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Tag: NCAA Tournament

I’m Still Upset Over NCAA.com’s UCLA March Madness Team

Posted by Kyle Kensing on August 29, 2018

As I have aged and since becoming a parent, I make a concerted effort not to get too upset over innocuous stuff online. Sometimes, it's a losing battle. Today is one of those days. The NCAA's official Twitter account ran a summer content void-filling series of polls to determine the greatest five in March Madness…

RIP RPI, Don’t Let the Door Hit Ya on the Way Out

Posted by Kyle Kensing on August 22, 2018

Most college basketball junkies utter RPI through clenched teeth, a three-letter acronym that functions as more of a four-letter word. And Wednesday, it died a long awaited death. The NCAA issued a statement declaring the R-P-I, D-E-A-D. The RPI was a nonsensical farce, long ago revealed as archaic and ineffectual with the emergence of more…

Through Tumult and Change, the NCAA Tournament Remains Magic

Posted by Kyle Kensing on April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

Disappointment resonated in the tone with which Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton spoke to the small gathering of reporters around him outside of the Seminoles locker room in Los Angeles' Staples Center. His team came one game, four points, shy of reaching college basketball's Promised Land, the Final Four. And yet, despite the disappointment,…

America Meets Donte DiVincenzo, The Michael Jordan of Delaware

Posted by Wendell Barnhouse on April 3, 2018April 3, 2018

SAN ANTONIO – For those of you who don’t know – and only if you’re a citizen of one our smallest states would you – Villanova’s second national championship in three years came courtesy of the “Michael Jordan of Delaware.” And know this: Michael Jordan, in his one shining moment in 1982, did not have…

The Best Team was Still Standing After A Wild NCAA Tournament

Posted by Kyle Kensing on April 2, 2018April 3, 2018

At the risk of letting myself be prisoner to the moment, the 2018 NCAA Tournament is the wildest in my years following basketball.  Maybe if I referred to statistics, my immediate instinct would be disproved. However, no other NCAA Tournament saw a No. 16 seed upset a No. 1. Only a select few featured a No.…

Villanova’s NBA Influence is The Next Wave of College Basketball

Posted by Wendell Barnhouse on April 2, 2018April 1, 2018

SAN ANTONIO – We have seen the future because it’s already here. Blame or credit the NBA styles used by Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors and Mike Dantoni of the Houston Rockets but college basketball’s current hot trend involves having at least four – preferably five – players on the court who can…

In Michigan and Loyola, Two Sides of Final Four Dreams

Posted by Wendell Barnhouse on March 31, 2018March 31, 2018

SAN ANTONIO – Dreams die hard at this point of the season. Reaching the Final Four semifinals is the goal of 351 Division I teams because achieving that goal leads to Monday night and the possibility of winning a national championship. But only one team can achieve that dream. The emotional rush of winning four…

Remember When: The First Double-Digit Seed in the Final Four

Posted by Andrew Nostvick on March 31, 2018March 31, 2018

It's tough to make the Final Four as any seed. It's tougher if you're an 11-seed, though. You're playing a six-seed in the first round and possibly a three in the second. And it only gets more difficult from there. With all that said, only an 11 has made the Final Four as a double-digit…

2016 Championship Run Prepared 2018 Villanova for Its Final Four Moment

Posted by Wendell Barnhouse on March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

SAN ANTONIO – Near the end of the media’s incursion during the 35-minute open locker room session, an assistant coach reminded Villanova’s players that it was time to take the court for Friday’s Final Four practice. “Turn off the phones, get focused. Time to get connected to each other.” Connectivity is a major component in…

The Worst: Games by Final Four Teams

Posted by Andrew Nostvick on March 29, 2018March 29, 2018

Confident in your Final Four pick? You'll be running for your life after this column is done. When the NCAA Tournament started a couple of weeks ago, it had 67 basketball teams (plus Syracuse) all competing for a chance to earn a free tie from Jim Nantz. Now, it's just down to four teams, while…

Loyola, Like Coach Porter Moser, Maximizes Its Potential

Posted by Wendell Barnhouse on March 29, 2018March 29, 2018

Leading a double-digit seed to a Final Four berth fits Porter Moser’s career path. Loyola (Chicago) has become the talk of the NCAA Tournament and made Sister Jean the reboot of the Flying Nun. The Ramblers, like most successful teams, take on the personality of their coach. Loyola, the No. 11 seed and winner of…

Kansas and Philadelphia Share Unlikely Basketball Bonds

Posted by Shane Mettlen on March 29, 2018March 28, 2018

In most ways, Lawrence, Kan., and Philadelphia, Pa., couldn’t be much different. Lawrence is an idyllic college town with a population approaching 90,000, not quite close enough to Kansas City to be considered a suburb. It has tree-lined avenues with very little crime. It’s a quiet place, unless the Kansas Jayhawks win big and the…

The “Best Coaching Job” Ever by Bill Self? 2018 Final Four Says So

Posted by Wendell Barnhouse on March 28, 2018March 28, 2018

Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson has known Bill Self since 1982. Their friendship could call into question the objectivity of the following statement. “I can unequivocally say without hesitation or reservation (this season is) the best coaching job he's done in his career,” Hinson told The Oklahoman columnist Jenni Carlson this week. Best friends or…

In the NCAA Tournament, One-and-Done Has Another Meaning

Posted by Wendell Barnhouse on March 27, 2018March 27, 2018

Two days after the Final Four teams were decided and four days before they play the semifinals in San Antonio, the Associated Press announced its All-America team for 2017-18. For the first time in its 70-year history, three freshmen made the first team: Oklahoma’s Trae Young, Arizona’s Deandre Ayton and Duke’s Marvin Bagley III. All…

10 Years Later, Final Four Returns to A Pivotal Moment in College Basketball History

Posted by Shane Mettlen on March 27, 2018March 27, 2018

The Final Four returns to San Antonio this week, 10 years after an epic edition of college basketball’s final weekend also hit the Alamo City. That 2008 Final Four may well have been the last truly great one, something I say only minimally because my alma mater, Kansas, came out on top. No, whether or…

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