BUFFALO, NEW YORK -- Thanks to their 80-57 win over Kent State in front of the largest crowd ever at Alumni Arena of 6,688, the No.25-ranked Buffalo Bulls look primed for a deep tournament run. Not many know of them, few can name their head coach or players, but the Bulls May be the most underrated 24-win college hoops team in the country. Led by fourth-year head coach Nate Oats,
Well, we have finally made it Back in October 351 Division I Basketball teams started with a dream that dream to be in San Antonio the last weekend of March and the first days of April to play in The Final Four and for one the dream of cutting down the nets Monday night and being crowned the National Champion. The 2018 NCAA Tournament began with 68 teams and after
While people use different methods to pick NCAA March Madness brackets, there is a minimal guarantee of success although they might work to some degree. The techniques range from luck and superstition to advanced analytics and statistics. People tend to get increasingly serious about their brackets with an increase in stakes such as the amount of money on the line. Keep in mind that regardless of the strategy, you can
DETROIT – The second round games, before a sellout crowd of 20,060 at Little Caesars Arena were two nail biters. In the end it was Purdue and Syracuse coming out of the Detroit and into the Sweet 16. Here is a look at the two games beginning with the classic battle between Jim Boeheim and Tom Izzo. SYRACUSE 55 – MICHIGAN STATE 53 Playing their third game in the last
Since the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, and then to 68 teams, the past few seasons, no No.16 seed had ever defeated a number one. That is until Friday night in Charlotte, North Carolina when the Retrievers of UMBC (The University of Maryland – Baltimore County) defeated the number seed in the South region, Virginia A commuter school with an enrollment of 13,839, the
DETROIT – With Purdue and Butler advancing in the day session on Friday, the night session at Little Caesars Arena saw the “home” team take to the floor as Michigan State faced a senior latent Bucknell team while the final game of the day had Syracuse battle Texas Christian making their first visit to the Field of 68 since 1998. Here is a look at their games of the night
DETROIT – With what happened in the first sixteen games on Thursday with Loyola Chicago taking down Miami (Florida) at the buzzer and then Buffalo from the Mid-American totally dominating Arizona, the focus of the tournament shifted to the second set of game and especially in Little Caesars Arena before a sellout crowd of 20,163 Here is a look at the first session of games on Friday PURDUE 74 –
DETROIT – What does one do after a long day and night of College Basketball? A day of rest and then more College Basketball. As mentioned in March Madness Memo Day two, I got back to my room in Taylor about 1:00am on Saturday morning. When I left Little Caesars Arena around midnight there were still people in the streets of Detroit and the roads especially I-94 had plenty of
The Midwest Region edition of the round of 64 picks are now here! Get your brackets started off right. Midwest region: #1 Kansas, the only big 12 team I trust outside of a healthy Tech team should start off with a bang. Playing Penn, who won the Ivy League conference. Graham will start strong, forcing the tempo and win big. #8 Seton Hall matches up with NC State. These
The West Region of the NCAA Men's tournament bracket runs through Xavier this year. The Big East regular season champions look to prove they are the best team in the nation. How do you think the eight other teams that will win do against the Musketeers? West Region: #1 Xavier, the Musketeers are just on paper a team that has it all. With depth and quality starters like Goodin, Blueit,
