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Why Your Team (and Each Team) Can (Will) win The NCAA Tournament
Below are reasons why every team will win the NCAA Tournament. All right, let me clarify. We realize that only one team will win, but we...

College Hoops Updates - in Jokes - by Dave Barend
3/21/2025 Well, at least my Women's bracket is still perfect. Yeah, that might be because the Women's Tournament hasn't started yet....

Arkansas will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Clayton Trutor
1. Boogie Fland is back and he is going to be taking names. 2. D.J. Wagner and Johnell Davis are about to be used like a set of brass...

College Wheelchair Hoops Updates - with a Little Comedy from Luke Hutchinson.
3/19/2025 The NWBA has officially announced the seedings for the 2025 NIWBT! The tournament will take place March 26th-March 29th. Link...

Tennessee will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Matt Carty
1. I have declared them the honorary team of College Basketball Times' writers - The Volunteers 2. Head Coach Rick Barnes has the Vols in...

Duke will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Robb Hellwig
1. Cooper Flagg not really injured. Just part of a deep state conspiracy. FAKE NEWS!!! 2. Kon Knueppel and the rest of the Duke team. ...

South Carolina will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Trey Allwood
5. The element of confusion. Their mascot is the Gamecock. The other team won’t even notice South Carolina scoring like crazy because...

Auburn will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons by Shawn O'Neal
1With Cooper Flagg gimpy, Johni Broome is the best (presumably) healthy player in the nation and is having his best season as a college...

Florida will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Tyler Brodie
Rebounds come easy for the Gators. The tall trio of Thomas Haugh, Alex Condon, and Reuben Chinyelu rack in at least 6 rebounds per game....

Michigan State will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Michael Dinga
5. They were the clear top dawg in a top-heavy, top-tier B1G, ending the regular season with a full 3-game lead 4. They may have lost...

Houston will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why by Shawn O'Neal
• Underrated part of coaching is getting college-aged men to show up and perform consistently night after night. Nobody does that better...

Louisville will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Theo Franz
If you fall under the bracket-filling philosophy of “More shots equals better chance to win,” the Cardinals are your team. They love the...

Purdue will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Theo Franz
Braden Smith is a pretty good basketball player. It really should be as simple as that, but I got stats to back it up. During Big Ten...

UCLA will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Keith Spillett
They are the best team in the country. It’s a little known fact, but the team ranked #1 at the end of the season often achieves that...

UConn will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - ReasonsWhy By Mike Rusconi
1. Few programs have the pedigree of UConn, and they have a real husky as a mascot, not a fake one like Washington. 2. Paige Bueckers is...

Maryland will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why by Mike Rusconi
1. I’ve actually heard of Maryland, out of the gate something I cannot say about everyone else. 2. They have a cool mascot. That...


THE DOMINATION RANKINGS
Definition of Domination Rankings : the ranking of all categories of college basketball - women, men, wheelchair, D1, D2, D3, NAIA, JUCO...

Mississippi will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Theo Franz
I’m not going to lie, I have watched about two Ole Miss games. Both times they lost to Auburn. If they avoid facing Auburn in the...

UCLA will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Steve Hiegel
1.The Bruins are no stranger to the NCAA Tournament as they have made it to the Final Four nineteen times and have won the National...

LSU will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Eli Barsoum
Coach Kim Mulkey was the first person in NCAA history to win a championship as a player, assistant coach, and head coach. With a...

Wisconsin will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Michael Dinga
5. They were clearly kickstarted by a regular season home loss finale to Penn State—sure, PSU class of ‘86, but ball don’t lie 4. This is...

Duke will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Robb Hellwig
1. Duke gets all the calls. 2. Kara Lawson and destiny – 6 wins in tourney gets Lawson to 100 career wins....

Montana will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Mason deLisser
This team can shoot the heck out of the basketball. The Grizz shot 63.6%(!) from three in the Big Sky Conference Championship to upset...

Tennessee will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Clayton Trutor
1. It is impossible to discount the team that has made it to every single NCAA Women's Tournament. 2. The Lady Vols have such diversity...

Lipscomb will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Matt Carty
1. "Lips-Come Dancing!" Think of all the music puns waiting to happen: "Lips-Come on feel the Noize," "Lips-Come and Get Your Love,"...

