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LAS VEGAS — In the end, the numbers finally caught up with San Jose State men’s basketball. Not the ones on the scoreboard in their quarterfinal loss Thursday night: New Mexico 93, San Jose State 77, but the numbers that had quietly defined the Spartans’ season all along: a six-man rotation, injuries that never quite […]
A little too close for comfort, but Duke demonstrates “survive and advance” is what really matters in March as they take down the stubborn FSU Seminoles 80-79. The Duke Basketball Roundup breaks down what was a very unusual game for the Blue Devils. This was not the Duke team we have been watching lately as […]
UNC turned in a sleepy effort for most of their first and only game of the ACC Tournament. The Tar Heels never recovered from a lackluster end of the first half that put them down eight points at halftime. Carolina woke up and attempted to rally in the closing minutes of the game, but the […]
Basketball is a simple game sometimes. It’s hard to win when you don’t make shots and it’s hard to win when you can’t grab rebounds. On Thursday night, Villanova couldn’t do either — and more — as the Wildcats turned in their worst game of the season on the biggest stage. Third-seeded Villanova shot 38% […]
In a game in which winning didn’t provide much benefit for Texas A&M, the Aggies played like it. The Oklahoma Sooners jumped on A&M early in their second round SEC Tournament game in Nashville, and cruised to a comfortable 83-63 win to send the Aggies back to College Station early. While A&M certainly wasn’t trying […]
Three options for Michigan State’s quarterfinal opponent presented themselves going into Wednesday’s Big Ten Tournament action. MSU could have faced a rematch with the opponent that handed the Spartans their worst loss of the year (#11 seed Minnesota), a team they had already beat twice but endured a struggle almost every step of the way […]
After taking down Fresno State on Wednesday, Colorado State had a tough task against No. 2 San Diego State in the quarterfinal. The Rams put up a big fight as the No. 7 seed and shot a boatload of threes, but it wasn’t enough to fight back as they dropped to the Aztecs 71-68. Scoring […]
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UConn men’s basketball team bounced back from its regular-season finale loss with a 93–68 victory over Xavier in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Dan Hurley’s squad will play in Friday night’s second semifinal against the winner of Georgetown vs. Villanova. The Huskies corrected their mistakes from the previous game, shooting […]
Kentucky Basketball has survived and advanced again, this time holding off a tenacious and vampire-like Missouri Tigers team 78-72 Thursday afternoon in the Second Round of the SEC Tournament. Now, they will get a third shot at the SEC’s top seed, the Florida Gators, on Friday afternoon in the Quarterfinals. Game time is at 1:00 […]
Nevada took down GCU in a hostile environment, 84-80, to advance to the semifinal of the Mountain West Tournament. Our own Derek Raridon took the photos of the game below.
The Boilers looked dominate in their first game of the B1G Tourney as they defeated Northwestern 81-68 behind the duo of Trey Kaufman-Renn & Oscar Cluff while Braden Smith set an assist record in the B1G Tourney. The defensive effort was a welcome sight considering what Purdue showed over the last several weeks as Purdue […]
The Virginia Cavaliers hung on despite a late surge from N.C. State on Thursday afternoon to advance to the semifinals in the ACC tournament. The Wolfpack started the game hot from behind the arc and held a 22-16 lead midway through the first half, but Virginia was able to claw its way back and take […]
Well, that was bracing, wasn’t it? Missing 40% of its starting lineup without Patrick Ngongba and Caleb Foster, both sidelined with foot injuries, Duke took down Florida State, arguably the hottest team in the ACC, 80-79, when Robert McCray missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer. As expected, it was a tough game. Duke has […]
The math still says they aren’t eliminated, but this game was pretty emblematic of all the Devils problems this season, and is probably enough to even snuff out the hope of even the most optimistic of fan. It’s onto tankathon and prospect watch again, good times. Just more of the same: Inconsistent effort, poor goaltending, […]
The Iowa Hawkeyes (21-12, 10-10) couldn’t finish a second half comeback against the Ohio State Buckeyes (21-11, 12-8) and lost in the third round of the Big Ten Tournament, 72-69. Isaia Howard’s three pointer off an offensive rebound missed the mark as time expired. Bennett Stirtz led the Hawks with 17 points on 6/11 shooting. […]
While much of college basketball is still playing, the season has been over for Boston College and Georgia Tech for over a week. Syracuse’s season ended on Tuesday. They all recently fired their coaches, and now who are some of the coaching candidates for them? From ESPN.com, as they look around for coaching candidates for … Continue reading »
I think I ma not alone in saying, “Well it’s about time we played that well.” After weeks (months?) of looking meh, especially on defense, Purdue came out tonight and absolutely rolled Northwestern in the first half. I am not too concerned about the second half because it is a tournament scenario and we kept […]
How to watch No. 6-seed TCU Horned Frogs (22-10, 12-7 Big 12) vs. No. 3-seed, AP No. 14 Kansas Jayhawks (22-9, 12-6 Big 12) in the Quarterfinal of the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament from Kansas City on Thursday, March 12 at 8:30 PM CT TV: ESPN2Online Streaming: WatchESPN / / ESPN App Join the […]
It was not comfortable, and it certainly was not easy, but this time of year, the only thing that matters is surviving and advancing. That is exactly what Mark Pope’s Kentucky Wildcats did Thursday in Nashville, defeating the Missouri Tigers 78-72 in Round 2 of the SEC Tournament. For much of the afternoon, Kentucky appeared […]
This was a home game for GCU. A sea of purple went across the Thomas & Mack, including the Lopes’ student section. It was by far a hostile environment for Nevada, which didn’t have to face this crowd and travel to GCU in the regular season. Nevada was able to push past the hostile environment […]
The North Carolina Tar Heels are getting set to face off against Clemson for the second time this season. As many may recall, the Heels were able to beat the Tigers by four points in the final home game of the season. The difference in this game, though, is that the Tigers will be without […]
NET Rankings: Villanova 33, Georgetown 92 (Quad 2) KenPom: Villanova 30, Georgetown 81 Torvik: Villanova 31, Georgetown 82 Betting Line: Villanova -6.5 (subject to change)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – If it’s not exactly repeating itself, history sometimes has an interesting way of reinventing itself in a similar fashion. It had been 23 years since the Hofstra Pride last played in the NCAA Tournament when former Long Island point guard Craig “Speedy” Claxton led Hofstra back to the Big Dance in 2000 […]
The Wisconsin Badgers pulled off an 85-82 victory over the Washington Huskies on Thursday, moving on to the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals against the Illinois Fighting Illini on Friday. It was a game of runs, as the Badgers started off hot before Washington caught up later in the first half. But Wisconsin finished the half […]
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