Last week, I recorded a podcast with the Missouri Valley Conference's Derrick Docket where we talked about the league's early season tourney hopes and the Missouri Valley-Mountain West Challenge. Have a listen!

On Monday night, I joined Adam Jacobi and Patrick Vint of SB Nation's fantastic Iowa site, Black Heart Gold Pants, to talk Hawkeyes, Big Ten, selection, and seeding. One of my favorite spots to do each season.

On Sunday night, I appeared on the Mountain West Connection podcast to discuss how Boise State, Colorado State, San Diego State, and even Wyoming fit into NCAA Tournament picture with just under two weeks left.

This is an interview from earlier this Friday evening with Chris Cox of 103.7 The Game in Lafayette, La.

Earlier today, I was on the Steve Jones Show to talk some bracketology. You can listen to that interview, which is one of my favorite ones to do each season, at this link.

These guys broke down their brackets on the last half of the show. Both had a big east bias. One of the hosts is a featured expert on pickfactor.com http://smcradio.com/sports-syndicate-31813/

It's almost football season, which means you probably are wondering what to do for all of those fantasy drafts you are about to participate in. Well, SB Nation has a Fantasy War Room every night until the start of the season from 6-10 p.m. ET Monday through Friday and from 4-9 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday. After the season, the Fantasy War Room will continue to be the place to go for help on handling injuries and other roster moves. So, if you're stuck on who to pick and want some expert advice, you now have a place to go!

Just as I was wrapping up a post building my own brackets for these events, I see ESPN released a whole bunch of early season event fields today. I've used my lunch hour to update the Early Season Events page. And I'll have to rework my post to something more retrospective next week. Lots of interesting nuggets in these brackets, most notably that ESPN has included non-bracketed games for its events on the printable brackets.

The Wheel O' Conference Realignment has taken yet another turn. The Terriers leave the America East, where it was a charter member. Holy Cross now has a convenient travel partner in the now nine-team loop. The Conference Changes for 2013-14 page is now updated with this info. Read more about this at Unranked America East.