My Full 2010 NCAA Tournament Predictions: MIDWEST REGION EAST REGION WEST REGION SOUTH REGION 1) The team with the most individual talent does not always win the national championship. In fact, in recent Tournament history, it only seems to happen about half the time. North Carolina won in ’05 with Sean May, Ray Felton, and [...]

Is 10 the lucky number for the Big 10? The tenth annual ACC-Big 10 Challenge tips off on Monday and the score is ACC 9, Big Ten 0. That’s right; the Big 10 has never won, and it has only been remotely competitive once since 2003 (losing 6-5 in 2005). Overall, the ACC is 56-30 [...]

Despite two relatively lackluster semifinal games, the battle for the 2007 NCAA Championship has the potential to be an epic. The experience-laden Gators look to claim their second straight national title against a young but explosive Buckeye squad. Semifinal Supremacy: Ohio State kept Georgetown out of synch in its offensive sets all night long, making [...]

Starting Five: G – Taurean Green (13.3 ppg, 3.6 apg) G – Lee Humphrey (10.1 ppg, 46% 3P%) F – Corey Brewer (13.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.9 spg) F/C – Al Horford (13.2 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.9 bpg) F/C – Joakim Noah (12.2 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 1.8 bpg) Key Bench Players: Chris Richard (5.9 ppg, [...]

Starting Five: G – Jonathan Wallace (11.2 ppg, 49% 3P%) G – Jessie Sapp (9.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.4 apg) F – DaJuan Summers (9.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg) F – Jeff Green (14.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 3.2 apg) C – Roy Hibbert (12.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 2.5 bpg) Key Bench Players: Patrick Ewing, Jr. (4.2 [...]

Starting Five: G – Mike Conley, Jr. (11.0 ppg, 6.1 apg, 2.2 spg) G – Ron Lewis (12.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg) G – Jamar Butler (8.6 ppg, 3.7 apg) F – Ivan Harris (7.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg) C – Greg Oden (15.4 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 3.3 bpg) Key Bench Players: Daequan Cook (10.2 ppg, 4.5 [...]

Starting Five: G – Darren Collison (12.8 ppg, 5.7 apg, 2.3 spg) G – Arron Afflalo (16.9 ppg, 2.0 apg) G/F – Josh Shipp (13.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.6 apg) F – Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (8.3 ppg, 7.5 rpg) C – Lorenzo Mata (6.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg) Key Bench Players: Alfred Aboya (4.2 [...]

The 2007 Final Four is set. Florida, UCLA, Georgetown, and Ohio State combine for the lowest cumulative seed count (6) since 1993, when three #1’s and a #2 made it to the third weekend. It’s a fitting cap for a Tournament in which so many outcomes went to the favorites. If this year’s opening round [...]

EAST No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 5 USC Of Note: Almost everyone figured Texas would cakewalk into this matchup with the Tar Heels (I wasn’t among them, having seen the Trojans on several occasions this year). But Tim Floyd’s crew crashed the party, thanks to a superb defensive effort against D.J. Augustin in a [...]

SOUTH No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 5 Tennessee Of Note: Casual fans probably won’t remember that Tennessee played Ohio State quite closely on January 13, losing 68-66 on (surprise, surprise) a Ron Lewis three-pointer at the end of regulation. That’s the same Buckeye who hit the game-tying three against Xavier over the weekend, for [...]