It all comes down to this - can Duke get in the NCAA Tournament?? Ok fine, other storylines abound as well - how safe are UNC and Louisville? How high can FSU and UVA’s seeds get? Will Jim Boeheim complain about being in Greensboro? (Yes)
Read moreRoot's (Power) Rankings, Edition 2
Edition 2 of Root’s Rankings has arrived! The top two teams are on the shelf with COVID, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn a lot from the past week of hoops…
Read moreACC 2020-21 Preview
A down year for the ACC in 2019-20 was somewhat covered up by the NCAA Tournament’s cancellation; the conference was at risk of receiving only four bids. Can the once-proud league restore its supremacy in the college hoops world?
Read more#15 Louisville 2020-21 Preview
Heavily leveraged on grad transfers and sophomore breakouts, Chris Mack and Louisville are a wild card entering this season. We’re mostly bullish on the Cardinals, but there’s some risk here…
Read moreACC Tournament Preview 2020
Florida State won the ACC outright for the first time in school history, but Duke, Virginia, and Louisville were close on the Noles’ heels. Can anyone outside the top four take home the postseason hardware and steal a bid to the Dance?
Read moreMidwest Region Preview: 2019 NCAA Tournament
Two blue bloods, North Carolina and Kentucky, sit opposite each other in the Midwest bracket as the region’s top-2 seeds. To prevail, they’ll have to outlast two Big-12 powers (Kansas and Iowa State), two ‘mid-major’ wrecking balls (Wofford and Utah State), along with a handful of other dangerous challengers.
Read moreEast Region Preview: 2019 NCAA Tournament
The behemoth that is Duke looms large at the top of the East region, but plenty of intriguing first round matchups abound for the both the casual and diehard fans alike.
Read moreACC Tournament Preview 2019
Duke got all the headlines but Virginia is the team to beat in the ACC Tournament. Will Zion’s return vault Duke to the #1 overall seed? Will UVA avenge its embarrassing loss to UMBC? Will good ole Roy Williams capture yet another ACC title and make the Heels a surprise 1-seed? All will be revealed in arguably the greatest conference tourney in the country.
Read moreACC 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Home to the number 1 team in the country, the ACC nevertheless looks fairly open heading into Brooklyn. Plenty of teams have at-large bid implications, and the ultimate storyline - Bonzie Colson's potential return - should have neutral fans cheering hard for the Irish.
Read moreMorning Mashup - 2/1/18
3MW takes a look at the action from all over college hoops on Wednesday night...
Read moreMorning Mashup - 1/25/18
3MW takes a look at the action from all over college hoops on Wednesday night...
Read moreQuick Peek at Futures - 2017-18
At long last, I finally got around to writing my annual look at the NCAA basketball futures market. Gonzaga was a big hit last year, so hopefully one of my 5 picks turns out just as fruitful this year...
Read moreACC Preview 2017-18
Always one of the best conferences in the country, the ACC appears to have relatively clear top and bottom halves this season. Will any teams significantly surprise and upset the expectations?
Read more#10 Louisville Preview 2017-18
Anchored by what should be another top-10 defense in the country, Louisville should be right back in ACC and national title contention. With the NCAA finally having doled out (soft) punishment for the program's escort scandal, will the Cards take advantage of their postseason eligibility this year?
Read moreMid Range Report Bracketology - 3/10/2017
Selection Sunday is literally 2 days away. I'm giddy like a school girl.
Read moreFinding an "O"-asis
Virginia and Louisville are both ACC powers that thrive on defense while running two extremely different offensive systems that have occasionally sputtered. Will either attack be potent enough to make a run in March?
Read moreMake Conferences Matter Again
I can't stand the idiotic unbalanced conference schedules that have resulted from the proliferation of super-conferences, so I went through and fixed all 32 (now 35) leagues. This took way too long and I'm a psycho, but enjoy! Kentucky vs Louisville twice a year!
Read moreThe Top 16 Reveal: Dueling Bracketology
The Committee is (idiotically?) revealing the NCAA Tournament's Top 16 teams as of February 11th - a month in advance of Selection Sunday. Ky and Jim give their top 16 seed lists and argue over what baffling moves the committee will make.
Read moreThe (Super) Power Rankings
Power Rankings can be a little dry - we juice up our latest with some SUPERHERO action!
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