Shane McNichol covers college basketball and the NBA for Larry Brown Sports. He also blogs about basketball at Palestra Back and has contributed to Rush The Court, ESPN.com, and USA Today Sports Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @OnTheShaneTrain.
After two weekends of chaos, the dust has settled and only four teams remain in the NCAA Tournament. South Carolina, Gonzaga, Oregon, and North Carolina will meet in the desert…
Saturday’s games marked the first which featured a truly brighter spotlight for the teams playing. The Elite Eight, unlike the three rounds prior, only has one game played and televised…
It took 60 games for this year’s edition of March Madness to live up to its nickname, with our first overtime and first buzzer-beater coming on the sixth day of…
Thursday night provided the benefit of a hotly contested first weekend of play -– eight worthy and talented teams squared off in search of spot in the Elite Eight. The…
In seemingly the blink of an eye, the NCAA Tournament was cut from 64 teams to 16 last weekend. As more than three-quarters of teams earning a tournament bid were…
The first weekend of NCAA Tournament play has come to a close and if you can piece together the pieces of your ripped up bracket, it’s easy to see how…
A predictable first round has one direct result: better teams and more juice in the second round. College basketball fans would be treated to match-ups that they dreamed about when…
When casual fans tune into college basketball’s most wild weekend, they expect the “Madness” to be as wild as they always remembered. This season’s first two days of tournament play…
As far as March Madness goes, Thursday may have seemed tame. There weren’t any successful buzzer-beaters, and the biggest upset was predicted before it even happened. It can seem easy…
College basketball fans are salivating. March Madness has arrived, and two of the best days on the sports calendar are coming up. There are 16 games taking place on Thursday…