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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 much mayhem we witnessed in just four days. In four days we lost a number one seed and two number …
South Carolina had the perfect Twitter response after upsetting Duke in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Following their 88-81 win over the Blue Devils that sent them to their first Sweet 16 in school history, the school’s …
Arkansas came up short in their upset effort against North Carolina on Sunday, losing 72-65 to the Tar Heels in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. If a call or two towards the end of their game had gone their way, things could have been even …
You got the sense that after Wichita State talked some trash about Kentucky the day before the teams met in the second round of the NCAA Tournament that there was no way the Wildcats would lose the game. And even though the Shockers put up a good …
Michigan coach John Beilein came prepared for his team to beat the odds on Sunday, and it paid off. After Michigan’s 73-69 upset of second-seeded Louisville, Beilein entered the victorious locker room to celebrate — with a water gun. …
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 the brackets were revealed. Top seeds, previously unscathed, would be …
If Wichita State didn’t already have Kentucky’s attention, they certainly do now. The Shockers made headlines on Saturday ahead of their second-round NCAA Tournament game against Kentucky by saying the Wildcats were “nothing …
Butler took it to Middle Tennessee State on Saturday to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, and they apparently had some extra motivation. Butler head coach Chris Holtmann said he saw lots of talk even from CBS Sports about how Middle …
Chris Collins lost his mind and got a costly tech with under five minutes to go in Northwestern’s loss to Gonzaga in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday over a missed goaltending call. Northwestern center Dererk Pardon went up …
A crying Northwestern fan went viral after being shown on TV by CBS during Saturday’s game against Gonzaga. The Wildcats were down 63-52 with just under eight minutes left, and they were called for an offensive foul. CBS then showed this young …
Wisconsin’s upset win over Villanova on Saturday left many brackets busted. Villanova entered the NCAA Tournament as the defending champions and No. 1 overall seed following a 31-3 regular season. It figured then that many pickers would have …
You knew that Villanova was in for a rough day from the internet haters after losing to Wisconsin in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, but who figured that the team to knock them out would get in on the fun? The University of …
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 did not exactly pay off. None of the top 16 seeded teams …
Lonzo Ball came up limping after landing hard on his side following a fall just before halftime of UCLA’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against Kent State on Friday night. Ball was driving for a layup and took a hit that sent him off balance …
Seton Hall’s Desi Rodriguez defended himself for a controversial flagrant foul after his Pirates lost 77-71 to Arkansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Seton Hall was trailing Arkansas by just one point when Rodriguez went …
Notre Dame coach Mike Brey is expecting some rowdy Notre Dame fans to have a very eventful St. Patrick’s Day. Brey joked Friday that he hopes the Fighting Irish fans in South Bend — as well as those who have made the trip to Buffalo …
