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Texas Tech cancels classes Monday night and Tuesday due to national championship game
The No. 3-seed Texas Tech Red Raiders takes on the No. 1-seed Virginia Cavaliers in the college basketball...
Iowa encouraged Jordan Bohannon to apologize for March Madness rug tweet, after NCAA prompting. But he’s not sorry.
“We consulted Jordan and gave him some suggestions on another tweet to bring this to closure" was not a great statement from the Iowa athletic department.
Which 2019 Final Four team wins based on cultural superiority?
Welcome to one of the strangest Final Fours we’ve seen in a while. Two major-conference schools are making...
College basketball writers can’t stop carrying water for the NCAA against the evil scourge of the one-and-done
It’s not unheard of to see media members carry water for the sports league they cover. We’ve certainly...
Virginia and Tony Bennett celebrate- the Cavs finally reach the pinnacle
Louisville, Ky. – It was never going to be easy. Not with these tortured programs. In the end,...
After surviving an instant classic, Purdue one win away from first Final Four since 1980
Louisville, Ky. – Gene Keady was at the KFC Yum! Center Thursday night. For decades, he WAS Purdue...
Purdue beats Tennessee in Sweet 16 game that’s somehow fantastic despite free-throw shooting like 3rd graders
49.1 percent free-throw shooting in this otherwise great game.
Fast-paced North Carolina gaining momentum entering the Sweet 16
COLUMBUS, Ohio — You could have labeled the Midwest Region the Darwin Region. Survival of the fittest. When...
Ian Eagle has an amazing call for Wofford’s Fletcher Magee in record-setting performance
"OOOH BULLSEYE! FLETCHER MAGEE... IS NOT HUMAN!"
This dunk try summarizes Montana’s first half vs Michigan
The No. 15-seed Montana Grizzlies are having a rather difficult time in their first-round NCAA Tournament game against...
How to survive watching the 2019 NCAA Tournament
So, you’ve decided to watch the NCAA Tournament. Congratulations! Welcome to the most exhilarating sports spectacle in America....
What if instead of the NCAA Tournament, college basketball determined its 2019 champion through bowl games?
Here's how the 2019 NCAA Tournament might look if the teams were instead assigned to bowl games.
Which mid-major NCAA Tournament teams could be this year’s Loyola-Chicago?
The NCAA Tournament is a fickle beast. Last year, the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers were the darlings of the college...
It turns out the NET rankings meant very little for bubble team selection in the NCAA Tournament
Last August, the NCAA introduced a new metric, the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET). It replaced the Rating Percentage Index...
The 5 most interesting NCAA Tournament bubble teams
It’s late January, which means it’s officially Bubble Watch season. As the NCAA basketball regular season gets to...
ACC proposes expanding the NCAA tournament to 72 teams
An expanded field would hurt smaller leagues while allowing for more power conference coaches to say they made the NCAA tournament.
8 mid-major basketball teams who could be next season’s Loyola-Chicago
5 radical ideas to improve the NCAA Tournament
Give the NIT champion an automatic bid to the following year's NCAA Tournament.
Duke is the way-too-early favorite to win the 2018-19 NCAA Tournament
Villanova, Kansas, and Kentucky follow.
Video: One Shining Moment 2018
The tried-and-true formula is back for another year complete with Sister Jean
Jim Nantz gets meme treatment for ‘meme’ pronunciation, Moe Wagner breaks Bill Raftery’s glasses & terrifies Grant Hill (videos via @ClippitTV)
Also, A-Rod incorrectly predicts many pitches before they happen in his ESPN broadcasting debut.
Final Four viewers and listeners are not enjoying the obnoxious buzzer that sounds like a car horn
That's not a car horn. It's just a really stupid shot-clock buzzer.
Michigan’s Jordan Poole went to find Sister Jean after the Final Four game in a beautiful #sports moment
Well done by the Michigan freshman.
