Coaching Shakeups and Bracket Bets as March Madness Looms
TL;DR
The Minutes surveys a troubling trend in Power 5 basketball—the firing of four Black head coaches—along with broader questions about representation in coaching roles, while noting that the first two NCAA automatic bids went to Black coaches (Nolan Smith at Tennessee State and Rod Strickland at LIU). The piece then delivers exhaustive conference-by-conference previews and picks for the upcoming tournament week, outlining top players, seeds, dark horses, and Minutes’ selections for each bracket, followed by light features and humor.
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- Forde Minutes: Conference Tournament Season Hits Full Swing Sports Illustrated
- March Madness: Your guide to the rest of the men's conference basketball tournaments Yahoo Sports
- Picks, predictions for all 31 men's Champ Week tournaments ESPN
- Men’s college basketball projections, bets for conference tournaments: SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC and more The New York Times
- Ranking college basketball conference tournaments: Big 12, SEC have top brackets in March Madness CBS Sports
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