Tuesday, March 26

March Madness: Watch to watch on Day 1, our bold bracket picks


We Believe In These Bold Bracket Predictions

The Madness is upon us! What better way to kick off Thursday’s start to the NCAA men’s tournament than with our basketball gurus’s bold bracket predictions.

Pat Ford: By the Elite Eight we could have zero coaches with national titles still competing: Mark Few of Gonzaga, Mark Adams of Texas Tech, Mick Cronin of UCLA, Matt Painter of Purdue, Tommy Lloyd of Arizona, Rick Barnes of Tennessee, Fran McCaffery of Iowa and Greg Gard of Wisconsin. If that happens, it would be a third straight tournament with a first-time coach winning, following Tony Bennett in 2019 and Scott Drew in ’21.

Molly Geary: I can’t shake the feeling this tournament could be a truly wild one. Last year was full of twists itself, at least until it all ended with the exact matchup most had forecasted. With the extra COVID-19 year, some teams are older than normal, and that includes mid-majors. And besides Gonzaga, the top handful of teams are noticeably weaker in KenPom efficiency margin than the top group in 2021 and the previous tournament in ’19. Things feel ripe to go up in flames, but good luck predicting exactly when and where.




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