National Player of the Year candidate Trevon Bluiett would hear nothing of a first round scare. The Musketeers’ star scored 18 of his game-high 27 points after the break as top-seeded Xavier ousted St. John’s 88-60 in the quarterfinal round of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden. Continue reading “St. John’s Falls to Xavier, Turns Attention Toward 2018-19”
Seton Hall survived a scare from St. John’s Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden to bolster its NCAA Tournament resume and maintain its position in the middle of the Big East standings. Khadeen Carrington led five Pirates in double figures as they took down the Red Storm 81-74 in overtime. Continue reading “Seton Hall Overcomes Quick Turnaround, Survives St. John’s In OT”
Conference season is winding down and my end-of-season NIT projection is starting to look quite similar to some “if the season ended today” NCAA Tournament projections. I released a new bracket this morning and it’s probably time I took a moment to discuss some of the more controversial points. Continue reading “Discussing the NIT: Feb. 19, 2018”
Considering we’re still only three weeks into the season, projecting an NIT bracket remains a fool’s errand. At least now we have some semblance of an idea about how a team is going to perform. (Along with a tiny track record representing between a third to a tenth of a total schedule.) Continue reading “NIT Bracketology: Dec. 1 Edition”
It’s that time of year again! Basketball starts in a few hours. Thus it’s time for my third annual bold predictions. Continue reading “7 Bold Predictions for 2017-18”
Even though NYC Buckets often looks beyond the five boroughs, there is a lot of basketball being played right in New York City. Continue reading “NYC Preseason All-City Teams”
Projecting the NIT in the preseason is an absolute fools errand, but I’m going to do it anyways. I used a combination of Ken Pomeroy and Bart Torvik’s preseason projections to build my NCAA Tournament and NIT brackets. Continue reading “NIT Bracketology: Preseason Edition”
St. John’s
Outlook: A mix of talented transfers and the offensive evolution of Shamorie Ponds should be enough to propel the Red Storm to their first NCAA tournament since 2015, but will an inexperienced defense waylay Chris Mullin’s squad? Continue reading “34 Teams in 34 Days: St. John’s”
I revealed the entirety of my conference realignment project during the past four days. Thank you everyone for your comments and thoughts on the analysis. Continue reading “Conference Realignment: Winners and Losers”
These are your major conference teams in college basketball. The realignment process makes for some strange bedfellows, but also some of the best possible basketball you could ever imagine. Continue reading “Realignment Conferences 7 Through 1”
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