Tag: ncaa tournament

  • 4 Sporting Events to Look Forward to in 2017 After the Super Bowl

    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.

  • Villanova vs North Carolina Predictions

    Villanova vs North Carolina Predictions

    The end of a fantastic college basketball season comes to an end with North Carolina playing Villanova for the national title. The preseason number one team that had a rough start and a dominant finish, against a Wildcats team that also got better as the season went along, making it a fitting finish to a great NCAA Tournament, filled with surprises, but the last teams standing are hardly cinderellas.

  • College Basketball Rumors – North Carolina Tar Heels, Villanova Wildcats Bringing Different Styles to Title Game

    College Basketball Rumors – North Carolina Tar Heels, Villanova Wildcats Bringing Different Styles to Title Game

    The college basketball national championship game between Villanova and North Carolina pits two teams who rely on very different things to win, and overall have run to very little trouble during the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

  • Final Four Predictions: Villanova vs Oklahoma, Syracuse vs North Carolina

    Final Four Predictions: Villanova vs Oklahoma, Syracuse vs North Carolina

    The big night of college basketball, the 2016 NCAA Tournament Final Four, is almost here. It begins with two number two seeds, Villanova and Oklahoma, facing off in a battle between relentless, havoc creating defense and the NCAA-best shooting of Buddy Hield. Later comes the ACC clash of the surprising Syracuse against the favorites to win it all and preseason number one team, North Carolina.

  • Teams With the Most Final Four Appearances

    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.

  • NCAA Tournament: Teams of the Final Four

    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.

  • NCAA Tournament: Elite Eight Scores

    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.

  • Buddy Hield Torching the Oregon Ducks, En Route to an Oklahoma Final Four Appearance

    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.

  • Elite Eight Predictions: Notre Dame vs North Carolina, Syracuse vs Virginia

    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.

  • NCAA Tournament Elite Eight Scores

    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.