Jughead and A Bunch of Old Pacs

Tomorrow, two of the more interesting conference tourneys tip off. Let’s go.

Arch Madness

Bid Thief Warning. Bubble teams will be paying attention to St. Louis this weekend which sounds like some really nasty stuff. Drake won the regular season title and feel sorta safe to get at an-large. Only 60 in KenPom, they’re not a classic Valley threat. They do own wins over Vandy and K-State.

Bradley seems like the most likely bid thief. Rumors abound Brian Wardle is the next in-line at Dayton as rumors say Anthony Grant is ready to retire. Drake and Bradley split in the regular season with the Braves beating  the Bulldogs in an ugly one last month.

Northern Iowa is 102 in KenPom and finished 3rd. Definitely capable of winning this weekend. Belmont is 132 in KenPom and Illinois State is 141. Belmont has been better since the year changed. Trending.

Bid thievery? Think so. I’ll take Northern Iowa to shock the world in St. Louis. Is it really shocking? I guess not but language is a beautiful thing.

WCC

From Las Vegas, the WCC tips off tomorrow. Wild. League is 73 years old. Crazy.

Brian is in love with St. Mary’s like a cocker spaniel looking at a plate of cookies. He’s insane. They might win this tournament but he’s still insane.

The Zags are weird. 8th in KenPom but bubbling. They could be one-and-done or make the Final 4. I have more faith in them than St. Mary’s.

You have 3 top 100 KenPom teams, in San Francisco, Santa Clara and Oregon State, sigh. USF is 63, Santa Clara is 54 and OSU is 79. Good lord, Herb Sendek is the Santa Clara coach. Let’s keep him out of the tournament, ok.

The pick is St. Mary’s just to trick Brian even more. St. Mary’s is a Dominican based school.  Members of the Dominican order were appointed by Pope Gregory IX to carry out the inquisition. Has the inquisition reached Brian?  That’s why history is important to know.