It’s never too early to start thinking ahead. Here is an a very early projection of the 2014 NCAA Tournament Bracketology.
UPDATED: 4/7/13
Follow paulmbanksFINAL NCAA Tournament Bracketology 3-17-13
March 17, 2013 By 9 Comments
Happy Selection Sunday!!! Here is an updated college basketball Bracketology previewing what the 2013 NCAA Tournament might look like when the brackets are revealed today.
UPDATED: 3/17/13
Bracketology: Projecting the 2013 NCAA Tournament field
April 5, 2012 By 1 Comment
If you are like me and already have a post-college basketball NCAA Tournament depression; fear not. The Sports Bank has already released our preseason Top 25 for the 2012-2013 season which you can check out by clicking here. Now it is time for an insanely early Bracketology, projecting what the 2013 NCAA Tournament field might look like.
Follow paulmbanksFINAL Bracketology: Projecting the 2012 NCAA Tournament Field
March 11, 2012 By 14 Comments
Happy Selection Sunday! Get your brackets ready because the NCAA Tournament field will be announced today. Here is The Sports Bank‘s latest Bracketology. I have more than held my own the past couple of years against ESPN’s Joe Lunardi and with my extreme college hoops nerdom, plan to do so again this year. (An * represents a team that has already clinched an automatic bid.)
UPDATED: 3/11/12 4:30 PM
Northwestern severely decrease their NCAA Tournament chances by losing in OT
March 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
NU dealt themselves a serious blow to their own NCAA Tournament hopes tonight. They were right on the cusp, that “last 4 in” line, but probably not so much anymore. Granted they still need four teams to play their way above them, but Championship week is long and those types of things develop quite quickly.
“Hopefully I won’t be disappointed on Sunday. But I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. We’ll be playing next week, and we like to compete no matter who we’re playing against,” John Shurna said after the game.
Northwestern is a different looking team with JerShon Cobb (but it still wasn’t enough).
Follow paulmbanksBracketology: Projecting the 2012 NCAA Tournament Field
March 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It is kind of hard to believe that Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament is just nine days away and conference tournaments are already underway. Here is The Sports Bank‘s latest Bracketology. I have more than held my own the past couple of years against ESPN’s Joe Lunardi and with my extreme college hoops nerdom, plan to do so again this year.
UPDATED: 3/2/12
Northwestern damages NCAA Tournament chances in losing to Michigan
February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When Northwestern beat Minnesota on Saturday, the Wildcats were able to pull out the win with strong three-point shooting and ball security, despite a bad rebounding ratio. Tuesday night against Michigan, the Cats rebounded well, but turned the ball over 17 times and shot just 18.8 percent from beyond the arc.
The end result, a 67-55 loss, was the opposite of the Minnesota game, as well.
“In the second half we seemed worn down,” coach Bill Carmody said. “We turned the ball over 14 times, not unlike the game in Ann Arbor when we turned it over the same amount. We only made three “threes” up there and we made the same amount tonight.”
Guest post by Kevin Trahan of bigtenorbust.com, purplewildcats.com and the Daily Northwestern.
For post-game audio, and more analysis go here
Follow paulmbanksNorthwestern will Make the Tourney this Year, I mean it this time
November 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“Wait till next year” has become a seriously overused cliche in Chicago sports, but now it applies to teams other than the Cubs. You can say it about Northwestern, and their college football bowl win drought (1949). The past two years, the Cats were just an errant kick away from ending that streak.
In college basketball, there’s another streak alive and well. The Cats are the only power conference team never to have made the NCAA tournament. However, much like in football they have come especially close the past two years.
’08-’09 saw some program signature wins: at eventual national runner-up Michigan State and Purdue, a top 15 team. Last year saw a school record for wins, the only 20 victory season in school history, and the first national ranking in 40 years.
Ultimately though, they fell well short of the NCAA goal both times.
By Paul M. Banks
Follow paulmbanks99 in 99: #53 Northwestern Wildcats
September 26, 2010 By 14 Comments
For the first time in Northwestern basketball history, the team made a post-season tournament appearance for the second straight year. Unfortunately, it was the NIT meaning that first ever NCAA Tournament berth is still evading the Wildcats. Will this finally be the year the ‘Cats go dancing?
The Sports Bank’s 99 team college basketball preview in 99 days ranks the 72 power conference schools and top 27 mid-majors in reverse power ranking order. Click here if you missed teams #54-#99.
By: David Kay
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The Field of 65 (TSB’s Bracketology)
January 29, 2010 By 5 Comments
By: David Kay
It is Friday! That means a new version of The Sports Bank’s “Field of 65” in which David Kay goes back to school to study the bracketology of what the NCAA Tournament will look like come Selection Sunday. Agree or disagree with any of the projections? Leave a comment at the end and David will defend his position.
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Charting a Northwestern NCAA Tournament Course
January 27, 2010 By 4 Comments
By Paul M. Banks
January is the most murderous month on the schedule for the Northwestern Wildcats. February/March should be much easier for the Cats, and when it’s all said and done- they could quite possibly have that elusive first NCAA tournament bid in program history.
Follow paulmbanksThe Field of 65 (TSB’s Bracketology)
January 22, 2010 By 18 Comments
By: David Kay
Welcome to the Field of 65; The Sports Bank’s version of bracketology. Every Friday, I mix and match the pieces to try and predict what the NCAA Tournament will look like. If you are wondering if I accidentally left North Carolina out of my latest brackets, let me tell you I did not. At 12-7 and on a three-game skid, the Heels are in serious trouble if they do not turn things around quickly. The defending champs could be NIT bound.
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