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 »

Tom Izzo has coached Michigan State to the Final Four five times since he arrived in East Lansing in 1995. This year, the Spartans certainly hope to eclipse last year’s National Championship runner-up performance, but will settle for a trip back to the Sweet 16. When the Spartans take the court today against Maryland, check out the NIKEiD Hyperdunks that they’ll be sporting. 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 »

The only reason you’re not watching Syracuse vs. Gonzaga right now is if you’re still asleep. On Friday, I showed you the gear that ‘Cuse is wearing on the court, so it’s time to check out Gonzaga’s kicks as well. 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 »

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 »

Two days after providing the best moment of the Tournament so far, Murray State couldn’t recapture the magic as they tried to knock off Butler today. Here’s the last play of the game:

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 »

In case you missed it…

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 »