Michigan will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Mason deLisser.
The man at the helm, Dusty May, knows what it takes to make a run in the NCAA tournament. Two years ago, he took 10 seed Florida Atlantic...

Baylor will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Whit Henry
They compete. In their last three games, they lost to #1 Houston and #9 Texas Tech, but only by a mere six points combined. Considering...

Arizona will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Matt Carty
1. Balance: The Wildcats averaged 82.2 points per game, as well as 39.8 rebounds and 16.7 assists - while also averaging about 8 steals...

Oregon will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Whit Henry
They aren’t in the top 50 in D1 basketball in any of the following categories: Field goal percentage, scoring offense, turnover margin,...

Notre Dame will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Rick Condon
The Notre Dame women last won the whole thing in 2018. Here are the five reasons why they are going to do it again this year. 1. They...

Memphis will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Matt Carty
1. This is the Memphis Tigers' third trip to March Madness since Head Coach and NBA great Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway took over in 2018 2. ...

Ohio State will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - By Tyler Brodie
Two of Ohio State’s losses came to UCLA. If they meet their kryptonite again, which Ohio State can do later in the tournament, it’s hard...

Texas Tech will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why by Keith Spillett
They’ve got that one special player who can put the whole thing on his back. JT Toppin has grown by leaps and bounds in the past year. ...

Oklahoma will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Andrew Connell
Score, Score, and Score some more. The Sooners were one of the best offensive teams in the country this year, as they averaged 85.2...

FGCU will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Trey Allwood
5. I just came up with the really good catchphrase, “FGseeyou later”. The team has to win so they can use that on all of their opponents...

Kansas will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Eli Barsoum
The Jayhawks were the number 1 team in the country in the preseason. Maybe they can revive that type of energy for the tournament, using...

Florida State will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Clayton Trutor
1. This FSU team is incredibly battle-tested, fighting their way to a 13-5 mark in the ACC. This will be excellent preparation for NCAA...

San Diego State will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Shawn O'Neal
• Fifth straight appearance -- and would have been a sixth were it not for Covid -- for what is clearly one of the best programs in the...

NC State will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Steven Miller
1.May the chalk be ever in their favor. If the women’s tournament goes chalky for the first few rounds, the Wolfpack will just have to...

USC will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Matt Carty
1. They've got Juju: If there's a name you need to know in Women's College Basketball right now, it is Juju Watkins. She's the Big Ten...

Oklahoma State will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Clayton Trutor
1. The Cowgirls have as impressive guard play as any team in the country. The trio of Stailee Heard, Micah Gray, and Anna Gret Asi make...

New Mexico will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Steven Miller
1Leadership. Donovan Dent, Mountain West Player of the Year, averages over 20 points per game. Head Coach Richard Pitino is the...

BYU will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Whit Henry
The Cougars are hot! I don’t mean that in a Stacy’s Mom or Zach Wilson way. I mean that to say they closed the season on an eight-game...

Colorado State will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Keith Spillett
They are clicking at the right time. They had stretches early in the season where they looked like they were a mess, typified by a...

Maryland will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Steve Hiegel
1The Lady Terps won the National Championship in 2006 under current Head Coach Brenda Frese so why couldn’t they do it again. In 2006...

Texas will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Theo Franz
Before their conference championship loss to South Carolina on Sunday, Texas was Associated Press’ No. 1 team in the nation for two weeks...

SIUE will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons by Mike Hurley
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars gained their first ticket ever to the Big Dance by defeating Southeast Missouri...

Iowa State will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Shawn O'Neal
• When fully healthy, this has looked like one of the best teams in the nation, with the backcourt duo of Tamin Lipsey and Keshon Gilbert...

TCU will Win the NCAA Women's Tournament - Reasons Why By Mason deLisser
To be blunt, this team is damned good. The 31-3 record and getting as high as 6th in the AP poll speaks for itself. The Horned Frogs...

Mount St. Mary's will Win the NCAA Tournament - Reasons Why By Steve Hiegel
1The Mountaineers are no stranger to the NCAA Tournament as they have made it to the Big Dance seven times since 1995. They finished in...
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