I’m well aware of the status of college basketball.
Allow me to help out here.
It’s three this year.
UConn, Purdue and Houston and yes, Houston is in the Big 12 and looks just fine.
All 3 do it differently too.
Purdue has a really tall guy you might know, he once played hockey too.
Houston will just absolutely destroy you defensively.
They also have Jamal Shead though who is one of the best point guards in the country.
UConn can do it all.
They are probably the most balanced team in the country.
Really the key is clearly having a tall guy.
That’s not true at all.
We have the viral sensation of Robbie Avila aka Cream Abdul Jabbar aka Larry Blurred aka Larry Nird.
Is it as dominant of a group as years past?
Welcome to college basketball.
But there are plenty of entertaining stories.
We have 2 weeks left of the regular season still.
The race to the 4th 1 seed is still open.
Here are the odds from our friends at DraftKings.
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Arizona was the projected 4th 1 seed when they did the top-16 bracket reveal.
But they lost the game to Washington State and have limited big time games left.
Tennessee still has Auburn, South Carolina, Kentucky and the SEC Tournament.
They are in the best spot to jump and get the 4th 1 seed.
Duke and Kansas have major injuries that we need to know about.
Kansas has been down Kevin McCullar.
If they don’t have him, they don’t have a run in them.
Duke - I’m not talking Kyle Filipowski’s boo-boo.
They don’t have Caleb Foster.
Right now without a bracket, I think Houston is the team who wins it.
I won’t stand for it!
It’s one of the best traditions in sports.
Don’t let idiots tell you otherwise.
To me the MWC is the most entertaining conference tournament.
They have a legit 6 teams that can win it and be Tournament teams.
Other than that you should pay attention to MVC since they have Drake, Indiana State and Bradley.
Could be a potential 2-bid league.
The WCC with Saint Mary’s in the field and Gonzaga on the bubble.
The Ivy is something to watch too with Princeton potentially finishing the season 24-3 with a win over Rutgers.
The American is another one.
USF is going to be the No.
FAU is one of the more bizarre teams to figure out.
Memphis is now needing to win the conference tournament just to get in the NCAA.
Throw in SMU and sneaky teams that can get hot in Tulane and ECU.
Embrace tradition and cherish it
I don’t care what you do.
Whatever your March tradition is, embrace it.
It’s cool to care about shit.
If you care about the NCAA Tournament yell about it, fight with people over teams.
It’s what matters.
Cherish the month we have.
We have regular season games and races off the bubble, for seeding, whatever.
We have conference championship week (still just an incredible week).
We have the NCAA Tournament.
Just embrace the tradition and cherish the games.
A month from now we’ll be missing it all.
