0 comments by Bart D on 3/25/2015
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 […]
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 […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch
As the lone independent remaining in Division 1 basketball, NJIT didn’t have a chance for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, and with the inability to play a schedule that would warrant an at large bid, the Highlanders were doomed to the CIT, a third tier postseason tournament.
0 comments by Matt Zemek
There are many kinds of college basketball fans, and in a sport with 351 Division I teams, there’s room for many kinds of fans. Speaking personally, I love the round of 32, which just concluded over the weekend. The mixture of underdogs (the 11 seeds that break through, the 8 seeds that wake up) and […]
0 comments by Bart D
Follow on Twitter @TheStudentSect Complaining about anything concerning March Madness Weekend One is like telling Mila Kunis “I don’t care for that shade of eye shadow.” It’s akin to going to a steakhouse, ordering chicken tenders, and complaining about the lousy honey mustard. One could liken the act to attending a craft beer festival and […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 3/23/2015
The Sweet 16 beckons, but before we get around to breaking down what lies ahead, let’s take stock of the first wave of stories to greet us in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, now that the round of 32 is done. * 10 – REALITY CHECK FOR THE SEC Georgia manipulated the RPI (which it’s supposed […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
CBS and Turner have the rights to the NCAA Tournament. From an overall perspective they have handled broadcasting March Madness with mixed results. The good: They can showcase every single game among their TNT, TBS, TruTV and CBS channels. The bad: They are heavily relying upon NBA analysts to give fans college basketball feedback. This […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
The end of the first weekend of the NCAA tournament brings forth a number of discussions every year, and one of them is the expectations game, as various programs either reach — or fall short of — the Sweet 16, the dividing line between “upper-tier” and “middle-tier” for a lot of college basketball programs. While […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
North Carolina State’s upset of Villanova marked the most significant upset from the round of 32 in this year’s NCAA tournament. Seeing a tournament upset authored by Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried and his N.C. State team reminds us that the man and the school have both participated in other significant first-weekend upsets in recent NCAA […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 3/22/2015
On Sunday in Omaha, the small school beat the big school. However, it was also the experienced and battle-tested team that beat the young and talented team. The experience of the Wichita State Shockers showed nearly the entire game against the Kansas Jayhawks on both sides of the ball. It carried them to a memorable […]
CHARLOTTE, NC – MARCH 22: Head coach Tom Izzo of the Michigan State Spartans reacts on the sidelines against the Virginia Cavaliers during the third round of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Time Warner Cable Arena on March 22, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Bob Leverone/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
In a 68-team tournament, it doesn’t seem very likely that one team would consistently become another team’s constant roadblock. Yet, some bracket oddities manage to create a situation in which one school’s plans are constantly frustrated by a specific foe. Utah went through a stretch in the 1990s in which it simply couldn’t get out […]
0 comments by Ryan Palencer
While it wasn’t out of Hollywood, the round-of-32 game between Notre Dame and Butler possessed the same level of drama. Rather than an Indiana high school state title hanging in the balance, the prize for the winner of this overtime battle in Pittsburgh was a trip to the Sweet 16 in Cleveland, and a date […]
0 comments by Scott
Pat Connaughton saved Notre Dame’s bacon with that amazing block. This game seconds after Zach Auguste was called for a double dribble. The game has moved to overtime thanks to Connaughton’s heroics. One of the plays of the tournament.
PITTSBURGH, PA – MARCH 21: Desmond Lee #5 of the North Carolina State Wolfpack celebrates after making a shot and getting fouled with teammate Beejay Anya #21 during the second half against the Villanova Wildcats during the third round of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Consol Energy Center on March 21, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 3/21/2015
Certain outcomes in sporting events can be simultaneously surprising and completely natural. There’s no way North Carolina State should have beaten Villanova on Saturday evening in Pittsburgh, excusing the first top-two seed from the 2015 NCAA Tournament. Yet, there’s every way North Carolina State should have been able to pull off this upset. On one […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch
Yesterday during Wichita State’s narrow victory over Indiana, CBS analyst Chris Webber joked (?) that Kansas was scared to play Wichita State and that the Jayhawks were ducking the Shockers. Joke or not, that sentiment has poured out of Wichita (conveniently only in the last couple years) and now the national media seems to be […]
