G’s Expectation or A Final, Semifinal, and Quarterfinal Walked into a Bar

Happy April Fool’s Day, oh great and wonderful college sports fans. With no games yesterday, we had the opportunity to clean things up a little bit, you know, correcting any input issues over the hectic few weeks of Tournament basketball. We had the day off before the final six-day push. There are only seven more …

G’s Explanation or One Week to Go!

Welcome back, college sports fans. We have made mistakes before (much too often) with schedules and the occasional bit of information. We feel like we have owned those and tried to learn from them. Yesterday we posted that in addition to the seven Women’s games yesterday, there would be two more today (the NIT semifinals). …

G’s Expectation or Eight Days and Counting

Welcome back, college sports fans, to our 630th episode, including 160 this “fiscal” year which began last May. Counting today, there will be 8 more Expectations followed by a final Women’s Top 363 and then a Men’s Top 365. In May, we will have our annual Explanation talking about the football conference changes, promotions to …

G’s Expectation or The Funnel Is Getting Smaller

Welcome back, college sports fans, as we jump into a 5-game slate today with all games in their respective tournament’s Elite 8 aka the Quarterfinals. Yesterday, the GCR was a perfect 6-0 which brought our overall total to 376-164 (.696). Our goal is .700 so we are inching close to it. ….. In the tables …

G’s Expectation or A Powerful Saturday!

Welcome back, college sports fans to our latest episode (#628). Yesterday we had buzzer beaters (Duke over LSU), near upsets (Duke edging St Johns), actual upsets (Notre Dame over Vanderbilt), and the occasional blowout (UCONN over North Carolina). We now have 24 Women’s teams left (12 in the NCAA, 4 in the WBIT, and 8 …

G’s Expectation or The Sweetness of Madness!

Welcome back, college sports fans. Once the conference tourneys crowned their champions, we began our six-tournament postseason with 256 teams vying for six titles. That’s 250 games or, pessimistically, 250 teams that will end their seasons on a loss. After the 11 games played yesterday, we begin today with just 55 teams left. With just …

G’s Expectation or More Madness Coming!

Welcome back, college sports fans, to the games of March 26, 2026. After a couple of pretty slow days (seven games total), we have 11 on the slate today. Overall, there are just 61 college basketball games left before we crown our six champions, so 11 is a pretty good percentage of those left. Predictions …

G’s Expectation or It’s a Nice Day, Let’s Play Three

Welcome back, college sports fans, as we look into the games of March 25, 2026. Counting today, there are just 12 more days in the college basketball season that began way back on November 1st. In those 12 games, we will see 64 games (37 for the Women and 27 for the Men) before we …

G’s Expectation or A Five-Game Day!

Welcome back, college sports fans. Yesterday was a crazy day. A double-overtime upset by Virginia (10th seed) over Iowa (2), three one-possession games, three more single-digit games, and all four 1-seed teams blowing out their competition: UCONN over Syracuse 98-45, South Carolina over Southern Cal 101-61, BYU (WBIT) over Missouri 93-75, and UCLA over Oklahoma …

G’s Expectation or It’s A Day for the Women!

Welcome back, college sports fans. Yesterday, the Men’s tournaments finished the Round of 32 (NCAA) and the Round of 16 (NIT), leaving 16 and 8 teams, respectively along with the 8 teams from the CBC who don’t begin until April. Just 32 teams left to crown 3 champions meaning 29 more games. There are no …