At the start of each week during their respective seasons, the recurring narratives around college football and basketball are created by the poll rankings. Other than having a number next to your name, rankings have little impact on a team’s future (besides the CFB Playoff rankings). Having bragging rights over other schools makes it even more enjoyable for fans. What
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
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What makes college sports so entertaining, particularly college basketball, is the endless cycle of incoming players. Every season, college hoops brings in electric freshman who dominate at the college level for one year and head off to the NBA. However, these players are young, and their age is often seen by poor judgement, lack of leadership, etc. What is often
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Just last night, Rutgers transfer Eugene Omoruyi announced via his Instagram page, that he would be taking his talents to the west coast, to play for Dana Altman and the Oregon Ducks. Featured image originally of Rutgers Athletics. While this is obviously great news for Oregon, it could point in another direction as well – the fate of Shakur Juiston’s
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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
Read moreVirginia advanced to the elite eight with a scrappy win over sleeper 12 seed Oregon in Louisville, 53-49. Virginia, despite having issues scoring, locked up the Ducks athletic lineup and controlled the tempo to bring the Cavaliers to their second elite eight in four years. Oregon held a 16-10 advantage over the south’s top ranked team in the middle of
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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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As the First Four tips tonight in Dayton, the 2019 NCAA Tournament is upon us. Here are the top 5 first round match-ups to watch: 5. #4 Virginia Tech vs. #13 Saint Louis Friday 9:57 PM ET TruTV An East region first round match-up, as the automatic qualifier from the A-10 Saint Louis meets a hungry Virginia Tech team. The
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At the beginning of the season, Oregon winning the Pac 12 seemed like a no brainer. Many people, including myself picked them to win then, but the season took a turn for the worst after star center Bol Bol was injured and was forced to miss almost the whole season. The Ducks then proceeded to lose to easy teams in
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