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Loyola Chicago students went wild cheering on their team as the Ramblers played Kansas State on Saturday for a spot in the Final Four in San Antonio. The Ramblers came out and dominated the game from the start, going up 36-24 at the half and winning …
There was no Dean Wade magic at halftime for Kansas State on Saturday. CBS confirmed that Wade would not play in the second half of the Wildcats’ Elite Eight game against Loyola Chicago. The network reported that Kansas State head coach Bruce …
Sister Jean bobbleheads are a hot seller as Loyola’s NCAA Tournament dream continues on. On Friday, the school announced that they are taking preorders for bobbleheads of the prominent team chaplain, produced by the National Bobblehead Hall of …
The Elite Eight is set and we’re just seven games away from crowning a champion. College basketball is coming down to the wire, with a few more tricks up its sleeve. The Sweet Sixteen offered a litany of competitive games, yet the Elite Eight offers …
Duke was mocked on Friday for slapping the floor on defense despite playing a zone. The Blue Devils were seen slapping the floor late in the first half of their Sweet 16 game against Syracuse. Most found the act to be humorous considering that Duke …
Mikal Bridges tried to test Sagaba Konate during the Sweet 16 game between West Virginia and Villanova on Friday, and he learned his lesson not to do it again. Bridges took a pass in transition and tried to drive to the basket and dunk in transition, …
There was a bit of a flap over the Kentucky Wildcats’ failure to shake hands with Kansas State players after the latter’s upset win, but K State’s Barry Brown Jr. is clearing things up. Brown admitted that his team was at fault for …
Isaac Haas still seems unlikely to play in Purdue’s Sweet 16 game against Texas Tech on Friday night, but an amendment the NCAA made this week to a rule regarding protective braces has made it possible. According to Andy Katz of NCAA.com, …
John Calipari said after his Kentucky Wildcats lost to Kansas State in the Sweet 16 on Thursday that the inexperience of his young team showed through during the game. Calipari’s Kentucky squad lost 61-58 in a game where fouls became the story. …
It’s not every year that the Sweet Sixteen venue days are split by each side of the bracket, like this year. Thursday treated us to four games between the eight teams still alive on the left side of the bracket. One of the eight teams we saw Thursday …
Barry Brown Jr helped lead Kansas State to an upset win over Kentucky in the Sweet 16 on Thursday night with a tie-breaking layup. Brown drove straight to the rack and maneuvered his way to a layup off the glass with 18 seconds left in the game: …
Sister Jean is quite happy that her own school — Loyola Chicago — busted her bracket. Sister Jean, the 98-year-old team chaplain for Loyola Chicago, picked her Ramblers to reach the Sweet 16 in her March Madness brackets. While she …
Eric Musselman received all kinds of praise for leading Nevada to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, but he sure screwed up at the end of Thursday’s game against Loyola Chicago. Nevada’s Cody Martin made two free throws with 36.1 …
Sister Jean has become one of the most popular figures during this year’s NCAA Tournament. The team chaplain for Loyola Chicago, Sister Jean was in Atlanta for her school’s Sweet 16 game against Nevada on Thursday. Here she is in action …
The fruits of Purdue’s engineering department are finally being revealed. Speaking with the media on Thursday ahead of Purdue’s Sweet Sixteen game against Texas Tech on Friday, injured big man Isaac Haas showed off the new elbow brace …
The Sweet Sixteen is so perfectly timed in the college basketball world. We spent last weekend ingesting unhealthy amounts of hoops at all hours of the day, cutting back on sleep, healthy habits, and appropriate levels of emotion. We all need the …
