Jon Joseph

A Long and Winding Road to San Antonio + Some Roads Have More Pot Holes Than Others. March Madness bracket 2025: Contenders with easiest, most difficult paths in NCAA Tournament - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Not all paths to advancing to the Final Four are the same for title contenders

A Ducks Wire Dive Into the East Region. March Madness predictions: Who wins the East Region? DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Who will win the East Region of the 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket? Our best men’s March Madness predictions are in.

Great GIF! And thoughts I share. However, how would you feel if there was a tie for 4th place as would have been the case in the SEC last season? What's the better manner in which to determine the team that advances to the PO? Play a 12th game you will be playing one way or another, flip a coin, cut a deck of cards? How would you feel if, at the close of the regular season's penultimate games, you were a 5th place Georgia team having played a brutal schedule, sitting behind a 4th place Missouri team that had the easiest schedule in the SEC in 2024? Would the SEC be better off in this scenario sending Mizzou and not the winner of UGA vs. Mizzou to the playoff? The variance in in-conference schedule strength in these mega-conferences is a reason why a PO play-in weekend makes sense. Indiana played Michigan. Ohio State played Oregon, Penn State, and Michigan. Indiana had one blow out loss to Ohio State. Ohio State had two losses. Was Indiana the better team? A 2-loss Georgia team last season was better than a 1-loss Texas team. Fortunately, Georgia was given a second chance to prove this. Your work during the season will be reflected in where you stand after the 11th game and you will be seeded accordingly. In 2024, Oregon was not the beneficiary of its 12-0/ 9-0 record. OBD had to travel three time zones to play and defeat Penn State to win the title. All contenders going into the regular season knew a conference champ game would be played. I don't like it but it is where we are today. Where's the beef if heading into the season all member teams know that four PO play-in games will be played the last week of the regular season? In 2024, OBD would have finished with a 12th home game in Autzen vs. Minnesota. This seems to be more of a reward than having to play a 13th game against Penn State in Indianapolis. At heart, my friend, I am with you. A 9-0 Oregon deserved the B1G football title at the close of the regular season. A Michigan State team that finished three games ahead of the field deserved the Men's 2024-25 B1G basketball title without having to win it twice. And should a USC team that defeated UCLA twice, once at the Bruins place, not deserve to be the 2024-25 Women's B1G basketbal champion? Personally, I wish these post-season do-overs had never come about. But as we know, today, sadly IMO, it's all about the money. Thanks for another great GIF and a comment that I share in sentiment.

Hey Coach, how are fixed for blades? 😁😁😁And about that suit versus the NCAA? Indiana announces Darian DeVries as next men’s basketball coach SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Indiana has officially announced the hiring of Darian DeVries as its next men's basketball coach, replacing Mike Woodson.

CBS Sports Names the B1G 2025 Football Playoff Contenders - Who are the Big Ten's College Football Playoff contenders in 2025? Surprise team joins list of usual suspects - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Ohio State and Penn State will always be in good position, but another team has the juice to make a run

An 'Expert's' Bracket that has OBD Defeating the Blue Devils. 😍 How I filled out my 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket - Saturday Down South WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM Which team will pull off upsets in the NCAA Tournament? And who'll cut down the nets? Connor O'Gara goes through his bracket.

$$$. Instead of a stand-alone 13th game, the B1G and the SEC would each have four significant games to offer the media during the last week of the regular season, with games spread out and played on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. I'm sorry I did not make this point clearer. These games would be in addition to rivalry games played the week before. Adopt Championship Week and have everyone play in what is now Week 0 and the PO semifinals could be played on New Year's Day with the championship game played in early and not late, January.

As always, thanks to my much-needed editor. Correction, Championship Week would be the last week of the regular season, the 12th regular season game will most often be played on Week 14 of the season. One change we will see for certain in 2026-27, teams will be seeded as ranked.

Texas Gets the Props but this is A Great Achievement for Oregon Athletics. Texas is one of three schools to make the CFP, MBB & WBB Tournaments, and VB Tournament HOOKEMHEADLINES.COM The Longhorns are a perennial athletic program. However, this year has been even better than one could imagine for Texas.

