3/21/16 - NCAA Tournament First Round Thursday Recap

The tournament is here. For today's post I will be recapping the games of the first round. Thursday was the starting date of the tournament and the first game of the day was Duke vs. UNC Wilmington. UNCW keep the game close and even led at certain times of the game, but had no answer for Marshall Plumlee in the second half. Plumlee was cleaning up on the glass, scoring and blocking shots to led Duke to a victory. The second game was a back and forth affair between Texas Tech and Butler with Butler eventually winning by ten. A battle between another eight and nine seed, was Colorado vs UCONN. Colorado was leading for most of the game but the UCONN and their great free shooting ended up being the difference. Iowa State then handled Iona, in a high scoring game. Then there is the game between Baylor and Yale, the first upset of the tournament was upon us. A back and forth game, with Yale pulling away in the second half, but Baylor made a run to come back but ended up coming up short. Then the one seeds, Virginia and Kansas took the court and took care of business in relatively easy wins. Purdue then lost lead to Arkansas Little Rock and headed to overtime. The teams would go to another overtime with Little Rock prevailing. Miami then battle Buffalo in a tight game but the Hurricanes squeak out a seven point win. Indiana then gave Chattanooga all they could handle and more, and won by more than twenty. Utah and Kentucky took care of business and won their games but the six seed Arizona could not handle the pressure of Wichita St. and would lose to the shockers by ten. Providence needed a layup in the final seconds of the game to beat USC and in the last game of the night Gonzaga and their big men were too much too handle for Seton Hall.

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3/1/16 - Sneeze Page

is to redirect readers back to some of my best posts in my opinion.

The posts I will be choosing are:

http://collegebasketballrankings.blogspot.com/2016/01/13116.html

http://collegebasketballrankings.blogspot.com/2016/02/22116.html

In my first link I write about college basketball and some of the big games that are happen on the weekend of 1/31/16. On this weekend we had so huge basketball games. We had a showdown of two of the best college basketball players in the country. A matchup of Ben Simmons of LSU and Buddy Hield of Oklahoma. Ben Simmons and LSU lead Oklahoma for most of the game, but when it came down to the end, it was the Buddy Hield show and Oklahoma won on a last second shot. The other big time game was a matchup of Kentucky and Kansas. This game was nip and tuck for the whole game and eventually went to OT where Kansas would hang on to win.

In my next link I go over the list of rankings for the week February 21st, the reason I want to go back to this post is to show how much things change on a weekly base. Since this ranking all the teams in the top 10 except Kansas have lost. Kansas has taken charge as the alpha team and has been rank number one for the last couple weeks. It has been a crazy year for college basketball and will only get crazier.

2/28/16 - Product Recommendation

For today’s blog post on College Basketball Rankings, I will be doing a product recommendation.

Staying with the theme of college basketball, I will be giving my recommendation for tickets to a college basketball game. People may ask what game I should go to or what team should I see. I believe that you can go to any college basketball and have a great experience. With that being said of course there will be some games that would be better than and better teams to see. But, the college game experience is nothing like anything you will ever see. No matter where you go to see a game, you will thoroughly enjoy your time. The college game brings a certain atmosphere that cannot be matched. From the crowd, the smaller arenas, and the players and teams. First thing first, you’re in a college town and a college town just has a certain feel to it. Once you get into the arena you will notice the difference from let’s say a professional game. The college crowds are more a high school crowd on steroids, with students sections and alumni. So the crowd cares about their team and get into the game. That is the best thing about the college game, the crowds. With smaller arenas, you are close to the action. There are no bad seats in the house, which also makes the game more enjoyable. Last thing is the players. The players are not professionals and are not paid for playing. This makes the game so fun because of the fact that the kids are just playing the game, they are not worried about money.

2/27/16 - Review Post

For today's blog post I going to do a review post. For college basketball there are so many things I could review but thing that sticks out the most would be the NCAA tournament. So today I will do a review of the NCAA tournament.

Now first thing is first, Selection Sunday. Selection Sunday is the Sunday before the tournament where the teams who made the tournament are announced. The teams are announced with what seed they will be and where they will be playing in the country. This year Selection Sunday will be held the Sunday of the Championship week with all the conference tournaments.

