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THE WEEKLY DISH: AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR
March 29, 2011
By Mike, SCS.com Staff Writer
The Final Four is finally here! Just as everyone predicted, the National Semifinals feature Connecticut, Kentucky, Butler and Virginia Commonwealth. Okay, so maybe no one predicted this, but we know one thing for sure; a mid-major will play for a National Championship for the second straight year. The Virginia Commonwealth-Butler match-up will feature the two largest seeds ever to meet in a Final Four....[MORE]

WEEKLY DISH REVISITS FIRST WEEK OF DANCE
March 22, 2011
By Mike, SCS.com Staff Writer
And then, there were 16. The first weekend of the NCAA Tournament failed to disappoint. The first several hours of the second round were filled with down-to-the-wire drama and we are set for an outstanding Sweet 16. The Southwest Regions looks to be Kansas� to take, but at this point, nobody is discounting Richmond�s Spiders, the Seminoles of Florida State or Virginia Commonwealth. One number one seed has already went down....[MORE]

THE DISH: WHERE THE COMMITTEE WENT WRONG
March 14, 2011
By Mike, SCS.com Staff Writer
Every year after the brackets are unveiled, it seems like every talking head on television gives us the same lines. They tell us how the selection committee does such a wonderful job selecting the field of 65 and now 68 teams. They tell us what a grueling, unenviable task that the committee has been assigned with. The sad truth is that the selection committee annually does a fairly mediocre job and few in the national....[MORE]

THE WEEKLY DISH: FINAL STRETCH RUN
March 9, 2011
By Mike, SCS.com Staff Writer
Selection Sunday is less than a week away and schools are making their final stretch run to reach the NCAA Tournament. The Dish currently has 59 schools that can be considered solidly in leaving only nine spots for bubble teams. The 31 teams currently leading the 31 conferences are presumed conference champions and 28 other schools are considered solidly in. In this installment of the Weekly Dish, the Dish will not only look....[MORE]

A LOOK INSIDE THE CONFERENCE TOURNEYS
March 7, 2011
By Daniel, SCS.com Staff Writer
For the fourth straight year, we covered the Missouri Valley Conference tournament live from St. Louis, MO. As usual, Arch Madness didn�t disappoint. Regular season champ Missouri State needed two comebacks to reach the finals but eventually ran out of gas against Indiana State, behind the point guard play of freshman phenom Jake Odum. The Sycamores held Missouri State scoreless for nearly 11 minutes during the....[MORE]

THE WEEKLY DISH: BUBBLES BURSTING
March 2, 2011
By Mike, SCS.com Staff Writer
Three schools have moved from the bubble to solidly in this week while only one has fallen from solidly in to the bubble. This leaves just ten spots open for bubble teams. The 32 teams currently leading their conferences are presumed conference champions and 26 can be considered solidly in. The Weekly Dish next week will examine what each bubble team must do to reach the tournament or at least keep its hopes alive....[MORE]

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