Insider Bryant University? A little underwhelming
The last unbeaten has fallen. 1976 Indiana Hoosiers? 1972 Miami Dolphins? You're safe. But what about the other end of the spectrum? You have to look…
Insider 'Infrequent fliers' failing early road tests
How's this for timing? It's an e-mail that came in well before Wednesday night's Tobacco Road(kill) results. Should Duke qualify for a No. 2 seed wi…
Insider UNC, UConn have work to do to reach tournament
The 2009-10 season has passed its midpoint. Selection Sunday is exactly two months from today (really!). So here's my mostly annual list of "teams al…
Insider Tourney likely will still elude most first-time hopefuls
The NCAA tournament enters its eighth decade this season. Incredibly, there remain a handful of prominent Division I members that have never cracked …
Insider Bracketology mailbag: summer-school edition
It always makes me a little nervous to post bracket projections in the middle of the summer. It makes me even more nervous when there are so many resp…
Insider Bracket math: Crunching the numbers
No. 1 seeds • South: Louisville • East: North Carolina • Midwest: Pittsburgh • West: Memphis Automatic Qualifiers (30) •…
Insider Bracket math: Crunching the numbers
Look what came through overnight … Joe, Hope you get a few hours sleep. A few weeks after the national championship game last year, you made a …
Insider Bracket math: Crunching the numbers
Editor's note: This file was updated on Saturday, March 14, 11:59 p.m. ET. Time to sleep on our final evaluations. On the top line, there are five te…
Insider Bracket math: Crunching the numbers
Editor's note: This file was updated on Saturday, March 14, 10 p.m. ET. Does anyone want to be a No. 1 seed in this tournament? Louisville is sudden…
Insider Bracket math: Crunching the numbers
Editor's note: This file was updated on Saturday, March 14, 8 p.m. ET. Does anyone want to be a No. 1 seed in this tournament? Louisville is suddenl…