Team (Total Votes) (First Place Votes) Michigan State (197) (6) Kentucky (182) (1) Duke (181) (1) Kansas (159) Maryland (156) Louisville (154) North Carolina (143) Villanova (138) Virginia (132) Memphis (124) Gonzaga (121) Texas Tech (110) Seton Hall (108) Ohio State (77) Arizona (73) LSU (59) Baylor (52) Purdue (44) Utah State (41) Michigan (39) Washington (39) Auburn (38) Tennessee (34) Florida (31) Iowa
Sixteen teams remain. Eight games to be played to decide who is elite enough to move on to be one step closer to cut down the nets and take a trip to Minneapolis to play for the National Championship. Seven conferences remain and will battle it out in hopes that their teams can keep the momentum going and break into
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The Temple Owls, currently sitting at 20-7, 10-5 in the American, currently sit on the elusive bubble of the NCAA Tournament field of 68. Although Temple’s record is one of the better on the bubble, it holds one win in three games versus top 25 opponents, making Temple a questionable selection for the committee. In November, Temple scheduled three games
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The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. To the American sports fan this time period known as “March Madness” is equal to Christmas, Thanksgiving and The Fourth of July all wrapped up in one. The only exception? This holiday last for an entire month! People all over this nation, basketball fan and non-basketball fan, cast their lots in basketball tourney pools at
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Michigan seemed like they had lost this back and forth game that had 17 lead changes and 12 ties. Davis gave the Cougars the lead when he made two free throws with 44.1 seconds left, then pushed the advantage to 63-61 when he made the second of two more foul shots with 24.9 seconds to go. Then, Abdur-Rahkman and Charles
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The Favorites: Wichita State, Cincinnati, and Houston all split their regular season series against one another so there is no clear cut favorite. If I had to bet money, I would pick Cincinnati because they have an easier path to the finals as Wichita State and Houston have a potential showdown in the semifinals. Quarterfinal matchups that the favorites want
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Everyone could see this game was over from the start. The Shockers hit 9 of their first 11 three pointers and made 10 shots from deep in the first half to completely overwhelm Houston, winning the game 81-63. Wichita State had 4 players finish in double figures which just shows how versatile this team is. The ball movement was great
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LOCKS: Wichita State, Cincinnati, SMU Quality Wins: Marquette, Baylor, Oklahoma State Bad Losses: None Quality Wins: UCLA, Mississippi State Bad Losses: None Quality Wins: Arizona, USC, UCF, Boise State Bad Losses: Western Kentucky On The Bubble: Houston, UCF Quality Wins: Arkansas, Providence Bad Losses: Drexel Quality Wins: Alabama Bad Losses: None
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