Tag Archives: NCAA Tournament
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Stat Line of the Night — 4/8/2013 — Peyton Siva
Playing in his final game as a Louisville Cardinal, senior guard Peyton Siva wanted to make the most of it by capitalizing on the opportunity to claim his first NCAA Tournament Championship. And his play at both ends of the court would ensure that he and the Cards do just that. Siva wasn’t his team’s [...]
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Fourth Grade Russ Smith Dribbling a Basketball Takes You Into Tonight’s NCAA Title Game Between Louisville and Michigan (Video)
Tonight, many of you will watch the NCAA Basketball Tournament Final between the Louisville Cardinals and the Michigan Wolverines. And at one point, you may see Cardinals guard Russ Smith make a move on a defender and drive to the basket with ease, and you’ll probably think to yourself, “when did this guy become such [...]
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Kevin Ware Presents David Letterman’s Top Ten List (Video)
Less than one week ago, Kevin Ware of the Louisville Cardinals was laid out on a court at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis with a broken bone sticking out of his right leg. Since then he has undergone surgery to repair the compound fracture he suffered, and just four days later he was able to [...]
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The 11 Most Unlikely Final Four Teams Ever
Over the weekend, the Wichita State Shockers defeated both La Salle and Ohio State to reach the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1965. Was this a shocking* outcome? No, not quite. I, for one, suspected that the Shockers might be capable of a deep run. However, their trip to [...]
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The Cheerleader Sweet 16 of the 2013 NCAA Tournament
The Sweet 16 of the 2013 NCAA Tournament has been selected, and the college basketball action resumes on Thursday at 7:15 P.M. eastern. However, if your team is out, your bracket has gone to hell, and all you’re really looking forward to is the college basketball cheerleaders, there is good news: you don’t have to [...]
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ESPN Airs “F*&k The Gators” Chant During Live Broadcast of Florida Gulf Coast Pep Rally (Video)
Florida Gulf Coast University has been getting plenty of attention over the past couple of days, after they became the first ever 15th seed to reach the Sweet 16 at the NCAA Tournament by defeating San Diego State on Sunday. Although, one could argue that the little-known school is suddenly getting too much attention, after [...]
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NCAA March Madness GIF: UNC Cry Baby
The North Carolina Tar Heels and their fans have done plenty of celebrating at the NCAA Tournament over the years, as they have won three championships over the past two decades (1993, 2005 and 2009). Only Kentucky and UConn have had that much success at the March Madness tourney over the course of the past [...]
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Florida Gulf Coast Becomes First 15th Seed to Reach the Sweet 16 (GIF)
When the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles beat the Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night, they were not the first #15 team to beat a #2 team. Since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, there had been six other occasions in which a team seeded #15 [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 3/24/2013 — Jeff Withey
Two of college basketball’s most storied programs squared off at the 2013 NCAA Tournament yesterday, as North Carolina took on Kansas with a spot in the Sweet 16 on the line. And while it was the Tar Heels who headed into the locker room at halftime with a nine-point lead, in the end it was [...]
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12 Coaches with a Lot of Money at Stake in the 2012 NCAA Tournament
Tens of millions of people around the world are financially invested in the outcomes of NCAA Tournament games. The schools stand to reap major financial windfalls via surging TV revenue, merchandise sales, and ticket sales if their teams do well. Individual players could see their NBA draft stock skyrocket with a couple of clutch performances, which [...]
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NCAA March Madness GIF: Basketball to the Groin
In the past, we’ve seen athletes get hit in the groin by a number of objects, including baseballs, rugby balls, footballs, Aussie footballs, cricket balls, and even pucks. And now we can add basketballs to that list following yesterday’s first round NCAA Tournament match-up between UNLV and California, as Bryce Dejean-Jones‘ attempted save on a [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 3/21/2013 — Derrick Nix
After putting together a 13-5 conference record and finishing in third in the competitive Big Ten, the Michigan State Spartans entered the NCAA Tournament with a #3 ranking and a spot in the Final Four in mind. But before taking on some of the bigger dogs in the Midwest portion of the bracket, like Louisville [...]
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Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson Kick Off March Madness with a Poorly Executed Fist Bump (GIF)
March Madness is here, which means we’ll be seeing plenty of Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson over the course of the next month. Are you excited? They seem to be, as they kicked off this year’s tournament with the following not-so-smooth fist bump prior to the start of CBS’s broadcast of today’s early slate of [...]
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24 GIFs of College Basketball Fans Being College Basketball Fans
With the 2013 NCAA Tournament getting underway today, we can all stop pretending to be Vegas bookies and go back to doing what we do best: being college basketball fans. This, really, is a good thing. Impartial observers don’t make college hoops fun. Fans do. After all, if every team in the Big Dance didn’t [...]
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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 [...]
