Archive for category: NCAA Basketball

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  2012-13 NCAA Men’s Basketball Review

  Basketball, Featured, NCAA Basketball April 13, 2013 9:42 pm no comments

  The Louisville Cardinals defeated the Michigan Wolverines to become the 2013 men’s basketball national champions. It is the third championship for Louisville and signals the end of the 2012-13 season. [...]

   
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  March Madness Predictions: Upsets & Final 4

  Basketball, Featured, NCAA Basketball March 18, 2013 8:14 am no comments

    The most exciting and unpredictable of all sports postseasons is finally here.  From that scary-good 1990 UNLV team smacking Duke by 30 in the title game to Texas Tech’s [...]

   
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  Why Shocking NCAA Tournament Upsets Happen

  Basketball, Featured, NCAA Basketball March 3, 2013 10:18 pm no comments

  It’s why they call it ‘March Madness.’ Every year, a team that nobody expects anything from (and that many fans have never heard of) knocks off a team with a [...]

   
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  The Best Defense in College Basketball

  Basketball, Featured, NCAA Basketball March 1, 2013 3:33 pm no comments

    This past Friday night, I settled in on my couch and flipped on the Stephen F. Austin versus Long Beach State game on ESPNU. And I watched the whole [...]

   
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  Memphis Tigers – The Most Dangerous Team in the Country?

  Basketball, Featured, NCAA Basketball February 24, 2013 3:27 pm no comments

    Don’t look now, but Memphis Madness is coming. No, not the season-opening extravaganza that happens every October. In this case, it’s a prediction, a foreshadowing of what Memphis will [...]

   
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  Cincinnati Bearcats: From Top 10 to the Bubble

  Basketball, NCAA Basketball February 22, 2013 5:29 pm no comments

  With regard to close games in sports, the old adage has always been “Good teams find a way to win those games and bad teams find a way to lose [...]

   
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  Top Three Reasons to Watch College Basketball

  Basketball, Featured, NCAA Basketball February 17, 2013 1:55 pm no comments

  February is always a crossroads for sports, when you think about it. Football doesn’t have much of a post Super Bowl afterglow, unless you’re fascinated with fourth-string free agent news. [...]

   
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  Cincinnati Bearcats’ Weaknesses Being Exploited in Big East Play

  Basketball, Featured, NCAA Basketball February 16, 2013 4:18 pm no comments

  After winning its first twelve games of this season and vaulting into the Top Ten, Cincinnati has since played .500 basketball (7-7).  The disturbing trend is that of those seven [...]

   
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  Paper Tigers? Top 10 Vulnerable Powerhouses in March

  Basketball, Featured, NCAA Basketball February 10, 2013 1:01 pm no comments

  Inevitably, a giant or two falls every year during March Madness; a powerhouse that tears through the regular season only to play Goliath to some small private school’s David. Gone [...]

   
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  Top 10 Cinderellas To Watch For in March

  Basketball, Featured, NCAA Basketball February 9, 2013 1:55 pm no comments

  Every March, there are teams on your bracket seeded 12 to 16 that nobody expects much from.  This season, with no clear cut dominant team out there, anything can happen.  [...]