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Duke Will Probably Have Nightmares About Malik Newman For A While<em></em>
On this particular Kansas team, with its all killer/no filler six-man core, it can sometimes be easy to overlook the contributions of shooting guard Malik Newman, a relative newcomer who has yet to establish his exact role with the Jayhawks. Devonte’ Graham is the face of the team. Svi Mykhailiuk is...
Kansas Jayhawks Do The World A Favor, Knock Out Duke
The Kansas Jayhawks accomplished a much-needed task today as they eliminated Mick Krizilonski and Duke in an 85-81 overtime win. The Blue Devils can settle for an Elite Eight appearance and get their dreadful visages off everyone’s TVs. Fuck off!...
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Leonard Hamilton Treats Dana Jacobson Like Shit For Asking Totally Legitimate Question [UPDATE]
Florida State allowed Michigan to walk away with tonight’s win, choosing not to foul despite being down only four points and multiple teams this month winning while facing similar game scenarios. CBS’s Dana Jacobson asked Seminoles head coach Leonard Hamilton after the game to explain his decision, ...
Loyola-Chicago Beats Kansas State, Is First Mid-Major In Final Four Since 2013
Loyola-Chicago cruised past Kansas State as the Ramblers found their first “easy” win of this year’s NCAA tournament and earned their first Final Four bid since 1963, when the team won its only national championship, with an 78-62 win over the Wildcats....
Amazing Conspiracy Theory Has Officials Screwing Kentucky By Granting Them Too Many Free Throws
This is wonderful: a forum thread on a Rupp Rafters, a Rivals.com page dedicated to Kentucky basketball, has produced a conspiracy theory that positions the Wildcats as the victims of a plot to undermine their success by granting them too many free throws in their Sweet 16 loss to 9-seed Kansas Stat...
Midnight Comes For UMBC, But Not Before They Thrilled Us Again
It always ends in a loss. But for the previous 135 16-seeds in the 64-team era of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament before Friday night, that loss came in the first round. The UMBC Retrievers, fresh off a dismantling of the so-called “top” team in the country, made the most of their reprieve in s...
Matt McQuaid Banks In Crazy Buzzer-Beater
Michigan State took a three-point lead into the half against Syracuse thanks to Matt McQuaid fielding his own rejected field goal attempt and heaving up a banked three at the buzzer....
Jordan Poole's Buzzer-Beating Three-Pointer Downs Houston
Michigan is moving on to the Sweet 16 after Jordan Poole delivered a desperation shot at the buzzer to give the Wolverines a 64-63 win over Houston....
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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. ...
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Loyola-Chicago Beats Miami On Last-Second Three-Pointer [UPDATE]
Donte Ingram’s three-pointer in the final second of the game earned his 11th-seeded Loyola-Chicago team a 64-62 win in a game that saw the Ramblers blow two would-be game-winning shots in the final fifteen seconds before Ingram earned upset redemption....
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....
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