What began with 65 teams is now down to 4. After the way the regular season played out, many thought that there was a chance that we could possibly see all the number 1 seeds, Kansas, Duke, Syracuse, and Kentucky, earn a berth in the tournament’s Final Four. We only have one of those left [...]
After their 63-59 upset of the #1 seeded Syracuse Orange, the Butler Bulldogs are ready to be stripped of the mid-major title. Having only lost four games all year, the Bulldogs blew threw Horizon League play at 18-0, and finished up the regular season 28-4. Led by two of their top scorers, Gordon Hayward and [...]
He is responsible for the turn around of two NBA teams. John Rashalld Salmons began his career in 2002 with the Philadelphia 76ers, being drafted 26th overall in the 2002-2003 NBA draft. After stints with the 76ers, and the Sacramento Kings, Salmons was traded to the Chicago Bulls. Once there, Salmons scored 12.7 points per [...]
With Purdue’s surprising 63-61 defeat of the Texas A&M Aggies in overtime, the NCAA tournament Sweet 16 is set. Of the final 16 teams left in March, 3 of them are one seeds (Kentucky, Syracuse, Duke), 3 of them are two seeds (Kansas State, Ohio State, West Virginia), only 1 three seed remains in Baylor, [...]
Wes Johnson and Andy Rautins simply couldn’t miss. The two shot a combined 62% from the field, including 60% from three land. Johnson scored the first six points of the game for the Orange, and Rautins scored the Orange’s first 11 coming out of halftime. Syracuse does not seem to be feeling the loss of [...]
Any other coach might have killed him for taking that shot. All he had to do was pul it out and waste the clock down. But after what Farokhmanesh did to give the the opening round win over UNLV, head coach Ben Jacobson was willing to trust his home-grown senior guard with another game winning shot. [...]
On March 14th, the NCAA Selection Committee unveiled the 2010 tournament field. From the very beginning, controversy swirled. Kansas was named the overall #1, followed by Kentucky, Syracuse, and Duke. Then the committee awarded the Cuse with the number 1 by making them travel across the country. Many thought that the West Virginia Mountaineers deserved [...]
Youth is not something that you would probably want in a big game, but Kentucky is abound with it. John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe are all freshmen, but all scored in double figures in the SEC Championship game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Wall scored 7 of his 17 total points in the overtime [...]
After suffering their second worst lost in franchise history to the Dallas Mavericks on January 24th, the New York Knicks turned the tides on the streaking Mavs. In that January game, the Mavs posted 128 points, scoring 30+ in three of the four quarters of play. This time, it was the Knicks putting up three [...]
They have never earned an NCAA tournament bid. They have never won their conference tournament. They have never taken home a regular season title. They have never even skeaked out an NIT bid. But, on March 8th, the Wofford Terriers punched their ticket to the NCAA by defeating the Appalachian State Mountaineers in a gutsy performance [...]