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  • Mar 17, 2019

    Buckets' Bracketology: Here's what's coming

    Each week, our own Robbie Buckets — known in some circles as Rob Snyder, producer at  NBC Sports Boston — looks at the world of college basketball. Here’s what he thinks we’ll see when the brackets are announced tonight. EAST 1. Virginia16. Farleigh Dickinson/NC Central 8. Seton Hall9. VCU 5. Iowa St.12. Murray St. 4. Purdue13. Saint Louis 6. Wofford11….

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  • Mar 12, 2019

    Buckets' Bracketology: Some changes at the top

    Each Monday, our own Robbie Buckets — known in some circles as Rob Snyder, producer at  NBC Sports Boston — will take a look at the world of college basketball. Here’s this week bracket and click here to look at last week’s and see the changes. EAST 1. Virginia16. St. Francis/Iona 8. VCU9. Baylor 5. Buffalo12.  Indiana/NC State 4. Kansas13….

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  • Mar 4, 2019

    Buckets' Bracketology: NCAA Tournament won't have a New England flavor

    Each Monday through the Final Four, our own Robbie Buckets — known in some circles as Rob Snyder, producer at  NBC Sports Boston — will take a look at the world of college basketball. Here is his first one of the season.  EAST 1. Virginia16. Farleigh Dickinson/Iona 8. Florida9. VCU 5. Marquette12. Lipscomb 4. Florida State13. Hofstra 6. Cincinnati11. Minnesota/Seton Hall…

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  • Nov 7, 2018

    Duke trio has NBA teams in a tanking kind of mood . . . and Celtics hoping for a Kings collapse

    R.J. Barrett, Zion Williamson and Cam Reddish came into Duke as highly touted as freshmen can be — all ranked in the top 5 in the country across all publications. The three were expected to showcase their skills for a very young Duke team and show what type of potential the Blue Devils possess against the second-ranked team in the country in their first...

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  • Nov 6, 2018

    College basketball preview, national and New England version

    College basketball is back, and they finally learned their lesson to start the season on a Tuesday with a pair of marquee games, rather than a Friday with none.  Tonight begins with the Champions Classic featuring Duke vs. Kentucky and Kansas vs. Michigan State. Three of those four teams are featured in my Top 15.  Here we go . . .  TOP…

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  • Mar 11, 2018

    Buckets' Bracketology: URI's Dan Hurley costs his brother a tournament bid

    Our own Robbie Buckets — known in some circles as Rob Snyder, producer at NBC Sports Boston — takes a weekly look at the world of college basketball. On the eve of the selections, here’s how he would choose the 2018 tournament (New England teams in italics): SOUTH1. Virginia16. NC Central/Texas Southern 8. TCU9. Seton Hall 5. Wichita State12. Marshall…

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  • Mar 5, 2018

    Buckets' Bracketology: Harvard's in, PC's out, URI's dropping

    Each Monday through the Final Four, our own Robbie Buckets — known in some circles as Rob Snyder, producer at NBC Sports Boston — will take a look at the world of college basketball. Here’s his latest bracketology as we approach the madness of March: SOUTH1. Virginia16. Radford/Hampton 8. Creighton9. Oklahoma 5. Kentucky12. Murray State 4. Texas Tech13. Louisiana 6….

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  • Feb 26, 2018

    Buckets' Bracketology: How about a 3 seed for URI? But PC has some work to do

    Each Monday through the Final Four, our own Robbie Buckets – known in some circles as Rob Snyder, producer at NBC Sports Boston – will take a look at the world of college basketball. Here’s his latest bracketology as we approach the madness of March: SOUTH1. Virginia16. UNC Asheville/Grambling 8. Seton Hall9. Kansas State 5. Kentucky12. New Mexico State 4….

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  • Feb 19, 2018

    Buckets' Bracketology: NCAA Tournament taking on a local flavor

    Each Monday through the Final Four, our own Robbie Buckets — known in some circles as Rob Snyder, producer at  NBC Sports Boston — will take a look at the world of college basketball. Here is his FINAL bracketology.  SOUTH1. Virginia16. Winthrop/Wagner 8. Oklahoma9. Seton Hall 5. West Virginia12. New Mexico St. 4. Wichita St.13. East Tennessee St. 6. Alabama11. USC/Baylor…

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  • Mar 13, 2017

    Buckets' List: NCAA Tournament overview; locals will be one-and-done

    After nailing my final bracketology, I should really be walking off into the sunset on a high note.  However, I’ve chosen to knock myself down a peg or two and try my hand at some predictions. I’m very much looking forward to these backfiring in my face, and when they do, I’ll be standing proudly ready to take the...

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