The best stretch of the year is officially here: the 2025 Men’s NCAA Tournament. The excitement that leads into the first day of games is genuinely one of my favorite moments. Over the past few years, I have tried my hand at attempting to predict the NCAA Tournament through building a very amateur predictive model.Continue reading “The Chirp’s 2025 March Madness Preview”
Category Archives: College Basketball Stories
The Chirp’s Monday College Basketball Notebook: Baylor’s Dominance, Jabari Smith Leading Auburn, and What to Watch For in 2022
It sure feels like when the New Year turns, college basketball begins to pick up. With college football winding down to two remaining games (LSU/Kansas State and the National Championship) and conference play beginning in college hoops, focus may begin to shift to the hardwood. While COVID remains a force to deal with, namely withContinue reading “The Chirp’s Monday College Basketball Notebook: Baylor’s Dominance, Jabari Smith Leading Auburn, and What to Watch For in 2022”
The Chirp’s College Basketball Notebook: Red Hot Hogs, Struggling Top Teams, Bubble Watch, and Prospects to Monitor
Welcome to another rendition of The Chirp’s College Basketball Notebook. Every Monday, we’ll be bringing you some of our key thoughts from the past week’s games and storylines we’re watching as the season progresses. As the great Jon Rothstein says: “We Sleep in May”. This. Is. March. We have finally made it and going nearlyContinue reading “The Chirp’s College Basketball Notebook: Red Hot Hogs, Struggling Top Teams, Bubble Watch, and Prospects to Monitor”
The Chirp’s College Basketball Notebook: Ohio State’s Rise, Tennessee, North Carolina’s Ceiling, and Bubble Watch
Welcome to another rendition of The Chirp’s College Basketball Notebook. Every Monday (or for this week, Tuesday), we’ll be bringing you some of our key thoughts from the past week’s games and storylines we’re watching as the season progresses. As the great Jon Rothstein says: “We Sleep in May”. With the NFL season complete afterContinue reading “The Chirp’s College Basketball Notebook: Ohio State’s Rise, Tennessee, North Carolina’s Ceiling, and Bubble Watch”
The Chirp’s Monday CBB Notebook: Duke, Kansas, Alabama’s SEC Dominance, and Bubble Watch
Welcome to another rendition of The Chirp’s Monday College Basketball Notebook. Every Monday, we’ll be bringing you some of our key thoughts from the past week’s games and storylines we’re watching as the season progresses. As the great Jon Rothstein says: “We Sleep in May” With NFL Championship Sunday taking up most of the weekendContinue reading “The Chirp’s Monday CBB Notebook: Duke, Kansas, Alabama’s SEC Dominance, and Bubble Watch”
The Chirp’s Monday CBB Notebook: Oddity of the Big Ten, Top Team in the ACC, and Mid-Majors to Watch
Welcome to another rendition of The Chirp’s Monday College Basketball Notebook. Every Monday, we’ll be bringing you some of our key thoughts from the past week’s games and storylines we’re watching as the season progresses. As the great Jon Rothstein says: “We Sleep in May” If college basketball taught us anything this week, it’s thatContinue reading “The Chirp’s Monday CBB Notebook: Oddity of the Big Ten, Top Team in the ACC, and Mid-Majors to Watch”
The Chirp’s Monday CBB Notebook: Sharife Cooper, Baylor, Improving Blue Bloods, Pac-12 Race, and Players to Watch
Welcome to another rendition of The Chirp’s Monday College Basketball Notebook. Every Monday, we’ll be bringing you some of our key thoughts from the past week’s games and storylines we’re watching as the season progresses. As the great Jon Rothstein says: “We Sleep in May” Conference play is in full swing in college basketball andContinue reading “The Chirp’s Monday CBB Notebook: Sharife Cooper, Baylor, Improving Blue Bloods, Pac-12 Race, and Players to Watch”
The Chirp’s Monday CBB Notebook: Texas, Kentucky, Best Team in Big Ten, Top Prospects, and More
Starting in 2021, we have a new weekly fixture: the Monday College Basketball Notebook. With the success of our “Friday NFL Notebook”, we have decided to start the year with an expansion, bringing more sports and more weekly content. Throughout the season, every Monday, we’ll be bringing some weekly thoughts on games, teams, decisions, andContinue reading “The Chirp’s Monday CBB Notebook: Texas, Kentucky, Best Team in Big Ten, Top Prospects, and More”
Remembering Some of College Basketball’s Forgotten Stars from the Past Decade
Even though March Madness has unfortunately been cancelled due to COVID-19, as Jon Rothstein says, “This is STILL March”. Considering we don’t sleep until May, now seems like a good time to go down the college basketball memory lane and bring back some of the forgotten stars of the college basketball landscape from the pastContinue reading “Remembering Some of College Basketball’s Forgotten Stars from the Past Decade”
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