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Ten Minutes Of Buzzer-Beaters From The College Basketball Season
Exactly what the headline says....

Vegas Thinks The NCAA Tournament Seeding Is "Insane"
Like everyone else, Vegas oddsmakers are flabbergasted by the inclusions of Louisville and Michigan State as 4-seeds, and the overpowered Midwest regional, in an otherwise commendable tournament bracket....

Which Pundit's NCAA Tournament Bracket Should You Copy?
The March Madness brackets is fresh off the presses. Which of the so-called experts has a bracket worth using for your office pool?...

Hoosiers Call It A Season: "We're Indiana. We Don't Play In The CBI."
Despite a handful of good wins, Indiana's garbage non-conference schedule and first-round Big Ten tourney loss made them an NIT bubble team. The NIT said thanks-but-no-thanks to one of the country's storied programs, so the Hoosiers are packing it up....

Download Your NCAA Tournament March Madness Bracket PDF Here
The NCAA has released its bracket for the 2014 men's basketball tournament and you can download a PDF here. The NCAA tournament either starts on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. or on Thursday at noon, depending on your perspective (both times EDT). ...

Kid Hits Four Threes In Final 30 Secs In Canada National Championship
Lloyd Strickland hit four three-pointers in the final 30 seconds of last night's CCAA Canadian National Championship, but it wasn't enough to lead his Red Deer College (Alberta) Kings team past Langara (Vancouver, B.C.)....

"I GAVE YOU A THUMB'S UP!" Providence Live TV Report Goes Poorly
Here you have WJAR sports guy Frank Carpano trying to deliver a live report on the Big East championship game for Providence's NBC affiliate. Yeah, there are some technical difficulties, but it's Frank's enraged thumb's up that we're laughing hardest about....

San Diego Legend Ted Leitner Melts Down On-Air Over Suitcase Incident
Ted Leitner's best known as the voice of the San Diego Padres, but the longtime broadcaster also serves as the play-by-play man for San Diego State athletics. With just over a minute remaining in the Aztecs' thriller against New Mexico today at the Mountain West Conference title game in Las Vegas, a...

SEC Tournament Punctuated By Overenthusiastic Referee's Technical Foul
Today's Tennessee-Florida SEC tournament semifinal from Atlanta has featured plenty of #refshow, with technical fouls, flagrant fouls, and the always-awful "official replay." Referee Pat Adams took things to the next degree, though, when he emphatically T'd up Volunteer Jeronne Maymon after a high-l...

America East Championship Game Features Mascot Fight
Stony Brook's Wolfie and Albany's Damien the Great Dane brawled in the first half of the America East championship game today at the USB Sports Complex. ...

San Diego State Fans' Profane Insults Are Very Dated
The two San Diego State fans in this video had moved to better seats for the Mountain West Conference tournament and were "out of control drunk for about ten minutes," according to our tipster. A New Mexico fan behind them called for security, and that's when one SDSU bro unleashed the biggest burn ...

Eyeblood Is The Call Of The Day
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SEC Tourney Media Row Bros Are Spaced-Out, Probably Not Media Members
Who wouldn't be excited for a big SEC tournament matchup between Ole Miss and Georgia? These guys, apparently, who scored access to the media section but appear to be catatonic. The SEC: always and forever the home of the bro....

Free Throw Attempt Features Flopping, Flagrant Foul
It's rare that a free throw attempt is delayed for five minutes, but it happened tonight in El Paso as the Conference USA semifinal between Southern Mississippi and Louisiana Tech forced officials to review footage of what was, essentially, a prank....

Doug McDermott's Record-Setting First Half Against DePaul, In One GIF
Doug McDermott's debut in the Big East tournament was a big one. With 27 first half points against DePaul, the Creighton sharpshooter set a conference tournament record and helped lead the Bluejays to an easy win at Madison Square Garden....

Creighton's Devin Brooks Gets The Assist Of The Year
Creighton crushed DePaul in its opening round game of the Big East tournament. Doug McDermott slapped 35 points on the board, but the highlight of the game was definitely this horrible-pass-turned-serendipitous-assist from Devin Brooks....

Seton Hall Buzzer Beater Knocks Villanova Out Of Big East Tournament
In a crazy finish, Villanova, the 1 seed in the Big East Tournament and no. 3 in the nation, was knocked off by Seton Hall on a last second shot by Sterling Gibbs. This is why we love March. ...

Just How Serious Is Joel Embiid's Injury?
The Kansas Jayhawks open up the Big 12 Tournament today against Oklahoma State, and they'll be without freshman center Joel Embiid. Embiid, who's spent much of this season somehow keeping pace with comparisons to Hakeem Olajuwon, has reportedly been diagnosed with a spinal stress fracture. The impli...

Storming The Losing Team's Court Is Next Level
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Aerris Smith's Postgame Interview Belongs In An Inspiring Sports Movie
On Monday, the Wofford Terriers knocked off the Western Carolina Catamounts to capture the Southern Conference championship and book a trip to the NCAA tournament. After the game, Wofford senior Aerris Smith sat down for a postgame radio interview, and it will make you feel very sad-happy....