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Big East renamed to American Athletic
The Big East Conference, as we know it today, now has a new name. It will now be called the American Athletic Conference. The name change was announced Wednesday after university presidents agreed to it. A change in name was necessary due to the fact that the Catholic 7 schools of DePaul, Georgetown, Marguette, Providence,…
Read MoreNCAA: Michigan, Louisville head to Final Four
Day two of the NCAA Regional Finals ended with Michigan and Louisville joining Wichita State and Syracuse in next week’s Final Four, but the big story of the day was the horrific injury suffered by Louisville sophomore Kevin Ware. With just over six minutes to play in the first half, Ware ran out and jumped…
Read MoreNCAA: Wichita State, Syracuse reach Final Four
The NCAA Tournament entered the Regional Finals Saturday with contests in the East and West Regionals, with both ending in the lower seeded club moving on to the Final Four. In the East Regional, No. 4 Syracuse dominated No. 3 Marquette, 55:39, and in the West, No. 9 Wichita State built a 20-point advantage, only…
Read MoreNCAA: Tournament Results, Sweet 16, Day 2
With the conclusion of Day 2 of the Sweet 16 games, the NCAA Regional Finals or better known as the Elite 8, are now set. On Friday, the four remaining games to determine the pairings for the Regional Finals turned out to be fairly anticlimactic, with the exception of the South No. 1 Kansas vs…
Read MoreNCAA: Tournament Results, Sweet 16, Day 1
The Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament began on Thursday, with the first four games, two in the Los Angeles Regional and two in the Washington, DC Regional. The hottest game of the night was the first contest in Los Angeles at the Staples Center where West No. 2 Ohio State took on No.…
Read MoreTubby Smith fired by Minnesota
Tubby Smith was hired as Head Coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers in March 2007. That was after he had spent nine years with Kentucky. In the six seasons that 61-year-old has coached the team he can proudly say that he guided them to the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals in 2008, the Big Ten Tournament…
Read MoreNCAA: Tournament Results, Round 3, Day 2
What Day 1 of Round 3 of the NCAA Tournament provided in upsets, Day 2 gave the March Madness faithful in close contests, including a buzzer-beating three-pointer and a driving layup, both of which were game winners. The day’s contests did also include the story of the tournament, South No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast University…
Read MoreNCAA: Tournament Results, Round 3, Day 1
As the first day of Round 3 of the NCAA Tournament wound down, you could hear a collective groan coming from those that had spent money to join bracket pools. Most of the games went as expected, with the exception of the No. 1 ranked team in the country for the last two weeks of…
Read MoreNCAA: Tournament Results, Rounds 1-2
The first two rounds of the NCAA tournament are in the books and as expected, the tournament has already been full of surprises, upsets, blowouts and nail-biters. On Thursday East No. 3 Marquette snuck by No. 14 Davidson, 59:58; West No. 1 Gonzaga had their hands full with No. 16 Southern, 64:58; Midwest No. 6…
Read MoreNCAA: Tournament brackets announced
The 2013 NCAA Tournament will get underway on Tuesday with two first round contests, Liberty vs. N.C. A&T and Middle Tennessee State vs. St Mary’s, and then two more on Wednesday, James Madison vs. Long Island and Boise State vs. La Salle. The festivities kick into high gear on Thursday and Friday with 14 games being…
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