The 2018 NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight tips off on Saturday, with four teams -- the two best in the South and in the West -- meet for the right to go to the Final Four in Houston.
The South regional final features No. 1 Kansas and No. 2 Villanova, which are playing like two of the best teams in the country right now, and which put on clinics in their Sweet Sixteen games. Villanova was especially impressive against Miami in the Sweet 16. The Wildcats put up an other-worldly 1.56 points per possession, and 92 total points, against the Hurricanes, continuing the offensive dominance they showed in an 87-point outing against Iowa in the Round of 32.
Meanwhile, Kansas cruised to a win over talented Maryland behind a strong second half on offense. Both teams have had complete control of all three of their games so far, and KenPom.com predicts a very even game, giving both teams a 50 percent chance to win.
Two high-flying offenses meet out West, as well. No. 1 Oregon used a brilliant offensive performance -- and a shot that made Mike Krzyzewski angry -- to beat Duke, while No. 2 Oklahoma caught fire from beyond the three-point arc to blow out Texas A&M. If you like points, Saturday's games are for you.
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1st ROUND March Madness 2018
The 2018 NCAA Tournament is in full swing with 32 teams looking to advance in Thursday's first round that is sure to be filled with all the drama, big shots and upsets we've come to expect from March.
Get all the scores and more from the opening of the tournament Thursday.
Every NCAA Tournament game will be available on TBS, CBS, TNT or truTV, and you can watch every game with March Madness Live and on the March Madness Live app.
Get all the scores and more from the opening of the tournament Thursday.
Every NCAA Tournament game will be available on TBS, CBS, TNT or truTV, and you can watch every game with March Madness Live and on the March Madness Live app.
2018 March Madness Scores
The 2018 NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, colloquially known as March Madness, is here again. You’ve got questions? I’ve got answers.
We’re not so different, you and I. The last college basketball team I followed closely was the 1995–96 Northwestern Wildcats, who went 7–20 and were very bad at basketball. (I, too, was very bad at basketball, so I empathized.) Anyway, I don’t really watch college basketball during the regular season—I have no particular rooting interest and college basketball just isn’t as good as the pro game. But that’s why the tournament is so much fun. You never know what’s going to happen. Granted, you never know what’s going to happen in the emergency room, either.
Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield, a strong contender for national player of the year, is a great scorer and a bit of a throwback: a senior star in an era when the best players rarely stay in college for more than a couple of years. Denzel Valentine from Michigan State is also a senior guard with NBA potential; he’s got a great all-around game—bet on him to put up a triple-double at some point. Maryland has Diamond Stone and Melo Trimble, two great players with great names that go great together. Virginia has a player named Jack Salt. (Jack Salt!) You should also watch for UNC–Asheville’s Italian big man, 6-foot-9 Giacomo Zilli. You probably won’t see him in a game, because Zilli doesn’t get off the bench, but you can improve your chances of a Zilli sighting by constantly saying things like “Where’s Giacomo Zilli?” and “We want Giacomo Zilli!”
According to the AP and USA Today polls, as well as the NCAA selection committee, the best team in the tournament is Kansas. The top-ranked Jayhawks, the No. 1 seed in the South region, won 30 games this year behind the strong play of senior forward Perry Ellis—he averages 16.7 points per game and produces a hell of a pair of slacks—and the old-school leadership of three-point-shot-hating coach Bill Self. The other top-seeded teams are pretty good, too! Oregon, the No. 1 seed in the West, has a great offense that gives opponents fits; they destroyed an excellent Utah team in the Pac-12 tournament. They are coached by Dana Altman, who is not the same person as Robert Altman’s grandson Dana Altman, whom I met at a screening of Popeye in Omaha last year. Just in case you were wondering. North Carolina forward Brice Johnson is a really good player, and coach Roy Williams is the country’s foremost “Roy.” The Tar Heels are the top seed in the East, and they should go far. Virginia is the No. 1 seed in the Midwest thanks to the play of senior guard Malcolm Brogdon and the calming bench presence of the gargantuan Jack Salt; the Cavaliers have something to prove after their relatively early exits from the tournament in 2014 and 2015. The team that ousted Virginia both times? The Michigan State Spartans, who are seeded second in the Midwest this year, and could have easily been seeded first. Watch out for Michigan State.
We’re not so different, you and I. The last college basketball team I followed closely was the 1995–96 Northwestern Wildcats, who went 7–20 and were very bad at basketball. (I, too, was very bad at basketball, so I empathized.) Anyway, I don’t really watch college basketball during the regular season—I have no particular rooting interest and college basketball just isn’t as good as the pro game. But that’s why the tournament is so much fun. You never know what’s going to happen. Granted, you never know what’s going to happen in the emergency room, either.
Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield, a strong contender for national player of the year, is a great scorer and a bit of a throwback: a senior star in an era when the best players rarely stay in college for more than a couple of years. Denzel Valentine from Michigan State is also a senior guard with NBA potential; he’s got a great all-around game—bet on him to put up a triple-double at some point. Maryland has Diamond Stone and Melo Trimble, two great players with great names that go great together. Virginia has a player named Jack Salt. (Jack Salt!) You should also watch for UNC–Asheville’s Italian big man, 6-foot-9 Giacomo Zilli. You probably won’t see him in a game, because Zilli doesn’t get off the bench, but you can improve your chances of a Zilli sighting by constantly saying things like “Where’s Giacomo Zilli?” and “We want Giacomo Zilli!”
According to the AP and USA Today polls, as well as the NCAA selection committee, the best team in the tournament is Kansas. The top-ranked Jayhawks, the No. 1 seed in the South region, won 30 games this year behind the strong play of senior forward Perry Ellis—he averages 16.7 points per game and produces a hell of a pair of slacks—and the old-school leadership of three-point-shot-hating coach Bill Self. The other top-seeded teams are pretty good, too! Oregon, the No. 1 seed in the West, has a great offense that gives opponents fits; they destroyed an excellent Utah team in the Pac-12 tournament. They are coached by Dana Altman, who is not the same person as Robert Altman’s grandson Dana Altman, whom I met at a screening of Popeye in Omaha last year. Just in case you were wondering. North Carolina forward Brice Johnson is a really good player, and coach Roy Williams is the country’s foremost “Roy.” The Tar Heels are the top seed in the East, and they should go far. Virginia is the No. 1 seed in the Midwest thanks to the play of senior guard Malcolm Brogdon and the calming bench presence of the gargantuan Jack Salt; the Cavaliers have something to prove after their relatively early exits from the tournament in 2014 and 2015. The team that ousted Virginia both times? The Michigan State Spartans, who are seeded second in the Midwest this year, and could have easily been seeded first. Watch out for Michigan State.
NCAA Basketball Bracket 2018
NCAA Basketball Bracket 2018, is the process of predicting the field of college basketball participants in the NCAA Basketball Tournament 2018, named as such because it is commonly used to fill in tournament brackets for the postseason. It incorporates some method of predicting what the NCAA Selection Committee will use as its Ratings Percentage Index in order to determine at-large (non-conference winning) teams to complete the field of 68 teams, and, to seed the field by ranking all teams from first through sixty-eighth. Bracketology also encompasses the process of predicting the winners of each of the brackets. In recent years the concept of bracketology has been applied to areas outside of basketball.
Using the NCAA basketball tournament selection process, the RPI, and the seeding and balancing process, a "bracketologist" places teams in the tournament in the various regions (most commonly East, West, Midwest, and South however sometimes the region names are changed to reflect the host cities). Some bracketologists go as far as placing teams in which "pods" they will play in the first and second rounds.[11] Generally, the lists also show the last four teams in and the first four teams out. However, these brackets change daily as conference tournaments continue and teams automatically qualify for the tournament.
A bracketologist's credibility is judged on how many teams he predicts correctly being in the tournament and the average difference between the bracketologist's projected seed and the actual seed assigned by the NCAA Selection Committee. The difference between projected matchups and the differences between the "pods" selected in the first and second rounds are less important.
Using the NCAA basketball tournament selection process, the RPI, and the seeding and balancing process, a "bracketologist" places teams in the tournament in the various regions (most commonly East, West, Midwest, and South however sometimes the region names are changed to reflect the host cities). Some bracketologists go as far as placing teams in which "pods" they will play in the first and second rounds.[11] Generally, the lists also show the last four teams in and the first four teams out. However, these brackets change daily as conference tournaments continue and teams automatically qualify for the tournament.
A bracketologist's credibility is judged on how many teams he predicts correctly being in the tournament and the average difference between the bracketologist's projected seed and the actual seed assigned by the NCAA Selection Committee. The difference between projected matchups and the differences between the "pods" selected in the first and second rounds are less important.
2018 Basketball Bracket
2018 Basketball Bracket method of arranging a double-elimination tournament is to break the competitors into two sets of brackets, the Winners Bracket and Losers Bracket (W and L Brackets for short; also sometimes Upper Bracket and Lower Bracket, respectively) after the first round. The first round winners proceeding into the W Bracket and the losers proceeding into the L Bracket. The W Bracket is conducted in the same manner as a single-elimination tournament, except that the losers of each round "drop down" into the L Bracket. Another method of double elimination tournament management is the Draw and Process.
As with single-elimination tournaments, most often the number of competitors is equal to a power of two (8, 16, 32, etc.) so that each round there are an even number of competitors and never any byes. The maximum number of games in a double elimination tournament is one less than twice the number of teams participating (e.g., 8 teams – 15 games). The minimum number is two less than twice the number of teams (e.g., 8 teams – 14 games).
As with single-elimination tournaments, most often the number of competitors is equal to a power of two (8, 16, 32, etc.) so that each round there are an even number of competitors and never any byes. The maximum number of games in a double elimination tournament is one less than twice the number of teams participating (e.g., 8 teams – 15 games). The minimum number is two less than twice the number of teams (e.g., 8 teams – 14 games).
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