After Selection Sunday, the First Four will be played on the Tuesday and Wednesday after the selections. The First Four is four games of the last teams to makes the tournament. These games are always played in Dayton, Ohio and are a nice appetizer to the tournament.

After the First Four, Thursday and Friday will start the First Round. There will be 32 games held on both days, which may be two of the best days of sports. After Friday, the Second Round starts on Saturday and Sunday.

Once teams win their Second Round game, they have punched their ticket to the Sweet 16 on the following Thursday and Friday. After that its on to the Elite 8 on Saturday and Sunday.

The following Saturday are both of the Final Four games and that Monday is the end with the National Championship game.

2/26/16 - Promote Your Own Website

For today's post I will be doing a short promotion and I will also analyzing my blog website.

I will first start with promoting my blog. I believe that topics that I have currently written about are well thought out and very detailed. I think that the readers enjoy the insight that I provide and find the material I write about very enjoyable. I believe that the structure of the blog is very easy to navigate and find what people are looking for. I also believe that I have been very organized in my blog posts and everything is label with a date and topic in the title to make finding my posts easily. The layout and theme is easy on the eyes and presents a friendly atmosphere. I believe I have done a good job in presenting topics about college basketball.

Now I will do an analysis of my blog. First thing first, I need to post more frequently to keep dedicated readers coming back with more to read. I think I could also use pictures. Pictures within certain blog posts and even creating a logo for my blog. If I added a logo or pictures it could really entice readers to come to my blog or look at my blog and become interested in it. Overall I think the most important thing is to post more often. Post more posts about college basketball because there are basketball games every day. I need to do a better job of staying on top of keeping readers well informed.

2/25/16 - Link Post

My very first link post is from College Hoops Daily Blog that I mentioned in my previous blog post. This blog is very good at writing their posts. The link is:
http://www.collegehoopsdaily.com/acc-power-rankings-2-24/

This article is about the ACC basketball conference and the power ranking in that conference. College Hoops Daily ranked the teams in the following order:

North Carolina (11-3, 22-5) Last Week: 1

Miami (11-4, 22-5) LW: 3

Virginia (10-5, 21-6) LW: 2

Duke (9-5, 20-7) LW: 4

Louisville (10-4, 21-6) LW: 7

Notre Dame (9-5, 18-8) LW: 5

Pittsburgh (8-6, 19-7) LW: 9

Syracuse (8-7, 18-10) LW: 6

Clemson (9-7, 16-12) LW: 8

Virginia Tech (8-7, 15-13) LW: 11

Florida State (6-9, 16-11) LW: 10

Georgia Tech (6-9, 16-12) LW: 13

NC State (4-10, 14-13) LW: 12

Wake Forest (2-13, 11-16) LW: 15

Boston College (0-15, 7-21) LW: 14

I agree with most of the of the rankings, but I would move Notre Dame ahead of Louisville, because I don't trust this Louisville team in the big game. I trust Demetrius Jackson of Notre Dame to hit a big shot and that is why I would be inclined to have them a spot higher. I also think that North Carolina and Miami can be tied for the top spot. I think both teams have played extremely well and are both deserving of the top spot, but UNC will be there because of the better record. In the College Hoops Daily, the writers go into greater detail on their decisions on why the teams are where they are.

2/24/16 - Analyzing Another Blog In My Niche

For today’s post I want to look and analyze another blog from the same niche area as mine. I write about college basketball and I found another very successful blog to writes about college basketball as well. That blog is College Hoops Daily. They are an independent sports blog. They post every day, posting their opinions, predictions and college basketball information.

Things That They Do Well:

I believe that this blog adds pictures and makes the blog more fun to look at. Pictures capture the eye and you read that section because of the picture sometimes.

Logo. I like the logo of the blog and believe that it fits the blog very well.

Very organized and posts every day. The posts that happen every day, keeps a dedicated reader coming back over and over again to read something new.

Contact and about page, inform the reader who they are and how to contact them.

Also liked that they had an option to email the people who write the blog to try and become about of the team of writers for the blog.

These are all things I could learn from a very successful blog. Doing these things will keep viewers engaged and give the possibility of them coming back to read more. I would not just copy this blog but just keep in mind what makes them successful and learn from that. College Hoops Daily is a very well written blog and if you need more college basketball fix, check it out.