A Trip to San Antonio and the Final 4? Hmmmm. This is a B1G Ask. Can Oregon basketball reach Final Four in March Madness bracket? Our prediction DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Can Oregon basketball reach NCAA bracket’s Final Four? Our 2025 March Madness predictions show how Ducks can make run in tournament.

Win Two Games in Seatlle and You Get to Go to ... NEWARK? 🙃 ESPN predicts how far Oregon Ducks can go in March Madness 2025 DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM ESPN predicts that the Oregon Ducks can make a solid run in the 2025 NCAA Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the East Region.

Need help with your bracket? Here's On3's call for the first two rounds. 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket picks for first weekend: Contenders, upsets, and more - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Here are the projections for the chaos of the First Four, Round of 64, and Round of 32 as March Madness sweeps the nation.

Forgive me for posting a message from Troy, but the below is a good B1G NCAA Tourney Summary. Evaluating the Big Ten teams in the 2025 NCAA Tournament TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Let's take a look at which Big Ten schools qualified for the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

According to yesterday's B1G Today program, Oregon got the best draw of the eight B1G teams in the tourney. Other takes: Michigan as a 5-seed is an insult. Wisconsin sent to Denver where it could meet BYU at altitude in the 2nd game instead of Milwaukee is a hose job. UNC in over both Indiana and Ohio State is disrespectful. Many of the SEC teams in the tourney had losing records in-conference. Still the B1G with eight teams in is well represented. The B1G team with the 2nd best draw and one expected to make the Elite 8 is Maryland. A half court heave loss to Michigan State and a Danny Ainge coast-to-coast lay up at the buzzer loss. Nine Takes on the Tourney from NCAA.com. 9 takeaways from men's college basketball's bracket reveal WWW.NCAA.COM The dance card is filled, and now the 22-day search for a national champion can begin. Oh, if only the bracket could talk. Maybe it can. Here are nine things it was saying after Selection Sunday. Michigan, and Michigan State are in the same region as Auburn. The Committee didn't do overall No.1 seed Auburn any favors, handing the Tigers a possible 2nd round matchup vs. ACC runner up Louisville in Lexington, Kentucky. Hats off to the B1G Women! A record 12 teams in the Tournament,. UCLA is the overall No. 1 seed and USC is also a No. 1 seed; OBD as reported earlier comes in as a 10-seed. GO DUCKS!

ND, below is a summary of players transferring in before the 2nd portal window opens. Ten players are transferring in to fill positions of need, among them the highest-rated portal player, OT Isiah World from Nevada, the No. 1 rated safety from Purdue, Dillon Thienman, and a top-rated RB from Tulane, Makhi Hughes. Transfer Emmanuel Pregnon started at guard for USC in 2023 and 2024; he also received offers from Texas and Tennessee. A guy you may recall from his one season at Georgia, Bear Alexander, is transferring in and is expected to start on the D-line. To date it appears that Alexander is playing like a valued teammate. I hope it will last. Oregon could definitely use more help at LB, DL, and DB. We'll see if any players will be added from the portal's 2nd go round. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/longformarticle/meet-oregon-footballs-top-10-transfer-portal-recruiting-class-242440836/#2567783 Will the transfers integrate successfully, always a question. With only two preseason ranked teams on the 2025 schedule, Penn State and Indiana, this is a good season to have holes to fill.

A Ducks Wire look at OBD vs. the Flames. Oregon Basketball vs Liberty prediction: Our pick for 2025 NCAA Tournament first round DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM It’s Oregon vs Liberty Flames in March Madness bracket. Here’s our prediction for the 2025 NCAA Tournament basketball game.

Tosh, kind of, explains why the Ducks D was MIA in Pasadena. Don't worry, the explanation is not as long as 'War and Peace.' 😁 Tosh Lupoi opens up about what went wrong for Oregon Ducks vs. Ohio State DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Oregon Ducks defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi opens up about what went wrong against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl. In sum: I was jocked by The Chipper.

10:10 on the Right Coast. 😧 When it comes to sports broadcasts, this is no country for old men! Oh well, coffee and bagels with the recording instead of IPAs and pretzels past midnight. 🍻 Extinguish the Flames!

