Category Archives: College Basketball

Big South and Horizon Conference Tournament Predictions – 2013

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Monte

First up among this year’s conference tournaments are the Big South and the Horizon as both leagues kicked off with their 1st Round games today. The Big South is one of the weakest leagues in the country, and my predictive … Continue reading →

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Conference Tournament Predictions – 2013

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Monte

Conference tournaments got under way today with the 1st Round of the Big South and Horizon tournaments. This year I’m going to put my predictions on “paper” and compare them to some other predictions out there, notably Ken Pomeroy’s Log5 … Continue reading →

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The Achievement S-Curve: 2/21/2013

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Monte

It’s time to re-introduce the Achievement S-Curve for the 2013 season. For those of you that are new, I’ll give a quick recap in this post but check out previous posts that go into more detail about the system (try … Continue reading →

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Bid Stealers

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Monte

With the Super Bowl behind us, it’s time for me to turn my attention to college hoops for a couple months. As we approach March, it’s all about teams trying to claw their way into the tournament. As you surely … Continue reading →

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The Achievement S-Curve: 3/10/2012

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Monte

About half of the automatic bids are still up for grabs this weekend, but the NCAA Tournament picture is starting to take shape. It’s time for one last Achievement S-Curve update. As always, the full ratings can be found here. … Continue reading →

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The Blindness of the Blind Resume

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Monte

I love the spirit of the blind resume. I hate the execution. With Selection Sunday just hours away, you will undoubtedly be inundated with blind resumes comparing multiple teams and asked to decide which team is in and which is … Continue reading →

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What the RPI is and what it is not

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Monte

Earlier today on CBSsports.com, Matt Norlander wrote an article about the much-maligned RPI. He comes to this conclusion: If anything else, this chart proves there are far too frequent communication breakdowns with teams across the board, enough so that the … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Seeding

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Monte

This post was a 2-part guest post at TeamRankings.com. Here are Part 1 and Part 2. With a month left in the season, most of college basketball is focused on who’s in and out of the tournament. Those teams near … Continue reading →

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The Selection Question Revisited

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Monte

The Philadelphia Eagles finished the season 8-8, but outscored their opponents by 68 points, the 5th-best mark in the NFC. Seven of their 8 losses were by one score or less, and they finished the season hot on a 4-game … Continue reading →

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Quick Slant: Murray State punches ticket

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Monte

One cool thing we can do with the rest-of-season simulation is look at the effect that the outcome of a specific game can have. As an example, take today’s headline BracketBusters game between Murray State and St. Mary’s that just … Continue reading →

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