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Saint Mary's Beats Middle Tennessee State, 67-54 — 2013 NCAA Tournament Scores

Joe Student — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 03:54:24 +0000

Matthew Dellavedova scored 22 points, and Saint Mary’s beat Middle Tennessee State, 67-54, in a First Four game of the 2013 NCAA tournament in Dayton, Ohio on Tuesday night. After leading by nine points at the half, St. Mary’s increased its lead behind the shooting of Dellavedova, who was 7-for-14 from the field for the [...]

The NCAA March Madness Will Cost America's Business' Over $100 Million Dollars

Rudy Fernandez — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:21:18 +0000

The NCAA's (National Collegiate Athletic Association) March Madness (men’s college basketball tournament) is celebrating its 75th anniversary. The NCAA is a non-profit organization that is raking in the cash, $10.8 billion to be exact. However, America's Business' will loose over $134 Million dollars because of the March Madness Tournament. The loss is due to loss of worker productivity in the first two days of the tournament alone. But is it happening here in Abilene or the Big Country?

NCAA Basketball Tournament Report: Kentucky and Kansas Advance To 2012 Final Four

Joe Student — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:41:22 +0000

Traditional college basketball powers Kentucky and Kansas each won regional finals on Sunday to join Ohio State and Louisville in the 2012 Final Four in New Orleans next weekend. Here’s a recap of Sunday’s regional final games: South Regional Kentucky 82 — Baylor 70 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 19 points and Anthony Davis had 18 points [...]

NCAA Basketball Tournament Report: Ohio State and Louisville Headed To 2012 Final Four

Joe Student — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:52:42 +0000

Louisville and Ohio State became the first two teams to advance to the 2012 Final Four in New Orleans next weekend. Here’s a recap of Saturday’s regional finals. East Regional Ohio State 77 — Syracuse 70 Jared Sullinger had 19 points and seven rebounds and Ohio State beat Syracuse 77-70 on Saturday night in the [...]

NCAA Basketball Tournament Report: North Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas and Baylor Advance To Regional Finals

Joe Student — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:21:51 +0000

Top seeds Kentucky and North Carolina joined Kansas and Baylor in advancing to the regional finals of the 2012 NCAA tournament on Friday. Here’s a recap of Friday’s NCAA tournament games: Midwest Regional North Carolina 73 — Ohio 65 (OT) Harrison Barnes scored five of his 12 points in overtime and North Carolina beat Ohio [...]

NCAA Basketball Tournament Report: Ohio State, Florida, Syracuse and Louisville Advance

Joe Student — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:05:32 +0000

Ohio State and Florida joined Big East powers Syracuse and Louisville in advancing to the regional finals of the 2012 NCAA tournament on Thursday. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s NCAA tournament games: East Regional Ohio State 81 — Cincinnati 66 Deshaun Thomas scored 26 points and teammate Jared Sullinger had 23 points and 11 rebounds, [...]

NCAA Tournament Preview: Four Ohio Schools In Regional Semifinals

Joe Student — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:46:20 +0000

All four top regional seeds — Kentucky, North Carolina, Syracuse and Michigan State— remain alive as the 2012 NCAA tournament begins the regional semifinal round on Thursday. An NCAA record four schools from Ohio have advanced to the round of 16. Here’s a preview of the next round of NCAA tournament games: Thursday, March 22 [...]

10 Ways to Cope If Your NCAA Tournament Bracket Busted

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:08:01 +0000

So, the four-day marathon known as the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament is now in our rearview mirror. If your bracket busted like a cheap watch, you may not care too much about the rest of March Madness, so here are some ways to pass the time until a national championship is crowned:

NCAA Basketball Tournament Report: Cincinnati, Ohio and Xavier Win To Advance To Round Of 16

Joe Student — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:03:42 +0000

Ohio, Cincinnati and Xavier all won on Sunday to join Ohio State in the NCAA basketball tournament round of 16. Top-seeded North Carolina and Michigan State also won to advance to the regional semi-finals. Here’s a full recap of the day’s action in the NCAA tournament: Midwest Regional North Carolina 87 — Creighton 73 After [...]

NCAA Basketball Tournament Report: Top Seeds Advance; Kentucky – Indiana Rematch Set For Friday

Joe Student — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 06:27:32 +0000

The higher-seeded team won every NCAA tournament game played in men’s Division I basketball on Saturday. Top seeds Kentucky and Syracuse were among the teams which advanced to the regional semifinal round next week. Here’s a recap of all of the NCAA tournament action from Saturday: South Regional Indiana 63 — VCU 61 Will Sheehey [...]

