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Loyola-Chicago Advances To Sweet 16 On Another Game-Winning Shot In Final Seconds [UPDATE]

Two days after Donte Ingram drilled a three-pointer in the final second to beat Miami, Clayton Custer delivered a field goal with the clock winding down as the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers overcame a late collapse to come back and beat Tennessee 63-62 and advance to the Atlanta regional. Here’s how the f...

UMBC Beats Virginia: A Schadenfreude Gallery<em></em>

We’re still recovering from the disbelief of last night’s historic 16-over-1 upset of Virginia at the hands of Maryland-Baltimore County. As is tradition, here is your gallery of sad Virginia fans....

UMBC's Twitter Account Is Last Night's Real Winner

Yes, the UMBC Retrievers made history last night by crushing the top-ranked team in the country to become the first 16-seed to win in the men’s round of 64. Not to belittle that achievement, but we’re going with the UMBC athletics Twitter account (which started with 5,000 followers and now has septu...

16 Beats 1: UMBC Shocks Virginia

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Retrievers of the America East conference made history tonight, leveraging lights-out shooting and aggressive rebounding to become the first 16-seed to ever upset a #1 in the NCAA men’s tournament in annihilating Virginia 74-54....

Passionate Post-Game Prattle Profane

Eric Musselman’s energetic outburst after his Nevada team dispatched Texas tonight in overtime was ripped from the headlines. Our headlines, specifically, as the CBA-turned-NBA-turned-college coach dropped repeated profane ejaculations. Hey, I’d feel good too. ...

My Day Among The Radford Faithful, Who Truly Believed

PITTSBURGH—The noise came from all around me....

Arizona Avoids Vacating Future Tournament Wins<em></em>

Buffalo pulled off the biggest upset of the NCAA men’s tournament so far, knocking out fourth-seeded Arizona in a game that became a blowout in the second half. ...

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This March, Jalen Brunson Is Right Where He Belongs

Jalen Brunson didn’t think too much about hanging out at Madison Square Garden as a kid. He considered it normal. To him, it was....

Show Us Your March Madness Bracket

The first round of March Madness starts Thursday, and that means there are brackets to be filled. Let’s see yours....

It Was Unfair Harvard Had To Play At Penn’s Home Gym In The Ivy League Basketball Tournament. Good.

The Ivy League used to have a perfect setup. The eight schools would play a full home-and-home round robin in men’s and women’s basketball. The team with the best record would win the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. If there was a tie, the teams would meet on a neutral court. One year...

Download Your Printable NCAA Tournament Bracket Here

March Madness is upon us. Here’s a link to download and print your NCAA tournament bracket. I’m putting everything I’m worth on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Retrievers. You?...

NCAA Tournament Field Set: Undeserving Teams Somehow In; Deserving Teams Somehow Out

An uneven presentation on TBS this evening finally did succeed in revealing the selections for the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship bracket. Your number one seeds are Virginia, Kansas, Xavier, and Villanova. The last four in were Syracuse, Arizona State, UCLA, and the Bonnies of St. Bonaventu...

Dumb Shining Moment: Your 2017 NCAA Tournament Lowlight Reel

This year’s edition of Dumb Shining Moment features everybody’s favorite athletes; the men we paid money (to CBS sponsors) to see; the men who really ought to go pro in something other than sports....

North Carolina Takes Down Gonzaga To Win Sixth National Championship

After 40 tense, often ugly minutes of basketball, North Carolina defeated Gonzaga, 71-65, to win another national championship, their first since 2009. The game featured 44 fouls, a combined field goal percentage of 34.8, and a series of inexplicable late referee interventions. At one point, Gonzaga...

Bad Kentucky Fans Flood Referee's Business With Negative Reviews

As sports fans have come to find out over the years, many officials that work the NCAA regular season and postseason tournaments, like their NBA and NFL counterparts, are not solely referees. Outside of their duties on the court, the vast majority rely careers in other fields to make a living. Unles...

De'Aaron Fox Took That One Hard

The thing about a game-winning buzzer-beater is that for all the elation it brings to the winning side, an equal amount of despair can be found in the losing locker room. As evidence, here is Kentucky point guard De’Aaron Fox speaking to reporters just after UNC’s Luke Maye ended his season:...

Those Were A Very Rough Few Seconds For Kentucky Fans

UNC-Kentucky was a keeper, a big-name showdown in a tournament dominated by new faces, and a thrilling finish in a month nearly devoid of buzzer-beaters. Malik Monk’s game-tying three with 7.2 seconds remaining was met by Luke Maye’s winner with 0.3 left, and as you can imagine, it was quite the emo...

Columbus, Ohio Viewers Miss Entire Kentucky-UNC Finish Due To Tornado Warning

Columbus, Ohio CBS station WBNS went black for six minutes as its weather staff delivered ominous news of a tornado warning in Franklin and Madison counties. Those six minutes just happened to encompass the entirety of Malik Monk’s three to tie it up, and Luke Maye’s eventual winner for UNC (as well...