The Best of the West offers fans a candid assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country — a collection that ...

With a month left until March Madness tips off, predictions for the tournament's ins and outs are all over the place.

The NET, which stands for the NCAA Evaluation Tool, is used as the primary sorting tool for selection and seeding for the NCAA tournament.

Purdue remains at No. 7 in the latest Associated Press poll after wins over Iowa and USC last week, improving to 19-5 on the season and 11-2 in Big Ten play.