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2017 NCAA Tournament: Final Four Teams
As we mentioned yesterday, the 2017 Final Four is about the contrast between one team (North Carolina) that’s in the blue blood club and among the most accomplished in college basketball history, and the three other teams; Oregon, Gonzaga and South Carolina. Why the contrast? Well, while North Carolina became the first team to reach […]
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2017 Final Four: Three First-Timers (Sort Of) and a Blue Blood
The 2017 Final Four picture is almost set, with Gonzaga, Oregon and South Carolina already booking a place for next weekend in Glendale, all making it this far for the first time or simply after an incredibly long drought. The fourth team, as mentioned in our earlier post, is going to be one that’s been at this stage a time or two: North Carolina or Kentucky.
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College Basketball Rumors – Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA, Indiana, Texas, California, San Diego State & Gonzaga Interested in Recruiting T.J. Leaf
After decommitting from Arizona, T.J Leaf is getting a lot of attention from a lot of schools around the country, and is reportedly considering eight schools: Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA, Texas, California, San Diego State, Gonzaga and Indiana.
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Duke Over Gonzaga – Freshmen Keep Paving the Way
Everyone is against one-and-done’s at least on the outside, but no one minds when they take you into the Final Four, and Duke are riding the wave of freshman success, beating Gonzaga 66-52, led by Justise Winslow, Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones.
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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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2013 NCAA Tournament – Day 1 Predictions
The real first day of the NCAA tournament kicks off with the second round and two number one seeds, Gonzaga and Louisville, beginning their way, hopefully to the Final Four in Atlanta, with games against Southern and North Carolina A&T respectively, hoping not to make 2013 the year in which a 16th seed finally pulled off the biggest upset of them all.
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2013 NCAA Tournament – Automatic Qualifiers so Far
While it’s hard to imagine certain teams, like Indiana and Duke, not making it in to the NCAA Tournament even if they fail miserably in their conference tournament, for others, from the smaller conferences, winning their conference tournament might be the only way to make it into the big dance.
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Gonzaga Bulldogs – Best Parody Video of the Year
The 2012-2013 season isn’t over yet for Gonzaga, but there’s no reason it’s quite special, winning the WCC regular season title, the tournament title and heading into the NCAA tournament as a #1 seed, with a #1 AP Poll ranking. Oh, and now there’s this awesome Parody video, borrowing from Macklemore’s Thrift Shop.