The University of North Carolina continues to be a thorn in Michigan State’s side. The Tar Heels are now 7-0 against the Spartans in March Madness play after their 85-69 second-round victory Saturday. The Spartans were up 26-14 with 9:40 left in the first half, but UNC responded with a 29-5 run that carried into the second half to put …
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“Survive and advance” is alive and well for N.C. State, 41 years after it won a national title. The Wolfpack miraculously won the ACC after winning five games in as many days in the tournament. They were the 10th seed in their conference, so anything less than a conference tournament title would have meant they would have been left out …
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It could have been, and probably should have been, the University of Nevada playing in the Round of 32 on Saturday. The 10th-seeded Wolf Pack owned a 55-39 lead over No. 7 Dayton with just over seven minutes left in the first round. But the Flyers ended the game on a 24-4 run for an all-time comeback to advance to …
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It wouldn’t be March Madness without a 12-seed beating a No. 5, right? Entering Friday night, the two other five-seeds (Gonzaga and San Diego State) were victorious in the first round, which apparently meant regression was due. But at Barclays Center, it was James Madison overtaking the fifth-seeded Badgers, 72-61, in the third 5-12 matchup of the tournament. CLICK HERE …
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Caitlin Clark’s success has proven to be beneficial for more than just the Iowa’s women’s basketball program. The Hawkeyes star captured the nation’s attention during last year’s NCAA tournament, but she remained in the spotlight because of her prolific shooting. In her final season, Clark became the all-time leading women’s scorer and, eventually, the NCAA Division I overall career scoring …
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The Iowa Hawkeyes overcame a sluggish start to their first-round NCAA Tournament matchup against 16th-seeded Holy Cross. Caitlin Clark, NCAA Division I’s all-time leading scorer, uncharacteristically struggled to make her shots early on and was visibly frustrated. But she bounced back and finished with 27 points and 10 assists in Iowa’s 91-65 win. Hawkeyes guard Kate Martin added 15 points …
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A March Madness Sweet 16 isn’t complete without the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Gonzaga advanced past the Round of 32 for the ninth straight time, using a dominant second half to beat Kansas, 89-68. This was the first meeting between Gonzaga and Kansas in tournament history, and the first half lived up to the hype. There was no lead higher than six …
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LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey is threatening to sue The Washington Post if it publishes a “false story” about her. During her opening statement in a press conference appearance ahead of the Tigers’ second round matchup against Middle Tennessee, Mulkey addressed media rumors that the outlet was contacting former “disgruntled” players in an attempt to put out a “hit …
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More than 31 million bracket entries for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament were made this year. But after the first round, no perfect brackets remain. Auburn players sitting on the bench react toward the end of the second half of a first-round college basketball game against Yale in the NCAA Tournament in Spokane, Wash., Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Young …
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The Kansas Jayhawks avoided an early upset in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament on Thursday night, thanks to a controversial call in the final minute of their first-round match-up against Samford. The 13th-seeded Bulldogs managed to cut a 22-point deficit to just one with 14 seconds remaining when Samford’s A.J. Staton-McCray says he pulled off a “great play” in blocking …
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