Category Archives: Conference Tournament predictions

Conference Tournament Predictions 2019 – All Tournaments

All conference tournament predictions are now in. You can follow along with this year’s contest by using this google spreadsheet link: predictions. TeamRankings currently holds a commanding lead and is trying to win their 3rd Conference Tournament Predictions Contest. Final … Continue reading

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Conference Tournament Predictions 2019 – Early Tournaments

I’m once again tracking conference tournament predictions between my own system, KenPom, and TeamRankings. I discuss the scoring system in this post, but essentially for each team result that actually happens (e.g. Loyola wins the MVC, Indiana loses in the 2nd … Continue reading

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Conference Tournaments 2018 – Final Results

Before I get to this year’s predictions, I realized I never posted last year’s final results, but my predictions did pull out the victory, narrowly holding off a strong TeamRankings run. KenPom finished 3rd. That gives two victories apiece for … Continue reading

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Conference Tournament Predictions 2018 – Early Results

As I’ve done for most of the last few seasons (I missed 2014 for some reason), I’m tracking conference tournament predictions between Ken Pomeroy, Team Rankings, and myself. In the previous 4 years I’ve tracked, Team Rankings has 2 victories … Continue reading

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Conference Tournaments 2017 – Final Results

Quick post today as the big tournament has started, but time to wrap up the Conference Tournament prediction contest. For the first time, Ken Pomeroy takes home the title. Team Rankings still leads with 2 overall titles and my own … Continue reading

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Conference Tournament Predictions 2017 – Late Tournaments

Last week, I posted the predictions for the 13 early tournaments. Now the other 19 (that’s right, the Ivy League has joined the party) tournaments are set and most are underway, so I’ve updated the Google spreadsheet with all the … Continue reading

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Conference Tournament Predictions 2017 – Early Tournaments and the Cinderella Index

Thirteen of the conference tournaments kick off early and are all under way. With the lone exception of the America East tournament, they will conclude early as well beginning with the Ohio Valley on Saturday and ending with the Patriot league title on … Continue reading

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Conference Tournament Predictions 2016 – Final Results

Today is Selection Sunday, representing the start of the NCAA Tournament, but it also marks the end of the conference tournament season. Earlier, I recapped how my projection system fared in 2015 with conference tournament predictions against Ken Pomeroy and Team Rankings predictions. … Continue reading

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Conference Tournament Predictions 2015 – Final Results

Three years ago, I compiled predictions for the conference tournaments from three sources–my own, Ken Pomeroy, and Team Rankings. When the dust settled, Team Rankings had narrowly edged out KenPom for the title as I lagged behind a distant third. … Continue reading

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Conference Tournament Predictions – Final Results

Last time, I laid out the method by which I would grade the conference tournament predictions. The tournaments are over so it’s time to present the results…and it’s not pretty for my predictions. TeamRankings: -317.53 KenPom: -317.87 Predict The Madness … Continue reading

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