West Region Picks: March Madness Bracket Predictions

March Madness is officially here, so let's fill out some winning brackets! RotoBaller will be bringing you a full breakdown on each tournament region, including some potential sleepers and busts. Today we'll be taking a look at the West Region and my bracket picks. I'm here to tell you some teams that I believe in to […]

How To Win Your NCAA Tournament Bracket Challenge

Over 40 million people will sit down to fill out an NCAA Tournament Bracket this week. How do you make your bracket stick out? Do you want it to stick out? Should you just Sharpie Duke into the National Championship? Can you be a true American and not pick Liberty? All these questions and more […]

Sweet 16 Sleeper Picks for NCAA Tournament Brackets

Every year there's one. Or in the case of last year, several. Who are the sleepers that can advance in the NCAA Tournament? More importantly, however, what sleepers are going to make your bracket special? Over the last six years, a team seeded seventh or lower has made the Final Four. Can that happen again […]

NCAA Tournament Busts - March Madness Predictions

It’s March Madness, which means it is the most exciting time of the year for college basketball. The 2019 NCAA Tournament is about ready to take over the sports world as the second round of the Tournament will get underway on Thursday and Friday. One of the big reasons that the NCAA Tournament is so […]

Women's March Madness - Tournament Bracket Picks

The NCAA Tournament is finally upon us, which means it's time to get your brackets ready. We've got some great pieces up on the site about preparing your bracket for the men's side, so today I want to talk about the women's tournament. There's this idea that's been tossed around for years that the women's […]

First Four March Madness Preview: 2019 NCAA Tournament

It’s March Madness, which means it is the most exciting time of the year for college basketball. The 2019 NCAA Tournament is set to commence with four sets of games on Tuesday and Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio. This year marks the 81st birthday of the Tournament and the ninth event since it expanded to 68 […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (04/03/18)

We don't claim to get it right every time. In fact, we're usually our own worst critics. So, while we took it on the chin in the lead-up to the NCAA Tournament for putting down the SEC--a position for which we received some vindication as March Madness played out--we also note that we were wrong […]

NCAA Tournament Sleepers: Bracket Predictions

We all know the favorites. The likes of Villanova, Michigan State, Kansas and Virginia aren't going to sneak up on anybody. But who will surprise us during March Madness? RotoBaller picks five teams to watch during the tournament.   NCAA East Regional West Virginia, (24-10; Seed: 5th) Seems absurd to call WVU, a solid Top 25 team, […]

NCAA Tournament: A Guide to Filling Out Your Brackets

What's up RotoBallers, March Madness is officially here, and RotoBaller l'll be bringing you a full breakdown on the NCAA tournament. Today I'm here to give you a tournament strategy guide -  important things to know before filling out your brackets. There's a good chance that by the time you finish this reading this, your bracket […]

East Region: Complete breakdown and picks

March Madness is officially here and RotoBaller will be giving a full breakdown on each tournament region, including some ootential sleepers and busts. Here we'll be taking a look at the East Region. I'm here to tell you some teams that I believe in - this should help you make the right tournament bracket decisions. Below I analyze the top […]

West Region: Complete breakdown and picks

March Madness is officially here and RotoBaller will be giving a full breakdown on each tournament region, including some potential sleepers and busts. Here we'll be taking a look at the West Region. I'm here to tell you some teams that I believe in - this should help you make the right tournament bracket decisions. Below I analyze the top […]

NCAA Tournament Busts: Bracket Predictions

Filling out brackets is hardly an exact science. In the early rounds, even the best among us guess. Some of us more than others, in fact. Sometimes, even your intrepid reporter takes a few stabs in the dark, as the first draft of this article proved. However, one thing is for certain: Not all of […]

March Madness Team Preview: Houston Cougars

The NCAA Tournament is finally here, and RotoBaller is also here to give you as much information as we can to help you fill out your brackets. Brackets are a big deal, and you, dear reader, could be the first person to ever fill out a perfect one, right? In this piece, I'm going to […]

March Madness: When to "Get Cute" With Your Picks

During the month of March, a bunch of usually casual college basketball fans become experts for a few days while they fill out their bracket. You'll hear your friends talking about how DeAndre Ayton makes Arizona a "sleeper" team even though you know he has never watched the man play a game. The worst part […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (03/07/18)

