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 …
Read More »SEC Tournament Hoops Preview: Mississippi State vs Georgia
Mississippi State Men’s basketball team is heading to Nashville, Tennessee for the SEC Tournament. The Bulldogs are 14-16 overall, 7-11 in the SEC, and will be playing Georgia on Thursday to get a chance to play against South Carolina in the quarterfinals on Friday. Mississippi State is coming off a win …
Read More »Former UF Assistant Coach Shining as Face of Chattanooga Men’s Basketball
Leaving a place that you have had such a strong connection to for nearly your entire life is intimidating, scary, and overwhelming, to say the least. That is exactly what Matt McCall had to do when he was offered the job to be the head coach of Chattanooga. After graduating from …
Read More »SEC WOMEN’S HOOPS TOURNAMENT: Florida Blasted By Kentucky
JACKSONVILLE, Fla— On Friday afternoon, the fourth seeded Florida women’s basketball team was knocked out of the SEC Tournament by fifth-seed Kentucky 92-62 in Jacksonville. This is the first time the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament has been hosted in Florida, and in a year of many firsts for the Gator …
Read More »Florida Volleyball Takes Sweet 16 in Five Over Wisconsin
The Florida volleyball team took their first five-match win of the season and when a better time to do it other than in the Sweet 16. The Gators took down the Badgers 3-2 with scores of: 25-17, 25-23, 19-25, 22-25, and 15-12. Florida associate head coach Dave Boos says a fifth …
Read More »Florida Volleyball Sweeps in Round One Against New Hampshire, Next Up is FSU
Gator volleyball came out strong on the hardwood entering the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Florida took down New Hampshire in three sets with scores of 25-15, 25-9, and 25-15. The Wildcats were held under a .100 hitting efficiency by the Gators and even dipped to -.226 in the second …
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