NCAA Tournament buzz is here heading down the final stretch of college basketball’s regular season with bracketology dominating the conversation as we inch closer to March Madness. Determining the nation’s contenders and pretenders prior to the start of conference tournaments is a study on teams trending in the right — or wrong — direction and how potential seeding could alter paths to the Final Four.
Strength of schedule matters. Who you’ve beaten and overall conference toughness plays a big part in how well teams fare in tournament action. Veteran leadership isn’t always quantifiable, but is often paramount in crunch time of do-or-die situations and coaches with a track record of success in March tend to get the benefit of the doubt.
So which one of the projected highest seeds next month, or teams with extremely-talented rosters, have a chance to be in the national championship conversation?
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We’re going out on a limb here with early labels for contenders and pretenders:
