The opening day of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is in the books; two five seeds lost to 12 seeds and two 11-seeds took out their six seed opponents and it featured one quite interesting post game interview. "How did Yale out-rebound Baylor?" https://t.co/5UapBDXaoo pic.twitter.com/LhsghxHkWT — Deadspin (@Deadspin) March 17, 2016 Today, …
Read More »NCAA Tournament Preview: Texas A&M Dances with Green Bay in NCAA Tournament
No. 3 Texas A&M looks to make some noise in the NCAA Tournament when they take on No. 14 Green Bay Friday night in the first round of the west region. The Aggies (26-8) hope to go on a deep run in the “Big Dance” after making the tournament for …
Read More »NCAAW Tourney Preview: Florida Meets Albany In First Round Play
Today when the clock strikes noon Florida will tip-off the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Albany. The Gator women’s basketball team is making a comeback to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014. Since there’s a first time for everything, these two teams will meet on the hardwood for the …
Read More »March Madness Rundown for St. Patrick’s Day
It’s that time of year we have all been waiting for and yet no matter how much we try to prepare our brackets, we should expect the unexpected. The NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament tips off today, with a full slate of 16 games, beginning around noon. Here is a breakdown …
Read More »NCAA Tournament Preview: Kentucky vs. Stony Brook
The Kentucky Wildcats (26-8) will take on the Stony Brook Seawolves (26-6) in a first round matchup of the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats were tabbed the No. 4 seed in the East region for the fourth time in program history. Kentucky is coming off a thrilling 82-77 overtime victory in the Southeastern Conference title game against …
Read More »First Four Recap: Holy Cross, Michigan Advance
The First Four of the 2016 NCAA Tournament concluded on Wednesday with Holy Cross and Michigan both earning wins. Both teams will now play Friday night in the first round of the tournament. Holy Cross defeated the Southern University Jaguars, 59-55, to earn the school’s first NCAA Tournament victory since 1953. Holy Cross …
Read More »Wichita State Advances to NCAA First Round Game with Win Over Vanderbilt
The Wichita State Shockers destroyed the Vanderbilt Commodores in the second game of the First Four NCAA tournament 70-50 Tuesday night. Going into halftime, the score was tied 30-30. With six minutes remaining in the game the Shockers held a three point lead over Vanderbilt. It was back-to-back-to-back three-pointers by Wichita State …
Read More »Florida Gulf Coast Sweeps Farleigh Dickinson 96-65 in ‘First Four’
In the first game of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, the 16th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (21-13) cruised to a 96-65 win over fellow 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson (18-15) on Tuesday night. The Eagles started off hot with an alley-oop slam by Demetris Morant, fed by redshirt freshman point guard Zach Johnson, …
Read More »NCAA Tournament Preview: Vanderbilt vs. Wichita State
The Commodores and Shockers matchup Tuesday for an NCAA Tournament play-in game. The winner will play Arizona on Thursday. FIRST FOUR: No.11 Shockers/Commodores Winner faces No.6 Arizona (Providence, RI) #SelectionSunday #watchus pic.twitter.com/4BaHSlxw3t — Go Shockers (@GoShockers) March 13, 2016 Wichita State will make its sixth consecutive appearance in the NCAA …
Read More »FGCU Attempting to Recreate 2013 Magic in NCAA Basketball Tournament
As time expired on the night of March 22, 2013, one of the greatest upsets in recent NCAA Tournament history had occurred. A new Cinderella team was born, and everyone became aware that the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles came to play. The No. 15 seed Eagles defeated the No. 2 seed Georgetown Hoyas 78-68 …
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