Tag Archives: March Madness
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One More Day to Sign Up for the 2013 Playboy Bracket Challenge! (Video)
Another March Madness Tournament is upon us, which means college basketball fans across the United States and around the world are on the verge of witnessing high-flying dunks, unimaginable upsets, Cinderella stories and the crowning of a new NCAA champion. It also means you have less than 24 hours to sign up for the 2013 [...]
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President Obama Has Filled Out His Presidential March Madness Bracket (Video)
It’s crunch time, sports fans. You’ve got a little less than a day to get those NCAA Tournament brackets filled out. And if you need a little help making your selections, well, that’s what the President of the United States is for, right? On Wednesday, ESPN did their annual segment on SportsCenter in which President [...]
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Robert Morris Upset Kentucky in the NIT and Celebrated Like National Champions (Video)
The Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team had a rough year by their standards. They followed up their National Championship by going 21-11 overall and 12-6 in the SEC, and missing the NCAA Tournament. However, they were on the bubble for the Tournament. They finished ahead of Missouri in the SEC standings, and Missouri is in [...]
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16 Sweet Pieces of NCAA Tournament Trivia to Impress Your Friends
The NCAA Tournament starts in earnest on Thursday (no, sorry, I don’t count the play-in games), so you’re probably pretty busy studying team stats and filling in your brackets. However, once the brackets are in and the time comes to sit back and watch the games, you’re going to need something to talk about with [...]
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9 Underdogs to Watch in the 2013 NCAA Tournament
Let the Madness begin! The field for the 2013 NCAA Tournament has been selected, and you have approximately three days to fill out your brackets for most pools and contests. Which top dogs will make good on their hype? I have no idea. But I do know that since 1985, 89.3% of the tournaments have [...]
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Ole Miss Guard Marshall Henderson Gives Florida Fans the Gator Chomp (GIF)
Ole Miss isn’t exactly a college basketball powerhouse. However, what they lack in NCAA Tournament pedigree, they make up for with cocky shooting guards with a knack for getting under people’s skin. I am talking, of course, about Marshall Henderson, the most interesting player in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. This kid simply loves antagonizing people, [...]
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Think You Can Beat a Playboy Cyber Girl in a March Madness Bracket Challenge? (Video)
Every year millions of Americans sign up for free NCAA March Madness bracket challenges on sites like ESPN.com and CBSSports.com, but for what reason? A one-in-a-million chance at winning some measly cash prize and a shot at beating a bunch of dudes who you’ve never met and, for all you know, could be no older [...]
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9 Worst NCAA Tournament Teams of All-Time
Yesterday, the Liberty University Flames men’s basketball team made history by winning the 2013 Big South Conference tournament, earning an automatic invitation to the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Why was it historic? Well, it wasn’t because this will be their first trip to the big dance, or anything like that. It was historic because the Flames [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 7th) — NCAA Selection Sunday
It was on this day in 1982 that the NCAA Tournament Selection, also known as Selection Sunday, was first broadcast on live television. Since then, a live broadcast of the event, which takes place the weekend before the tournament begins, has been used to inform each school of whether they have made it into the [...]
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This Day In Sports History (January 8th) — NCAA Tourney
how get an ex boyfriend back It was on this day in 1984 when the NCAA announced that they would be adding an additional nine teams to the March Madness basketball tournament. The previous team total for the tournament had been 53 teams, meaning five play-in games had to be played before the start of [...]
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All-American Anthony Davis Can’t Handle Extra Spicy Chicken Wing (Video)
Anthony Davis only played one year of college basketball before declaring for the NBA draft, but you’d never know it by reading the accomplishments on his resume. National Champion, Consensus First-Team All-American, 2011-12 NCAA Division I blocked shots leader, all-time single-season SEC blocked shots leader, Oscar Robertson Trophy winner, Adolph Rupp Trophy winner, AP Player [...]
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9 Dirty College Basketball Coaches
They say cheaters never win. But I’m pretty sure they mean that figuratively, because, literally speaking, cheaters win all the time. Just look at John Calipari. Last night his Kentucky Wildcats beat the Kansas Jayhawks to win the 2012 NCAA Basketball Championship. But Coach Calipari got where he is today—winning a national championship with one [...]
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Southern Miss Band Asks Kansas State’s Angel Rodriguez, “Where’s Your Green Card?” (Video)
One of the opening games of the 2012 NCAA Tournament was a tightly contested match-up between No. 8 Kansas State and No. 9 Southern Mississippi. The Golden Eagles new that they would have to do everything in their power to throw off the Wildcats players if they were going to come away victorious, and even [...]
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President Barack Obama Fills Out His 2012 NCAA March Madness Bracket (Video)
United States President Barack Obama has filled out his 2012 NCAA March Madness Tournament bracket, and coincidentally, he has the same Final Four as myself – Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio State and North Carolina. So should I be worried? Well that depends. The last two years Obama has had Kansas winning the tournament, and in both [...]
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Mississippi Valley State’s Kevin Burwell Trash Talks President Obama After Hitting 3-Pointer (Video)
First things first, if President Barack Obama wanted to welcome British Prime Minister David Cameron to the United States and showcase the game of basketball to him, why would he take him to a First Four game at Dayton University between Western Kentucky and Mississippi Valley State? Couldn’t he have at least waited until the [...]
