Mascot Madness bracket: Picking college football's toughest live animal - CBSSports.com It's 2016 NCAA Tournament time, which means everyone is fixating on their brackets and hoping they're still standing by the end of the first weekend. We here on the college football side like to get in the March Madness spirit by coming up with some brackets of our own. Last year, we searched for the best … [Read more...]

NCAA Tournament 2016: Our bracketologist picks Kansas to win it all - SB Nation SB Nation's Chris Dobbertean has made his picks for this season's big dance, and shared some of his thoughts on what's good and (mostly) bad about the bracket. Just use his selections at your own risk. Before I get to my picks, let me quickly recap how well my projections performed. This season, I missed two at-large … [Read more...]

President Barack Obama picks Texas A&M to advance to Final Four; see how Aggies fare - Dallas Morning News (blog) Screenshot via ESPN.com President Barack Obama picks Texas A&M to the Final Four in his final installment of Barack-etology. Screenshot via ESPN.com President Barack Obama picks Texas A&M to advance to the Final Four. Does he pick the Aggies to advance to the national title … [Read more...]

Betting Favorites Can Offer a Guide to 'Upset' Picks - New York Times All over the country, fans are poring over their N.C.A.A. tournament brackets, looking for lower-seeded men’s basketball teams that might pull off upsets. But what about when an upset is not really an upset at all? In at least six games in this year’s first round, the lower-seeded team is the betting favorite, … [Read more...]

March Madness: Best value picks to win your NCAA tournament bracket pool - Washington Post Virginia Cavaliers. (Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports)It’s tempting to select Kansas as the NCAA national champion in this year’s tournament. They are at the top of the 2016 Pomeroy college basketball ratings and boast a top 10 offense (118.9 points per 100 possessions) and defense (92.0 points allowed per … [Read more...]

Mascot Madness bracket: Picking college football's toughest live ... - CBSSports.com It's 2016 NCAA Tournament time, which means everyone is fixating on their brackets and hoping they're still standing by the end of the first weekend. We here on the college football side like to get in the March Madness spirit by coming up with some brackets of our own. Last year, we searched for the best … [Read more...]

What would a 68-team college football bracket look like for 2016? - ESPN 11:05 AM ET Sharon Katz and Mark Schlabach print What if Washington State coach Mike Leach was right? What if college football used a 68-team bracket -- instead of its current four-team College Football Playoff -- to determine its national champion? Leach has long argued for a 64-team field in college football. … [Read more...]

What would happen in a 68-team college football bracket for 2016? - ESPN 9:23 AM ET Sharon Katz and Mark Schlabach print What if Washington State coach Mike Leach was right? What if college football used a 68-team bracket -- instead of its current four-team College Football Playoff -- to determine its national champion? Leach has long argued for a 64-team field in college football. … [Read more...]

Former UNC star picks Kentucky to knock off Tar Heels - 247Sports The 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament bracket was unveiled Sunday with the Kentucky Wildcats slotted as the No. 4 seed in the East Region. The Wildcats' placement sets up some interesting matchups on the road to the Final Four, including a potential Sweet Sixteen tilt with No. 1 seed North Carolina. When former UNC standout … [Read more...]

2016 March Madness bracket: 8 fast facts to help you win your tournament - CBSSports.com We all know the NCAA Tournament office pools won by the person who knows nothing about basketball. My then-4-year-old son once won a pool filled with journalists because he liked the names of schools. (Who knew that's why I should have picked Ohio over Georgetown?) Matchups are the most important consideration … [Read more...]