Paint Touches

The life of a college assistant coach is anything but sedentary. Whether it’s a head coaching change at the previous institution, poor performance or simply a leap towards the next step in the coaching dream, moving from house to house, city to city and state to state often, is part of the job. Even by those […]

While Al McGuire was still head coach at Marquette, Dick Enberg actually didn’t like him. Broadcasters usually meet with coaches at practice the day before a game and go over strategies so they can gain some insight into the team. Enberg’s problem was that McGuire never was at practice. After three or four years of […]

Last Four In USF Ole Miss Drexel Seton Hall   Last Five Considered NC State Marshall Iona Miami Cal   No. 1 seeds (in order) Kentucky Syracuse North Carolina Missouri   No. 2 seeds (in order) Kansas*  Michigan State* (if MSU beats Ohio State, it moves ahead of Kansas and possibly Missouri) Duke Ohio State […]

March 10 Bracket

Big East: 9

Big 12: 6

Big 10: 6

ACC: 5

SEC: 5

Mountain West: 4

Atlantic 10: 3

West Coast: 3

Missouri Valley: 2

Colonial: 2

Conference USA: 2

Last Four In

USF

Ole Miss

NC State

Drexel

First Four Out

Cal

Miami

Seton Hall

Iona

Next Four Out

Marshall

Oregon

Oral Roberts

Washington

Published by: Michael LoCicero (@michaellocicero) and Michael Wottreng (@MWottreng)

Positives (based on top 12 teams in Paint Touches Feb. 19 bracket (bit.ly/yrKM90): Road/neutral games: MU (9-4), Michigan State (5-5), Ohio State (5-4), Michigan (5-7), Georgetown (6-4) Non conference SOS: MU (98), Missouri (277), Michigan (196), Ohio State (94) Worst loss: MU (at LSU, RPI: 61), Georgetown (at Pittsburgh, RPI: 80), Michigan (at Iowa, RPI: […]

February 19 Bracket

Conference breakdown