Posts Tagged ‘NCAA Final Four’
North Carolina advances to NCAA Final and closes Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s legendary career
Coach K’s storied career is over. North Carolina played the ultimate villain again, stunning archrival and No. 2 seed Duke, 81-77, in the Final Four on Saturday at Caesars Superdome before a crowd of 70,602. Caleb Love’s dagger three-pointer with 28 seconds left, followed by a free throw, gave the No. 8 seeded North Carolina a four-point lead…
Read MoreKansas beats Villanova and advances to NCAA Final
No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks defeated No. 2 Villanova Wildcats 81-65 in the first matchup of the men’s NCAA Final Four in New Orleans. Thanks to an almost perfect performance from Ochai Agbaji, their fifth-year senior guard, Kansas moved on. He scored 21 points and made all six 3-pointers he attempted, including the first shot of the game.…
Read MoreDuke Makes the Final Four in Coach K’s Last Season
Yesterday, No. 2 seed Duke defeated No. 4 seed Arkansas 78-69 to win the West Regional. That puts coach K (Mike Krzyzewski) in his 13th final four. Duke faced yet another elite defense on Saturday night in the Elite Eight, and the Blue Devils turned in another elite offensive performance as they cruised past Arkansas…
Read MoreVillanova and Michigan reach NCAA Final
Villanova and Michigan will square off Monday night for the NCAA Title. For Villanova, that means that they will play for their second NCAA title in three years. In their semi-final game last night Eric Paschall had 24 points, including four of the Villanova’s record 18 3-pointers, in a 95-79 win over the Kansas Jayhawks.…
Read MoreNCAA semifinals
About a week has gone by since each of the remaining teams advanced. Over the week, anticipation crept into the each team’s mind. Anticipation finally turns into excitement today as the Final Four finally got underway in Phoenix. Yesterday’s NCAA semifinals were both thrillers. Gonzaga and North Carolina came into their games as favorites. Expectations have been…
Read MoreNCAA Final Four Preview
There’s nothing more that a team can ask for than a chance to win it all. Only four teams still retain that hope for a championship. They will battle it out this weekend on the biggest stage of them all. The NCAA Final Four. Every team remaining has traveled a path unlike any of the…
Read MoreNCAA March Madness: The Final Four is set
The stage is set. The rumbling crescendo of the NCAA March Madness is reaching a fever pitch and getting amped up even more as the last two teams have booked their tickets to the Final Four. It will be UNC and South Carolina that will take the last spots and join Gonzaga and Oregon as…
Read MoreNCAA Finals Set, Villanova vs. UNC
The NCAA Finals match-up is set. Two teams, two schools, one dream, one big game… Two huge blowouts in the Final Four produced our two finalists. Villanova set a record for the biggest blowout win in Final Four history with their 95-51 win over the Oklahoma Sooners. It was an epic game for the Villanova…
Read MoreNCAA Final Four Teams Set
The NCAA Final Four is complete as the final two teams punched their tickets to the tournament semifinals on Sunday. The University of North Carolina Tar Heels (above) defeated Notre Dame 74-88. Syracuse came back from a first-half deficit to beat the University of Virginia. The Tar Heels captured the East region trophy and make…
Read MoreKentucky stunned by Wisconsin in Final Four
It seemed written in lore that the March Madness Final Four would go to form and that number 1 seeds Duke and Kentucky would progress to the championship game. However, Basketball is a funny old game and anything can happen over a single shootout on the hardwood. And so it proved as Duke lived up…
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