The Heels in the rankings and brackets
the5thcorner.com 3/4/2009 — Well, the new main stream media polls are out, as well as the one that by CollegeHoopsNet , so it’s time to check out how the Tar Heels are doing, how the ACC is fairing, and to see how the conference is fairing against the Big East in this week’s rankings. With the number one ...

A new look at the Polls & Brackets
the5thcorner.com 2/24/2009 — It’s time to get a look at this week’s main stream media (AP & ESPN/USA Today) and the CollegeHoopsNet ’s polls. Of course for us Tar Heels there will be a drop on our team, but it’s interesting that all of three polls have Carolina at a different rank. AP put ...

NCAA Bracket Picks
bankrollsports.com 3/16/2009 — NCAA Bracket Predictions The time is finally here and all 65 ballots to the big dance are now official for the NCAA Tournament. Shortly after a few of the conferences rounded up their championship tournament games early Sunday the selection crew released the first look at the brackets that ...

2009 NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16 & Efficiency Ratings Analysis
allhiphopsports.blogspot.com 3/24/2009 — Now that the Sweet 16 is set, I am going to take a look at the matchups and also analyze how effective the efficiency ratings are in predicting who made the Sweet 16. Louisville (4) (.966) vs Arizona (31) (.895) Overall Efficiency: Louisville (4), Arizona (31) Offensive Efficiency: ...

NCAA Crystal Ball: Crazy Season Will Lead to Crazier Tournament
mvn.com 2/26/2009 — Apparently, no one wants to be the #1 team in the country this year. After regaining the #1 spot, Pittsburgh went out earlier this week and lost to a Providence program that is still on the NCAA tournament bubble.  After Pitt's loss, UConn became everyone's favorites to regain the top ...

The Blog Poll is out and I had my say
the5thcorner.com 3/9/2009 — I am now part of this awesome group, runned by the GoMBlog and features well over 50 bloggers. The purpose of this group is each week to pick their Top 25. As the site says it’s like the AP but done by bloggers. While this year I am starting very late in the season I am just honored ...

NCAA Great Debates: Is Memphis a No. 1 Seed?
mvn.com 3/3/2009 — NCAA Outsider 's James Rees and Jeff Greer debate the issue: Are the Memphis Tigers deserving of a No. 1 seed in the 2009 March Madness tournament? James Rees argues that Memphis is deserving of a No. 1 seed: Nobody's hotter The Tigers have won 20 games in a row and haven't lost since before ...

Pitt Takes Down No. 1 UConn Again
soxanddawgs.com 3/7/2009 — There was a lot of hype coming into today’s UConn Huskies vs Pittsburgh Panthers game about the battle between Hasheem Thabeet and DeJuan Blair. Other than a brief skirmish between the two in the second half, there wasn’t much to talk about about between them. On the other hand, ...

NCAA Tournament Final Four: Writers' Predictions
collegehoopsnet.com 3/16/2009 — Need help picking the Final Four? CHN writers give their National Champion & Final predictions and we try and come up with some semblance of a consensus.   Note how the #1 seeds dominate our ...

UNC/UConn vs the field, tough choice or not?
the5thcorner.com 3/4/2009 — Having been out tonight with some friends I wanted to check around the net just before heading to bed. I am glad I did because as I surf the net I find an interesting little online article about a topic that I was just talking to some friends of mine an hour or so before. The author of the ...

Who Died and Made North Carolina The Boss Of Basketball? — Bleacher Report - College Basketball
Fans of North Carolina and Duke are sorely mistaken—you are not the King of basketball. You have two of the top programs in the country, no doubt. But these are national programs that hardly rely on local talent to continue to live up to their ...

Bobby Bowden-Joe Paterno: The Amazing Race? — Bleacher Report - College Football
Some would say that the race for the all-time college football coaching victories race will be determined by which ever old man is more bitter and reluctant to step down. Now the big question may not be of age, but job security. Over the last decade ...

Memphis Matching Up with the Elite, Part I: North Carolina — Bleacher Report - College Basketball
This is the first in a series of articles discussing how Memphis matches up with the nation’s elite.   Memphis versus North Carolina would be one of the most intriguing matchups in college basketball today. There would be a confluence ...

DeJuan Blair: Poised to Lead Pitt to Detroit — Bleacher Report - College Basketball
He may be the most important player to his team in the country. He is certainly the toughest, strongest, and nastier player in the paint. He comes up big in the big games, and may even body-slam the opposition.   He’s not the tallest ...

ACC Tournament Breakdown: Is Anyone on North Carolina's Heels? — Bleacher Report - College Basketball
After sweeping the Duke Blue Devils for the second time in three seasons, North Carolina is the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament for the third straight year. That's an impressive accomplishment in a league as consistently deep and talented as the ...