March Madness Series 2023
The Final Four games were played on Sat, April 6 in Phoenix, Arizona. 11-seed North Carolina State looked to continue their cinderella run against 1-seed Purdue. 4-seed Alabama tried to earn their first national championship game appearance in a battle with number one overall seed UConn. Going into the game most people were interested in watching tournament star DJ Burns of North Carolina State battle … Continue reading One Team Shines
There was a storybook ending waiting for whichever Final Four team won the Women’s National Championship: South Carolina would complete an undefeated season. North Carolina State would win the national championship after starting the season unranked. Iowa would redeem last year’s final game loss and send Caitlin Clark into her pro career on high note. UConn would earn its record 12th national title in a … Continue reading Story Book Ending
Four games, one upset, the best game of the tournament and continued domination: the Final Four is set for the men’s tournament. Illinois was the latest team to try and slow down the powerhouse UConn has been over the last two seasons. For the first half of play, it appeared as if UConn would be forced to play in its first competitive game in a … Continue reading Elite 8 Recap: Two Wins Away from Immortality
Every Sweet 16 team is really good, but to advance teams need to be elite. After nearly a week off teams move to a neutral site for the second weekend of the women’s tournament. A 3-seeded Oregon State and 2-seeded Notre Dame kicked off the Sweet 16 action for the women. Notre Dame is young and led by a freshman, Oregon State by a more … Continue reading Only the Elite Remain
On Thursday, March 28, sixteen men’s basketball teams remained. But by the end of Friday, only the Elite 8 would be left standing. The 6-seeded Clemson team stumbled into the tournament but dominated their first two games before playing 2-seed Arizona in the Sweet 16. Clemson controlled the pace and was the more connected team. That combined with a poor shooting performance from the three … Continue reading From Sweet to Elite
Eight more tickets needed to be punched. Only forty minutes and one opponent stood between the 16 teams that played on Sunday, March 24, and the Sweet 16. Only one upset occurred on the final day of the first weekend of the men’s NCAA Tournament, which is very atypical. Furthermore, only one of the eight games played was highly competitive throughout. The 1-seeded Purdue and … Continue reading Rounding Out the Sweet 16
Only half the teams remain after two days of non-stop basketball. Sixteen of those teams were back in action on Saturday. First, 2-seed Arizona won easily in their first game and played against 7-seed Dayton who needed a massive second half comeback to advance to this Round of 32 matchup. Arizona was the first team to earn a trip to the Sweet 16 with their … Continue reading Earning a Spot in the Sweet 16
Only a handful of perfect brackets remained after day one, but by the end of day two, no bracket picked all 32 first-round games correctly. Just like day one there were some great games, a few blowouts and impressive stats. Day 2 opened with a battle between Florida Atlantic, an 8-seed that made the Final Four last year, and 9-seed Northwestern. Despite returning several players … Continue reading Every Bracket is Officially Busted
As we prepared for the March Madness brackets to be announced, it seemed like a good time for a little preview. The women have received more attention this year with the dominance of South Carolina, which will enter the tournament without a seasonal loss. Even after losing its entire starting lineup and a key bench player to the WNBA after last season, the team can’t … Continue reading March Madness is Back and Promises to Entertain
The Women’s Final Four featured three teams vying for the first ever national championship in their program’s history; the remaining team looked to win their second national championship in as many years. In the first Final Four game, LSU and Virginia Tech faced off. The first quarter saw both teams struggle to get in a rhythm offensively, and at the end of the first quarter, … Continue reading RECORD-SETTING CHAMPION
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