Pac-12 basketball: Projecting the number of NCAA Men’s Tournament bids in 2027 as the landscape tilts toward the Power Four

The rebuilt conference comes online July 1 with nine basketball schools. What’s a reasonable number of March Madness bids?

The American vs. the rebuilt Pac-12: Which conference is stronger? Group of 6 mailbag

G6 readers have a lot of structural and long-term concerns, unsurprisingly, but also some questions about the 2026 season.
Opinion

Mailbag: Moving the NCAA Tournament(?), Pac-12 branding, Big 12 jersey patches, Mountain West cash and more

Too much of the college basketball season overlaps with football, and that problem will only get worse in coming years.
NCAA

Big Ten breakdown: Friday's quarterfinals raise more questions for a hungry conference

Quarterfinal Friday at the Big Ten tournament delivered drama as Michigan, Wisconsin, Purdue and UCLA advanced while the ...

Pac-12 power rankings: Utah State on top (again) as Gonzaga’s resume takes a hit; SDSU on the bubble

The second component to Gonzaga’s fate in the early reveal is more difficult to measure: the resume damage resulting from the ...

Mailbag: A super league for college basketball(?), the breakaway options, Pac-12 legacy woes, Gonzaga regrets and more

And if you missed it, last week’s mailbag looked at moving the college basketball regular season (and NCAA Tournament) back a ...

Explore how NCAA conferences shape March Madness champions over the years

From ACC and Pac-12 dominance to SEC, Big East and Big Ten championship runs, here is a full look at which conferences have ...

NCAA Tournament winners (Big Ten, Texas, Arizona) and losers (Gonzaga, UCLA, Kentucky) from the second round

The Big Ten won big in the second round of the NCAA Tournament while not actually winning much of anything. The conference ...