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Five (very) early observations of NCAA Bracket

2014 Mountain West Tournament MVP Cameron Bairstow helped lead New Mexico to its third consecutive conference tournament championship. (Jeff Bottari/Getty Images) Follow @Koiki_Sport // The field of 68 for the NCAA Tournament has been unveiled, and the yearly ritual of immediate backlash about the bracket and (and endless) conjecture about
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Before The Bracket Busting – Mercer

Mercer head coach Bob Hoffman has led the Bears to at least 24 wins in each of the last three seasons. A win in the 2014 NCAA Tournament would tie the school single-season record for victories (27), which was set in 2011-12.  (AP) Follow @Koiki_Sport // --by Adesina O. Koiki
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NCAA Bracket Projections (Ed. 1)

Head coach Billy Donovan and the Florida Gators have a chance to become the first team in SEC history to finish an 18-game regular-season conference schedule undefeated. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) Follow @Koiki_Sport // Amazingly enough, we're exactly just two weeks away from the beginning of the NCAA Tournament, when the
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Three-Point Play: A Clockwork Orange?

In less than a four-month span, freshman point guard Tyler Ennis (11) has gone from relative unknown to elite point guard - and maybe the most clutch late-game player in college basketball. (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) Follow @Koiki_Sport // 1. Freshly Squeezed Orange Harry Houdini, MacGyver and The Flying Wallendas
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Sochi 2014: Women’s Alpine Skiing Preview

The next international skiing superstar may very well be Mikaela Shiffrin, who is looking to become the first American woman since Barbara Cochran in 1972 to win Olympic gold in the slalom. (Agence Zoom/Getty Images Europe) Follow @Koiki_Sport // --by Michael A. Riley If you’re looking for a sell job
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The Tuesday 10-spot (Christmas edition)

The game-winning touchdown that receiver Michael Floyd (bottom) caught in Seattle kept Larry Fitzgerald (top) and the rest of the Arizona Cardinals alive for a postseason berth going into Week 17. (Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images) Follow @Koiki_Sport // We here at A Lot Of Sports Talk wish you a very happy
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Post Pattern: Dallas-Washington

Follow @Koiki_Sport // There were 76 seconds left to be played, and one play - 10 yards out – was going to be the difference between the Dallas Cowboys completing another inexorable collapse or delaying said inexorable collapse until later. Tony Romo and DeMarco Murray decided that a rain check
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Post Pattern: Seahawks-Giants

Follow @Koiki_Sport // The Seattle Seahawks of 2013 continue to make history - while bucking history – at the same time. Notorious for being one of the most (if not the most) exceedingly vulnerable teams in the NFL when it comes to taking its show on the road, the Seattle
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ALOST’s Coll. Football Top 25 (Week 15)

  Fans of Auburn, Missouri and even Alabama are hoping Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook can lead a Spartans upset of Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday night. (Eric Francis/Getty Images)   Follow @Koiki_Sport // During the BCS era, no week has provided more chaos -
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ALOST’s Coll. Football Top 25 (Week 14)

  If Nick Marshall can do against Alabama what he did against Texas A&M back on Oct. 19 (236 passing yards, 100 rushing yards, four total TD), Auburn might win its first Iron Bowl since 2010. (Thomas B. Shea/Getty Images) Follow @Koiki_Sport // If you had your druthers, maybe the
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ALOST’s Coll. Football Top 25 (Week 13)

Since being reinserted as the starting quarterback on Oct. 26, Clint Chelf (10) has Oklahoma State playing its best football, as the Cowboys have averaged 47.5 PPG in their last four games. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images) Follow @Koiki_Sport // It is the Big 12's turn to have its leading names displayed
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The Tuesday 10-spot (Ed. 7)

Steve Smith and the Carolina Panthers gave their fans a lot of be optimistic about after last night's win against the New England Patriots. (Grant Halverson/Getty Images) Week 11 saw potential contenders show their class while the entire AFC Wild Card race was thrown into a state of flux. Not
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ALOST’s College Football Top 25 (Week 12)

The last time Stanford played at The Coliseum, A.J. Tarpley had to recover this USC fumble in the end zone for a touchback to end a wild 56-48 triple overtime victory for the Cardinal. (Wally Skalij/Getty Images) Follow @Koiki_Sport // This weekend's slate of games has some interesting match-ups, but
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College Basketball Insomnia!!!

Cleanthony Early and the Wichita State Shockers, fresh off their 2013 Final Four appearance, will take part in the college basketball marathon at 1 AM EST, vs. Western Kentucky. (Kevin C. Cox, Getty Images) Follow @Koiki_Sport // The pajamas are on.  The windows are closed. The Monday Night Football game
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ALOST’s Coll. Football Top 25 (Week 11)

Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty, with a rating of 219.0, is on pace to shatter the single-season FBS record for pass efficiency, currently at 191.8, set by Russell Wilson while at Wisconsin in 2011. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images) Follow @Koiki_Sport // If you are a college football fan, Thanksgiving has come three
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The Tuesday 10-spot (Ed. 6)

The injury bug that has been biting in Green Bay the entire season caught up to quarterback Aaron Rodgers, now out indefinitely with a collarbone injury suffered Monday night. (Mike McGinnis/Getty Images). Follow @Koiki_Sport // Pleasing NFL fans, eternal pessimists and mathletes everywhere, we present to you the Tuesday 10-spot
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ALOST’s Coll. Football Top 25 (Week 10)

The 1997 edition of The Game (Ohio State-Michigan) was the springboard for defensive back Charles Woodson to leap to the top of the Heisman Trophy list. (Damian Strohmeyer/SI) Welcome to November, the month where Heisman Trophy winners are made. As much as each game in a college football regular season
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The Tuesday 10-spot (Ed. 5)

Matthew Stafford's sneaky sneak gave the Lions a come-from-behind victory against Dallas, as well as kept Detroit near the top the NFC North standings. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Week 8 of the NFL season definitely did not match the drama and excitement of the league-wide roller coaster ride that was Week
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