NBA’s recent summer attraction has completed with the Memphis Grizzlies taking home the championship. There were many very important story lines, and here are a few of the big ones. In this article, you will see a recap of the very memorable summer league. Gonzaga, Texas Biggest Winners In this summer league, two players from these two schools showed out.
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
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Resiliency! Arguably the best day of the tournament so far all defined by resilience. Texas Tech, Gonzaga, Purdue, and Virginia showed the world that they meant business but sadly only two could move on to the Final Four. In the early match up #1 Gonzaga took on #3 Texas Tech. Tempo was the name of the game. The Texas Tech
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Gonzaga University Bulldogs (No. 1) punched their ticket to the Elite Eight against Florida State University Seminoles (No. 4) with a 72-58 final score in the ACC-WCC conference match up at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Florida State started off the game with a two pointer, but was down the entire first and second half and couldn’t catch up to
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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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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 has struggled thus far without their star but will they let Zion’s injury be the downfall of this team or can it turn into a blessing in disguise?
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March Madness brings the nation together every year. Alumni and faithful fans cheer with excitement hoping there team can make the big dance and even better be that unexpected team who can make a run in the NCAA tournament having the entire nation cheer for them as they make that run. In 2018, we saw three technical mid-majors make some
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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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After three days of exciting basketball, the Maui Invitational came to a close with Gonzaga bringing home the trophy. The Zags defeated first ranked Duke, 89-87, to secure the tournament title. The games in Maui kicked off with a thriller, as eighth ranked Auburn narrowly escaped an Xavier team with upset on their minds, winning 88-79 in overtime. Two of
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