0 comments by Matt Zemek on 4/2/2015
When a fuel-containing object explodes, a burst of light and a wave of heat emerge from it. Such was the case on an otherwise-dull Wednesday afternoon. It was an afternoon bereft of a major sporting event in this down period before the Final Four, The Masters, the start of the Major League Baseball season, and […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
It is officially official: Gregg Marshall will return to coach the Wichita State Shockers thanks to a new deal that will pay the coach $3 million per year. This is after rumors swirled around the idea that Alabama would fork over $3 million to scoop up the highly sought-after coach. The fact that Marshall is […]
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At this time of the year, you will sometimes hear the question, “Should the Final Four be re-seeded?” Rather than launch into a sweeping denunciation or fervent defense of the idea, let’s take another route: Examine the history of the Final Four since the NCAA tournament began to be seeded in 1979. Let’s see if […]
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If you were to mention the 1991 Final Four this week, the first reaction you’d get from every college basketball fan over 35 years old would be something to the effect of, “Oh, you’re going to compare 1991 UNLV to 2015 Kentucky, right?” The comparison between those Runnin’ Rebels and these Wildcats is, of course, […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone on 4/1/2015
With the Final Four quickly approaching, people are looking for different ways to talk about each national semifinal on Saturday. Duke playing Michigan State has that tried-and-true angle: Coach K and Tom Izzo. Kentucky-Wisconsin is being viewed by many in a different way, one which — unfortunately — ignores a season’s worth of evidence in […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
The college basketball coaching carousel is in full swing: coaches getting fired, others hired, and everything in-between. Tennessee just treated Texas’s trash like its treasure when it hired Rick Barnes to lead the Vols. DePaul retreaded a guy — Dave Leitao — who once left that program for a better job. St. John’s attempted to […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 3/31/2015
It is very easy to think that any particularly special achievement — enhanced by the adrenaline or excitement you feel in the present moment — is the best ever. Once in a great while, the euphoria and breathlessness surrounding a given sports moment are not out of step with a genuine analytical appraisal of what […]
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In this first look at the 2015 Final Four, a natural question to ask at the outset is, “What does this foursome tell us about the NCAA tournament and any trends we should be aware of in postseason college basketball?” On several levels, the best and most reasonable answer is… nothing that can be carried […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 3/30/2015
The second weekend of the NCAA tournament is in the books. We’ll address the Final Four as the week unfolds, but here are all the stories worth identifying (and explaining) from the Sweet 16 and the Elite Eight. * 10 – SIX FOULS PER PLAYER: IT’S TIME You might have heard this said once or […]
during the South Regional Final of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at NRG Stadium on March 29, 2015 in Houston, Texas.
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 3/29/2015
The 2015 Final Four is set, and while this college basketball season has featured Kentucky’s quest for 40-0, another storied program in the sport has managed to create a major achievement, one that ripples through the pages of time. Sunday afternoon in Houston, Duke claimed the final spot in this esteemed foursome, fending off Gonzaga […]
SYRACUSE, NY – MARCH 29: Head coach Tom Izzo of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates by cutting down the net after defeating the Louisville Cardinals 76 to 70 in overtime of the East Regional Final of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Carrier Dome on March 29, 2015 in Syracuse, New York. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
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The number seven is paramount in the present-day world of Tom Izzo… not because he’s lucky, but because he’s so darn good at what he does. Sunday in Syracuse, in a game that was as contentious and even as everyone expected it to be, Izzo’s Michigan State team had the final say on a last-minute […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
Many Big East Conference fans have grown accustomed to the new version of the old league. I mean, not everything in it has changed. So the adjustment to it seems to have been rather smooth. Jay Wright is still the sharpest dressed man, the conference tournament continues to be played at Madison Square Garden, and […]
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Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson They’ll be talking about that one forever. Kentucky. Notre Dame. You’ll watch a lot of sports if you dabble in that sort of thing, and every now and […]
during the Midwest Regional Final of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament at Quicken Loans Arena on March 28, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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It was the question asked of UNLV 24 years ago: What would happen to an unbeaten team when a late-stage NCAA tournament game entered the final few minutes in a neutral or negative scoreboard situation? That question greeted the 2015 Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday night in Cleveland. A 37-0 record would have become 37-1 — […]
0 comments by Scott on 3/28/2015
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