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10 Players Nominated for the John R. Wooden Award
The shortlist of 10 players up for the John R. Wooden Award and the All-America team consist of three ACC players (Grayson Allen, Brice Johnson, Malcolm Brogdon), three Big 12 players (Perry Ellis, Buddy Hield, Georges Niang), two from the Big Ten (Yogi Ferrell, Denzel Valentine), one from the Big East (Kris Dunn) and one […]
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Teams With the Most Final Four Appearances
Of the seven men’s basketball programs to make the NCAA Tournament Final Four 10 times or more, only North Carolina have done it in 2016. From the rest of the group, which includes Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Ohio State and UCLA, the Bruins are the ones on the longest current drought, failing to make it eight years in a row.
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NCAA Tournament: Teams of the Final Four
The stage is set for the 2016 college basketball Final Four, with two ACC teams (North Carolina & Syracuse) on one side, while representatives from the Big East (Villanova) and the Big 12 (Oklahoma) playing on the other end.
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7 Best Memes of Virginia Choking Against Syracuse
Despite a 16-point lead in the second half, Virginia managed to open the door for the Crying Michael Jordan meme to invade, somehow losing to Syracuse in the Elite Eight round and completing an epic choke job.
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Memes Praising North Carolina, Making Fun of Duke & Notre Dame
There’s no universal hate for Notre Dame in basketball, so being underdogs and losing to North Carolina didn’t really budge the meme makers, who got in a couple of jokes through the crying Jordan trend, and there’s another one referring to Duke and Mike Krzyzewski.
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NCAA Tournament: Elite Eight Scores
The Elite Eight round is over, on to the Final Four. ACC day ended with North Carolina beating Notre Dame as expected, while Syracuse carried on their us-against-the-world run with a huge comeback against Virginia, setting themselves up with a game against the Tar Heels, while on the other end of the Final Four bracket await Oklahoma or Villanova.
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Buddy Hield Torching the Oregon Ducks, En Route to an Oklahoma Final Four Appearance
The senior season of Buddy Hield with the Oklahoma Sooners is turning out to be quite a special one. He scored 37 points in the 80-68 win over Oregon that takes him and Oklahoma into the Final Four for the first time in over a decade, with an offense no one wants to face. The even better news? They don’t have to play Kansas thanks to Villanova upsetting the Jayhawks.
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Elite Eight Predictions: Notre Dame vs North Carolina, Syracuse vs Virginia
Whatever happens on the second day of Elite Eight basketball, two ACC teams will move on to the Final Four and play each other. Syracuse open the day facing number one seed Virginia, followed by the other number one team, North Carolina, taking on Notre Dame.
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14 Best Memes of Kansas Getting Knocked out by Villanova
While Kansas aren’t as hated as Duke, their annual failure to make the Final Four, this time at the hands of Villanova, resulted in plenty of memes making fun of the Jayhawks, mostly through the never ending line of Crying Jordan photoshops.
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NCAA Tournament Elite Eight Scores
The first half of the Elite Eight round is finished, with the number two seeds beating the number one teams to make it into the Final Four: Villanova over Kansas with some fantastic defense, while Oklahoma let Buddy Hield do most of the offensive work against Oregon.