Beloved Readers,
I have been recruited for something of a trial run to become one of Bleacher Report's feature columnists for college basketball. While I'm very proud of the fan base that Charlie and I have developed over the past two years, I would have to be a complete buffoon to turn down this opportunity. Maybe it won't work out and I'll be back in your loving arms in a few weeks (and at any rate, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to continue posting my baseball/football thoughts here), but I wanted to make you all aware of my new situation, so as to not leave you high and dry on the bracket front. The formatting/style will be different, but I'll still be focusing almost exclusively on brackets and bubbles. Here is the link to my BR profile, where you'll be able to keep up with anything I post: http://bleacherreport.com/users/1927996-kerry-miller
Thanks for all your continued support,
Kerrance James
Friday, January 18, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
For the Sake of Your Bracket: Volume VI (1/11-1/17)
By: Kerrance James
The format may be different, but the idea is the same. Rather than breaking down the upcoming week by day and having to pretend that there's a game every night that I really want to write about, we're breaking down the upcoming week by conference, giving you 5 options for each of the major conferences, and another dozen or so from the collection of mid-majors. These are the games that will matter the most when deciding who gets into the tournament, where they get seeded, and how far they can go. In addition to this weekly article, we're about a week and a half away from bringing back the daily elimination bubble tracker (planning on calling it "The Skimmer" as we'll be removing the undesirables from the pool, and let's be honest, you're just going to skim through it). Until then, here are the games to watch this week.
ACC: Duke @ NC State (Saturday 12:00 –
ESPN), North Carolina @ Florida State (Saturday 2:00 – ESPN), Maryland @ Miami
(Sunday 8:00 – ESPNU), NC State @ Maryland (Wednesday 7:00 – ESPN2), Georgia
Tech @ Duke (Thursday 9:00 – ESPN)
Labels:
ACC,
Belmont,
Big 12,
Big East,
Big Ten,
Boise State,
BYU,
Jahii Carson,
Marshall Henderson,
Pac-12,
Richard Howell,
Russ Smith,
Ryan Kelly,
SEC,
Shabazz Muhammad,
Southern Miss,
Trey Burke,
Tyler Haws
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Trying to Make Sense of the Arizona Wildcats
By Charlie Scaturro
With
their thrilling victories over Florida, San Diego State, and Colorado
in the last few weeks, you could argue that the Arizona Wildcats, who
currently sport a 13-0 record and are ranked 3rd nationally, have
participated in the three most exiting games of the young college
basketball season. And while most of us can concede that they’re a
talented team who has ridden some combination of luck, skill, and an
uncanny ability to mount late game comebacks against good teams, to an
undefeated start as conference play kicks off, what can we make of the
Wildcats given what we’ve seen from them thus far?
While their one point victory over San Diego State was very much a back and forth affair that featured eight ties and 13 lead changes in the second half, it’s not everyday that a team comes back from double digit second half deficits (including trailing Florida by six with a minute left and Colorado by 10 with under two minutes left) against good competition to win games. But as we’ve already seen, Arizona has made a habit of doing just that in situations where other teams would probably jack up a few three’s, commit a few fouls, and call it a loss. Of course, you could view the Wildcats recent late game success in one of two ways:
Source: Christian Petersen/Getty Images North America |
While their one point victory over San Diego State was very much a back and forth affair that featured eight ties and 13 lead changes in the second half, it’s not everyday that a team comes back from double digit second half deficits (including trailing Florida by six with a minute left and Colorado by 10 with under two minutes left) against good competition to win games. But as we’ve already seen, Arizona has made a habit of doing just that in situations where other teams would probably jack up a few three’s, commit a few fouls, and call it a loss. Of course, you could view the Wildcats recent late game success in one of two ways:
Friday, January 4, 2013
For the Sake of Your Bracket: Volume V (1/4-1/10)
By: Kerrance James
In our fifth iteration of this article, I’d like to
welcome those of you rekindling your annual interest in college hoops. I get
it. Bowl season is all but finished. The doldrums of the NBA season are upon us.
The NHL isn’t walking through that door. Conference play is heating up, and college
basketball is a better between-NFL-playoff-weekends activity than listening to
96 consecutive hours of talking heads debating the pros and cons of playing
home games at Lambeau Field. I’m not here to judge your motives; I’m just here
to proactively help you fill out your bracket by ensuring you’re aware of the
upcoming games that will help define these tournament teams. If you’re new to
the program, every Friday I preview the upcoming week in college hoops, nominating
the 6-8 games that I think are most worth watching. Coupled with the
elimination style bubble tracker that I am itching to start up in the next 2-3
weeks, we’re providing you a one-stop shop for all things March Madness. Stick
with us through Selection Sunday, and you’ll know what to do from there.
Friday: Cleveland State @ Valparaiso (7:00 –
ESPNU), Memphis @ Tennessee (8:00 – ESPN2)
Labels:
Anthony Bennett,
basketball,
Bracketology,
Brackets,
CJ McCollum,
College Basketball,
Kwamain Mitchell,
Marcus Smart,
NCAA Tournament,
Ryan Broekhoff
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