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Early 2012-13 Ranking: Teams 46 to 60
Four Factors to NCAA Tournament Success
As every basketball junkie knows, KenPom.com is a treasure trove of college basketball information. I pored through the data to find four key factors that propelled recent Final Four teams to success, and teams that excel at those factors this year:
North Carolina Wins ACC Title: Saturday's Quick Hitters
Three teams (Belmont, Murray State and UNC Asheville) punched their tickets to the NCAA tournament on Saturday.
Semifinals Predictions: Horion, MVC, Patriot, WCC
BYU Avoids a Crippling Defeat: Friday's Quick Hitters
1. BYU survived a pesky San Diego squad to advance to the WCC semifinals.
A win over San Diego wasn't going to do a whole lot for BYU from a resume standpoint. Sure the Cougars would pick up a 25th win on the season, but a loss would have had a much larger impact on their NCAA tournament hopes than a win. That's what made the return of Noah Hartsock so important, given how much the Cougars struggled with the pesky Toreros.
Friday Tournament Predictions: Horizon, OVC, MVC, WCC
Our game prediction guru Greg Mengelt has been on fire this year. He'll be picking every conference tournament game over the next 2 weeks. Read more about Championship Week at CollegeHoops.net.
- Atlantic Sun
- Belmont
- Butler
- BYU
- Creighton
- Detroit
- Drake
- ETSU
- Evansville
- Florida Gulf Coast
- Horizon
- Illinois St
- Indiana State
- LMU
- Mercer
- Missouri St
- Morehead St
- Murray St
- MVC
- Northern Iowa
- OVC
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Tennessee St
- Tennessee Tech
- UWM
- WCC
- Wichita State
- Youngstown St
- Conference Tournaments
- Game Predictions
Horizon League First Round: Predictions & Poll
#8 Wright State (13-18, 7-11) at #5 Butler (18-13, 11-7)
Horizon League First Round Preview
Play in the Horizon League tournament begins on Tuesday night with four games hosted by the higher-seeded team, including 5-seed Butler hosting 8-seed Wright State. While there are many who believe that the Bulldogs could once again make a run as they did last season, it's important to point out that last year's NCAA finalists found a way to earn a bye to the semifinals in the conference tournament. No such luck this time around as the Bulldogs host the Raiders, a team they swept during the regular season.
Cinderella Madness: '06 Bradley vs '11 Butler
Iona vs. Fairfield: Friday's Preview
After winning their first three MAAC games (two of which were played in December), Sydney Johnson's Fairfield (17-11, 12-4) Stags lost three straight league games and looked to be anything but a contender for the regular season title. Well the players have looked more comfortable with their first-year head coach, and sure enough here are the Stags sitting just a game out of first place heading into the final weekend of league play.



