The coaches wanted it; why wouldn't it seem like it was actually going to happen? When the Big East coaches convened in sunny Florida during May, they unanimously voted to rid the conference tournament at Madison Square Garden of the horrendous double-bye format it recently adopted. But no such luck. The school presidents have the ultimate say and they say the double bye must stay. The Big East's presidents did not approve earlier ... Read More

We've had quite a bit of encouraging news in college basketball since the season ended, haven't we? The latest bit of legislation that could be put into place is the Big East tournament eliminating its double-bye concept. Fanhouse's Brett McMurphy was the first to report on the matter, and he did so because Rick Pitino talked about it before the Big East coaches are to meet and discuss it next week in ... Read More

Admittedly, I've probably only watched about a combined 100 minutes of NIT tournament action in 2010, but I did find myself paying attention to Rhode Island and North Carolina late last night. The game went to overtime after Larry Drew II couldn't get a good shot off at the end of regulation. (This surprised no one.) But as the clock wound down in overtime, with UNC up one, URI opted to ... Read More

Below, the NIT field, which features 32 teams. This is the fifth year in which all Division I conference regular-season champions that will not be in the NCAA Tournament are guaranteed an NIT bid (the eight this year include Weber State, Troy, Coastal Carolina, Kent State, Jacksonville, Stony Brook, Quinnipiac and Jackson State). The NIT, founded in 1938, is the nation’s oldest postseason college basketball tournament. Date Time (ET) ... Read More

For a lot of these results, it's more of a eulogy than a recap. Teams like Dayton and saw their seasons come to a meaningful end yesterday.

Everything to digest from all of Saturday's action is inside. Come on in. Plenty of analysis and reaction to a frantic, underachieving and future-shifting Thursday.

BIG EAST Cincinnati 69, Louisville 66. The important thing here is to not overreact ... to Cincinnati. I still think the Bearcats have to win the Big East tournament. Can we entertain the possibility that Louisville lost its Tournament bid last night? Remember Syracuse in 2007? How nobody saw that snubbing coming? Is it out of the question to consider Louisville getting the same treatment? The wins over the Orange are ... Read More

Long-distance shots fall with great frequency every year on every level. But they come with added emphasis in this month. We've got our first goosebump-giving moment, folks. The planets are aligning and all is right with the world.

The D-grade, 16-team postseason tournament won't be having Michigan as a participant so long as John Beilein is coaching the team.

Print it out, tack it to your wall. This is where and when to find the big boys playing this week.

No. 11 Michigan State 67, Penn State 65. Here's what's tricky about the end-of-the-season results. Do we take this as a warning sign about Michigan State? It's struggled as of late, but how loudly would the alarms have been blaring if MSU dropped a game to Penn State at home two years in a row? If Raymar Morgan doesn't hit two free throws with 12 seconds to go, it's entirely ... Read More

Why 61? Because D-III has a rule that one spot is made available for every 6.5 teams eligible for postseason play. In case you're wondering, D-I is letting in one in every 5.3 teams. Yes, you're reading the correctly: the D-III tournament is tougher to enter than the D-I. And yet, there are those who still talk as if the expansion of 100 D-I teams in the past 12 years means ... Read More

This is a new one. That braw-looking ballroom in the photo above is actually the arena of a preseason tournament. Sometimes, when friends are mocking me about the college game, I can defend it pretty well. If they find out about this, I'm going to have to sit back and take it. The Cancun Classic kicks off tomorrow. The field is less than stellar, but Kentucky will be there. Thank god ... Read More

Many believe that Thanksgiving week has become almost as much about the college basketball tournaments the football. Those people are wrong. Still, I love these get-togethers. As the week begins, you put off as much work as possible and prepare for Black Friday, here's a few quick-hit thoughts on all the overwhelming basketball that's about to go down. Which is your favorite? Maui kind of doesn't count, because it's clearly ... Read More

Syracuse will get its chance to beat two preseason conference favorites in two nights when it plays UNC tonight. The last time these two played was almost 22 years ago to the day.

Plenty pumped for tonight's double dip; more so than I was for the 24-hour thing, really. Will end up DVR'ing my 90-minute troika of funny TV ("The Office," "3o Rock," "It's Always Sunny ... ") and put that off until the weekend. Fran Fraschilla, whose value seems to rise each year, has handpicked a few of the players on display tonight and where their Draft lies. I think Ed Davis ... Read More

On the other side of the jump, we've got almost FIFTY FREAKING PRESEASON TOURNAMENTS. It's getting out of control, and there's probably no turning back. If you went to a Division I school, chances are you're going to see it playing in one of these things. Anything from the Connecticut 6 (that includes everyone except UConn) to the budding Diamond Head Classic to the dying Great Alaska Shootout, which, a ... Read More

Only because Scottie Reynolds didn't have a true buzzer-beater and this one won a title. Findlay finished its undefeated season in Division II with drama yesterday, defeating Cal Poly Pomona 56-53 in Springfield, Mass. ... Read More