March Madness NCAA Tournament

After suffering through repeated blowouts in the last two rounds, fans had to wait until the Championship to see two teams worthy of each other play. And what a spectacle it was. In an incredible finish to an unforgettable March Madness, Kansas' Mario Chalmers hit a contested three with 2.1 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime. From there it was Jayhawks as they took advantage of a shell-shocked Memphis team, scored the first three buckets and never looked back. Chalmers... Read Full Story

Today is the much awaited NCAA Championship Game between the Memphis Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks. The game will be played in San Antonio Texas at 9:21 EST on CBS. This game promises to be agile as both time likes speed in their game. Let’s remember that Memphis is playing their first championship game since the 73. Tigers team include the revelation Derrick Rose and Chris Douglas-Roberts. Just between the two made 52 of the 78 points against UCLA. On the side of Kansas, leaded by... Read Full Story

Where to begin?  Though there were a lack of upsets and close games on Thursday, this weekend's action brought all of that and more, and the past three days made this opening round the most exciting in recent memory.  Two-seeds fell (twice), we saw 16-point comebacks, coaches were ejected, top seeds were tested, last second shots fell, and a buzzer-beater for the ages all marked an incredible three days of college hoops. In a sign of things to come, tenth-seeded Davidson began Friday by... Read Full Story

Higher seeds won out on the first day of March Madness, the lone exceptions were Kansas State's take down of sixth-seeded Southern California and ninth-seeded Texas A&M's 67-62 win over eighth-seeded BYU. But the day was not without its excitement or scares for the top teams. Second seeded Duke survived 15th seeded Belmont's bid to be only the fifth team to take down a two seed, winning 71-70 when the Bruin's Justin Hare's 35-footer hit back iron at the buzzer. Duke sophomore guard... Read Full Story

The first two rounds are over, along with the upset watches, the Cinderella teams, and the four days of endless basketball. Now the campaign for the championship kicks into high gear. This is what's known as the "Sweet Sixteen," as in there are 16 teams left to duke it out (not included Duke, because they're out). UCLA coach Ben Howland said it best: There are no more upsets after the first two rounds. Any team can beat anyone else at this point. With that said, there are a few rules to... Read Full Story

The first day of the Sweet 16 went almost as planned. The favorites took care of business, although with more drama than they would have hoped. In the afternoon game (7) West Virginia faced off against (3) Xavier. The game was billed as two evenly matched teams, and it played out that way. Joe Alexander, West Virginia's leading scorer with 18 points, hit a turn-around jumper with 7 seconds left to tie. But Alexander missed the game-winning free throw and when he fouled out in... Read Full Story

A couple years ago, most high school seniors capable of dominating on the college level were going straight to the pros. Year 1 of the NBA age limit came and went without any huge impact freshman. Year 2 brought us Greg Oden and Kevin Durant, two of the greatest freshman players in NCAA history. Year 3 - well, year 3 is just ridiculous.Of the 73 programs in the major conferences (ACC, Big East, Big 12, Big 10, Pac-10 and SEC), 18 are currently being led in scoring by a freshman (24.6%). 37 of... Read Full Story