With the season already past the midway point, NBA GMs have their minds set on the NBA Playoffs. But for those teams that will be counting ping pong balls instead of playoff victories, the upcoming NBA Draft has many intriguing prospects that need to be recognized. So with March Madness underway, Dime contributor Lucas Shapiro continues profiling players and giving them a team that would best fit their talent. Last week was Marshall’s Hassan Whiteside, so now we’re on to Wake Forest’s Al-Farouq Aminu. Read More »
After the first three days of the NCAA Tournament belonged to lovable underdogs like Jimmer Fredette, Ali Farokhmanesh, Cornell and the St. Mary’s Hoosiers, Day 4 belonged to the big dogs — a.k.a. the Big Ten. Thanks to Korie Lucious and Chris Kramer‘s clutch play and Evan Turner‘s overall dominance, we’re headed to the Sweet Sixteen with the Big Ten having more teams still standing (Ohio State, Michigan State, Purdue) than any other conference, including the much-hyped Big East … Michigan State was trailing Maryland by one with six seconds left after Greivis Vasquez (26 pts, 8 asts, 3 stls) hit a tough shot in the lane. The Spartans got it to Lucious (13 pts), and the sophomore calmly found his spot and drained a three at the buzzer. Read More »
Less than a week ago, who would have imagined that the Big Ten would have more teams in the Sweet 16 than the Big East? Purdue’s Chris Kramer dropped in a layup to knock off Texas A&M today and put the Boilermakers in the Sweet 16 along with Ohio State and Michigan State. Meanwhile, Pitt’s elimination at the hands of Xavier leaves only West Virginia and Syracuse standing from the Big East.
Things are shaking out for what could be another Final Four run by Michigan State. After edging New Mexico State in the first round, today the Spartans got past Maryland thanks to Korie Lucious‘ buzzer-beating three:
If you’re going to see what Michigan State is wearing, you might as well see what their opponent is wearing too. Check out the Under Armour Micro G Fly Mid. While Friday’s game against Houston saw about five different models of unreleased Under Armour basketball shoes, these player exclusives are hot. Read More »
So you’ve seen the kicks for Syracuse and Gonzaga, but what about some of the other teams that are playing today? It’s widely believed that if LeBron had to go to college, he would have head to Ohio State. Check out the Nike Zoom Soldier IIIs that the Buckeyes will be rocking later today. Read More »
If nothing else, Northern Iowa needs to keep this run going so we can see how many more times Greg Gumbel butchers the name Ali Farokhmaneh. One of the 14 variations he had yesterday was pronouncing the kid’s first name “Aloof” … In case you missed it, Farokhmanesh is becoming the breakout star of the NCAA Tournament. After dropping the game-winning three against UNLV in the first round, the 6-foot senior delivered the dagger yesterday as the Panthers took out overall No. 1 seed Kansas. Northern Iowa was up by one with 40 seconds left when they broke KU’s full-court press and got it ahead to Farokhmanesh. Read More »
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