College Basketball Bonanza

The college basketball season is in full swing. Most of the teams have started in conference play or will be shortly. That means it’s time for the BWI. The BWI is a complex formula that we use to pick the winners of the 32 conference tournaments and then the Big Dance. We’ve watched a lot of hoops action so far, gathered some essential information, and here are our picks to walk away with the regular season conference crowns. The ** following some of the team names indicate they would be repeat champions.

American East..................Boston U

Atlantic Coast...................Duke

Atlantic Sun......................East Tennessee St

Atlantic 10.........................Dayton

Big East............................Villanova

Big Sky.............................Portland St.

Big South..........................Radford **

Big 10................................Purdue

Big 12................................Kansas

Big West............................Cal St. Northridge **

Colonial Athletic................Old Dominion

Conference USA................Memphis **

Great West........................South Dakota

Horizon..............................Butler **

Ivy......................................Cornell **

Metro Atlantic Athletic.......Niagara

Mid-American.....................Kent St.

Mid-Eastern Athletic..........Morgan St.

Missouri Valley..................Northern Iowa **

Mountain West..................UNLV

Northeast..........................Robert Morris **

Ohio Valley........................Murray St.

Pac-10...............................California

Patriot................................Holy Cross

Southeastern.....................Tennessee

Southern...........................Charleston

Southland..........................Stephen F Austin **

Southwestern Athletic.......Alabama St. **

Summit..............................Oakland

Sunbelt..............................Troy

West Coast........................St Mary’s

Western Athletic................Utah St. **

Editor's Note. College Hoops are great. There are some good mid-major teams that will surprise some folks this season.