Al Peterson

NCAA Hoops, #MACtion lover, Western Michigan University alum. NCAA tourney traveler catching the best games.

[Al Peterson @BigAl_WMU]

CUSA has travel partners for hoops, one pairing being FIU and Missouri State!!

Road teams could visit FIU in Miami on a Thursday night, next trek to Springfield, MO for a Saturday game. These will be tough back to backs in conference.

#CUSA

[Rocco Miller @RoccoMiller8]

The 2026-27 Conference USA league-play Schedule.

#CUSA

[Al Peterson @BigAl_WMU]

@DavidGPuppet @HoopsHD Didn't you hear next year's expanded NCAA tourney means Kentucky Derby is a playin site. Get your tickets now!

[Rocco Miller @RoccoMiller8]

These two squads are playing incredibly hard, tenacious attacking at the rim, it's got a little Southland Conference feel to it.

[Matt Norlander @MattNorlander]

Need these three sitting in Row 1 at the Final Four next weekend.

[ESPN @espn]

THE BISON GETS THEIR FIRST-EVER MEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT WIN IN SCHOOL HISTORY 🔥

Howard will play Michigan after winning in the First Four 🍿

[Al Peterson @BigAl_WMU]

The TV spots write themselves...

[College Basketball Crown @CBBCrown]

The field is set for 2026! 👑
Tickets available via @vividseats
now.

[Al Peterson @BigAl_WMU]

Point: 5 vs 12 matchup looks very lopsided, don't pick the lower seed.

Counterpoint: In 2025 NCAAs 12 seeds won two games vs the 5, lost another by 3 points. Includes McNeese winning as a 12 seed, exactly where they sit this year.

Let's not bury the underdog quite yet...

[Matthew Winick @matthewwinick]

Food for thought in the 5 vs. 12 matchups:

- All 5-seeds are power conference teams in KenPom's Top 25
- All 12-seeds are MM teams in the Top 100

Top 25 KenPom teams in P5 vs. MM teams in the Top 100:

12-0 with a +228 winning margin (+19 per game).

Most weren't even close.

[Al Peterson @BigAl_WMU]

Sean Miller working on the Arizona State/Bobby Hurley career path

[Cole Adams @coleadamss]

Ironic both Texas and Sean Miller are back at the first four

[Jeff Borzello @jeffborzello]

Official 1-68 seed list from the NCAA:

[Sports TV News & Updates @TVSportsUpdates]

Releases of first round tip times on Selection Sunday under the current format:

2025: 8:05 pm
2024: 8:19 pm
2023: 7:37 pm
2022: 8:46 pm
2021: 10:35 pm
2019: 8:22 pm
2018: 7:55 pm
2017: 8:32 pm
2016: 7:32 pm
2015: 9:06 pm
2014: 9:16 pm
2013: 10:22 pm
2012: 10:07 pm
2011: 9:36 pm

[By the Belt: A MAC Sports Blog @bythebelt]

There's a lot on the line tomorrow night in Cleveland.

The Akron Zips look to become the first MAC team to win three-straight conference tournaments, while the Toledo Rockets look to win their first MAC Tournament since 1980.

[Al Peterson @BigAl_WMU]

@madeformarch Davidson lost to St Joes... down another one.

[Al Peterson @BigAl_WMU]

@HoopsHD @HurleyMania @DavidGPuppet Both perfect from the FT line though #fundamentals

[Al Peterson @BigAl_WMU]

@SickosCBB Charlotte 1-13 from field on 2's? Take the blindfolds off...

[Al Peterson @BigAl_WMU]

This man coming to wreak havoc over in the Mountain West tourney

[Kerry Miller @kerrancejames]

(Although, Utah State losing to UNLV could F some S up. Bid Thief Rooters unite!)

[Al Peterson @BigAl_WMU]

Breaking news: power conferences will adjust their tourney schedules so that bubble teams don't play until Friday before Selection Sunday.

[JBR @JBRBracketology]

Results after Thursday don't matter.
Results after Thursday don't matter.
Results after Thursday don't matter.
Results after Thursday don't matter.
Results after Thursday don't matter.

[Erik Haslam @haslametrics]

And now Championship Week gets serious. When Thursday arrives, that means a lot of the big guns start firing. That includes Duke in the ACC (vs. surging Florida State), Arizona in the Big 12 (vs. UCF), Purdue in the Big Ten (vs. upset-minded Northwestern), and UConn in the Big East (vs. Xavier). Throw in some great matchups like Iowa State-Texas Tech, Tennessee-Auburn, Virginia-NC State, and Louisville-Miami, and we've got quite the day of college hoops ahead of us.

No more dance cards are officially punched for the NCAA Tournament until Saturday, but the entertaining slates these next two days should more than make up for it.

Here are all the https://t.co/9xyMCtvk6W game forecasts for Thursday, March 12th, 2026. Enjoy!

[Patrick Stevens @D1scourse]

March Sadness: An illustration of just how poorly most of the teams clustered around the edge of the field have fared this month.

Any power conference coaches who complain about their team getting excluded from this year's tournament should be mocked and ridiculed mercilessly.

[Kevin Sweeney @CBB_Central]

After a sloppy start, Iowa pulls away from Maryland and advances to Thursday at the Big Ten tourney.

21 losses in a season is the most for Maryland since the Terps went 1-21 in the 1940-41 season. Key offseason ahead for Buzz Williams, who has a big recruiting class coming in.

[Al Peterson @BigAl_WMU]

AKA the Bobby Hurley watch.

[Al Peterson @BigAl_WMU]

Nolan Smith, Gerry McNamara, Speedy Claxton, Rod Strickland...helps to have coach be an ex-point guard in making the NCAAs this year.

#MarchMadness