Maryland Terrapins The Maryland Terrapins (6th seed in the 2018 NCAA Tournament) have all the pieces this year to make a deep run with Anthony Cowan, Eric Ayala, and Jalen Smith returning. The only key piece they lost is Bruno Fernando and the Terrapins can shift Jalen Smith to more of a center role while running two forwards in Aaron
March 16, 2018, a day that all college basketball fans will always remember. #1 seeds remained undefeated at 135-0. Then it happened 135-1. Virginia is the culprit of the first #16 upset in NCAA tournament history. Fast forward to March 2019 and Virginia found themselves as a #1 seed once again. Could history really repeat itself? Virginia trailed #16 Gardner-Webb
Read moreVirginia 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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Chris Beard’s Texas Tech Red Raiders are now one win away from raising the National Championship trophy. The Red Raiders top rated defense once again proved its’ worth in a 61-51 grind it out victory over Michigan State Saturday night in Minneapolis. The Red Raiders were led by junior Matt Mooney, who scored a game high 22 points on 8-for-16
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After shocking many people by winning the SEC tournament, Auburn was disrespected by the tournament committee and was given a 5 seed. To make matters worse, they would have to face three blue bloods in Kansas, UNC, and Kentucky if they wanted to win the midwest region. This Auburn team showed no problems, easily taking care of Kansas and UNC
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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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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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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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Washington gave the 9 seeds their 3rd win in three games this tournament, defeating Utah State and moving on to the next round. Washington’s great defense and surprisingly high scoring affair let them pull away and defeat Washington 78-61. The first half was pretty close throughout, with Utah State getting a balanced scoring effort from their starters and the stars
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