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NCAA Tournament: Sweet Sixteen Teams
The 2017 NCAA Tournament includes 3 teams from the Pac-12 (Arizona, Oregon, UCLA), 3 from the Big 12 (Baylor, Kansas, West Virginia), 2 from the Big East (Butler, Xavier), 3 from the SEC (Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina), one from the WCC (Gonzaga), 3 from the Big Ten (Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin) and just one from the […]
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2017 NCAA Tournament Round 1, Day 2 Scores
The second day of the 2017 NCAA tournament concluded the first round and didn’t include any major upsets. Kansas and North Carolina eased through, as expected from number one teams, as did Duke and Kentucky in their games. Wichita State, Rhode Island and USC were the three lower seed teams that advanced in their games, although it wasn’t too big of a surprise.
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2017 NCAA Tournament Round 1, Day 1 Scores
The first day of the NCAA Tournament didn’t have a Cinderella feel to it. Both Villanova and Gonzaga won their matchups, while the lower seeds who did win, Xavier and Middle Tennessee, weren’t causing major shocks while doing so. Northwestern, playing their first ever Big Dance game, beat Vanderbilt and advanced to the round of 32.
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Active College Basketball Coaches Who Have Won the NCAA Tournament
As the NCAA Tournament and the whole concept of March Madness draws nearer, we went over the list of current NCAA head coaches, highlighting the ones who have already experienced the ultimate joy of what college basketball postseason has to offer. Here are the 11 active head coaches who have won a national title. Jim […]
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Longest Active NCAA Tournament Droughts for Power Conference Teams
We’re not too far from the day a committee sits down and chooses who makes it into the NCAA Tournament. There are quite a few teams who have gone for quite some time without taking part of College Basketball’s biggest festival. There are also quite a few teams in 2017 that seem to be on the verge of breaking a very long drought.
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4 Sporting Events to Look Forward to in 2017 After the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl coming and going leaves some American Football fans wondering what to do with their lives in 2017. There’s plenty to look forward to, with the conclusion of the seasons in college basketball, the NBA and NHL coming in the next few months. And it’s not just ending; Baseball season is almost upon us, with opening day in April, kicking off the 2017 season which will last through October.
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Can a Kentucky-Only Team Win the NBA Championship?
There’s no doubt the most dominant power in college basketball when it comes to delivering NBA-ready players is Kentucky. With 26 active players in the league, and 31 signed by NBA teams since John Calipari took over the program, one has to wonder if a Kentucky-only team is good enough to win a championship.
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Longest Active NCAA Tournament Streaks in College Basketball
Heading into the 2016-17 college basketball season, there are 8 teams trying to extend an NCAA Tournament streak of six appearances or more. You can split them into two tiers: Those with six consecutive NCAA Tournament berths, and those that have made it in for almost two decades or even more.
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10 Oldest Coaches in College Basketball
There are 10 head coaches in division I men’s basketball who are 68 and older, and even three that have already pushed past 70 heading into the 2016-2017 season: Cliff Ellis of Coastal Carolina, Steve Fisher of San Diego State and Jim Boeheim of Syracuse, while Mike Krzyzewski is right behind them. Fran Dunphy, Temple: […]
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The Highest Paid State Employee in the United States? Nick Saban, Alabama Crimson Tide Head Coach
A perfect example of just how big of a business college football has become is the salaries of head coaches. For example, Nick Saban, the head coach of Alabama, is the highest paid state employee, not just in the state of Alabama, but in the entire United States.