Not only have we seen the first No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament eliminated, it was the overall No. 1 seed: the Kansas Jayhawks. Facing 9-seed Northern Iowa in the second round, KU was expected to stomp the opposition. But the Panthers have all the elements of the classic Cinderella squad: shooters, tough defense, a dorky bench, and a lot of overachieving White kids who grew up watching Hoosiers.
On the West Coast, I didn’t get to see much of the game, as we had Washington/New Mexico and Baylor/Old Dominion on my two CBS channels. And just from looking at the box score, it’s not like Northern Iowa hit a ton of threes or Kansas played a terrible game — it looks like NIU was simply better. Read More »
This was supposed to be the year the Big East dominated the NCAA Tournament. Instead, three days into the Big Dance, five of the eight Big East squads that made the cut have been sent home before the Sweet 16.
Villanova was the latest to go down, losing decisively to 10-seed St. Mary’s earlier today. Marquette, Georgetown, Notre Dame and Louisville all lost in the first round, while Syracuse, West Virginia and Pitt are the last Big East teams standing. Read More »
While Day 2 of the NCAA Tournament wasn’t as wild and crazy as Day 1, it wasn’t without drama. But we’ll get to that in a little bit … Apparently not worried about the college competition, the NBA had an 11-game schedule that included some good matchups. Hawks/Bobcats featured the return of Joe Johnson, who’d missed a couple games with an Achilles injury. As Michael Jordan (Joe’s boss at Jordan Brand) sat courtside, Joe had only two points through three quarters, then he dropped buckets unexpectedly like bird s***, dominating the fourth and overtime. Read More »
Make all the jokes you want about New Mexico State’s coach being named Marvin Menzies, but the man had good reason to act a little crazy following his team’s loss to 5th-seed Michigan State.
Having come back from a double-digit deficit, the Aggies were down just one with 18 seconds left after big man Troy Gillenwater hit a three-pointer. MSU’s Raymar Morgan was sent to the foul line, and after making the first, he missed the second. New Mexico State rebounded and went to set up a potential game-winner, but there was a whistle: Lane violation. Read More »
If you’re near a TV or a computer, try to catch the last 15 minutes of this Georgia Tech vs. Oklahoma State game. On one hand, it’s been nip/tuck the entire way and seems headed for a crazy finish. On the other hand, you might be watching your favorite NBA team’s next Lottery pick, as Derrick Favors and James Anderson are sharing the court.
You’ve probably heard a lot about Favors, the 6-11 freshman at G-Tech who grew up in the same AAU system as Dwight Howard and plays kind of like a young Kenyon Martin. Read More »
Most likely because Trevon Hughes was the hero for Wisconsin last year — when his game-winner got them past Florida State in the first round — it was like he tried too hard to be the hero this time around.
As the 4th-seeded Badgers were getting everything they could handle from 13-seed Wofford today, Hughes went into Allen Iverson mode down the stretch, primarily looking for his own shot and jacking up some that were pretty terrible. Read More »
Before he was a benchwarmer in the NBA, Adam Morrison was one of college basketball’s most lethal scorers. Back in February 2006, the Morristache dropped a career-high 44 points on Loyola Marymount, with 37 points coming after the break. At the time, he even led the nation in scoring with 29.3 points per game. Hopefully Gonzaga’s Matt Bouldin can channel this tonight.
As the Nets’ wayward ship careens toward the iceberg that is the worst record in NBA history (they’re still in the running with just 7 wins this season), you figured incidents like this would have happened more often. This is from New Jersey writer Al Iannazzone on the Bergen Record blog:
Lopez’s frustration has been obvious in games and in the locker room lately and it was apparent at practice today.
Lopez stormed off the court and was followed by assistant coach Roy Rogers, several players and a Nets’ security person. Lopez never returned. Read More »
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