The Arkansas Razorbacks (25-8) begin their road to the Final Four Thursday against the America East Champion Vermont Catamounts (28-5). Despite being a small school, Vermont has had a history of playing higher ranked teams close in the tournament. In 2005, the No. 13 ranked Catamounts upset four seed Syracuse. …
Read More »No. 3 Tennessee vs. No.14 Longwood NCAA Preview
Tennessee will face Longwood in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday, March 17 at 2:45 p.m. After winning the SEC Tournament, the Volunteers are poised to make a Final Four run. The Lancers won both the Big South regular season and tournament titles. Unafraid, they are hoping to …
Read More »Kentucky vs Saint Peter’s men’s basketball preview
The No. 2 seeded Kentucky Wildcats (26-7) will face the No. 15 seeded Saint Peter’s Peacocks (19-11) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday. Tipoff is at 7:10 p.m. Guess who’s back? Saint Peter’s, led by third-year head coach Shaheen Holloway, secured an automatic bid by defeating Monmouth …
Read More »NCAA First Four Preview
The 68-team field will quickly shrink to a Sweet 16 in the span of less than a week, as the NCAA Tournament approaches. History of the First Four Hosted at the University of Dayton each year, the First Four consists of games contested between teams holding the four lowest-seeded automatic …
Read More »NCAA Tournament Play Begins
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Texas Southern and Indiana vs. Wyoming on Tuesday marked the beginning of the NCAA tournament play-in games. Both games provided quality viewing for the fans as both were tightly contested throughout and went down to the wire. Texas Southern Makes it to the First Round The …
Read More »Coaching Changes in SEC Basketball
In the past few days, there has been quite a few changes to the SEC Basketball coaching landscape. Four coaches have been fired. Will Wade is out at LSU, Cuonzo Martin is out at Missouri, Frank Martin is out at South Carolina and Tom is out at Crean at Georgia. …
Read More »Media Reacts to Mike White Leaving for Georgia
Mike White’s departure from Florida to Georgia brought generally positive reactions from the media. There is a growing belief that White grew tired of the pressure of the Florida fanbase to take an opportunity where there is less expectations. Florida The interesting aspect of this move is the positive reaction …
Read More »Florida will host Iona in NIT
Its tournament time, but not all teams make it to the big dance. Specifically, the Gators will be playing in the NIT Wednesday v. Iona, serving as the No. 3 seed in the tournament. Florida will be be coached by interim coach Al Pinkins as former coach Mike White left …
Read More »Eight SEC teams in women’s tourney
March Madness is officially here. For the first time, the women’s tournament has expanded to 68 teams. Now, the SEC is heavily represented amongst the 68 teams in the field. https://twitter.com/espnW/status/1503175218663206915?s=20&t=-djPJOjQcENkPPdUyMHWUQ Florida Gators We’re in. The family is going dancing!#GoGators | @MarchMadnessWBB pic.twitter.com/84AEub4RU2 — Gators Women’s Basketball (@GatorsWBK) March 14, …
Read More »Georgia perspective of hiring Mike White
Georgia has hired Florida’s Mike White as its next men’s basketball coach. White is leaving the Orange and Blue after his seventh season with a 142-88 record and four NCAA tournament appearances. White averaged more than 22 wins during his 11 seasons and was named the 2017 SEC Coach of …
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