College Basketball Notes

Many of the more esteemed college basketball, conference tournaments begin today with the remaining ones commencing tomorrow.

On Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day, when in past years the NCAA Tournament staged some big games, the 68 team field for that event will be announced.

Among the perceived top contenders for this year’s crown and very likely regional top seeds are defending champion, Connecticut, which has 5 tournament crowns and Purdue, who last year became the second top seed to lose in the round of 64 in a 1 vs 16 tilt.

The other one, Virginia in 2018 bounced back and in some memorable close games won the 2019 title.

Purdue has never won the NCAA Tournament but does have claim to the 1932 college crown before there was a tournament.

A player on that team, the great John Wooden coached 10 tournament title teams with U.C.L.A.

The great John Wooden, pictured above, was the star player on that 1931-1932 top ranked Purdue team.