Calm the Madness is a passion project started to provide readers with in-depth college basketball analysis focusing on tournament evaluation and diving into schools and conferences that don’t generally get mainstream coverage.
Calm The Madness provides mid-major programs with the deeper analysis they rarely receive. While most coverage focuses heavily on blue blood programs, Calm The Madness highlights overlooked teams that have legitimate potential to make a Cinderella run in March. At the same time, the site also evaluates the nation’s top contenders, examining how their performance shapes the overall tournament landscape and influences bracket projections.
Topic Breakdowns
Bracketology
Bracketology provides a full projection of the NCAA tournament, built around résumé evaluation and committee trends over recent seasons. Calm the Madness updates bracketology every Monday and gives a full overview of seed changes and every team that falls right around the cut-line.
Daily Roundup
The daily roundup gives short-form updates covering notable happenings around the NCAA from the night before, touching on everything from upsets and bracket implications to injuries and breakout performances.
The Cinderella Index
The Cinderella Index is a weekly insight into every bubble team and their odds at making the tournament. Calm the Madness provides readers with a full résumé for every bubble team, and discusses their path to hearing their name called on Selection Sunday.
Mid-Major Monitor
The Mid-Major monitor focuses on small conference races, teams poised to make a miracle run, and programs that have the chance to make the jump into the national spotlight. This section highlights the schools that usually receive limited national attention but might end up having a major impact on the tournament field.
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