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After the warm-up tournaments have been completed, and the tune-up games have been played, straight-up conference play is almost here. And with these early season, out of conference matchups, high profile teams have been left in the dust and the mid-major teams that no one in their area code had heard of suddenly become future upset threats in March Madness. So here are three teams that normally get garbage recruits, get beat on in out of conference warm ups, and haven’t had a win or even a visit at the big dance, the NCAA tournament.
1. Northern Iowa (8-1)- This team is limitless. Their first loss came two games into the season to a DePaul team (even though they aren’t good, let’s remember DePaul is in the Big East), and since then they’ve won seven straight, beating three potential NCAA tournament teams - Siena, Boston College, and Denver - while pounding on bigger schools like Iowa (67-50) and North Dakota (64-41).
THE WAY I SEE IT- And that’s just to go along with the fact that their conference is basically terrible, paving the way for them to wreck havoc in March Madness.
2. Harvard (7-2)- All right, I think a few people have heard of this school for some other reasons but this year I could see this team surprising a few people basketball-wise. Besides an embarrassing loss by three points to Army, they have been on a role lately that doesn’t seem like stopping any time soon. After a six point loss to UCONN where some how they out- rebounded the physical monsters UCONN finds at the corners of the Earth, they beat Boston College, and are set to beat a good Georgetown team. Some other key wins were against Madness hopefuls - Boston University and Williams and Mary.
THE WAY I SEE IT-Jeremy Lin, Harvard’s star guard, could very likely lead this team to an IVY league title and some tournament upsets.
3. Temple (9-2)- The Atlantic 10 is always a very competitive division so making it into March Madness should be their first concern, but really, this Temple team looks to be one of the better teams in the country. They lost to St. Johns and then Georgetown by one, while beating Siena, Virginia Tech, Penn. St., Seton Hall, and the biggest win of all, Villanova.
THE WAY I SEE IT-Those are all very competitive teams and solid non-conference wins making and at-large bid very possible for Temple. #1 Kansas should really be on upset alert for their upcoming game.
-I'm not kidding, this Temple team is very dangerous.
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