Latest blog entries about College Basketball
Here. We. Go. Ian Eagle said it best: Anything can happen in March. Kentucky enters the NCAA Tournament as a No. 7 seed. Not what any of us expected, but in March, seeds do not matter. They matter in some regards, but in the overall grand scheme of things, they don’t. What matters is playing […]
From A Sea Of Blue | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads
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From Hammer and Rails | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads
GREENVILLE, SC — And we’re off. David Mirkovic (29 points, 17 rebounds) and No. 3 Illinois won a NCAA Tournament game for the third consecutive season in a 105-70 victory over Fran McCaffery and No. 14 Penn on Thursday night in Greenville, South Carolina. The Fighting Illini (25-8) now book a date with No. 11 […]
From The Champaign Room | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads
There are a lot of ways you can describe this Kentucky Basketball team. Talented. Flawed. Shorthanded. Streaky. And honestly, that last one is probably the most accurate. Because this hasn’t been a team that just rolls through people. At times, it’s looked really good. At other times, it’s completely stalled out, especially offensively. And when […]
From A Sea Of Blue | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads
Louisville’s fourth NCAA Tournament game against Michigan this century will tip-off at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, serving as the second standalone game on CBS. Brian Anderson, Jim Jackson and Allie LaForce will be on the call. Here’s the full lineup of Saturday tip times: Let’s do it with the whole country watching.
From Card Chronicle | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads
Hi, Jason Kelce. We hear you have a comment about Illinois Basketball. The ESPN personality, Philadelphia Eagles legend, and soon-to-be brother-in-law of Taylor Swift tweeted about the Illini during their NCAA Tournament game against Penn on Thursday night. “Who knew that Illinois had so many Serbians,” he posted on X. We did. We all did. […]
From The Champaign Room | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads
March Madness has lived up to its name so far this year as the NCAA Tournament is already producing some all-time games. First, we had the wildness in Dayton and Miami (OH). Then we have High Point knocking off the 5-seeded Wisconsin Badgers. We almost saw another 16-seed pull off the unthinkable before Duke held […]
From A Sea Of Blue | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads
How is your heart rate? The Duke Basketball Roundup is here to talk you down off the ledge from a nerve-wracking opening NCAA tourney game against the 16-seeded Sienna Saints. It was a tale of two halves as Duke looked nothing like a top seed in the opening 20 but then found their way in […]
From Duke Basketball Report | about 3 hours ago | 0 reads
AJ Dybantsa tried to will BYU to a win, but the Cougars didn’t get enough from outside AJ and fell to Texas 79-71 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Missed threes and BYU’s inability to slow down Texas big man Motas Vokietaitis were two of the Cougars’ down falls. Motas had a double-double […]
From Vanquish The Foe | about 4 hours ago | 0 reads
UNC’s season ended Thursday night with an 82-78 loss to VCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels played a strong first half before crumbling halfway through the second half. They managed to survive long enough to send it to overtime before their poor free throw shooting and poor shot selection […]
From Tar Heel Blog | about 4 hours ago | 0 reads
After a couple weeks of searching, Penn State has found it’s newest women’s basketball coach, and it’s a former player in Tanisha Wright. Wright was a key starter on the early 2000’s Lady Lion squads led by all-time scoring leader Kelly Mazzante, playing in the NCAA Tournament all four years from 2002 through 2005. Tanisha […]
From Black Shoe Diaries | about 4 hours ago | 0 reads
Mizzou came out flat in its opening round WBIT matchup with Seton Hall in New Jersey. The Pirates held the lead for over 21 minutes before the Tigers stormed back, outscoring their opponents 15-5 in the fourth to pull off the 67-57 comeback victory. The Tigers’ defense proved to be the difference maker in the […]
From Rock M Nation | about 4 hours ago | 0 reads
It’s NCAA Tournament time folks. Perhaps the greatest time of the year ever since that whole Christmas awakening happened in elementary school. The staff was asked to make their predictions on the game against Queens that is on Friday, you’ll see those tomorrow. So now, I wanted to ask you all about if Purdue would […]
