Simple concept. Four 5-12 seeds I Love. Four top 16 seeds I hate. One from Each Bracket. March Madness games start Thursday at noon. Pick wisely. by Jordan Beckley It’s simply the best week of the year. Why? Because it’s the only week where we have a NCAA Tournament Bracket to fill out. Instead of…
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Big Ten Tiers, Title Race & Bubble Update after the Halfway Point
by Jordan Beckley Hey! Longtime no see. I haven’t done a Big Ten Rankings in forever, so let’s do a stock check on all 18 Big Ten Teams. Not everyone’s goals are the same in Basketball. Theoretically everyone wants to make the Final Four and win their Conference Title, but for most teams that isn’t…
Midweek Madness: The Big Ten’s Top 5 and What I Got Wrong in the Preseason
by Jordan Beckley At this point in the season you can kind of get a feel for a good amount of the teams and players in College Basketball. While there are erratic bubble teams that are hard to gauge night to night like Iowa or Nebraska, we have a good handle on the best (and…
The 21 College Basketball Teams that Matter for the 2025 Season
For the January Edition of the Super Sixteen, I power rank the top 21 teams in College Basketball behind the premise of who can win the National Championship. by Jordan Beckley There are tons of New Year’s Traditions. A kiss at midnight, people not moving from the same spot in Times Square for 16 hours…
Midweek Madness: A Fast Break Recap as we barrel into Big Ten Play
by Jordan Beckley Hello! Welcome back! I enjoyed a little bit of a Christmas break taking a couple weeks off from my hobby as I spent more time traveling, buying gifts, enjoying family time, etc. but College Basketball did not get lazy and take a few weeks off! Well except for this past week or…
College Basketball Super Sixteen: December Edition
Power Ranking the top 16 teams in College Basketball one month into the season. The December gimmick is if each team’s stock has gone up, down or remained steady. Plus a record breaking number of teams in the Waiting Room to get into the Super 16. by Jordan Beckley Welcome to the Super Sixteen, my…
Midweek Madness: Feast Week Leftovers
Time to reheat the leftovers from Feast Week as I recap my Big 3 takeaways, tell you who had a good game & a bad game, my awards for the week, No Explanation Power Rankings and all the other fixings from a full week of College Basketball. by Jordan Beckley Thanksgiving week is an extravaganza…
Big Ten Betting Guide: Rivalry Week
Follow Sean & Jordan throughout the 2024 college football season as they give picks for EVERY Big Ten game & compete in the FanDuel $100 Balance Challenge by Sean Szymczak & Jordan Beckley Cover 3 Sean & Jordan‘s 3 Big Ten Locks of the Week Sean: 2-1 last week (18-18 overall) Jordan: 1-2 last week (18-18…
Big Ten Betting Guide: Week 13
Follow Sean & Jordan throughout the 2024 college football season as they give picks for EVERY Big Ten game & compete in the FanDuel $100 Balance Challenge by Sean Szymczak & Jordan Beckley Cover 3 Sean & Jordan‘s 3 Big Ten Locks of the Week Sean: 1-2 last week (16-17 overall) Jordan: 2-1 last week (17-16…
Big Ten Football Preview: Week 13
by Sean Szymczak Previewing the biggest matchups across the Big Ten in week 13. Indiana vs Ohio State Why this game matters: This one goes without saying, no? Barring a massive upset in the final week of the regular season, the winner of this game is essentially guaranteed a spot in the Big Ten Championship…