0 comments by Matt Zemek on 3/27/2015
Most of the half-week leading up to Friday night’s East Regional focused on the ability of Tom Izzo to create something out of nothing with his Michigan State teams in March. By all measurements, Izzo deserves every last ounce of praise he gets. He’s made multiple Final Fours with seeds below No. 4. If you […]
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Tennessee announced Friday that it has fired head coach Donnie Tyndall after just one year in charge of the program. Tyndall was accused of NCAA violations while at his previous job, Southern Miss. These violations include providing improper benefits. Tennessee reportedly interviewed Tyndall twice, and the NCAA called Tennessee with a report of what Tyndall […]
during the West Regional Semifinal of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Staples Center on March 26, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
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On Thursday night in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, a nation of college basketball fans was deprived of one potential rematch from the 2014 edition of the Big Dance… but not two. Kentucky and Wichita State were on the verge of trading places. The Shockers, unbeaten when they faced Kentucky a year ago in Bracketville, had […]
during the Midwest Regional semifinal of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Quicken Loans Arena on March 26, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio.
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 3/26/2015
Did you know that Mike Brey has been coaching at Notre Dame since Y2K? Yes, since the year 2000, the Coach K protege has led the Fighting Irish from the bench. That’s a long time for any coach, and it’s a long time to go without an Elite Eight appearance. Forget Elite Eights for a […]
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Wednesday, we looked at the 1990 Sweet 16 — primarily because it was an amazing Sweet 16, but also because looking at the field and comparing it to the present day was fascinating. Seven members of the 1990 Sweet 16 made it back to the 2015 NCAA Tournament, and five returned to this year’s Sweet […]
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It is that time of year in college basketball: Universities are considering whether to extend coaches’ soon-to-expire contracts, fire their coaches, or — in an underappreciated move — wait and see. Coaches rarely enter the final year of their contracts before one of two things happen: Either the coach is fired for not being able to […]
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Hello, friends. We have a little bonus for you this week. I, Scott King, have a weekly podcast that I’m a part of called the Bearcats BlogCast. On this edition, I talked with fellow Student Section contributor
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I gave you my five favorite bets of the first round last week and hit on three of five against the spread. Let’s see if we can do some regressing to the mean for the Sweet 16. Utah (+5.5) vs. Duke Honestly, I left the Utes for dead not too long ago. Larry Krystowiak got […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 3/25/2015
The key issues for both Wisconsin and North Carolina coming into Thursday’s Sweet 16 contest revolve around injuries. However, these concerns exist on different ends of the spectrum. For the Badgers, the team reported that Traevon Jackson will play in his first game since January. However, the role Jackson will play is the main question. When […]
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Earlier today we waxed poetic on the history of college football in the morning portion of our weekly roundtable. This afternoon, we return as TSS Associate Editors Bart Doan and Terry Johnson join Kevin Causey and a rotating special guest in our weekly roundtables discussing all things college football. This morning we discussed some of the most […]
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On the eve of the 2015 Sweet 16, there’s nothing wrong with reliving any high-quality Sweet 16 from the NCAA tournament’s glorious past. Yet, this just so happens to be the 25th anniversary of the 1990 Sweet 16. The 1997 Sweet 16 — with three overtime games and Arizona’s monumental upset of Kansas — could […]
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Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber enjoyed a great start to his tenure as the Wildcats’ head coach, winning a share of the Big 12 championship in 2013. However, the Wildcats finished fifth in the league last season and a disappointing eighth in 2015 after being picked fourth in the preseason. Weber is also yet […]
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There’s a scene in the epic Kevin Smith comedy sequel, Clerks II, when near the end (spoiler alert … if that’s possible with a near decade-old movie), they’re all in a jail cell pondering how they were going to get out of their predicament (go find out on your own). Noted drug dealers and loafers […]
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It’s Wednesday and that means that it’s time to pull your chair up to the roundtable as we discuss the world of college football. TSS Associate Editors Bart Doan and Terry Johnson join Kevin Causey and a rotating special guest in our weekly roundtables discussing all things college football. Last week we continued our discussion about quarterbacks […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 3/24/2015
Last week, before the NCAA tournament began, we seeded the field 1-68 in three different categories. It’s fascinating to look back at these lists one week later, if only because these placements might strike you as either more enlightened than they were to begin with, or really frickin’ dumb. The list that’s most relevant to […]