NCAA Basketball Tournament Report: Duke and Missouri Both Upset Victims On Friday

Joe Student — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:45:34 +0000

For the first time in the history of the NCAA basketball tournament, two No. 2 seeds — Duke and Missouri — were upset by No. 15 seeds on Friday. Several other lower seeds also won to advance to the third round of play on Sunday. Here’s a full recap of the day’s action in the NCAA basketball tournament:

NCAA Basketball Tournament Report: VCU and Colorado Only Surprise Winners Thus Far

Joe Student — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:16:03 +0000

Higher-seeded teams won all but two games during Thursday’s play in the second round of the NCAA basketball tournament. VCU and Colorado were the only lower-seeded teams to record victories. Here’s a recap of all of the day’s action in the NCAA tournament: East Kansas State 70 — Southern Miss. 64 Angel Rodriguez made a [...]

Barack Obama Makes His NCAA March Madness Tournament Picks

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:21:49 +0000

Basketball-Fan-in-Chief Barack Obama’s career as a presidential bracketologist got off to a rousing start in 2009 when his pick to win the 2009 NCAA tournament, North Carolina, were indeed crowned champions. However, his results haven’t been so good since then. After acknowledging he got “decimated” with his 2010 picks, Obama selected only number one seeds [...]

10 Things You Need To Know Before You Fill Out Your NCAA Tournament Bracket

Joe Student — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:54:26 +0000

Streeter Lecka, Getty Images Do you have your NCAA bracket filled out yet? You'd better hurry. The 2012 NCAA basketball tournament gets underway Tuesday with two of the 'First Four' games. Mississippi Valley State plays Western Kentucky in a 16-seed game in the South Region, while BYU takes on Iona in a 14-seed game in [...]

10 Biggest First Round Upsets in Recent NCAA Tournament History [PHOTOS, VIDEOS]

Danny Groner — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:57:41 +0000

The annual NCAA Tournament kicks off Tuesday with two games featuring lower seeds vying for a spot in the field of 64. The winners of those matchups will try to make history by then knocking off a top seed. No #16 seed has ever ousted a #1, but four #15s have taken care of #2s [...]

10 Signs You've Got March Madness

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:21:44 +0000

The country is rapidly approaching March Madness, an annual celebration of rabid sports fandom and hallowed college tradition. Every year, NCAA fans follow their alma mater or college they’d go to if grades and criminal records didn’t matter from hope and glory to everlasting victory or crushing defeat. Of course, any diehard fan can take [...]

NCAA Basketball Tournament Report: Kentucky Is No. 1 Overall Seed Despite Loss

Joe Student — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:26:10 +0000

Losses by Kentucky, Syracuse and North Carolina in their conference tournaments didn’t prevent those teams from joining Big Ten champ Michigan State as top regional seeds for the Division I men’s NCAA basketball tournament field of 68 announced on Sunday evening. The NCAA basketball tournament begins with a total of four first-round games on Tuesday [...]

NCAA College Football Bowl Preview — Dec. 31-Jan. 8

Wes Glinsmann — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:54:59 +0000

Bowl season is hitting its high point with the biggest games of the year coming up in the next week. While much of the focus is understandably on the BCS games and the national championship, there are a lot of other good games coming up for your viewing pleasure in the next few days. We’ll have previews of the BCS games coming up shortly. But in the meantime, here is what to watch for in all the remaining non-BCS bowl games.

NCAA College Football Bowl Recap — Dec. 17-23

Joe Student — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:41:07 +0000

Bowl season is in full swing. Here’s a look back at what went down in the first week of games. Thursday, Dec. 22 Maaco Bowl; Las Vegas, NV NO. 8 BOISE STATE 56 – ARIZONA STATE 24 Doug Martin returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown and he also ran for 151 yards [...]

NCAA College Football – Week 14 Recap

Wes Glinsmann — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:20:38 +0000

LSU is in the national championship game, and Oklahoma State certainly made a strong case that they should be there as well. Now its up to the poll voters and the BCS computers to decide whether the Cowboys will get a shot at former coach Les Miles, or if the Tigers will indeed have a rematch with Alabama.

Elsewhere, Montee Ball and Robert Griffin III continued their late-season pushes for the Heisman. And the crazy season of upsets continued with Houston’s undefeated season coming to a halt and Clemson putting an emphatic end to Virginia Tech’s long-shot national title hopes. Here are all the highlights from this final week of the regular season in the AP Top 25.