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NCAA Tournament – Two Cinderellas in the Sweet Sixteen
We do have plenty of favorites, including Indiana and Kansas, not having too many problems in advancing to the Sweet Sixteen, but some favorites have fallen along the way, as Florida Gulf Coast continue their incredible run by knocking off San Diego State, while La Salle left out the SEC champions, Ole Miss, out of the competition as well, making everyone remember they used to be one of the best teams in the nation 60 years ago.
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NCAA Tournament – The First Number One Seed to Say Goodbye
If there was one number seed everyone was predicting to make an early exit, it had to be Gonzaga. So according to the script, the Bulldogs fell against ninth seed Wichita State, leaving Ohio State as the favorite in the West Regional. Other than that, upsets weren’t really a popular thing on day 3 of the tournament, as Louisville had no problem excreting their top seed status, while both Michigan and Michigan State enjoyed easy games in their Round of 32 games.
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Louisville, Syracuse, Michigan, VCU & Arizona Make it Look Easy; Marquette & Gonzaga Not so Much
In a first night of NCAA tournament basketball, we had one real clear upset, but quite a few games that went down to the wire that probably shouldn’t have, including Gonzaga being pushed by Southern and Marquette barely getting by Davidson, thanks to a last-second layup by Vander Blue. On the other side of the equation, teams like Louisville, Syracuse, Michigan, VCU and Arizona, big favorites to begin with, didn’t really have any trouble with their opponents.
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March Madness Coffee Break Planner
As we speak, the NCAA tournament is on its way, with 8 games already completed. By the time you read this, the lineup of Thursday games will probably be over, with at least one number 1 seed, Gonzaga, showing everyone how tough it’s going to be, barely beating Southern. More important than the actual score, is planning how to work watching the games on Friday into your schedule.
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First Four – North Carolina A&T and Saint Mary’s Enter Big Dance
Instead of calling it a preliminary round, the NCAA prefers to give first round status to the first four games between teams that wouldn’t have made it in on the previous format. Still, that’s the way the world of College Basketball is moving, and North Carolina A&T, along with Saint Mary’s, made the most of the situation by winning the opening two games of the NCAA tournament.
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10 Most Valuable College Basketball Teams
Based on the profits and numbers from the previous season, there’s one change to the top 10 most valuable college basketball programs in 2013, with Duke falling out and Michigan State heading in instead, while Louisville, Kansas and North Carolina composite the same (in slightly different order) top 3 from last year.
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Ohio State Buckeyes – Ugliness & Defense Win in the Big Ten
No one expected too many points from the Ohio State – Wisconsin Big Ten Tournament final, but still, not even reaching 100 points combined was a little bit surprising, as defense and terrible offense dictated the afternoon, with the Buckeyes winning, as usual, in the final of the conference tournament.
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Miami Hurricanes – Shane Larkin Leads the New Power in the ACC
Not a lot of people would have bet that Miami would end up in the NCAA tournament in 2013, but to do it while winning both the regular season and conference tournament title in the ACC is even more shocking, as Shane Larkin finished the job this team began earlier this season in demolition the competition in the conference.
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Ole Miss Rebels – Marshall Henderson Conquers the SEC Tournament
After 11 years of waiting to return to the NCAA tournament, Marshall Henderson and Murphy Holloway took over the SEC final and led Ole Miss to an improbable win, giving them the conference title for only the third time in history, making sure they don’t get left out for whatever reason.
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Oregon Ducks – Not the Pac-12 Champions You Expected
All of a sudden, Oregon are national heavyweights, coming ahead in the Pac-12 tournament with a win over UCLA, thanks to great rebounding, excellent depth and a huge game from two bench players, Carlos Emory and Jonhathan Loyd.