(SportsNetwork.com) – A new team will be crowned the Conference USA Tournament Champion for the third year in a row as 12 teams head to Legacy Arena at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex to battle for an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament field. Louisiana Tech (24-7, 15-3) earned the top-seed for the conference tourney after […]

Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Most mid-major conference tournaments are like a lottery. That needs to change. The regular season should not be meaningless. More leagues need to look at the Ohio Valley Conference and implement a double-bye system where the top two teams in the standings don’t play their first tourney game until the semifinals. […]

Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Injuries happen. Nobody is immune. Some are more severe than others, some come at the most inopportune of times and some can put the NCAA Tournament selection committee in a very tricky bind. Justin Anderson’s dramatic improvement from his sophomore to junior campaign helped Virginia race out to a 19-0 start, […]

Gainesville, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Kentucky used its superior size and solid free-throw shooting against Florida to remain unbeaten. Aaron Harrison scored 23 points, Karl-Anthony Towns added 19 with eight rebounds, and the top-ranked Wildcats pulled away down the stretch for a 68-61 victory over the Gators at the O’Connell Center. Willie Cauley-Stein posted 13 points […]

Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Michigan State, Michigan, Syracuse and Florida were supposed to have down years. But this down? Meanwhile, defending champion Connecticut, SMU, Nebraska and UCLA have also started slowly after being ranked in the preseason polls. Only two of the eight teams listed above made my initial NCAA Tournament projection bracket (listed below), […]

Lubbock, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – A couple of Big 12 Conference powers from the Lone Star State get together on Saturday afternoon, as the Texas Tech Red Raiders host the 11th-ranked Texas Longhorns. The Longhorns have dropped just two of their first 13 outings on the season, one of those coming against top-ranked Kentucky (63-51) in […]