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The Rundown Fixture: No. 11 Oregon State (19-12, 10-10 Pac-12) vs. No. 8 Loyola Chicago (26-4, 16-2 Missouri Valley) Tip-Off: 2:40 p.m. EST Where to Watch: CBS A Chi-town Tourney Run Only three years ago, the Loyola Chicago team made one of the most unexpected Cinderella runs ever. Now according …

Now only one win away from the Final Four, Loyola-Chicago claimed victory as they faced the No. 7 seed Nevada Thursday night in the Sweet Sixteen. This is the first time since 1963 that this program has advanced to the Elite 8. On to the #EliteEight! Congratulations, @RamblersMBB! #OnwardLU! #MarchMadness …

For the first time since 2013, the Michigan Wolverines will advance to the Elite 8 in the NCAA Tournament. The number three seeded Michigan team defeated number seven Texas A&M 99-72 on Thursday in the Staples Center. The Wolverines Showed Their Teeth After a close call winning 64-63 against the …

Battle of Wildcats In a highly anticipated Sweet 16 matchup, Kansas State defeated Kentucky 61-58 in a battle of the Wildcats. Xavier Sneed led the charge for Kansas State with 22 points and 9 rebounds before fouling out with 1:14 left in regulation. Junior guard Barry Brown added 13 points, …

The 11-seeded Loyola Ramblers men’s basketball team will play in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1985. They will face a No. 7 Nevada in the bracket-busting matchup. Rambling On Coming into the tournament, the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers were picked by many to be a dark horse in the …

The Florida Gators (15-7, 6-3) missed 22 of their final 26 shots en route to a 72-60 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs (13-8. 4-5) in Athens on Tuesday night. The loss snapped Florida’s four-game win streak against Georgia and extended their SEC-losing streak to two. The Gators were outshot from …

No. 20 Florida’s three-point shooting was too much for the Baylor Bears in Saturday’s 81-60 win in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge. The Gators went 14-25 (56%) from beyond the arc en route to a 21-point victory at Exactech Arena. Chris Chiozza led Florida with a team-high 20 points, while Jalen …

The No. 20 Florida Gators were unable to stop Chris Silva and Wesley Myers as the South Carolina Gamecocks pulled out the 77-72 victory on Wednesday night. Myers finished with a season-high 22 points on 5-7 shooting from beyond the arc, while Chris Silva posted his fifth double-double of the …

It’s been almost a year since the South Carolina Gamecocks took down the Florida Gators in the Elite 8 at Madison Square Garden en route to their first Final 4 appearance in program history. On Wednesday night, the Gators will have their first shot at revenge since that pivotal match-up …

The magic of March delivered Thursday night, with three of the four Sweet 16 games coming down to the final shot. Two of the regional finals are set now after Gonzaga and Xavier won their games in the West Region, while Kansas and Oregon advanced in the Midwest Region. What …