G’s Expectation or The Madness of March 20!

Welcome back, oh great and wonderful college sports fans, to the latest episode of the GCR. Yesterday, we almost saw 16-seed Siena take down 1-seed Duke in the Men’s NCAA. We did see VCU (11) beat North Carolina (6), High Point (12) best Wisconsin (5) to secure their first ever tournament victory, and Texas A&M …

G’s Expectation or Day 3 of the Madness That Is March

Welcome back, college sports fans. Yesterday, we had 12 games (10 men, 2 women) as part of the ramp up to today’s full schedule (46 games). With 12 games we had 12 winners moving forward and 12 teams that are done for the season – lose and go home. That leaves us with 214 (126 …

G’s Expectation or Day Two of the Madness of March

Welcome back, college sports fans, as we continue the daily Madness. First, a correction. The women don’t start until today, so yesterday’s post was a little early. Nothing, prediction-wise changes, so we will just repost the same information today. We apologize for any confusion. ….. There were 10 men’s games yesterday, 9 of which we …

G’s Expectation or No More Second Chances!

Welcome back, college sports fans, and yes, there are 256 teams in 6 tournaments so 250 will lose and go home. One men’s and one women’s team will be named national champions. One each will be crowned NIT champions. One men’s team will be the CBC champion and one women’s team will be the CBIT …

G’s Explanation or The Six (Yes, Six) Final Tournaments!

Welcome back to mega-post part II, oh great and wonderful college sports fans. We now have the 8-team lineup for the College Basketball Crown Tournament and can publish all six tournament brackets in a single place. ….. We will have two tables each for the women and the men. The formats are roughly the same …

G’s Evaluation or A Super-Sized GCR!

Welcome back, college sports fans, as we finish up the “regular” season with a double-sized Evaluation. All season, we’ve posted the Women’s Top 363 on Mondays and the Men’s Top 365 on Wednesdays. Today, we are doing both in the same post. Apologies for the length. ….. In our original thinking, we were going to …

G’s Expectation or It’s Selection Sunday!

Welcome back, college sports fans, to the final day of the Conference Championship Tourneys. Congratulations the 11 men’s teams who won their conference and punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament: Duke (ACC), Balt County (AmEast), Arizona (Big 12), St Johns (Big East), Hawaii (Big West), Kennesaw St (Conference USA), Akron (MAC), Howard (MEAC), Utah …

G’s Expectation or The Final Weekend of Conference Tourneys!

Welcome back, college sports fans, to episode 612 of the GCR. First, a correction. Yesterday, we posted that the Finals for the women’s Northeast Conference and Patriot League tourneys were scheduled for Friday. They are actually part of the quadruple header on Sunday. Second, a bit of news. The College Basketball Invitational, which has always …

G’s Expectation or The Games of Friday the 13th!

Welcome back, college sports fans, to episode 611, aka, the 61 games of March 13, 2026. Congratulations to the Steph F Austin women’s team who won the Southland conference and punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament. There are 3 other women’s finals today: AmEast, Northeast, and Patriot League. The other 58 games today are …

G’s Expectations or The Games Are Getting Hot!

Welcome back, college sports fans, to episode 610, also known as the games of March 12th. We had one women’s team win their conference and punch their NCAA ticket. Congratulations Idaho of the Big Sky Conference. The men had three tickets punched: Idaho (Big Sky Conference), Lehigh (Patriot League), and McNeese (Southland Conference). Congratulations to …