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Duke is not only the favorites to win the league, but perhaps the favorites to win the national championship. Virginia and Louisville also have excellent teams and we take a close look at those two as well. North Carolina has a new coach and an overhauled roster, so we debate on what kind of a season they might have. Miami FL is a potential dark horse and should be a fun team to watch. We break down the entire conference and run through each team!

The Hoops HD Panel takes a look at a Big 12 Conference that looks to be extremely stacked this year. Arizona was in the Final Four a year ago and looks to be good enough to make a run at making it back this year. Texas Tech is also incredibly talented and is another Final Four contender. As is Houston. That's three super heavyweights in this league. Other teams to watch are Kansas who has a some of the top freshmen in the country, Cincinnati who is much improved, BYU who once again is really solid, and Iowa State is another team to keep an eye on.

Last year was a bit of a down year for the Big East as a whole with only three teams making the NCAA Tournament, but one of those teams was Connecticut who almost won it all and another was Saint John's who made a deep run. Both those teams will likely be at the top of the standings again this year, but the rest of the league also appears to be stronger. Teams like Xavier, Marquette, DePaul, Creighton, and Providence all had big offseasons and recruited the portal well. We discuss all 11 teams in the conference and talk about who we think will be dancing this March.

Chad is joined by a full panel for our first conference preview of the year! Michigan State and Illinois are likely Final Four contenders, and despite losing their head coach to the NBA and several key players, defending national champions Michigan also look to be very good. Ohio State and Indiana put together strong rosters out of the portal, Maryland is a potential dark horse, Purdue appears to be a little down, but should still be a strong tournament team, Iowa and Nebraska have good squads. We discuss all that, and more!

Chad is joined by a full panel of experts (and David Griggs) and they discuss what has been a very busy offseason so far. The NCAA Tournament field has expanded to 76 teams (much to our dismay). We also have two new conferences with the UAC and the return of the Pac 12, the Protect College Sports Act is working its way through congress and could go into law during this athletic year, there is a new five-year eligibility rule, and several schools are still uncertain as to what their final rosters will look like given all of the litigation that is going on. We discuss all that, and more!

We recap the regionals, and we start off in the East Region which gave us one of the most exciting finishes in the history of the NCAA Tournament as UConn hit a shot from the parking lot to knock out Duke and advance to the Final Four. Michigan blew past Tennessee in the Midwest, Arizona got past Arkansas and Purdue to win the West and get to their first Final Four since 2001, and Illinois won decisively against Houston and then held off Iowa to win the South. We discuss all that, hear first hand accounts from those who were there, and look ahead to the Final Four.

Chad and the panel review the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. We look at how dominant teams like Houston and Arizona were, Iowa's big upset over Florida, High Point's incredible effort in their upset against Wisconsin and near upset against Arkansas, and all of the other action. We also preview the upcoming Sweet Sixteen games and then take a quick look at the NIT.

The Tournament field is set!! A full Hoops HD panel begins by talking about the selection committee and what they got right and wrong. From there we look at the bracket itself, discuss each game in the Round of 64, and fill out the entire thing as a panel. See what we think the upsets will be, who we think will go to the Final Four, and who we think will win it all!! And don't miss as we unveil this year's AC8 Field!

There were eleven championship games today. Duke held off Virginia in a thriller in the ACC. Arizona held off a comeback from Houston to win the Big 12. Akron needed to come from behind against Toledo to win the MAC. There was a ton of other excitement, including a thriller in the Atlantic 10 in the Arch Baron Cup semifinals. We discuss all that and previoew tomorrow's action.

It was another wild day of conference tournament action. As for the probable #1 seeds Arizona needed a last second shot to get past Iowa State in the Big 12 semis, and Michigan got a big scare from rivals Ohio State in the Big Ten Quarters. Florida and Duke won without too much trouble. We had several exciting finishes in the WAC, Big Ten, and MEAC Tournaments, a triple OT thriller in the American, and much more! We recap all of the action and preview all of tomorrow's games.