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One of the nicest moments of the NCAA Tournament was when Kevin Ware cut down the nets following Louisville’s 82-76 win over Michigan in the national championship game Monday. A plan was in place for Ware to partake in the tradition of cutting …
Montrezl Harris punctuated Louisville’s amazing comeback at the end of the first half of the national championship game Monday with a thunderous dunk. The freshman forward took a pass and hammered it down with crazy authority to give Louisville …
Michigan was on the verge of blowing a lead against Syracuse in the Final Four Saturday, but they benefited from controversial calls by the officials and held on to win 61-56. The controversial call that stood out was a charging foul called on …
Final Four referees took away what could have been an even more exciting finish to the Louisville-Wichita State game by calling a controversial jump ball (technically a held ball) with 6.3 seconds left. Luke Hancock was fouled in the open court with …
Before the NCAA Tournament started two weeks ago, Dove, which is sponsoring this post, asked us to come up with some of the fresh faces of the tournament. The idea was to point out some star players participating in the tourney for the first time. …
Jim Boeheim expressed some concern over Syracuse playing Michigan in the Final Four after watching what the Wolverines did to the Florida Gators in the South Region finals of the NCAA tournament Sunday. Michigan was on fire in the first half against …
Elijah Johnson may need a lot of time to get over this one. Johnson played his final collegiate game Friday, and his mistakes in Kansas’ 87-85 overtime loss to Michigan will be remembered. Johnson committed three fouls in the first half against …
Trey Burke made the kind of shot Friday that will be replayed on March Madness highlight reels for years to come. With Michigan down by three and 4.2 seconds left in their South Region NCAA tournament semifinal game, Burke bombed a 3-pointer from …
Reggie Johnson is not traveling with Miami to Washington DC for the team’s Sweet 16 game against Marquette because of a knee injury, according to The Miami Herald. The Herald’s Manny Navarro reported Tuesday that Johnson was not on the …
Jim Larranaga gave us one of the best and most stunning postgame celebration dances after his team squeaked out a win over Illinois Sunday to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. “I told you guys I wanted to see fighters,” Larranaga …
Referees may have hurt Illinois with a bad call in the final minute of their 63-59 loss to Miami in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament Sunday. Illinois was down 57-55 with 45 seconds left when senior guard D.J. Richardson attempted a 3-pointer …
Florida Gulf Coast went a little crazy in its celebration after beating San Diego State 81-71 Sunday to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. At this point, the grouchy types would tell them to “act like they’ve been there …
North Carolina got wiped by Kansas in their South Region NCAA Tournament game Sunday 70-58, and the blowout loss left one Tar Heels fan in tears. Following a block by Kansas’ Jeff Withey, the UNC fan seen above gave his sad face. It’s …
Michigan State looked like it had some chemistry problems when Derrick Nix and Keith Appling got into a towel fight in a team huddle Saturday during the Spartans’ 70-48 win over Memphis, but coach Tom Izzo says he loved it. “Oh it’s …
There must be something about winning a game in the Big Dance that makes people actually want to dance. No. 9 seed Wichita State knocked off No. 1 seed Gonzaga 76-70 in the West Region Saturday for one of the biggest “shockers” of the …
Harvard point guard Siyani Chambers had a double-whammy on Saturday. Not only did his Crimson lose to No. 6 seed Arizona 74-51 in the NCAA Tournament, but he also lost part of a tooth after getting hit in the mouth early in the second half by …
