I recently had the distinct honor of attending a get-together organized by a group of University of San Francisco alums in which the Dons’ interim coach, Eddie Sutton, gave a brief presentation and answered questions for a small group of former players, coaches, fans, and one analyst (me).
Sutton, approaching his 72nd birthday, without a doubt [...]

First, an update on the teams featured in this space last week:
Big Ten - Purdue Boilermakers. Perhaps no team answered the bell last week as well as the Boilers. Purdue is now 6-1 in the Big Ten and 3-2 against the RPI top 50 after defeating Penn State and Wisconsin.  Avoiding a trap game at [...]

In my opinion, it’s still WAY too early to be talking about locks and bubbles, but I know fans are always eager to talk about how the bracket is shaping up at this point in the season. With that in mind, here are a few synopses of what are looking like “controversial” teams on [...]

A few random musings as I was putting together the bracket this week before we begin our “Bubble Watch” next week in earnest:

The four #1 seeds are pretty much set.  I don’t see these changing much in the next eight weeks.  Memphis and UCLA fans can book their tickets to Little Rock and Anaheim, even [...]

Well, we’re nearly at the season’s unofficial midpoint, New Year’s Day. Most teams will be winding down their non-conference schedules in the next 10 days, and BracketNation will have a reasonable idea of where teams positioned themselves with their pre-conference play.
Here are a few RPI surprises for you to nibble on that I discovered [...]

Well, the first projected bracket of the new season is up. Many of the preseason invitational tournaments are in the books, and teams are starting to build their “bodies of work” for the Selection Committee. It’s still AWFULLY early to start projecting NCAA Tournament teams; the RPI formula is completely unreliable with [...]

Hey all,
Just a quick note on this Eve of Turkey Day to say thank you to our loyal audience here at Bracketography.  The site has experienced phenomenal growth over the last three years in particular, and you’re all to thank for it.  I’m hoping that our more interactive comment system this year will encourage you [...]

For those who might have gone to bed before checking the ESPN ticker last night, chalk another one up for the little guy.
St. Mary’s College, the tiny liberal arts school nestled in equally tiny Moraga, California, put on quite a show against Pac-10 power Oregon this evening. McKeon Pavilion was absolutely jam-packed and thunderous [...]

After one nationally-televised game, I’m not going to pretend to know the ins-and-outs of Coach Rick Scruggs’ offensive and defensive systems, but I can tell you that GW pressures the ball, gets out in transition, and attacks the basket very, very well. UConn’s A.J. Price and Jerome Dyson are going to have a lot to contend with in the backcourt.


Oklahoma should provide a nice test for the 3rd-ranked Tigers. Jeff Capel, now in his second year with the Sooners, has a talented freshman in Blake Griffin. The frontcourt matchup against the Tigers should be pretty even.

Scott over at the New Big East Basketball Blog recently announced the results of the composite poll of power bloggers, in which I participated. The full results of his poll are here.
In the interests of full disclosure, I thought I’d publish my submissions. I’d love to hear the responses of BracketNation! Keep [...]