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UMBC star Jairus Lyles’s DMs are not open for business. As the leading name on college basketball’s newest Cinderella, Lyles was subjected to a throng of media asking all sorts of questions on Saturday. Perhaps the most unusual was …
The coaches in Saturday’s Buffalo-Kentucky second round game have sparked a bit of a miniature rivalry. Kentucky coach John Calipari did not take kindly to Buffalo coach Nate Oats’s accusation that he was “whining” about his …
Star Purdue center Isaac Haas was ruled out of the NCAA Tournament after fracturing his elbow in Friday’s win, but he’s refusing to accept that diagnosis. According to CBS’s Allie LaForce, Haas practiced Saturday with a brace on his …
UMBC’s win over Virginia was enough to end any chance of anyone putting together a perfect bracket in ESPN’s Tournament Challenge. ESPN said Sunday night that the UMBC upset meant that the first round of the tournament concluded with no …
If you had any doubts about whether or not March would truly go mad, Friday answered those doubts with authority. We saw close games up and down the slate of games, highlighted by a historic upset. For thirteen consecutive hours Friday, the NCAA …
As if everything about UMBC’s upset win over Virginia weren’t already awesome enough, there is this extremely cool anecdote to add to the mix. Ryan Odom, the head coach of UMBC, was once upon a time the ballboy for Virginia’s …
Someone is about to be $10,000 lighter in the pocket. Derek Sharrer, the GM of the independent St. Paul Saints baseball team, will now have to give away $10K after a promotion he was running backfired. The Saints announced on Twitter Monday that …
The play of 16 seed UMBC during its NCAA Tournament game against 1 seed Virginia on Friday was certainly special. What’s incredible is that UMBC’s Twitter account may have put together an even more impressive performance. UMBC (University …
A gaff by CBS placed legendary Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim at a school other than Syracuse. During the NCAA Tournament first round game between Syracuse and TCU on Friday, CBS’ cameras showed Boeheim on the sideline. Under his name was the …
Mo Bamba is not ready to talk about his professional future yet. Bamba’s Texas Longhorns blew a 14-point lead and lost a heartbreaker to Nevada in overtime on Friday. The defeat ends the Longhorns’ season, and quite likely, Bamba’s …
Nevada coach Eric Musselman was understandably pumped up after his team came back from 14 points down to beat the Texas Longhorns in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Musselman was so pumped, in fact, that he let loose several f-bombs in the …
Buffalo Bulls coach Nate Oats clearly thinks his team has a good shot at pulling another upset in the NCAA Tournament. Even though the Bulls are underdogs against the talented and athletic Kentucky Wildcats, Oats thinks the Bulls have one major …
Dan D’Antoni brought a bit of his brother Mike’s freewheeling offensive style to the NCAA Tournament in a win over Wichita State. The Thundering Herd upset the Shockers 81-75, attempting 23 three-pointers in the process. D’Antoni …
The Purdue Boilermakers suffered a crushing loss on Friday with the loss of senior center Isaac Haas. The team announced that Haas would miss the remainder of the NCAA Tournament with a fractured right elbow suffered during the team’s first …
What should have been a very exciting finish to Marshall’s upset victory over Wichita State was diminished by the glacial pace of the final minute, which was marred by three replay reviews. Marshall won 81-75, but the final minute of play took …
Buffalo guard Wes Clark had a little extra spring in his step following Thursday’s shocking upset victory over Arizona. After Clark and the No. 13-seeded Bulls stunned the Wildcats by the final of 89-68 in the first round of the NCAA …
