As the NCAA Tournament field was announced, we wanted hit you with some initial thoughts on the seedings and matchups. We will have a lot more content coming your way in terms of previews, features and more in-depth analysis, but this is what struck me off the bat. Let us know what you think and stay tuned for more…

- The four No. 1 seeds make total sense: Ohio State (No. 1 overall seed), Kansas, Pitt, and Duke. After watching all of these teams one after another this past week, it seems absurd to think of the other potential high seeds, specifically Notre Dame or San Diego State, as being among the top 4. The only legit case would have been North Carolina. They split the first two games with Duke and won the ACC regular season, but after getting cracked this afternoon, they more than took themselves out of the equation. Read More »

When Under Armour officially launched basketball last fall, a key component to growing credibility and authenticity for the brand was a commitment to NYC hoops – specifically with Brooklyn PSAL high schools Lincoln and Boys and Girls. Today, these two schools face each other in the PSAL City Championship game at Madison Square Garden. Check out the special version of the Under Armour Micro G Black Ice that they’ll be wearing. Read More »

Right after last night’s thrilling win over Arizona in the Pac-10 Tournament, we caught up with Washington’s Isaiah Thomas (who won tourney MOP) and C.J. Wilcox. Check out what they had to say.

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In search of its first NCAA tournament berth since 1946, the Harvard men’s basketball team suffered a devastating one-point loss in yesterday afternoon’s Ivy League playoff after Princeton’s Douglas Davis sank a fadeaway jumper with 0.2 seconds to play.

With the Tigers down one and 2.8 seconds left to determine the recipient of the Ancient Eight’s automatic bid, Princeton coach Sydney Johnson designed a play for Davis coming out of a timeout. Read More »

What an end to a great Big East Tournament last night as UConn beat Louisville by three, 69-66, in an intense, up-and-down slugfest at MSG. The battle itself felt like it boiled down to the Kemba Walker/Peyton Siva matchup. Players stepped up on both sides, but it felt like those two were involved in almost every big play, whether it be scoring (Kemba had 19, Siva 13), setting up teammates or keeping the tempo at a blistering pace (they are clearly two of the fastest guards in the nation) … As Kemba was imposing his will in the second half and drawing foul after foul, Jay Bilas relayed that Rick Pitino was telling the refs that “Kemba Walker is not Michael Jordan.” When he was told about Pitino’s quote after the game, Kemba replied, “I’m not Michael Jordan, I’m Kemba Walker”… Kemba finished with 130 points in his five games – a Big East record – and was the easy choice for tourney MVP … So how does this UConn run change the way you look at the Huskies as an NCAA team? Sweet 16? Further? … Think Louisville’s Mike Marra will have nightmares about last night’s game for the rest of his life? Read More »

After yesterday’s thrilling overtime win over Syracuse in the Big East Tournament, we caught up with UConn’s Alex Oriakhi outside the locker room. Check out what he had to say.

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When the 2011-12 college basketball season opens, both the Harvard and Princeton men’s basketball teams will unveil a banner reading “2011 Ivy League Champions,” and players from both teams will receive Ivy League championship rings. But when the NCAA Tournament kicks off next week, in all likelihood, only one team will be dancing. Read More »

After yesterday’s win over Notre Dame in the Big East Tournament, we caught up with Louisville’s sharpshooter, Kyle Kuric, in the locker room. Check out what he had to say.

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When the highlights of past Big East Championships run on ESPN and SNY, they are dominated by theatrics from Ray Allen, Allen Iverson, Ben Gordon and Gerry McNamara. But what Kemba Walker has done over the last four days might be the most impressive Garden Championship Week performance of any. Read More »

Thursday afternoon’s phenomenal performance and game-winner from Kemba Walker in the Big East Tournament felt like big fat reminder from Walker to the rest of the basketball world that he needs to be in the Player of the Year discussion. Kemba was back for seconds last night in prime time against Syracuse, aka “New York’s College Team,” and the hometown kid absolutely murdered it in a thrilling UConn overtime win. Kemba finished with 33 points, 12 boards, five dimes, and six steals in front of an audience that included Bill Clinton … The Huskies will match up with Louisville for the Big East Tournament championship tonight. Rick the Ruler’s crew clawed back from a big first-half deficit to beat Notre Dame in overtime … As Kemba’s performance was winding down, the monster that is Jimmer Fredette was just getting warmed up out west. Read More »