What did St. Peter’s mean? As we prepare for a men’s Final Four with four of the sport’s blue-bloodiest, royalist, historic and generational programs, let’s take a moment and consider how it would look if the Peacocks of Saint Peter’s … Read More
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March Madness: NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament – Final Four Preview and Predictions
#1 South Carolina (33-2) vs #1 Louisville (27-4) – National Semifinal The power programs of women’s basketball served notice this weekend that Cinderellas are no longer welcome at the dance. South Carolina dispatched #10 seed Creighton 80-50 to reach their … Read More
Match Report – Bayreuth 71-84 Bamberg: Misery piles up for Bayreuth after Frankenderby loss
Bamberg added even more misery to a terrible run of form for Bayreuth, after beating their Frankenderby rivals at home. The defeat leaves medi Bayreuth on a run of six straight defeats in the Bundesliga, as their hopes of making … Read More
March Madness: A momentous weekend of Women’s NCAA Basketball
Greensboro Region (Friday, 3/25 & Sunday, 3/27) Sweet 16: #1 South Carolina (69) vs #5 North Carolina (61) Battle. Of. The. Carolinas. North Carolina (UNC) outscored South Carolina (SC) to start and finish the game (39-33), while SC took the … Read More
BNXT League: Oostende and Mechelen remain undefeated; Antwerp and Donar play out OT thriller
Oostende defeat Leiden in straight shootout for top spot It was an exciting weekend in the BNXT League, with leaders Oostende playing second-placed Leiden and teams placed third and fourth battling each other. Oostende’s win over Feyenoord was far more … Read More
March Madness: Five Women’s Sweet 16 Matches to Watch This Weekend
#3 Indiana (24-8) vs #2 UConn (27-5) – Bridgeport Regional Consider this matchup “Blue Blood vs. New Blood”. Overcoming a rash of injuries this season, including the first two-thirds of the season to last season’s National Player of the Year … Read More
March Madness: Looking back on the first two rounds of the Men’s Tournament
The first weekend of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has come and gone and, as always, it did not disappoint. With nine truly significant upsets, and more than that if we look at seeding alone, it was the same old … Read More
March Madness, Sweet 16 Spotlight: Which conferences have had the best showing at the NCAA Tournament?
Men’s March Madness Round one saw 10 lower-seeded teams upset higher-seeded teams and Round two saw six upsets. Overall, these 16 upsets impact how many teams remain from each of the “power conferences.” Entering the Tournament: The 32 conferences are … Read More
BNXT League: Oostende win over Feyenoord soured by Champions League exit; Donar win Dutch cup
Oostende escapes first loss in Rotterdam Belgian league leaders Oostende are still to lose a game, and continued that run as they went to the Dutch #5, Feyenoord, for their first game outside of Belgium. In the game before, the … Read More
School Pride: Which schools’ Men’s & Women’s teams still remain in March Madness?
A Longstanding History The Women’s NCAA Tournament began in 1982. In the last 40 NCAA Tournaments, the men’s and women’s teams from the same school have made it into the Final Four of their respective tournaments – in the same … Read More