On February 16 Breitbart Sports was the first to write that Kentucky might have trouble even making the tournament without injured center Nerlens Noel. This weekend Breitbart Sports did not have Kentucky anywhere near an NCAA bid, coming in at 14th in
For Junior College Player of the Year Pierre Jackson will finish his career in the NIT as the only team Breitbart Sports picked to be in the tournament that was not. Breitbart Sports rated the “locks” for the tournament and then
Jeff Green has his biggest night since he was the 13th best player in the country at Georgetown in 2007, scorching the Miami Heat for 43 points and playing perfect defense on LeBron James with a 103-103 tie in the
Breitbart Sports presents the easiest guide you will find to the NCAA bracket with all 68 teams in alphabetical order (notice the last two champions, UConn and Kentucky in the photo, are NOT on the list). Next to each team
Picking upsets in your brackets is dangerous. Since 1985, only 34 percent of 11-seeds have beaten the 6-seeds, and only 40 percent of 10-seeds have beaten 7-seeds. However, this year our crunching of six factors (better team, hotter team, NBA-level
Kansas is the best team in the South Region, but the gap is much smaller than elsewhere. While they will blow away Western Kentucky in the opening round, every game will be tough after that. If the best teams were
The top half of the Eastern bracket is easy. 1-seed Indiana is the big favorite to win with an overall bracket rating of 47 of 50 (see “Selection Sunday” stories below for each team’s rating), but they could get a
Below is an alphabetical list of the 78 teams who will be listening for their names to be called on the NCAA Selection Sunday show at 6 p.m. ET. We included any team that was listed as a tournament lock
The last eight conference championships that were do-or-die for both teams concluded Saturday and Akron (65-46 over Western Michigan for MAC) was the only easy winner. Seven other teams fought their way for an automatic bid; Albany (53-49 over Vermont
The day could not have gone better for Mississippi, the only Middle 20 team to win a game and keep playing Saturday. Mississippi came into the day ranked 8th in the Breitbart Sports Middle 20, and not only did they beat
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim knows psychology. Before Friday’s semifinal he called Georgetown’s Otto Porter the greatest power forward in the history of the Big East, despite the fact that he coached Carmelo Anthony. Before Saturday’s final Big East championship for
With 9:45 to go an Wisconsin clinging to a 50-49 lead, Indiana put the best offense in the country against the third best defense in the country, Wisconsin (according to www.kenpom.com). The defense won, as Wisconsin outscored Indiana 18-7 down
The following are the 38 teams that still have a shot at an NCAA bid, while you can click here for the 52 already in the tournament. The Breitbart Sports Middle 20 ranks the schools we believe are most deserving
On March 7, Breitbart Sports reported on the 295 teams that could still win the national title if they won the rest of their games. The conference tournaments have filtered out more than 200 teams, leaving 90 teams that could still
The Big Ten conference kicked off with thrilling wins for Illinois (51-49) and Nebraska (57-55), but the game with NCAA implications was Iowa’s blowout of Northwestern. Breitbart Sports has seven Big Ten teams as “locks” for the tournament, and only
Syracuse has already secured the best of 73 Big East series 37-35, but they will play Georgetown one more time in Big East play Friday. Twenty-eight years after Patrick Ewing dunked over Rony Seikaly (pictured) to help No. 1 Georgetown
In April of 2012 we shocked everyone by projecting Otto Porter would improve from his 9.7 points per game and 6.8 rebounds a game to be the best player in the Big East and fourth best player in the country.
Boise State fell short late Wednesday night against San Diego State in the Mountain West Conference, falling to 7th Place in the Middle 20. The following is an update on the Breitbart Sports Middle 20, as these 20 teams fight
In a week we have dropped from 295 to 158 teams who can still win the national title if they win out, but 47 games on Thursday will eliminate many of them. In a Pac 12 thriller, Washington was able
Forget Jordan and Pippen, the Miami Heat’s dynamic duo of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are chasing Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlin. After letting Wade take lead for a few games to become NBA Player of the Week, James was
Villanova’s 66-53 win over St. John’s in the second round of the Big East tournament Wednesday likely gives the Big East eight teams in the NCAA tournament. The Wildcats were No. 3 in the Breitbart Middle 20, the group of
Mason Plumlee’s resurgence has him back in the Value Add Top 10 in time for the ACC tournament as he nudged past fellow center Mike Muscala to come in at No. 8 with only tournament games left to play. UNC’s
After being pushed around by the wider bodies of Georgetown and Marquette at the end of the season to fall to No. 19, Syracuse found a solution. When James Southerland walks into the arena he is within shooting range, so
Five more teams were eliminated Tuesday, but stat geeks around the country celebrated when their hero Nate Wolters was not one of them. The ultimate stat guru, Luke Winn of Sports Illustrated, accounted the NBA Scouts asking him if Wolters
Akron, Ohio, Kent, Western Michigan, Valparaiso, Detroit, Belmont, Murray State, SF Austin, Northwestern State, Santa Clara, BYU, St. Mary’s and Gonzaga can all thank the Big East for their double-byes this year. The reason the opening day of the Big