Thank you, Charles, most enlightening. WOW! 23 more points on average given up to playoff-quality opponents. Three TDs plus. An indictment of scheme, coaching, talent, all of the above? This is concerning. I'll leave it to you and far more qualified Xs and Os folks than I, to suggest what needs to be changed besides better Jimmy's and Joe's. However, I am mindful that it took Ryan Day six seasons and a lot of NIL money to win a title. The 2025 schedule is light-weight compared on paper, to 2024. No Ohio State, Michigan, and no preseason ranked Illinois. The games at Iowa and UW will be tough but the game at Penn State is the marquee matchup, no doubt. Also in 2025, no ridiculous 8-games without a break gauntlet to endure. One of the two trips to the Central time zone is versus Northwestern. One of the two trips to the Eastern time zone is versus Rutgers. The only Blue Chip Roster opponents on the schedule are Penn State and USC. Penn State like Michigan in 2023, and Ohio State in 2024, brings back many players, eleven, who were projected to be drafted in the 2025 draft. PSU has opened the NIL wallet. Two top Penn State RBs, Allen and Singleton both went for over 100 yards against the Ducks D in the champ game, are back. And four O-line starters return, buttressed by three starting P4 O-line players brought in via portal. For good and bad, QB Drew Allar is back. But without TE Tyler Warren, the PSU WRs need to show up. Against Notre Dame, Allar completed NO passes to his wideouts. Abdul Carter is gone, but many stud D players return and will be coached by the guy who engineered the best D in the country last season at Ohio State, Jim Knowles. So, 'Can that kind of defense be duplicated again?' I hope not! https://247sports.com/article/oregon-ducks-football-trip-to-penn-state-football-season-defining-espn-245899164/ Future odds have OBD favored in all regular season games in 2025, including Penn State, and Oregon has better odds of winning the 2025-26 title than Penn State. I envy those of you who will be in Happy Valley for the game. In Dan Lanning's 4th season, I hope the D will step up against quality as well as average opponents. Thanks again for a most insightful take.

The most hosed-over? [We could have a 100-team field and there would still be complaints!] Men's NCAA Bracket 2025: Who Got Screwed in the NCAA Bracket? BLEACHERREPORT.COM

Thanks, Mike. I do not see 13-0, but I do see 10-2 or better and a return trip to the Playoff, with a 1st-round home game. Thanks for posting the article, but IMO, it's an over-the-top reaction to 'Coach Speak'. Summary - 'We hope to be as good as last season but we have concerns.' Will Stein. Assistant and head coaches across the USA will repeatedly rinse and repeat the same sentiment. Just once I'd like to hear: 'You think we were good last year? This team will be sooooo much better!'😁 Montana State, Oklahoma State, at Northwestern, and Oregon State before the Week 5 trip to Penn State will give Oregon time to work out the kinks. Four very good reasons why you should play your marquee games in the conference and in the playoffs; not in the 'preseason.' On paper, this is the easiest schedule OBD will play from 2024 through 2028; only two preseason top-25 teams, Penn State and Indiana, on the slate. Thanks again. I hope we will see a lot of your terrific analysis this season.

We're Number 23! With second weekend potential. Men's NCAA Tournament 2025: Power Ranking All 68 Teams BLEACHERREPORT.COM

Greg Sankey wants the field to expand so the SEC can have more teams in the field. 🤑 87.5% of the SEC is in the field. I guess it Won't Mean More without a clean sweep. LSU (where has Pistol Pete gone?) and South Carolina, sit back, relax, and get ready to count the Tourney money 😎. $2M for showing up = $28M for the SEC. A conference receives money as teams advance, up to $8.33M for a team that makes the Final 4. There is no additional money for champ game participants. Laissez les bons temps rouler! 🍻

It Never Rains in PK Park. Right? 🤪

Saturday Tradition's take on the Tourney. Big Ten receives 8 bids for 2025 NCAA Tournament SATURDAYTRADITION.COM The Big Ten's list of NCAA Tournament berths was headline by regular-season champion Michigan State and Big Ten tournament champ Michigan.