Team (Total Votes) (First Place Votes) Michigan State (197) (6) Kentucky (182) (1) Duke (181) (1) Kansas (159) Maryland (156) Louisville (154) North Carolina (143) Villanova (138) Virginia (132) Memphis (124) Gonzaga (121) Texas Tech (110) Seton Hall (108) Ohio State (77) Arizona (73) LSU (59) Baylor (52) Purdue (44) Utah State (41) Michigan (39) Washington (39) Auburn (38) Tennessee (34) Florida (31) Iowa
Sixteen teams remain. Eight games to be played to decide who is elite enough to move on to be one step closer to cut down the nets and take a trip to Minneapolis to play for the National Championship. Seven conferences remain and will battle it out in hopes that their teams can keep the momentum going and break into
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The first NCAA Tournament game in Hartford saw an all-Vermont crowd. In the end, the ‘Noles came out on top, 76-69. The Catamounts started the first half red-hot, taking an early 16-7 lead thanks to open and contested threes falling from all over. However, State fought back, eventually re-taking the lead at 17-16. Both teams traded buckets in a low
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Last years Big Dance was unlike any prior to it. History was made, as UMBC became the first 16 seeded team to ever win a round of 64 game, beating Virginia by 20. Loyola-Chicago became 2018’s cinderella, hitting a buzzer beater to beat Miami in the first round and riding the momentum all the way to the Final Four. Every
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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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Virginia defeated Florida State in both teams ACC opener, 65-52. The wahoos were led to victory by Kyle Guy who posted 21 points. Virginia was in control in most of this top 10 showdown, holding a lead throughout the second half. Guy scored 18 of his 21 in the first half, cashing in 5 three pointers. Braxton Key added 20
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College basketballs premier conference begins league play on New Year’s Day, when Virginia Tech hosts Notre Dame to begin the ACC season. Overall, the conference had an impressive non conference resume, with an overall record of 142-40, which is a .730 win percentage. The ACC tied the B1G in its annual challenge, won tournaments such as the Battle 4 Atlantis
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The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. To the American sports fan this time period known as “March Madness” is equal to Christmas, Thanksgiving and The Fourth of July all wrapped up in one. The only exception? This holiday last for an entire month! People all over this nation, basketball fan and non-basketball fan, cast their lots in basketball tourney pools at
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