Category: College Basketball

  • NCAA Tournament: Teams of the Sweet Sixteen

    NCAA Tournament: Teams of the Sweet Sixteen

    As we prepare for the Sweet Sixteen stage of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, we remain with 4 ACC teams (Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Syracuse), 4 Big 12 (Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech, West Virginia), 2 SEC (Kentucky, Texas A&M), 2 Big Ten (Michigan, Purdue), and one from the Big East (Villanova), Mountain West (Nevada), Missouri […]

  • NCAA Tournament: Round of 32 Scores, Day 2

    NCAA Tournament: Round of 32 Scores, Day 2

    A bad day for brackets and for higher seeds, as a number 1 (Xavier) and two number 2’s (Cincinnati and North Carolina) lost, while Syracuse (number 11), Kansas State (number 9) and Florida State (number 9 too) made an impressive case for lower seeds heading into the Sweet Sixteen.

  • NCAA Tournament: Round of 32 Scores, Day 1

    NCAA Tournament: Round of 32 Scores, Day 1

    The first day in the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 32 was filled with blowouts, but also some nail-biting drama, mostly coming in the form of clutch shots – One that propelled Michigan over Houston, and the other sending Cinderella Loyola-Chicago over Tennessee into the Sweet Sixteen. #9 Alabama 58  #1 Villanova 81: A dominant performance by the […]

  • 14 Best Memes of UMBC Humiliating Virginia in the NCAA Tournament

    14 Best Memes of UMBC Humiliating Virginia in the NCAA Tournament

    Sometimes, meme makers have it easy – something historic happens, like UMBC beating Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. What’s the big deal? One team was the ACC champion, AP #1 and #1 seed. The other a lowly #16 seed. It has never happened before.

  • NCAA Tournament: First Round Scores, Day 2

    NCAA Tournament: First Round Scores, Day 2

    In a day filled with lower seed wins, none ring as louder as UMBC stunning Virginia, the first ever win by a #16 seed against a #1 seed, in what probably is the biggest upset in college basketball history, and in all of North American sports over the years; certainly in postseason play. #16 UMBC […]

  • 10 Best Memes of the NCAA Tournament’s First Day

    10 Best Memes of the NCAA Tournament’s First Day

    In a tournament opening day not filled with upsets, it was easy for meme makers to pick on the two most obvious targets: Arizona with DeAndre Ayton, and Oklahoma with Trae Young.

  • NCAA Tournament: First Round Scores, Day 1

    NCAA Tournament: First Round Scores, Day 1

    The first day of the 2018 NCAA Tournament included easy wins for favorites like Villanova, Duke and Kansas, while plenty of brackets got busted thanks to Buffalo beating Arizona and Loyola-Chicago stunning Miami.

  • 2018 NCAA Tournament: The 14 Teams That Can Win the Championship

    2018 NCAA Tournament: The 14 Teams That Can Win the Championship

    Taking overall performance, offensive and defensive efficiency as well as Pomeroy ratings into account, here is the 14-team shortlist which will produce the 2018 NCAA Tournament champion. The list includes surprising names such as Texas Tech and Wichita State, alongside heavy favorites like Virginia, Villanova and Duke, as well as the defending champions, North Carolina.

  • 2018 NCAA Tournament: Lipscomb Make Debut; Syracuse & UCLA Highlight First Four

    2018 NCAA Tournament: Lipscomb Make Debut; Syracuse & UCLA Highlight First Four

    The dust still hasn’t settled from Selection Sunday, and we’re already getting ready for First Four action, followed by the real deal: The 2018 NCAA Tournament.

  • 9 Best Memes of Duke & Grayson Allen Losing to North Carolina

    9 Best Memes of Duke & Grayson Allen Losing to North Carolina

    No regular season or conference titles for Duke in the ACC this year, after they were beaten by their biggest rivals, North Carolina, in the conference tournament semifinal. Not surprising meme makers chose to focus on that, and especially Grayson Allen.