Here at the ICT Zone our rankings are molded after Ric Flair's famous quote, "to be the man, you gotta beat the man." The week's ranking are based solely on the week's results so if a lower ranked team defeats a higher ranked team, the two teams automatically swap rankings.
The season is over and with it comes the final rankings of the season. But before we get to the ICT Zone college basketball champion, it's important we give ourselves props for correctly predicting Virginia would come away with the national championship. We were a Michigan State win away from correctly predicting the final two teams but correctly predicting the national champion is a nice consolation price.
Last year, things worked out and the NCAA National Champion was also our national champion with Villanova sweeping both titles. This year presents a different result and based on the initial AP Rankings and our philosophy, the Marshall Thundering Herd are your 2019 ICT Zone National Champions.
We know you'll miss us and our college basketball rankings, but while we collectively wait for the next season you can check out our other takes on the sports world.
The month of December is giving us non stop boxing, with an event every weekend until Christmas Day. We started this cold month hot with three world title fights on December seventh, with Richardson Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) defeating Liam Paro (25-1, 15 KOs) in a majority decision win to claim the IBF Super Lightweight world title in Puerto Rico....
Another MLS draft is upon us, bringing back fiery debates about whether there is still any value in the system or if it is a complete and utter waste of time. The franchises themselves have long signaled where they stand in that argument. For one, the growing trend of GMs declining to select a player prompted several changes, such as...
On November 9th, two of boxing's biggest future stars will defend their world titles at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Jaron "Boots" Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) defends his IBF welterweight world title against Karen Chuhadzhyan (24-2, 13 KOs), and Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez (20-0, 13 KOs) will be defending his WBC and Ring Magazine super flyweight...
