Tag: Round of 32

  • NCAA Tournament: Round of 32 Scores, Day 2

    NCAA Tournament: Round of 32 Scores, Day 2

    A bad day for brackets and for higher seeds, as a number 1 (Xavier) and two number 2’s (Cincinnati and North Carolina) lost, while Syracuse (number 11), Kansas State (number 9) and Florida State (number 9 too) made an impressive case for lower seeds heading into the Sweet Sixteen.

  • NCAA Tournament: Round of 32 Scores, Day 1

    NCAA Tournament: Round of 32 Scores, Day 1

    The first day in the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 32 was filled with blowouts, but also some nail-biting drama, mostly coming in the form of clutch shots – One that propelled Michigan over Houston, and the other sending Cinderella Loyola-Chicago over Tennessee into the Sweet Sixteen. #9 Alabama 58  #1 Villanova 81: A dominant performance by the […]

  • NCAA Tournament Round of 32 (Day 4) Predictions

    NCAA Tournament Round of 32 (Day 4) Predictions

    The second day of the round of 32 will complete the Sweet Sixteen picture in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Oregon, Syracuse and Oklahoma seem like the safest teams among the higher seeded ones on this day. Xavier, Maryland, Villanova and Texas A&M should be worried about an upset, just like Notre Dame.

  • NCAA Tournament Day 3 Second Round Scores

    NCAA Tournament Day 3 Second Round Scores

    The trend of lower seeds winning didn’t stop on the third day of the NCAA Tournament, but the round of 32 was less about shock. Number one seeds kept on moving with Kansas, North Carolina and Virginia all winning by double digits. Indiana upset Kentucky with some excellent defense, Duke beat Yale while Gonzaga crushed […]

  • Most Likely Upsets on Day 3 of the NCAA Tournament

    Most Likely Upsets on Day 3 of the NCAA Tournament

    Pretty much every bracket has been busted and nothing is actually a surprise anymore. But as we head into day of the 2016 NCAA Tournament, there are a few games that might show us a few new tricks and add to the lore and history of March Madness.

  • NCAA Tournament – Kansas & Virginia Make it a Bad Day for Number Two Teams

    NCAA Tournament – Kansas & Virginia Make it a Bad Day for Number Two Teams

    While two Number one seeds, Duke and Wisconsin, kept the chains moving and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, two number two seeds said goodbye to the tournament rather early, as Wichita State upset in-state rivals Kansas and Michigan State, for a second straight year, stood in the way of Virginia.

  • NCAA Tournament – Villanova First Number One to Go Home

    NCAA Tournament – Villanova First Number One to Go Home

    The first number one seed to get knocked out of the 2015 NCAA Tournament are Villanova, losing to number-eight North Carolina State, sending them home before the Sweet Sixteen, while Kentucky, Arizona and North Carolina didn’t seem to have so much trouble in an excellent day for the ACC, still perfect after three days of basketball.

  • NCAA Tournament Upsets – Stanford Over Kansas

    NCAA Tournament Upsets – Stanford Over Kansas

    The second day in the round of 32 provided some great games, but only one real upset, as Stanford beat Kas snas 60-57 to make it into the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in six years, leaving out another team with a freshman that was supposed to be going places this season.

  • NCAA Tournament – Two Cinderellas in the Sweet Sixteen

    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.

  • NCAA Tournament – The First Number One Seed to Say Goodbye

    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.