Two SEC teams will be battling for a spot in the Final Four with #5 Auburn taking on PJ Washington and #2 Kentucky in the Midwest Regional. The Auburn Tigers drilled 17 three-pointers and stunned #1 North Carolina on Friday night to advance to their first Elite 8 in 35 […]
A tough defensive battle is expected with a Big Ten vs. ACC matchup, when #3 Purdue takes on Tony Bennett and #1 Virginia in the South Regional Elite 8 game on Saturday. The winner of Purdue/UVA will advance to the Final Four. Both teams previous made it to the Final […]
Then there were eight. The Final Four is one game away for the teams in the Elite Eight and the teams that most thought would be here are playing. The only exception is No. 1 seed North Carolina, which was an upset victim to No. 5 Auburn, the highest remaining […]
The 2019 March Madness West Regional will come down to #3 Texas Tech squaring off against #1 Gonzaga with the winner advancing to the Final Four. Texas Tech, led by sophomore guard Jarrett Culver, has been unstoppable in 2019 March Madness with an 18-point average margin of victory. Texas Tech […]
In Sweet 16 action, #1 North Carolina out of the Midwest regional lost to #5 Auburn 97-90 and became the first top seed to lose in a chalk-heavy March Madness as Auburn advances to the Elite 8. Auburn moves onto the Elite 8 for the first time in 35 years. […]
Neuropsychologist Gregg Nigl’s run at filling out the first ever perfect bracket for the NCAA Tournament came to a dramatic end on Thursday night, when Tennessee suffered an overtime loss to Purdue. The Volunteers staged an incredible comeback to force overtime and keep Nigl’s bracket alive, but couldn’t get past […]
In a gritty defensive slog, the #1 Virginia Cavaliers defeated the #12 Oregon Ducks 53-49 in the South Regional Sweet 16 as Tony Bennett and his UVA squad advanced to the Elite 8. The clock stroke Midnight for the Cinderella Ducks. Virginia returns to the Elite 8 for only the […]
With eight games remaining in the NBA regular season, the Eastern Conference playoff race is coming down the stretch with five teams – Brooklyn, Detroit, Miami, Orlando and Charlotte – fighting for the final three spots and only 2.5 games separating the teams in the bubble pack. If the playoffs […]
With the last of the Elite Eight teams to be decided on Friday, the betting lines have seen some movement that might matter to the savvy sports gambler. Here’s what you need to know about adjusted point spreads that hardly made a difference — all four games have seen half-point […]
In this chalk-heavy side of the Sweet 16 bracket, two #2 seeds face two #3 seeds on Friday evening with a Big Ten vs. SEC showdown featuring #2 Michigan State and #3 LSU. LSU embarked on their deepest run in March Madness since they went to the Final Four in […]
The March Madness Sweet 16 features two games on Friday evening with top seeds from the ACC, #1 Duke from the East and #1 North Carolina from the Midwest, seeking to advance to the Elite 8. Duke faces an ACC foe with #4 Virginia Tech standing in the Blue Devils’ […]
The Sweet Sixteen kicks off on Thursday with four games, featuring two No. 1 seeds. Both of those seeds are favored by seven or more points, but one of them could be an upset victim. The No. 12 Oregon Ducks are the highest seed remaining and have to face No. […]
The #12 Oregon Ducks are playing the role of Cinderella in this year’s March Madness as the lone double-digit seed to advance to the Sweet 16. The Ducks are one of the hottest teams in the country right now. Oregon won ten games in a row and ran the table […]
Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic suffered compound fractures in his lower left leg on Monday night, an injury that will keep the Bosnian star out of action indefinitely. The injury occurred in the second overtime period of Portland’s Monday game against the Brooklyn Nets, a game the Trail Blazers […]
Jimmer Fredette, who has been tearing up the Chinese Basketball Association with the Shanghai Sharks, signed a contract with the Phoenix Suns for the rest of the NBA season. In a 33-point blowout loss against the Utah Jazz on Monday night, Fredette scored 6 points and scored his first bucket […]
By the end of the first week of March Madness, only 16 teams remained but under-the-radar guards such as Fletcher McGee (Wofford), Aubrey Dawkins (UCF) and Tremont Waters (LSU) made names for themselves. Heading into March Madness, everyone knew to keep an eye on the potential lottery picks such as […]
Despite a scare against UCF in the Round of 32, Zion Williamson and Duke heads into the Sweet 16 as the odds favorite to win 2019 March Madness. According to the South Point Casino and Sports Book in Las Vegas, Duke is +140 to win the national championship. North Carolina, […]
The first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament are over, and basketball fans now will gear up for the Sweet Sixteen, which begins on Thursday. Before they do, let’s briefly review what happened in the opening rounds. The television ratings were up for the tournament, but the drama was a […]
By late Sunday night the Sweet Sixteen will be set, but first the last of the NCAA Tournament’s second round games need to be played. The eight contests feature three No. 1 seeds that should cruise to the next round. There are upset possibilities, however in the other five games. […]
The NCAA Tournament’s second round begins on Saturday and there are 16 games to decide half of the Sweet 16. There weren’t any shocking upsets on Thursday’s first round, but that could change in the second round. Murray State did surprise Marquette, and there were a couple of No. 10 […]
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