Is this the year that the number two nationally ranked UCLA Bruins (15- 2 Pac-10, 26- 3 overall) go all the way? The Bruins have faced 9 nationally ranked opponents and beaten all but one. They lost to the #17 Oregon Ducks 68- 66 on January 4, 2007. That was their first loss of the season with the other two coming to Stanford (75- 68) and West Virginia (70- 65). All three loses were on the road and with only one away game left, against the Washington Huskies, their perfect home record will stay intact. Continue reading “UCLA – Going All the Way?”
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The Penn Quakers (12- 1 Ivy League, 21- 8 overall) have one more game left in their season, against the last- place Princeton Tigers (2- 11 Ivy League, 11- 16 overall). But that game will have no bearing as the Quakers secured an NCAA bid on March 2, 2007, by beating the second-place Yale Bulldogs (10- 4 Ivy League, 14- 13 overall) 86- 58. It was the Quakers third consecutive conference championship. Continue reading “Pennsylvania Quakers—Ivy League Winners Will Dance”
Let’s take a look at some important elements in the upcoming showdown between the Texas Longhorns (12-3 Big 12, 22- 7 overall), and the Kansas Jayhawks (13- 2 Big 12, 26- 4 overall), which will be played at Kansas on March 3 at 12 noon. Continue reading “NCAA Basketball– Jayhawks Vs. Longhorns”
You can say a lot of things about the Big 12, but one of them is not that it’s dull, especially as we get down to the final game of the season. Here are some givens. Continue reading “NCAA Basketball—Big 12’s Top of the Heap”
Our favorite basketball conferences postseason tournament gets underway today, the MVC tournament championship. In recent years the Missouri Valley Conference has started to achieve some notoriety from the media and general public, but most fans still don’t grasp the brand of basketball the Valley offers. If you are a true basketball fan try to catch a few of these games on TV this week. If you are a purist watching some of the sick offensive sets these teams run, how tough they defend, and the brilliant coaching styles, all are a work of art.
To see the full schedule check out the Maddux Sports 2007 MVC tournament bracket or for more info on the tourney check out the missouri valley tournament page from Maddux Sports.
The first 2 games of the tournament will pit the #9 seed Drake Bulldogs against the #8 seeded Evansville Purple Aces. Both are senior laden teams with capabilities of putting a run together in the tournament. The late game sees #10 seed Indiana State Sycamores take on the #6 seed Illinois State Redbirds. Indiana State is a young team that may have ran out of gas, where as the IL State team is playing respectable basketball and relies heavily on juco transfers.
The final tournament we are going to cover today is the Sun Belt basketball championship. The Sun belt basketball tournament features 13 teams and is hosted by the The Cajun Dome in Lafayette, Louisiana, home of the 12 seeded Rajun Cajuns. The first round games will be played at the higher seeded campus sites and on Sunday the second round moves to the Cajun Dome. LA Lafayette is one of the 10 teams in action today as they take on 5 seeded North Texas. For a complete look at the Sun Belt bracket click here.
The Southern Conference basketball tournament tips off today with 3 games. Game 1 will pit # 8 seed Chattanooga vs. #9 seed Wofford slated for a 3:00 eastern time tip-off. The second game of the day will see #7 Western Carolina take on #10 Elon, at 5:30 eastern. The final game of the day will see #6 Georgia Southern versus the 11 seeded The Citadel at approximately 8:00. For a full look at the bracket check out the Southern conference tournament bracket drawn up this morning for viewers.
Davidson, Appalachian State, College of Charleston, UNC Greensboro and Furman will start play on Thursday as they earned byes in the opening round of the 2007 Southern Conference Tournament.due to their regular season records. Maddux Sports has 2 basketball predictions on the outcome of the early games for premium members and will also release a free pick on the early game in this blog post.
Continue reading “2007 Southern Conference Tournament Preview”
Wednesday February 28th brings another day of college hoops and another 3 conference tournaments getting underway. The first we will talk about is the Patriot league championship. What is unique about the Patriot League basketball tournament is that all of the games are played at the higher seeded university at not at a neutral court venue like most conference championships. For a look at all the seeds check out the Patriot League Bracket from Maddux Sports.
What is so great about this time of year is that even smaller conferences like the Big South get publicity and attention from the public, and media. Tonight the Big South conference tournament gets underway with first round action. All 4 first round games will be hosted by the university that has the higher seed via the regular season standings. You can take a look at Maddux Sports’ Big South Conference tournament bracket to see the pairings.
The OVC tournament championship begins play tonight with all eight teams seeing first round action. For a better picture of how the field is set up check out the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Bracket from Maddux Sports. 2007 March Madness starts with smaller conference tournaments like the OVC tournament making college basketball and the month of March the most exciting time of the year.
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