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What an NCAA Tournament debut from David Mirkovic. The freshman from Montenegro played one of the best games an Illini has ever played in the tournament. Mirkovic went for a career-high 29 points and grabbed a tournament program record 17 rebounds. “I thought he [Mirkovic] was the best player on the court tonight,” said Illinois […]
Vanderbilt advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012, and per CBS Sports’s Matt Norlander, the Commodores’ second-round game against Nebraska will tip off late on Saturday: After landing in the afternoon window for the first round, things flip for the second round: the two evening winners in […]
Welcome to the thread for Friday’s NCAA Tournament game between St. John’s and Northern Iowa, where the winner advances to face the victor of 4-seed Kansas vs. 13-seed Cal Baptist in the second round. Please be respectful in the comment section and do not share any illegal streams of the game. You can follow updates […]
Penn was undermanned, and undersized, and — obviously — not as good as Illinois on Thursday night in the Illini’s 105-60 first-round NCAA Tournament win. It gets more challenging now against No. 11 VCU on Saturday night. Don’t let the 11-seed blind you; this team is good. Illinois opened on FanDuel Sportsbook as a 10.5-point […]
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 […]
No time to rest. Illinois is back at it Saturday night against VCU in the Round of 32, and they’re opening as favorites. According to FanDuel Sportsbook on Thursday night, the line opened as the Illini as a 10.5-point favorite against the Rams. The total is set at 151.5. Illinois is coming off a monster […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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.
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I was there in the Greenville, SC Thursday and took in the Duke vs Siena game. Hey if the a host site is 15 minutes from your home you simply have to go if you are a basketball fan. Duke came out like they didn’t respect Siena, and it showed getting down by 11 at … Continue reading »
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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…
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 […]
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. […]
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