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
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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Starting Monday, the ACC and B1G will go head to head for the 19th straight year in the annual ACC vs. Big 10 challenge. This series of games is unlike any other, and this year should be no different. Starting in 1999 with just 9 teams, the ACC vs. B1G challenge has consistently grown to become one of if not
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The college basketball season is off and running. Throughout the first two weeks there have been buzzer beaters, overtime games, shocking blowouts, and some amazing upsets. If one didn’t look at the calendar and see that it is only November 18 it could easily be mistaking for March. Feast week has made its way to the forefront and will stay
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With a 91-72 win over Connecticut, Iowa took home the 2018 2K Empire Classic. It wasn’t the team most expected to take home the tournament victory, but then again, the entire tournament went this way. It all started on Thursday night, when old Big East foes Syracuse and UConn squared off. The Orange came out flat footed, and could never
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Final Four Predictions Mat Mlodzinski: Kansas, Tennessee, Duke, Syracuse Collin Speicher: Duke, Kansas, Villanova, Syracuse Sam Bass: Virginia, Oregon, Kansas, Syracuse Nick Musial: Duke, Gonzaga, Tennessee, Kansas Ariel Puterman: Kansas, Kentucky, Virginia, Oregon Matt Karner: Kansas, Kentucky, Duke, Gonzaga Cierra Loomis: Kentucky, Duke, LSU, Tennessee Championship Game Predictions Mat Mlodzinski: Kansas over Duke Collin Speicher: Kansas over Duke Sam Bass: Kansas
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One. Day. Left. Every college basketball fan is anticipating the 6th of November, a day that has been marked in calendars around the country for months. The 2018-19 NCAAM season is set to kick off tomorrow, and there are some things that are necessary to know before turning your TV on tomorrow. But if all goes as planned, this can
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Over the past few years, America’s premier college hoops conference has undoubtedly been the ACC. Since the conference expanded in 2014, the conference has sent no less than 6 teams to the big dance and has had only one year where it is not represented in the elite eight. In addition, 2 of the last 6 champions have come from
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Last season was an exciting one for America’s premiere conference. Virginia went from the projected sixth place finish to winning both the ACC regular season and tournament, just to be knocked out by UMBC in the first round, the first 16-1 upset in NCAA history. Duke showcased their elite freshman class, and Marvin Bagley III and co. brought the Blue
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Less than 50 days remain before the first game of the 2018-2019 basketball season tips off. Teams are working hard to be the best on the court and preseason rankings and conference predictions are all over. No one really knows what will happen this season. No one knows who will be dancing in March or who will be cutting down
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