Archive for the ‘NCAA Tournament’ Category

The NCAA Tournament Bracket Unlike Any Other

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

If you've come here for actual NCAA Tournament Bracket analysis, come back tomorrow. Plus, who's really interested in who I think is going to win and why? I'm not even that interested. But that doesn't mean we can't have any bracket fun. Around the Web, you'll see brackets based on mascots, ...

TheBaker Tackles The Worst NCAA Bubble In History

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

First off, I want to start by saying anyone who advocates expanding the NCAA Tournament field from 65 teams to 96 teams is a moron. This isn't little league. We don't all get participation ribbons. And I know there were opponents to the expansion to 64 back when it was introduced, ...

School With Funky Name Ready To Reach The Summit

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

We’ve hammered home the realization that my alma mater Indiana University is not going to make the NCAA Tournament this month. That is unless the Hoosiers miraculously win the Big Ten Tournament. But I’m not holding my breath. Stevie Wonder has a better chance making it out of a maze. But ...

TheBaker’s College Basketball Files: The NCAA’s Ivan Drago

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

I was first introduced to Art Parakhouski during Championship Week last year. The Radford center single-handedly transformed the Highlanders from a 10-20 cellar dweller in the Big South to the conference’s champion in his first season at the school. The 6-foot-11 center scored 26 points and pulled down 18 rebounds ...

TheBaker’s College Basketball Files: The SWAC Is Whack

Monday, January 11th, 2010

As a Big Ten basketball fan, I feel spoiled. Not only is the Big Ten the most competitive conference from top to bottom, it has the best coaches and its own beautiful, everything-in-HD channel. Seriously, almost every night there’s a game in the conference worth watching - that is unless ...