by Matt Zemek | Mar 19, 2015
Madness. It’s not just a word for March, it’s a word for the SMU Mustangs and the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area after their team exited the NCAA tournament in a manner which defies description. You know the general story: SMU, up by seven with a...
by Matt Zemek | Mar 19, 2015
Last March, Oklahoma State — with Marcus Smart, a top-six NBA draft pick — was the eighth seed in the Big 12 tournament. That eighth seed in the Big 12 Conference was higher than the No. 9 seed the Cowboys received in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Seeing...
by Matt Zemek | Mar 19, 2015
They call it March Madness for a reason, everyone. The magic of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is always attached to a certain kind of insanity. The endlessly, annually amazing capacity of this tournament is not that it surprises us. We know...
by Matt Zemek | Mar 17, 2015
The First Four is underway, but the round of 64 (your ever-available way to avoid using incorrect round-based terminology) doesn’t start until Thursday. Which round-of-64 games are the most important ones? Before giving you the top five, a word about UCLA and...
by Matt Zemek | Mar 17, 2015
It’s not duck season. It’s not rabbit season. Sorry, Daffy and Bugs. It’s bracket season. You want to be that person in the office pool or the online bracket contest who nails the big upset pick. Here’s a guide, and remember this about guides...