By: Mike Rifkin This Saturday, the Final Four will be played in Houston. Florida Atlantic, San Diego State, Miami, and UCONN will play for the right to be the National Champions. UCONN is playing in their sixth Final Four, and they have won the National Championship in four appearances, last time in 2014. As forContinue reading “Why We Love March”
Category Archives: NCAA TOURNAMENT
Let The Madness Begin
By Lawrence Lang It may only be the opening day of the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament, but an upset city has already begun in the tournament, and who doesn’t love a good upset? That’s what makes the NCAA tournament so unique: one game super sudden-death type tournament where you win, you go on, you lose,Continue reading “Let The Madness Begin”
NCAA TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
By: Mike Rifkin SOUTH REGION TOP 5 SEEDS MOST INTERESTING MATCHUP : (8) MARYLAND VS (9) WEST VIRGINIA – All eight vs. nine matchups are fantastic. The most significant factor is Maryland has only won four games on the road/ neutral sites. Can they turn this around against the Mountaineers? Team to come out: Arizona Continue reading “NCAA TOURNAMENT PREVIEW “
NCAA Tournament: Final Four Kansas Vs Villanova Preview
By: Mike Rifkin In the 2018 Final Four Villanova defeated Kansas 95-79, on Saturday four years later they will meet again. In that game both teams entered as a one seed this time Kansas is a one seed and Villanova a second seed. The last three times these two teams have played in the NCAAContinue reading “NCAA Tournament: Final Four Kansas Vs Villanova Preview “
Taking The Rivalry To The Next Level
By: Mike Rifkin North Carolina and Duke is the best rivalry in College Basketball and one of the best in sports as a whole. For the first time in history the Blue Devils and Tar Heels will play in the Final Four with a spot in the National Championship on the line. It will beContinue reading “Taking The Rivalry To The Next Level”
NCAA Tournament : Elite Eight South Region Final: 5 Houston vs 2 Villanova
By: Mike Rifkin The fifth seeded Cougars have gone through UAB, Illinois and top seeded Arizona to get to the Elite Eight and with a victory over Villanova the Cougars would get back to the Final Four where they lost to Baylor in 2021. In all three of their games the Cougars have had doubleContinue reading “NCAA Tournament : Elite Eight South Region Final: 5 Houston vs 2 Villanova”
NCAA TOURNAMENT SWEET 16 WEST PREVIEW
By: Mike Rifkin 4 Arkansas vs 1 Gonzaga : The Razorbacks have gotten here by defeating Vermont and New Mexico State in close games. Arkansas has been to the free throw line 25 times in both games. Forward Jaylin Williams has had a double double in both games, if the Razorbacks want to upset theContinue reading “NCAA TOURNAMENT SWEET 16 WEST PREVIEW”
NCAA TOURNAMENT SWEET 16 Preview South/Midwest Region
By: Mike Rifkin South: 11 Michigan vs 2 Villanova : Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson through two games in the tournament has 48 points and 16 rebounds. As a team the Wolverines are +14 rebounding the basketball. Michigan has shot 28.6 percent and 37.5 percent from three in the two games respectively. The Wolverines have also turnedContinue reading “NCAA TOURNAMENT SWEET 16 Preview South/Midwest Region”
NCAA Tournament South RD 1 Recap/RD 2 Preview
By: Mike Rifkin South recap Arizona def (16) Wright St : 87-70 Villanova def (15) Delaware: 80-60 Tennessee def (14) Longwood : 88-56 Illinois def (13) Chattanooga : 54-53 Houston def (12) UAB : 82-68 (11) Michigan def (6) Colorado St. : 75-63 (7) Ohio State def (10) Loyola Chicago : 54 – 41 (8)Continue reading “NCAA Tournament South RD 1 Recap/RD 2 Preview”
WEST REGION ROUND 1
DAY 2 By Mark Halpern So yesterday was an exhilarating round one, and today could be even more explosive. Powerhouse Gonzaga gave us all a little scare initially but ended up doing what they do in the end and win by 21 GO ZAGS! Games start at 1:45 pm Est, and we have someContinue reading “WEST REGION ROUND 1“