TAKEAWAYS 1-It’s an extremely weird time in college basketball, with the coronavirus looming. It feels like any minute, the season could be taken away from us. Let us enjoy it while we have it. 2-Steve Hawkins out at WMU. This was not highly covered nationally, but it resonates largely in our circle. Hawk led the team to two NCAA tournaments, and had won nearly 300 … Continue reading TSR 3/12/20 CBB Picks
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings and AccoladesThe Big Ten regular season is over, and the TSR team has released its final Big Ten Power Rankings of the season. We also voted on and awarded our Big Ten accolades. Check these all out here, as we made our selections for the following: First Team, Second Team, Freshman Team, Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the … Continue reading TSR 3/11/20 CBB Picks
The Big Ten Basketball regular season is complete. After 20 games of the conference slate, the TSR team has decided to weigh in on the Big Ten season. The actual awards can be found here, awarded by the media and the coaches. Below are our consensus picks (Eric, Nick, Sam and Zach). FINAL BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS1-Michigan State (54) 22-9, 14-62-Wisconsin (52) 21-10, 14-63-Maryland (48) … Continue reading TSR 2019-20 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Awards
Auto-Bids Clinched Atlantic Sun: Liberty Big South: Winthrop Missouri Valley: Bradley Mountain West: Utah State Ohio Valley: Belmont Southern: East Tennessee State TODAY’S GAMES 1. Horizon League Championship: Illinois-Chicago vs Northern Kentucky (7:00, ESPN) Nick: Illinois-Chicago: The Flames last made the NCAA Tournament in 2004. On the day before that defeat against Kansas, our youngest writer was celebrating his first birthday. He is now completing … Continue reading TSR 3/10/20 CBB Picks
A thank you to our guest pickers this weekend. The Fans of the Blog did a great job, providing some unique perspectives from our readers across the country. Then on Sunday, Cody Tucker from 7220Sports.com came on and provided some phenomenal stories about his career before picking the ten games. Check out how they fared in the Guest Pick Standings. Auto-Bids Clinched Atlantic Sun: Liberty … Continue reading TSR 3/9/20 CBB Picks
On Saturdays and Sundays for the remainder of the college basketball season, the TSR team is going to add guest pickers to our usual daily selections. They will be on the Guest Pick Standings page on the menu of our website. Our next guest picker is a journalist that has covered sports all over the country, including currently at 7220Sports.com, Cody Tucker. … Continue reading TSR 3/8/20 CBB Picks w/ Guest Picker Cody Tucker
As the college basketball regular season comes to a close, we wanted to thank our loyal readers at TSR for their support. This has been an exciting first year of college basketball coverage for us, and we have continued to learn and grow as a team throughout the entire year. Although we have another fantastic guest picker lined up for Sunday, and we will continue … Continue reading TSR 3/7/20 CBB Picks w/ Fans of the Blog
TAKEAWAYS 1-The Ohio State Buckeyes are not a team that you want to meet up with in either tournament upcoming (B1G/NCAA). They are playing tremendous basketball, as they took down Illinois last night, all but eliminating the Illini from the B1G Championship race. That’s their fourth straight win, three of which came against ranked opponents (Maryland, Michigan and Illinois). They close the season Sunday at … Continue reading TSR 3/6/20 CBB Picks
TAKEAWAYS 1-It was a wild night of action in the NEC Tournament. In the first round of the 8-team tournament, three of the four games went down to the final seconds. LIU and Sacred Heart both advanced by last-second baskets, while Robert Morris advanced after a defensive stand. This league was competitive all season, as these teams spent all season behind Merrimack (ineligible for tournament) … Continue reading TSR 3/5/20 CBB Picks
TAKEAWAYS 1- The Big Ten race continues to be incredible. Michigan State recovered from a 19 point deficit against Penn State, taking down the Nittany Lions. At the RAC, Rutgers upset Maryland and gave the Terps their sixth conference loss. This now puts MSU and Maryland at 13-6, with Illinois and Wisconsin at 12-6. These four teams can now all possibly tie for the Big … Continue reading TSR 3/4/20 CBB Picks
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