Good wins: Texas A&M, Pittsburgh (neutral), Michigan State (neutral), Oklahoma State (twice)
Bad losses: at Connecticut, at Oklahoma 
Strengths
Scoring: One problem that the Longhorns do not have is putting the ball in the basket. Texas scored 81.2 points per game in the regular season and has have a number of weapons and athletic players. Senior Damion James averaged [...]

Good wins: Baylor, Texas, Oklahoma State, Clemson (neutral), at Missouri
Bad losses: none 
Strengths
Coaching: Mark Turgeon and his Aggies are one of the most successful programs in the country that no one talks about. They will be making their third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament under Turgeon’s team has advanced past the first round in each of [...]

Good wins: Kansas, at Kansas State, Baylor, Texas A&M.
Bad losses: at Oklahoma 
Strengths
James Anderson. The Big 12 Player of the Year is the real deal. In the regular season he averaged 22.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists. He carried the Cowboys to their win over Kansas, scoring 28 points. He also shoots 81.1 percent from [...]

Good wins: vs. Tennessee, vs. Michigan State (neutral), Florida State, at Ole Miss, vs. Mississippi State
Bad losses: at Georgia, at South Carolina, vs. South Alabama
Strengths
Balanced Scoring: All five of the Gator starters average at least 10 points per game. None of the starters are seniors, so this group can get [...]

Good wins: vs. Kansas, vs. Kentucky, vs. Florida
Bad losses: at Georgia, at USC
Strengths
Quality wins: No other team in the country can say it has beaten both Kansas and Kentucky. These two wins show that the Volunteers are capable of beating anyone. Their speed and athleticism is as good as any [...]

Good wins: Tennessee (twice), vs. Missouri, vs. Florida, at St. Mary’s, vs. Mississippi State, at Ole Miss
Bad losses: at Georgia, at Western Kentucky, vs. South Carolina
Strengths

A.J. Ogilvy: He is no doubt the leader and go-to man for the Commodores. At 6-11, Ogilvy is a load inside. He averages 13.9 points, [...]

Offensive Identity:
“We are trying to mix learning our system along with competing on every possession,” says Villanova head coach Jay Wright.
Wright looks a touch like Mark Cuban: his intentionally loose grip on his guards resembles Cuban’s friendly clutches with Dallas veterans. He allows his guards to create, improvise within the loose-fitting sweater that is their [...]

Siena faced a double-digit deficit as shots misfired, the defense was sliced, and 10,679 green and gold followers sat in their Times Union Center seats silent and confused.
But does it matter? It’s Siena. The Saints are the unchallenged, two-time defending MAAC Champion. They’re going to make a run and blow out Fairfield.
That run was not [...]

Good wins: vs. Vanderbilt, vs. Mississippi, vs. Louisville, vs. Connecticut (Neutral), Florida (twice).
Bad losses: at South Carolina
Strengths
Talent: Kentucky may be the most athletic and talented team in the country. The Wildcats are led by three freshmen in John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe. Wall and Cousins lead the team in scoring. Wall averages 17 [...]

New kids, Fairfield, ride senior to advance to Championship vs. Siena
Fairfield was the only semifinal participant that wasn’t in at least one of the last two MAAC Championships. Matter fact, they haven’t played on MAAC Championship Monday since the 2003 season.
But down the stretch, the No. 2 seed Stags looked like the experienced team that [...]