Heading into the Big Ten Tournament, there was probably no more compelling storyline than the Northwestern Wildcats trying to get their first NCAA bid in their school's history. Having finished seventh in the Big Ten, and just one win against the RPI top 50, the Wildcats were thoroughly on the bubble, and the consensus was that they had work to do in the conference tournament … [Read more...] about Did Losing To Minnesota Burst Northwestern’s Bubble?
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NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional Sweet 16 Breakdown
By: David Kay Un-doubtedly the toughest of the four brackets, the Midwest Regional suffered a major shake-up the opening weekend when Georgetown was stunned in the first round by Ohio and then Northern Iowa shocked the sports world by beating the Smoke Monster, Kansas in the second round. Now the Midwest seems to be Ohio State's to lose. But you sure cannot count out … [Read more...] about NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional Sweet 16 Breakdown
NCAA Tournament South Regional Sweet 16 Breakdown
By: David Kay My least favorite regional almost played out as expected minus St. Mary's upset of #2 seed Villanova, who I mistakingly picked to advance the Final Four. This is setting up to be Duke's regional to lose. Here is my breakdown of the Sweet 16. … [Read more...] about NCAA Tournament South Regional Sweet 16 Breakdown
NCAA Tournament West Regional Sweet 16 Breakdown
By: David Kay Syracuse looked like the team to beat in the West Regional despite playing their opening weekend games without starting center Arinze Onuaku. Do any of the remaining teams in the region have what it takes to knock the 'Cuse off their path to the Final Four? David Kay is here to break down the Sweet 16 match-ups. … [Read more...] about NCAA Tournament West Regional Sweet 16 Breakdown
NCAA Tournament East Regional Sweet 16 Breakdown
By: David Kay The East Regional will feature the classic favorite versus underdog match-ups as top-seeds Kentucky and West Virginia have advanced to face #12 Cornell and #11 Washington respectively. David Kay is here to break down the match-ups. … [Read more...] about NCAA Tournament East Regional Sweet 16 Breakdown
The 2010 NCAA Tournament Year Book Awards presented by The Sports Bank
This week at The Sports Bank we posed ourselves some NCAA Tournament related "Yearbook Questions" to figure out two things: A) Just how much we enjoy being smart asses and B) well, there really is no B), we just wanted to share our smart ass comments with you in a little bit different format. … [Read more...] about The 2010 NCAA Tournament Year Book Awards presented by The Sports Bank
The Sports Bank’s Final Four Picks
Welcome to the non-smart ass portion of the picks segment. This is pretty straight forward, we pick our Final Four teams, National Championship match-up and end result. We also try and pretend we know what we're doing too. So far? Mixed results. Please check out our resident expert David Kay's picks as he breaks down each region (Midwest, West, East and South) … [Read more...] about The Sports Bank’s Final Four Picks
Bracket Breakdown: South Regional
By: David Kay Synopsis I hate this bracket. HATE IT! I don’t want to pick any of these teams to be in the Final Four. I think West Virginia, Ohio State, Kansas State, and Georgetown would all be better options than any of these 17 squads. I think if any regional is going absolutely explode people’s brackets, this is clearly it. Nobody wants to pick Duke even though … [Read more...] about Bracket Breakdown: South Regional
Bracket Breakdown: East Regional
By: David Kay Synopsis With mid-majors New Mexico and Temple as two of the top five seeds, this regional looks a little weak. Kentucky is the most talented team in the country with four future lottery picks on their roster but can they put it all together to make a tournament run? #2 West Virginia is coming off a Big East Tournament title and is a serious contender to get … [Read more...] about Bracket Breakdown: East Regional
Bracket Breakdown: West Regional
By: David Kay Synopsis For some reason, Syracuse just dropped below Duke and earned the fourth #1 seed in the tournament pitting the West Regional against the Midwest Regional in the Final Four. Jim Boeheim has said injured center Arinze Onuaku is NOT expected to play during the first rounds which makes the ‘Cuse more vulnerable. If they survive and Onuaku is back for the … [Read more...] about Bracket Breakdown: West Regional