It's conference tournament time, and because every conference wants to hold its big event in the Big Apple, schedules are all over the map. And, it seems a few of the teams in our rankings--notably a couple of Big Ten stalwarts--failed to update their calendars. As a result, there's been some shakeup in our final […]

SEC Conference Tournament Preview

The Southeastern Conference has long been known for its football prowess, but the kids on the hardwood are starting to catch up. In a league accustomed to being steamrolled by the likes of Kentucky and Florida, there were frequent upsets and lots of logjams in the standings, which are led by two unfamiliar names, as […]

Big East Conference Tournament Preview

Our series of conference tournament previews continues with a look inside the Big East Conference Tournament. The once-powerhouse conference known for its crazy games in Madison Square Garden has begun to resurrect itself after a down period, producing some of the best teams in the country this season, which should lead to a very entertaining […]

Pac-12 Conference Tournament Preview

It's fitting that the Pac-12 is made up of schools within the old frontier. This season, more than ever, the conference tournament is the wild, wild west. Nine schools could put a string of wins together to clinch an NCAA Tournament berth. Scanning the tournament bracket, the ninth seed (Arizona State) was once ranked third […]

Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Preview

We have less than a week before Selection Sunday, so that means that all of the major conference tournaments will be distracting us from our jobs and our families before the real March Madness begins. The Atlantic 10 tournament is no different, as play will open up Wednesday evening at Capital One Arena in the […]

Big 12 Conference Tournament Preview

With the NCAA Tournament looming, it's time to look at what teams from the Big 12 should/could make this year's edition and what kind of noise they could make when they get there. The big story of the season in the Big 12 was Trae Young, who took college basketball by storm and shot up […]

ACC Conference Tournament Preview

The most exciting time of the college basketball season has arrived, and conference tournaments are continuing to ramp up this week. The ACC tournament will be played at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the second consecutive year, and No. 2 seed Duke will look to defend its title. Arguably the strongest conference in the […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (02/28/18)

As we head into March, we know one thing is certain in college basketball: That nothing is certain in college basketball. With the cloud of the ongoing FBI investigation hanging over the sport, even the winners could be losers. Might our No. 1 team--or Nos. 2 through 10, for that matter--come under the law enforcement […]

Big Ten Conference Tournament Preview

The most exciting time of the college basketball season has arrived, and postseason play starts this week with the Big Ten tournament. The tourney starts a week early this year, meaning regular season basketball will still be going in many other conferences. Action is set to kick off in Madison Square Garden on Wednesday at […]

On The Bubble: Three NCAA Teams Who Still Have a Chance to Dance

It's almost here. No, I'm not talking about the Summer Olympics. I'm talking March Madness! Here at RotoBaller we're going to have you covered with insight and analysis from the huge conference tournaments happening in the next two weeks, all the way through to the Final Four in Phoenix. Make sure to follow along with […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (02/21/18)

In desperate need of inspiration, we're listening to some records as we write our rankings this week. For all you millennials, a record is like Spotify, except you pay for it. Rimshot. Speaking of bad jokes, the knee-jerk reactions from the conventional pollsters in recent weeks are almost laughable. For once, we're proud of our […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (02/14/18)

Old habits die hard. Actually, we don't like to make changes to our rankings for change's sake. So while the conventional pollsters were quick to drop certain teams--and boost others--based on the result of a single game, we're don't generally have such knee-jerk reactions. Because, when we've had them, we've ended up looking bad for […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (02/07/18)

  We get bored easily. It's one of our many flaws. It leads to a lot of channel-surfing, and a lot of unfinished business. And so, we were a bit concerned as we put together our Top 10 for this week. There are not a lot of changes, at least at the top, and that […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (01/31/18)

We've all heard the quotes from players, coaches and media types alike. You know, the ones that begin, "Good teams..." "Good teams win close games." "Good teams win when they aren't playing well." "Good teams capitalize on mistakes." Well, it goes without saying that the programs in our top 10 are "good teams." So here […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (01/24/18)

Here's a little "inside baseball"--er, inside basketball?--for you. We're struggling to come with a "lead"--journalist speak for intro--to this week's Top 10. What? You don't read these paragraphs we slave over every week? Good. Here are the Rotoballer college hoops rankings as of January 24, 2018 (won-loss records in parentheses).   NCAA College Basketball (CBB) […]