Tag Archives: tournament
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This Day In Sports History (March 28th) — Marquette
It was on this day in 1977 that the Marquette Golden Eagles won the NCAA Men’s Division I Tournament. They would defeat Dean Smith’s North Carolina Tar Heels by a score of 67-59 in the finals, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia. The win gave the Golden Eagles their first ever men’s basketball title, and [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 27th) — NCAA Tournament
It was on this day in 1939 that the first ever NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship was awarded. Oregon would go on to win the championship, beating Ohio State in the finals. Only eight schools were involved in the first ever NCAA men’s basketball tournament, as opposed to the 68 that are involved in today’s tournament. [...]
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Bubba Watson Wins The Masters Thanks To This Incredible Hook Shot (Video)
Some of golf’s greatest memories always seem to be created at Augusta National Golf Course during the final round of the Masters, and this year’s tournament was certainly no exception, thanks to Bubba Watson. After Watson and Louis Oosthuizen recorded final rounds of 68 and 69, respectively, the two golfers found themselves deadlocked at -10 [...]
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Ray Lewis Delivers Pregame Speech For Stanford At NIT Tournament Semis (Video)
Many NCAA men’s basketball teams would have a difficult time getting up for an NIT Tournament game, but the Stanford Cardinals appeared to have no such problem prior to their semi-final match-up with Massachusetts, thanks to some help from Ray Lewis. The Baltimore Raves linebacker has developed a reputation for delivering some of the greatest [...]
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Baylor’s Brittney Griner Becomes Second Woman To Dunk In NCAA Tournament History (Video)
Throughout the history of the Men’s NCAA Tournament, there have probably been millions of different players who have thrown down a dunk during a game. Throughout the history of the Women’s tournament, there have been only two. The first female tournament dunker was Candace Parker of Tennessee, who threw down two dunks during a 2006 tournament [...]
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Jeremy Lamb’s Needless Dunk Attempt Was A Big Failure (Video)
A miss on a breakaway windmill dunk during the final seconds of a 13-point loss to Iowa State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament seemed like quite the appropriate way for the UConn Huskies to end their 2011-12 season. A team stacked with talent, the Huskies simply couldn’t get the job done when [...]
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Tiger Woods Wins! Fan Yells “Mashed Potatoes!” (Video)
Tiger Woods winning his first tournament in over two years by making birdies on the final two holes to beat Zach Johnson at the Chevron World Challenge makes plenty of sense to me. Listening to a fan yell “mashed potatoes” following Tiger’s tee-shot on the final hole of the tournament, on the other hand, doesn’t. [...]
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Tiger Woods Wins A Tournament! (Video)
Tiger Woods has finally won a tournament! It was his first victory since winning the JBWere Masters back on November 5, 2009. Unfortunately for him, I do not believe the prize money for winning the 2011 Hollywood & Highland Mall Putting Challenge is enough to even buy him a latte at the Starbucks inside the [...]
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Picture Of The Day: Could It Be?
When the Madden ’12 Cover Tournament began, the front-runners to receive the honor/jinx appeared to be Aaron Rodger, Michael Vick, and Adrian Peterson. Well it seems like even this tournament bracket has a Cinderella of its own, and that would be Peyton Hillis wearing the glass slipper in this case. One year ago, Hillis was [...]
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NCAA March Madness On Demand Is Bad For Workplace Productivity (Pic)
Are you missing out on the NCAA Tournament action because your boss has you stuck at work doing some mindless task? Well thanks to the internet and the the people of the NCAA, you can now watch every game live on your computer or mobile phone with “NCAA March Madness on Demand.” This new feature [...]
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The NCAA’s Greatest Finishes, In Lego Form (Video)
It’s that time of the year again. When 68 of college basketball’s top teams enter into a single elimination tournament with the NCAA title on the line. Heroes will be made and a few relatively unknown schools may get the opportunity to try on Cinderella’s slipper for a couple of rounds. It is the NCAA [...]
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This Is What March Madness Rejection Looks Like (Video)
By now you have probably heard Dick Vitale and the rest of the college basketball experts talk about how the likes of Colorado and Virginia Tech were given the royal screw job by the NCAA selection committee on Sunday. We have already heard everyone else voice their displeasure over these omissions, but how did the [...]
