graphic [click for big]: Weve gone with Gabe Brown and Rocket Watts as starters, because who starts is always up in the air and theyve played the most minutes recently. Also weve got two rows for the bench, because MSU. [Hit THE JUMP for the rest of the preview.] THE THEM One thing you can say for Michigan State is there sure is a lot of it. A whopping twelve players have played at least 10% of MSUs minutes; Kenpoms lineup guess shows six different bodies playing some minutes at center. T...

Mar 2, 2021 Casey Alexander was calling from the opulent confines of the Holiday Inn Express in Richmond, Ky.—your classic, just-off-the-interstate, next-to-the-chain-restaurant lodging that comes with the Ohio Valley Conference territory. This is a bus-ride league, the basketball season built on two-game road swings through mid-sized towns in five states. The road trips can be fun. But they aren’t easy or glamorous. Alexander’s Belmont Bruins were between games last Friday—Eastern Kent...

Basketbullets Cuts Errors Mike Smith Starts Putting It Together increasingly dangerous [Campredon] As opposing defenses have placed a greater emphasis on stopping Hunter Dickinson, the court has opened up for other Wolverines to step forward. The primary beneficiary has been point guard Mike Smith, whos increasing his shot attempts from beyond the arc while slicing his previously problematic turnover numbers in half. After removing the season-opening cupcakes, the statistical comparison betwee...