From Hammer and Rails | about 4 hours ago | 0 reads
The Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s basketball team is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first tie since 2018 and is hosting the First and Second Rounds at Williams Arena for the first time since 2005 this weekend. First up is a matchup against the #13 seeded Green Bay Phoenix at 5 PM on ESPNU. […]
From The Daily Gopher | about 4 hours ago | 0 reads
PHILADELPHIA – Ryan Odom made his name as a head coach delivering the biggest upset in the history of the NCAA Tournament, when his UMBC Retrievers became the first 16-seed to beat a No. 1 seed, defeating Tony Bennett’s Virginia Cavaliers. Eight years later, Odom is the head coach of Virginia, the very team he […]
From Mid-Major Madness | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads
It was media day in St. Louis today as Purdue took the court for its open practice at the Enterprise Center in advance of facing the Queens Royals. Our crew was also in the house to cover the opening round as Purdue prepares for (hopefully) another deep tournament run. As expected from a 2/15 matchup, […]
From Hammer and Rails | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads
Thursday afternoon means a fresh episode of Real Life was recorded and edited, and it’s ready to help you wrap up the week. On today’s podcast, the guys discussed March Madness kicking off, hypothetical trade scenarios for Darnell Nurse, beer league shenanigans, the Oilers‘ resurgence, and more. The guys kicked off the Thursday episode of…
From In the Pressbox | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads
Akron – Tavari Johnson A two-time All-MAC selection, a top-30 scorer in the nation and one of the league’s top defensive talents, 5-foot-11 Tavari Johnson is as scrappy as they come. Not only did he lead Akron in points and assists this season, but he’s 118th in the country in true shooting percentage by KenPom’s […]
From Mid-Major Madness | about 6 hours ago | 0 reads
Maybe we should thank Cleveland Browns GM Andrew Berry for getting a bunch of work done Wednesday night in NFL free agency. On Wednesday, the Browns roster added or retained: With those moves out of the way, Cleveland fans could get revved up for the NCAA Tournaments and the start of March Madness on Thursday. […]
From Dawgs By Nature | about 6 hours ago | 0 reads
We have always been at war with the Billikens. Well, not really. But for tonight we will be locked in mortal athletics combat with the imaginary gremlin champions of the Atlantic Ten regular season. Tipoff should be somewhere in the general neighborhood of 9:40 pm eastern on CBS and Paramount+. I’ll be popping in here […]
From Dawg Sports | about 6 hours ago | 0 reads
It was an enigma. Forward Ogheneruona ‘Miracle’ Akpotayobo decommitted from Auburn after a coaching change there and ended up committing to Becky Burke at Arizona. Then, the freshman disappeared from the Wildcats’ roster in mid-September with no word from the program. There never was an official explanation for the departure of the 6-foot-3 post from […]
From Arizona Desert Swarm | about 6 hours ago | 0 reads
After a 15-16 regular season turned into 18-17 with a big run in the Big 12 Tournament, your Kansas State Wildcats secured a 2-seed in the NCAA’s newish WBIT Tournament. The MittieCats have had an up-and-down season as one would expect from one of the youngest teams in the nation. K-State returned just one regular […]
From Bring On The Cats | about 6 hours ago | 0 reads
Missouri men’s basketball will go for its second NCAA Tournament win during Dennis Gates’ tenure as head coach Friday night, and the Tigers get to play in front of a Show-Me State crowd at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Gates was available to the media Thursday alongside players Mark Mitchell and Trent Pierce at […]
From Rock M Nation | about 6 hours ago | 0 reads
Kentucky Basketball vs. Santa Clara Broncos Elsewhere, here are more predictions from across the internet on how Kentucky will fare on Friday: My Prediction It is do-or-die time in the NCAA Tournament, and both teams know that a loss means their season comes to an end. Kentucky and Santa Clara will battle for a spot […]
From A Sea Of Blue | about 6 hours ago | 2 reads
This last Selection Sunday, it was revealed that Oregon women’s basketball was an 8-seed in the Ft. Worth Regional and would be playing #9 Virginia Tech on Friday in Austin, TX. Thomas and I talked about the placement on Tuesday. I was hoping that the Ducks’ resume and showing in the Big Ten tournament could […]
From Addicted To Quack | about 7 hours ago | 0 reads