Tag: NCAA Tournament

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just about everything Zion Williamson did at Duke created a highlight or headline in a spectacle of a season. The soaring dunks. The open-court moves more nimble than his 6-foot-7, 285-pound frame…

After the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, the Big 12 was staggering. Five of its six teams had fallen, three knocked from the bracket as the better-seeded team. Only Texas Tech remained, and the…

Survival of near-elimination experiences is a common thread running through this year’s Final Four field. Not just winning four games to reach college basketball’s biggest stage, with the national semifinals set for Saturday in Minneapolis…

 Strange but true: It’s been nearly 20 years since the 2000 publication of “Sole Influence” by Dan Wetzel and Don Yeager, whose book uncovered the shameful dynamics infusing the relationship between athletic shoe companies and…

LEXINGTON, Ky. _ To hear the snickers, the head coaches of the four semifinalists of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament’s Midwest Region might have to pony up for extra charges given the amount of baggage…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Powered by Ja Morant’s no-look passes and Dylan Windler’s step-back 3s, March Madness has been a bonanza for the Ohio Valley Conference. The league placed two teams in the NCAA men’s…

Kansans have no one to blame but themselves for their bracket misfortune after a not-so-hectic opening weekend of the NCAA tournament.  Yes, it was a surprisingly calm first four days of March Madness especially considering…

Kansas’ basketball roster figures to undergo some significant change prior to the start of the 2019-20 season. What’s known at this time — just hours after the Jayhawks’ 89-75 season-ending loss to Auburn in a…

The question is sort of requisite in this line of work and Xavier Sneed appeared to be expecting it. The NCAA Tournament loss was just a half-hour or so old, the end of his junior…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Rashard Odomes and Christian James scored 20 points apiece, Kristian Doolittle had 19 points and matched a career-high with 15 rebounds and No. 9 seed Oklahoma blitzed Mississippi from the start…