I had the pleasure to interview NCAA Champion, the University of Virginia forward, Jay Huff. It was an incredible experience, my first real interview with a collegiate athlete. I learned about Jay’s childhood dreams, what it’s like playing for Coach Bennett, and a few surprising facts about him! If you want to hear about Jay’s nickname, how the Cavaliers are
Virginia advanced to the National Championship with a dramatic 63-62 win over Auburn. Just as it looked like Auburn would pull off the comeback, Kyle Guy scored 6 points in the final 7 seconds to regain the lead. The first half of the Final Four matchup was back and fourth, as there were 6 lead changes. Virginia jumped out to
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Ahmed Hill of Virginia Tech missed the game-tying alley-oop to send Duke to the Elite 8 for the second year in a row, winning 75-73. A classic ACC battle, Virginia Tech won the previous meeting without their point guard Justin Robinson, but Duke was without Zion Williamson. This game, Zion Williamson made a difference. Williamson had a game-high 23 points
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We had some blowouts and we had some neck and neck games. That’s March, right? To start the day off, Maryland and LSU went head to head for the first berth in the Sweet 16. LSU led by 9 at the break and controlled all parts of the game during the first half. That was the first half though… the
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After being the third one seed to fall behind early to their opponent, UNC, with a dominant effort in the second half, defeated Iona, 88-73. Behind Cam Johnson’s 21 points, UNC avoids a catastrophic upset and moves on to the Round of 32. After going back and forth early, the Gaels went on an 8-0 run to take a 35-27
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Duke defeated North Dakota State, 85-52, to advance to the Round of 32. Despite falling behind early and only having a 4 point lead at half, the tournaments top ranked team pulled away to secure the 33 point win. North Dakota State picked up an early lead, going in front of the Blue Devils by 7 points early on. Coach
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In the first game of the first round, Richard Pitino’s seventh seeded Golden Gophers defeated tenth seeded Louisville 86-76. The Gophers controlled the game from tip, as their front line of Jordan Murphy and Daniel Oturu gave the Cardinals trouble all afternoon. The Gophers took at five point lead into the locker room, outscoring the Cardinals 38-33 in the first
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Duke won its 21st ACC championship, beating Florida State 73-63. Despite getting no points off the bench, the Blue Devils rode strong performances by Zion Williamson and Tre Jones to win the conference. After falling behind 27-19 midway through the first half, Duke went on an 8-0 run to tie the game. The game went back and fourth, with Duke
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Florida State and Duke each moved on to the ACC title game with wins over higher seeded teams last night. Each team, which did not beat their opponent in the regular season, managed to pull off the upsets in Charlotte and will play for ACC supremacy Saturday night. Florida State began the night when it knocked off top seeded Virginia.
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The ACC once again proved its dominance in college basketball in 2019. Going into the postseason, the ACC currently boasts three of the top five teams in the NCAAM, with an additional two in the AP top 25. Duke, Carolina, and Virginia repeated as top 3 in the ACC, with Virginia and UNC finishing in a virtual tie for the
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