With apologies to fans of Florida Atlantic, Miami and San Diego State, three-quarters of the 2023 men’s Final Four didn’t look like they belonged there. One year after we got four of the game’s preeminent programs, this year’s event welcomed three programs that entered March Madness with a higher combined seed total (19) than all-time […]
With Selection Sunday selected and brackets being furiously filled, the final component of college basketball season is always the best: March Madness. We offered some of our bracket superlatives a few days ago, but let’s dive into a few more of the storylines and numbers that could determine the fate of the men’s and women’s […]
March Madness is nearly upon us, and soon there will be brackets to overanalyze. But if you’re like most Americans, you probably haven’t been paying full attention just yet to the regular seasons of men’s and women’s college basketball. So as the sports head into the national spotlight, there’s plenty to get caught up on […]
In the minds of college sports fans, the Southeastern Conference tends to conjure up the same idyllic images. A lush, TP’d Toomer’s Corner. A jam-packed Neyland Stadium. Toe meeting leather on an opening kickoff. If the SEC “just means more,” that meaning is usually found down in the trenches of the gridiron on a breezy […]