NCAA Tournament

The University of Florida held their press conference to introduce the new women’s basketball coach Cameron Newbauer to the program on Tuesday. Newbauer is the first hire of the Scott Stricklin era after Florida fired former head coach Amanda Butler. Newbauer says this job is a “dream come true” for …

Geno Auriemma and the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team are in the Final Four again. Should it be a surprise, though? This is the Huskies tenth straight trip to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament’s Final Four and, as usual, they made it look simple. The Huskies are pursuing their twelfth NCAA …

March Madness may be winding down, but the race to the Final Four is still heating up.  Stanford and Mississippi State both pulled off upsets to punch their tickets to the semifinals.  They will await the outcome of two games tonight– Connecticut vs. Oregon and Florida State vs. South Carolina– to …

The Oregon Ducks basketball team returns to the national semifinals for the first time since 1939. In that appearance, Oregon took home the first NCAA tournament title. The Ducks have since appeared in the NCAA tournament 15 times and made it to the Elite Eight in 2016 before falling Oklahoma. …

Following multiple early exits in previous NCAA tournaments, the Gonzaga Bulldogs entered the postseason with many doubters. With years of frustration mounting up, the Bulldogs carried an immense amount of pressure to finally break through. Finally, the Bulldogs have risen to the occasion and find themselves in the Final Four for …

North Carolina is all too familiar with game winning shots. Last year in the NCAA Championship against Villanova, the Tar Heels believed they had the game-tying shot when Marcus Paige made a double-pump fake behind the arc and made the shot with just four seconds to go. It turned out …

Sunday afternoon’s game at Madison Square Garden could be summarized in five words; a tale of two halves. The Florida Gators’ season ended in the Elite 8 as they lost to the South Carolina Gamecocks, 77-70. Florida shot 7-for-12 from three-point range and held a seven-point advantage in the first …

https://soundcloud.com/espn-gainesville/rowdyroundtableelite8 In a rare occurrence, the Florida Gators will face a team in the Elite 8 that they’ve already squared off against twice. If you predicted a South Carolina-Florida Regional Final, I’d like to know your thoughts on lottery numbers and stocks. On Sunday afternoon at 2:20 p.m., UF and SCAR …

Chris Chiozza was the last man standing on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. As time expired, the junior guard hit the game-winning floater from beyond the arc to send the Florida Gators to their first Elite 8 since the Billy Donovan Era, and their fifth in the last seven years. …

The North Carolina Tar Heels (29-7) will play the Butler Bulldogs (25-8) later tonight in Memphis for a chance to move on to the Elite 8. Both teams have become regulars at this stage of the season and will look to advance.  The teams have met four times in school …