FiveThirtyEight: It Was A Roller-Coaster Season For Michigan State, Our Men's Bracket Champion
Though there are no actual games to be played, FiveThirtyEight is still taking a shot at a little March Madness.
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2020 Schedule
1st in Big 12
- 11/54L 68-66
- 11/8W 74-62
- 11/15W 112-57
- 11/19W 75-63
- 11/25CHAMW 93-63
- 11/26W 71-56
- 11/27W 90-84
- 12/720W 72-58
- 12/10W 95-68
- 12/14W 98-57
- 12/2118L 56-55
- 12/29W 72-56
- 1/416W 60-53
- 1/8W 79-53
- 1/114L 67-55
- 1/14W 66-52
- 1/18W 66-57
- 1/21W 81-60
- 1/25W 74-68
- 1/27W 65-50
- 2/1W 78-75
- 2/3W 69-58
- 2/8W 60-46
- 2/1214W 58-49
- 2/15W 87-70
- 2/17W 91-71
- 2/221W 64-61
- 2/24W 83-58
- 2/29W 62-58
- 3/4W 75-66
- 3/7W 66-62
- 3/12CANC
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The Final Four teams that exceeded oddsmakers' expectations
To find the answer, ESPN compared the point differential for 140 teams in their tournament games leading into the Final Four to their spread total in those games.
Eddie Sutton and other ridiculous Basketball Hall of Fame snubs
The 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame class will be announced Saturday. Here are players and coaches who have not been voted in, perhaps unjustly.
Position U: Which college basketball programs produce the best players at each position?
Which schools produce the best point guards, sharpshooters, wings, interior scorers, and post defenders? We crunched the historical numbers. Duke and Kentucky fared well.
Toppin, Azubuike among Wooden Award finalists
Kansas' Udoka Azubuike, Iowa's Luka Garza, Marquette's Markus Howard, Seton Hall's Myles Powell and Dayton's Obi Toppin are the finalists for the John R. Wooden Award, which goes to the most outstanding player in college basketball.
Sweet 16 -- South and Midwest breakdowns
ESPN.com panelists share their thoughts and opinions on the Sweet 16 for the South and Midwest regions.
Kansas' all-time starting 5 according to Paul Pierce (1:10)
Round of 32 -- South and Midwest breakdowns
ESPN.com panelists share their thoughts and opinions on the round of 32 for the South and Midwest regions.
Villanova tops college basketball's Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2020-21
The NBA draft will play a key role in determining the best in college basketball heading into next season, but an early picture is forming.
College basketball's 'greatest of all time' bracket -- Midwest Region breakdown
ESPN.com panelists share their thoughts and opinions on the Midwest Region.
College basketball's 'greatest of all time' bracket -- South Region breakdown
ESPN.com panelists share their thoughts and opinions on the South Region.
Picking the all-time NCAA bracket from the past 25 years
We created a bracket of the top four teams on each seed line (64 teams total) since 1994 and looked at which of this year's teams could have threatened to join them.
Chamberlain or Ionescu? Who had the better college career? (1:18)
Introducing college basketball's 64-player greatest of all time bracket
Who will win the title of the greatest college basketball player (men's or women's) ever? We break it down.
Is Self warranted for wanting NCAA title? (3:11)
Kansas finishes No 1 in final AP poll for 4th time
Kansas is the top-ranked team in the final Associated Press Top 25, followed by Gonzaga and Dayton.
College basketball All-America and major award picks for 2019-20
The season came to an abrupt end, but there's still plenty of room for recognition of the nation's top players, coaches, surprises and disappointments.
College hoops teams celebrate the season, make their own 'One Shining Moment'
It's not over until "One Shining Moment" plays. These college basketball teams are taking matters into their own hands to commemorate the 2019-20 season.
Self-aggrandizer: KU would revel in national title
Bill Self says it would be "great" if the Jayhawks -- as the projected No. 1 overall seed had the 68-team NCAA tournament field been announced -- were named national champions even with the asterisk that would come with the honor.
Senior Night: Kansas honors Udoka Azubuike after NCAA cancels tournament
There's a reason Kansas wanted to honor senior Udoka Azubuike after the NCAA tournament was canceled because of the coronavirus.
What if? Some of the possible storylines we'll miss in the 2020 NCAA tournament
These are some of the March Madness players, teams and stories we won't get to see over the next three weeks.
Here are the 172 teams that could have heard their names called on Selection Sunday
Selection Sunday 2020 will not take place, but these teams were still in play for a bid before conference tourneys and the NCAA tournament were canceled.
Why canceling the NCAA basketball tournaments was the right move (1:51)
How players would have reacted to 16-team NCAA tournament (0:50)
Conference championships canceled across board
The Power 5 leagues were among 15 conferences to cancel their tournaments amid the coronavirus pandemic, while the ACC and Pac-12 announced that all athletic-related activities had been suspended.
2019-20 Big 12 Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 17-1 | - | 28-3 |
| Baylor | 15-3 | 2 | 26-4 |
| West Virginia | 9-9 | 8 | 21-10 |
| Oklahoma | 9-9 | 8 | 19-12 |
| Texas | 9-9 | 8 | 19-12 |
| Texas Tech | 9-9 | 8 | 18-13 |
| Oklahoma State | 7-11 | 10 | 18-14 |
| TCU | 7-11 | 10 | 16-16 |
| Iowa State | 5-13 | 12 | 12-20 |
| Kansas State | 3-15 | 14 | 11-21 |
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Top Performers 2019-20
- Offense
- Defense
Team Stats
Points Per Game74.697th
Rebounds Per Game38.663rd
Assists Per Game13.9127th
Points Allowed60.7
2020 Polls & Rankings
| AP | COACHES |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
2020 Recruits
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Thompson | SG | Signed | 90 |
| Gethro Muscadin | C | Signed | 80 |
| Latrell Jossell | PG | Committed | 77 |
| Tyon Grant-Foster | SF | Signed | - |
Tournament History
| Final Fours | 14 |
| Tournament Record | 103-45 |
| Championship Seasons | 1952, 1988, 2008 |
| Tournament Appearances | 46 |