0 comments by frank on 3/29/2014
As we may imagine in a post-apocalyptic world, cats and dogs roam a deserted wasteland, but until then, they have taken over the Big Dance – among them young and hungry Huskies, ravenous Wolverines, and a clutter or two of predatory Wildcats – one roaming the east, the other the west, as the Elite Eight […]
0 comments by frank on 3/26/2014
The crowd at Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge was typically LSU Tigers raucous and rowdy – and loud as their Lady Tigers rally to an upset win over #2 seed West Virginia 76-67 Tuesday night. The #7 seed Tigers overcame a late seven-point deficit, most of the game spent without senior guard Jeanne […]
0 comments by frank on 3/25/2014
In perhaps the Tournament’s biggest shocker, No. 2 seed Duke Lady Blue Devils are out following Monday night’s 74-65 upset at the hands of #7 DePaul on their own home court at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC. The second round win advances the Blue Demons to the NCAA Tournament’s third round for just the […]
0 comments by frank on 3/24/2014
Sixteen teams left in the Big Dance- a couple of weekend upsets, but no one kept us up too late Sunday night with suspense, as the late game out West as advanced Number 1 seed Arizona Wildcats in a fairly decisive 84-61 win over #8 Gonzaga. The top-seeded ‘Cats smothered the Bulldogs with defense, then […]
0 comments by frank on 3/23/2014
Late NCAA Women’s Tournament action from Saturday night nets some upsets, as #5 NCSU gets ousted right out of the gate following a 72-57 thumping at the hands of Lexi Eaton and her BYU Cougars in Los Angeles. Eaton scored 25 points, finishing one block shy of a rare triple-double at Pauley Pavilion. The 27-6 […]
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Weekend action continues at the Big Dance, and the UConn Huskies are Sweet 16 bound for the first time since 2011 following a 77-65 win over Villanova on Saturday night. It’s no surprise that superstar Shabazz Napier poured it on, 25 points in third round action from Buffalo, NY. The Huskies will take on the […]
0 comments by frank on 3/22/2014
The Saturday Barn Dance commences with the ones you brung, as we say in the south, and out West, #4 SDSU advances with a 63-44 rout of #12 cinderella North Dakota St on Saturday. The Aztecs move on to face #1 seed Arizona. Number 2 Michigan advances following a 79-65 win over #7 Texas on […]
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First round Saturday for the women of Division I college basketball- and already out of the gate a thriller as #5 Oklahoma St. Cowgirls get past scrappy #12 seed Florida Gulf Coast 61-60 in overtime first round at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, IN. Tiffany Bias’s game-winning lay-up with :41 seconds left in OT advances […]
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Settling into a weekend of NCAA Tournament basketball – oh the humanity of it all – Mercer upsetting Duke has our brackets all out of sorts, Kentucky advances but scores their fewest points in an NCAA tourney game in decades. Upsets? Late week’s early rounds set a record, so let’s jump in sort it all […]
0 comments by frank on 3/21/2014
With this year’s tournament already setting a record for upsets, you can add a few more on Friday – including #11 seed Tennessee Vols, 86-67 winners over #6 seed UMass from PNC Arena in Raleigh. The play-in #11 seed from Tuesday night’s win over Iowa rolled out early on, dominating on defense and up 41-22 […]
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LATE THURSDAY ACTION It came down to the wire for a few teams in the Thursday onslaught of opening round games in the 2014 NCAA Tournament – in Spokane, Number 4 seed SDSU avoided an upset to New Mexico St in overtime before taking the 73-69 decision in the West Region. The tournament’s fourth overtime […]
0 comments by frank on 3/20/2014
Number 1 Florida Gators advance in Thursday’s first round after getting by #16 seed Albany at Amway Center in Orlando. An easy win was thwarted as the Gators found themselves tied at 39-39 as late as early second half before a 12-2 run, advancing the nation’s top team to Saturday’s third round to face ninth-seeded […]
0 comments by frank on 3/17/2014
In a league easily dominated by the larger than life UConn women Huskies, the NCAA Women’s tournament is easy to call on paper – but we all know come tournament time, it’s a whole new dance, so here’s a little something for you to think about in the mean time — if it could happen, […]
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0 comments by frank on 3/16/2014
Number 5 Louisville is the 2014 AAC conference tournament champion, beating No. 21 UConn Saturday night 71-61 at FedEx Forum in Memphis, the Cardinals capturing their third consecutive conference title. Russ Smith, who has averaged 25.6 points throughout the tournament, was named the Most Outstanding Player. Louisville gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament […]
