More Tournament Predictions

NCAA

East Region
(12) Clemson vs (12) UAB
Prediction: UAB

NIT

(8) Coastal Carolina at (1) Alabama
Prediction: (1) Alabama

(3) Dayton at (6) Charleston
Prediction: (6) Charleston
*Since the first round games of the NCAA are being played at the University of Dayton, this game is being held in Charleston.

(7) Vermont at (2) Cleveland State
Prediction: (2) Cleveland State

(6) Harvard at (3) Oklahoma State
Prediction: Oklahoma State

(6) Murray State at (3) Missouri State
Prediction: Murray State

(6) Fairfield at (3) Colorado State
Prediction: Colorado State

(5) UTEP at (4) New Mexico
Prediction: UTEP

(1) Boston College at (8) McNeese State
Prediction: Boston College
*Since games of the NCAA are being played at the Boston College, this game is being held in Los Angeles.


(7) Kent State at (2) St. Mary's
Prediction: Kent State

CBI
*Teams are not ranked

James Madison at Davidson
Prediction: Davidson

San Jose State at Creighton
Prediction: Creighton

Hofstra at Evansville
Prediction: Hofstra

Austin Peay at Boise State
Prediction: Boise State

CIT
*Teams are not ranked

Furman at East Tennessee State
Prediction: East Tennessee State

Ohio at Marshall
Prediction: Ohio

Jacksonville at East Carolina
Prediction: East Carolina

Rider at Northern Iowa
Prediction: Northern Iowa

North Dakota at Air Force
Prediction: Air Force

Northern Arizona at Santa Clara
Prediction: Santa Clara

Portland at Hawaii
Prediction: Hawaii

2011 College Basketball Post-Season Tourney Overview (Div. 1)

The period known as "March Madness" is finally starting and it is a time where all of the college enthusiasts and general fans unite for an event that pits college basketball teams in an race for an championship. Before the tournaments start, I would like to open discussions that many experts and analysts are gathering information and crunching numbers to predict who will come out on top in each matchup. Instead of during each tournament (NCAA, NIT, CBI, CollegeInsider), individually, I will start with the games that end today and so on until tomorrow where I give my predictions on the tournament each as a whole. By adding the field of teams eligible for the NCAA tournament from 65 teams to 68, the "play-in" games went from 1 to 4. That means that eight teams with essentially be playing for four spots in the tournament. The first round slated for the NCAA pits two 16 seeds against each other followed by two 12 seeds playing each other. Lets look at the first game:

Southeast Region
(16) UNC Asheville at (16) Arkansas-Little Rock
March 15, 2011
6:30 P.M. (Eastern Time)

Team Stats UNC Asheville Arkansas-Little Rock
PPG 74.2 68.0
Opp PPG 68.2 67.0
FG% .455 .426
Opp FG% .417 .432
REB 36.0 33.5
STL 9.3 5.9
TO 15.0 11.8
AST 14.6 11.8
BLK 4.5 2.5
3PT FG% .333 .398
3PTs 5.0 6.7

Prediction
UNC Asheville over Arkansas-Little Rock.