0 comments by Kevin Causey on 3/31/2015
Here’s a nice look behind scenes of the NCAA Tournament as the Michigan State Athletic Department gives us a peak behind the curtain as Tom Izzo speaks to his team after their Elite Eight victory….
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Earlier this off-season it was announced that the enigmatic Chuckie Keeton was granted an additional year of eligibility at Utah State. This was great news for USU and for college football. But, sometimes great news for one person is bad news for another person. Four quarterbacks saw action for the Aggies last year and with […]
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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 […]
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These are courtesy of the NCAA March Madness Youtube channel…
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March Madness has once again lived up to expectations, and then some. Just about everyone had their brackets busted immediately with a huge upset in the tournaments very first game, while several low seeded teams made their way into the third round of the 2015 Men’s Basketball tournament. UCLA might be the team everyone thinks […]
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 […]
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The Michigan State Spartans have done the unthinkable and have taken a No. 7 seed all the way to the Final Four with their win over the Louisville Cardinals. This putback by Branden Dawson was the nail in the coffin…
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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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Our editor Matt Zemek joined guest host Brandon Medeiros on the Mad Scientist’s Sports Lab late Saturday night to talk about the NCAA Tournament including the great Kentucky/Notre Dame game. Matt joins in around the 1:40 mark of the two hour podcast. Feel free to listen to the entire show or skip ahead to The Student Section part of […]
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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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