The No. 1 seed Iowa Hawkeyes in the women’s basketball NCAA Tournament are heading back to the Sweet 16, but it was no easy task against the No. 8 West Virginia Mountaineers. The Hawkeyes defeated the Mountaineers, 64-54, but they needed to scratch and claw their way to victory in surprising fashion. It was a slow start for Iowa after …
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Charles Barkley rips Grand Canyon's performance in March Madness loss: 'Dumbest basketball'
Charles Barkley didn’t mince words when he spoke about how Grand Canyon played against Alabama in the Antelopes’ loss in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on Sunday. Alabama won the game 72-61 to advance to the Sweet 16 against North Carolina. Grand Canyon upset Saint Mary’s to make it to the round of 32, but their hopes of having a …
Read More »Defending champion UConn continues March Madness dominance with blowout over No. 9 Northwestern
NEW YORK, NY – March continues to belong to the University of Connecticut. UConn wiped the floor with No. 9 Northwestern on Sunday night, winning 75-58. The victory came just days after the Huskies rocked Stetson by 39 points, 91-52. Last year, when UConn was en route to their fifth national championship, the then-fourth-seeded Huskies’ smallest margin of victory in …
Read More »Duke’s Jared McCain admits it was hard to not ‘shoot from anywhere’ while breaking Duke March Madness record
NEW YORK, NY – The only thing that stopped Jared McCain from not breaking NCAA records on Sunday was the fact that he was in the middle of a blowout. The true freshman from Duke knocked down eight three-pointers, a school record for March Madness, but with 9:29 to go, the Blue Devils were winning by 28. They wound up …
Read More »ESPN's Rece Davis slammed for suggesting March Madness bet was 'risk-free investment'
ESPN host Rece Davis chose the wrong words when describing a sports bet suggestion during a segment of College GameDay on Sunday. ESPN betting analyst Erin Dolan explained why she recommends betting Northwestern to score under 60.5 points during their second-round matchup against UConn in the NCAA Tournament. After hearing Nolan’s argument, Davis had an interesting response. CLICK HERE FOR …
Read More »LSU star Angel Reese waves goodbye to Middle Tennessee State player who fouled out
LSU Tigers women’s basketball star Angel Reese waved goodbye to one of the Middle Tennessee State players during the round of 32 in the tournament as she fouled out in the third quarter. Reese battled with Middle Tennessee State’s bigs all game long. And with 59 seconds left in the frame, Anastasiia Boldyreva fouled out of the game. CLICK HERE …
Read More »Duke's Jared McCain puts on three-pointer masterpiece to send Blue Devils to Sweet 16
NEW YORK – The pouring rain from Saturday in Brooklyn turned into threes on Sunday in the second round of March Madness. Duke’s Jared McCain put on a masterclass at Barclays Center in the Round of 32, helping the fourth-seeded Blue Devils destroy No. 12 James Madison, 93-55. Duke dominated the first half, thanks to lights-out three-point shooting from the …
Read More »Iowa's Caitlin Clark makes bold statement after early tournament victory
Caitlin Clark nearly had a triple-double as she led No. 1-seeded Iowa over No. 16-seeded Holy Cross in the Round of 64 in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on Saturday. Clark, who had 27 points in front of her home crowd in Iowa City, made a bold statement following the 91-65 win. She felt that fans are more excited for …
Read More »Yale men’s basketball rallies for another March Madness upset over No. 4 seed Auburn
Yale men’s basketball team rallied from behind to defeat No. 4 seed Auburn in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday night, marking the second tournament win in the program’s history. Junior John Poulakidas led the charge for the 13th-seeded Bulldogs with 28 points to help Yale come back from a 10-point deficit midway through the second half …
Read More »No. 1 UNC pulls away late from ninth-seeded Michigan State to make Sweet 16
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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