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Boston College looked to follow up their massive 89-84 upset win against former #1 Duke with a similar performance against the Columbia Lions. Columbia was 1-9 heading into the matchup. BC trailed early in the game, again relying on three pointers for much of their offense. They shot 8 for
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Since 2007, Boston College has amassed a record of 50-121 in the ACC and a 141-191 record overall. They’ve only made the NCAA tournament once in the last 10 seasons, and they’ve struggled especially with conference games throughout coach Jim Christian’s four year tenure. Coming off of a week’s preparation,
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Welcome to year two of BracketBluster on firstandfan.com. For those of you new to BracketBluster, I’ll share a little of the methodology that we use. The brackets that we present here are designed purely with data from several collection sites. Each year a new formula is devised such that if
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North Carolina, which has been in line for a number one seed the majority of the season, recognized as a championship caliber team for much some time now. They have capitalized on their number one seed, dismantling sixteen seed Texas Southern, 103 to 64. While Texas Southern was not much
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35 percent of ESPN brackets had Gonzaga in their Final Four. While the Bulldogs were consistently attacked by analysts for their weak schedule and occasionally scrappy offense, they’ve held their own throughout the tournament. Mark Few was selected NCAA Coach of the Year last week, so the team is in
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Selection Sunday has arrived, as has First and Fan's final anticipated bracket. Based on the months of data collection and analysis, the bracket is as follows: East vs Midwest West vs South East Midwest West South Tune in at 5:30 EST today for the Selection Sunday presentation on CBS!
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Here’s our current seed list as we look ahead towards March Madness and Selection Sunday. Color coding keys: Green – Automatic Bids Dark Green – Automatically in due to a conference tournament win Light Green – At-Large Bids Yellow – Last 4 in Pale Yellow – First 4 out
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These games are in consideration with tournament changes. Each team’s seed in BracketBluster’s latest seed list is initially listed next to their name. Here is the link to that list: http://wp.me/p89oZI-i6/ . All times listed in Eastern Time. Honorable Mentions: Seton Hall (11 seed) vs Villanova (1 seed), 6:30 pm Indiana (Next 4
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Here’s our current seed list as we look ahead towards March Madness and Selection Sunday. Color coding keys: Green – Automatic Bids Dark Green – Automatically in due to a conference tournament win Light Green – At-Large Bids Yellow – Last 4 in Pale Yellow – First 4 out
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After spending eight years at Western Kentucky, including the last four as head coach, Ray Harper resigned from WKU at the end of their 2016 season. One month later, Harper was welcomed to the Jacksonville State University with open arms, hoping to revive a struggling program. Jacksonville State failed to win a game
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