It was Destanni. The 40th National Championship game of the NCAA Division-I Tournament since it’s inception in the 1981-82 season was decided last night. The South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the University of Connecticut Huskies 64-49 in front of almost 19,000 … Read More
March Madness
March Madness: Duke-UNC Rivalry Reaches New Heights in Final Four Face-Off
What better way to cap off one of the greatest coaching careers in any sport than perhaps the biggest rivalry of any sport? On Saturday, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski will lead the #2 seed Blue Devils against first year … Read More
March Madness: Blue-Bloods Kansas and Villanova Meet Again in the Final Four
With the long-awaited Duke vs. North Carolina matchup on Saturday, it feels like people are starting to forget about the other Final Four matchup. Well, I’m here to remind everyone that there’s not one, but two games on Saturday. Kansas … Read More
A March Madness Fairytale: The Story of Saint Peter’s Peacocks
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
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
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
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
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