Once the NCAA tournament bracket is unveiled on Sunday night, the universe will collectively drop everything else to predict college basketball outcomes. Per ESPN.com's David Purdum, the American Gaming Association estimates $40 million Americans will fill out a March Madness bracket. At this point, it's more about the ritual than appreciating the sport. Everyone else is doing it, so by the rules of peer pressure, you must too. There's plenty of time to dissect every team's title chances, ...

Aside from Kentucky's dominance, the 2014-15 NCAA men's college basketball season has been dominated by parity, which has generated plenty of debate regarding seeds for the NCAA tournament. There is no doubt that the Wildcats will be the No. 1 overall seed in the country, but arguments can be made for at least six teams to fill the other three top seeds. It will ultimately come down to the selection committee's discretion, and while it can ...

Michigan State will have a chance to defend its conference championship. The Spartans came back from a 16-point first-half deficit to defeat Maryland 62-58 in the Big 10 tournament semifinal. The Spartans turned up the defensive pressure in the second half, and limited the Terrapins' offensive opportunities. Michigan State will meet regular-season conference champion Wisconsin in the tournament finale Sunday at the United Center in Chicago.l    Read more College Basketball news on BleacherReport.com

What a heartbreaker for Stony Brook.In the final seconds of Saturday's America East tournament final, the Seawolves failed to corral a rebound to secure the win.Instead, the ball was tipped back to Albany's Peter Hooley, who stunned Stony Brook with a three-pointer from the top of the key. His clutch trey with 1.6 seconds remaining gave the Great Danes a 51-50 victory and their third straight America East title.Amazingly, Hooley's game-clinching triple was Albany's only made ...

The Auburn Tigers have an uphill climb in their SEC tournament semifinal clash with undefeated Kentucky Saturday, but it has been made even steeper by the absence of junior forward Cinmeon Bowers.  According to an Auburn press release, courtesy of Sports Illustrated on Twitter, the Tigers' third-leading scorer has been suspended due to a possible rules violation: After going just 4-14 in conference play during the regular season, Auburn has reeled off three consecutive wins during its Cinderella run ...

If you didn't know, March 14 is Pi Day, honoring the mathematical constant π. It falls on this day because the first three digits of the sequence are 3.14, hence Saturday's date, 3/14.There are reportedly five trillion numbers in pi and Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs knows about 48 of them, if not more. After Dobbs rattled off 28 numbers in pi during an interview last year, a reporter bet him that he couldn't name 45 digits this year. ...

Mississippi State wide receiver De'Runnya Wilson was reportedly one of four people arrested following a traffic stop in Alabama on Friday night. River Falls police chief Greg Jackson told WSFA that officers detected the scent of marijuana after the vehicle the four were traveling in was pulled over for speeding. A K-9 unit was brought in to the stop, which occurred around 9 p.m.: Wilson, Artis Cleveland, Keith Middleton, and Isaiah Maston were charged with possession of ...

SEC football is now mired in a two-year national-championship drought. All the league participants had to watch (or, in Auburn's case in 2014, lose) while Florida State and Ohio State hoisted the biggest prize after the conference's seven-year run atop college football. The SEC has its flaws again this year on the surface, but the reality is all the participants are trying to get to where the Alabama Crimson Tide stood last year after a domination of ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — If you were hoping for a resolution to Alabama’s second quarterback battle in as many offseasons, you might just want to turn away now. This will be a long process, just like it was a year ago. Nick Saban made that clear when he got his first question about a quarterback after spring practice opened on Friday. “Well you know we’ve only had one practice, and you guys act like we’ve been practicing ...

Rashard Lawrence is a 5-star defensive end, as per 247Sports' composite rankings, who has many teams around the country drooling at the chance to land his services.  Bleacher Report College Football Analyst Adam Kramer gives his odds where Lawrence ends up next season. Which college do you think Lawrence will attend? Check out the video and let us know!Read more College Football news on BleacherReport.com