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Texas Tech’s stellar defensive performance in the first half of their Sweet 16 game against Michigan on Thursday night was not lost on Chris Beard. The Red Raiders head coach joked that he owed his defensive assistants a raise after the team …
The start of Thursday night’s Michigan-Texas Tech Sweet 16 game in Anaheim was delayed by a power outage, according to CBS. The first game at the venue was between Gonzaga and Florida State, which the Bulldogs won 72-58. The second game at the …
Tennessee’s nice comeback attempt against Purdue came up short in the Sweet 16 on Thursday thanks to some terrible strategy at the end of the game in regulation. The Vols were once down by as many as 18 points but came back later in the second …
Trent Forrest delivered one of the highlights of this year’s NCAA Tournament. The Florida State guard hustled in transition during the second half of his team’s Sweet 16 game against Gonzaga on Thursday and stopped a dunk attempt with a …
Rui Hachimura was treated for a bloody nose late in the first half of Gonzaga’s Sweet 16 game against Florida State on Thursday night. Seminoles guard MJ Walker made a layup with 3:51 left in the first half and bumped into Hachimura as he was …
The NCAA Tournament field has been narrowed to 16, leaving us with some high-profile matchups that should be very exciting. Chalk has been the name of the game in this tournament so far, and while the lack of upsets is a bit of a letdown in some …
We could have history in the making with this year’s NCAA Tournament. A historic lack of upsets in the tournament has led to many successful brackets, including one known remaining perfect bracket — the longest a bracket has ever remained …
Four days and two rounds are in the books, and the NCAA Tournament has left us with more questions than jaw-dropping moments. The second round, especially Sunday, provided more close games, but not much outside the expected. The top seeds have …
Duke escaped with a 77-76 victory against UCF in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday and of course faced questions about whether or not they received favorable treatment from the officials. Two particular plays are receiving attention …
The UCF Knights were a matter of inches away from knocking the Duke Blue Devils out of the NCAA Tournament. Down one with 7.7 seconds left, UCF’s B.J. Taylor got to the basket for a layup attempt that hung on the rim but fell off. Aubrey …
Duke narrowly avoided defeat against UCF in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday in what was the game of the tournament so far. The Blue Devils won 77-76 after the Knights barely missed two shots on the final possession. Prior to that, a …
UCF proved on Sunday that they were not at all afraid of the vaunted Duke Blue Devils. In fact, Terrell Adams made that quite clear. Adams was seen daring some of Duke’s guards to shoot the ball during the second half of their NCAA Tournament …
Tacko Fall got off to a hot start in his heavily-hyped matchup against Zion Williamson on Sunday. UCF and Duke squared off in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. All the talk leading up to the game was about Williamson facing the 7-foot-6 UCF …
North Carolina’s Garrison Brooks took a pretty nasty blow from an errant elbow and paid the price for it. Brooks left North Carolina’s second round game against the Washington Huskies after taking an errant elbow to the face from …
Charles Barkley is a Hall of Famer and widely considered to be one of the best NBA players of all time, so some might say it is far too early to compare 18-year-old Zion Williamson to him. Barkley has no problem with it, however. Barkley was asked on …
What should have been a moment of joy after Florida State defeated Vermont in the first round of the NCAA Tournament quickly turned into devastation, as Seminoles senior Phil Cofer got a phone call informing him his father had passed away. He has …
