Miami Heat 84-101 Toronto Raptors Points: DeMar DeRozan (40) Assists: Goran Dragić (7) Rebounds: Hassan Whiteside (14) The Miami Heat continued their quest for a playoff spot when they received the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night. DeMar DeRozan and a ferocious post-trade-deadline defense leaded the way for the Raptors to get a 101-84 victory. Mid-Range …
Read More »NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16 Gonzaga Vs. West Virginia Preview
The Sweet 16 is a party that neither Gonzaga or West Virginia want to leave, but after tonight’s game one team will be in the Elite 8 and one team will be headed home. https://twitter.com/ZagMBB/status/844936467520483329 West Virginia Mountaineers “Press Virginia” as their fans have lovingly named them have bullied their way through …
Read More »Kasey Hill Looks Forward to his Last Sweet-16
“Nobody really knew who he was when we first heard of him.” Kasey Hill looks back on what he thought of Coach White once he heard his new coach’s name after Billy Donovan left for the Oklahoma City Thunder. But as Coach White’s first season went on, the players started to get …
Read More »Heat Bounce Back With Win Over Phoenix
Miami’s back in playoff position in the Eastern Conference after a Tuesday night win against the Phoenix Suns 112-97. Hassan Whiteside enjoyed a record-setting game, now having more rebounds in one season than any player in Miami Heat history. His 23-point, 14-rebound performance was overseen, after needing 13 stitches post-game …
Read More »NCAA Women’s Tournament Second Round Preview
NCAA Women’s Tournament Recap Of the eight SEC teams that started out the NCAA Women’s Tournament, four teams still remain. Texas A&M and Tennessee are still trying to get into the third round of play to join South Carolina and Mississippi St. All four Number 1 seeds are still alive …
Read More »NCAA Tournament Preview: Iowa State – Nevada
March Madness is finally back as the top 64 teams in the country are fighting to simply survive and advance. Two of the hottest teams in the nation, Iowa State and Nevada, face off in the round of 64 for the opportunity to play the winner of Purdue and Vermont. The five vs …
Read More »NCAA Tournament Underway
Tuesday night was one for the books. Not only the opening of the NCAA Tournament, but a great game to show for it. Kansas State beat Wake Forest 95-88, and is looking at playing Cincinnati on Friday. Mount Saint Mary’s beat New Orleans 67-66 and secured their spot to play …
Read More »Vanderbilt vs. Northwestern NCAA preview: What You Need to Know
With a record of 19-15, college basketball teams would not in the past have been competing as an at large team in the NCAA Tournament. This year, Vanderbilt performed the unheard of, officially being the first team in history with 15 or more losses to make the Big Dance. Northwestern …
Read More »Georgia Makes It to The NIT Tournament
Georgia is once again in the NIT Tournament. They were given a No. 2 seed and will face No. 7 Belmont again in the first round. The last time Georgia made it in the NCAA Tournament was in 2015. The team was hopeful that they would make it this season, …
Read More »RECAP: Despite Payton Triple-Double, Magic Fall Short 120-115
For the Orlando Magic, last night’s matchup against the Sacramento Kings should’ve been one in their favor. After back-to-back losses for Orlando, the team looked to refocus versus a Sacramento team that was missing four key players. The Kings sat Ty Lawson, Arron Afflalo and Kosta Koufos for a planned rest night. …
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