The Back Nine comes at you after a great weekend and I hope you all had a wonderful Easter Sunday. I know I did. 10. Let us start with baseball where the Gators had two walk-off wins in a series for the first time in 10 years. On Friday night, …
Read More »Tennessee Set to Take on Creighton in Sweet Sixteen
The Tennessee Volunteers, a No. 2-seed, is set to take on No. 3-seed Creighton in the Sweet Sixteen of NCAA Tournament at 10:09 p.m. Friday. Road to the Sweet 16 Tennessee defeated 7-seed Texas 62-58 to secure the Vols’ second consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearance. Team scoring leaders included Dalton Knecht …
Read More »Alabama and Others Have Tickets Punched to Elite Eight
Half of the Elite Eight is set as UConn, Clemson, Alabama and Illinois have all punched their tickets to the next round. Out of four games Thursday night, three of them resulted in an upset. The first No. 1 seed fell as No. 4 Alabama took down No. 1 North Carolina. …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: These UF NCAA Tournament Loses Still Sting
A week ago today I received a text from a good buddy who was a classmate of mine. “This one stings,” was how the text ended. Yeah, that 102-100 loss to Colorado in the NCAA Tournament did sting a lot and was not easy to get over. It felt like …
Read More »Iowa State Men’s Hoops Takes on Illinois in Sweet 16
The second Sweet 16 matchup in the East Region tips off at 10:09 p.m. with the Illinois Fighting Illini taking on the Iowa State Cyclones. Each team won their first two games of the tournament by double digits. https://twitter.com/CycloneMBB/status/1773379869163827558 Illinois’ Road to the Sweet 16 Illinois (28-8) is the third …
Read More »Texas A&M Loses Heartbreaker to Houston
The No. 9 seed Texas A&M Aggies lost an overtime thriller to No. 1 seeded Houston on Sunday in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, 100-95. Final in Memphis. pic.twitter.com/DojPhDhU6H — Texas A&M Basketball (@aggiembk) March 25, 2024 With the loss, the SEC is …
Read More »Alabama Heads to Sweet 16
No. 4-seed Alabama Crimson Tide defeated No. 12-seed Grand Canyon Sunday to secure a spot in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four years. RT if your team is DANCIN' in the Sweet 16!#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/33ZOwuRc7F — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 25, 2024 Crimson …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Sure, ‘I had Yale beating Auburn’ In My Bracket
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that pretty much had every emotion possible. 10. Let’s start with what happened Friday evening and the depression that fell over Gainesville with the end of another basketball season. There was anger, there was pain, there was the stinging realization that …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: T Up For Beating Kentucky Hoops
In some ways, it’s a running joke. In some other ways, it isn’t. Those of you who listen to The Tailgate or Another Dooley Noted Podcast know I have a ritual during March Madness. Whoever beats Kentucky, that team’s online store gets a visit from me. This started back in …
Read More »14-seed Oakland Stuns 3-seed Kentucky Behind 10 Threes from Gohlke in NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
The number 14 seed Oakland Golden Grizzlies upset the number 3 seed Kentucky Wildcats Thursday in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament thanks to a staggering 10 three pointers made by Oakland guard Jack Gohlke. What to Know About Oakland Oakland head coach Greg Kampe is in his 40th season with …
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