0 comments by Matt Zemek on 4/7/2016
On Wednesday, we viewed UConn women’s basketball through the lens of history. Here, we’ll attempt to appreciate the Huskies and Geno Auriemma through the lens of what happens on the court — in practice and gameday situations alike. Why include practice (especially for you, Hall-of-Famer-elect Allen Iverson)? It’s where Geno Auriemma has built the foundation […]
0 comments by Bart D on 4/6/2016
Get ready for West Virginia Will. Florida’s former starting quarterback-turned suspended for usage of performance enhancing drugs turned transfer Will Grier is now a Mountaineer. Dana Holgorsen has to be tickled. Grier has to be thinking he’s gotten his wish. For Holgorsen, the timing was perfect. Eventually, the WVU natives will get loudly restless if […]
UCLA coach John Wooden, second from left, holds the 32nd NCAA Men’s Basketbal championship trophy he received as the Bruins won their sixth NCAA basketball title after defeating Jacksonville, 80-69, at College Park, Md., March 21, 1970. UCLA’s only senior player, John Valleley, wears the net he cut down at left. At right is John Ecker (52). The official in the middle is unidentified. (AP Photo)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
No, we’re not going to spend time arguing about whether UConn women’s basketball is just as good as UCLA men’s basketball. We’re not going to spend time debating whether Geno Auriemma is just as good a basketball coach as John Wooden was. No — we’re not going down any of those routes. This isn’t a […]
HOUSTON, TEXAS – APRIL 02: Phil Booth #5 and Jalen Brunson #1 of the Villanova Wildcats react in the second half against the Oklahoma Sooners during the NCAA Men’s Final Four Semifinal at NRG Stadium on April 2, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
This was not a great Final Four. The semifinal doubleheader was one of the worst of all time. This was not a great NCAA tournament from start to finish — the Sweet 16, Elite Eight, and National Semifinal rounds all left a lot to be desired. Yet, the Final Four and the NCAA tournament still […]
0 comments by Steve Fetch
Two seasons ago I had Wisconsin and Duke 1-2 in my way too early preseason top 25. Last year I pegged North Carolina as the No. 2 team, but Villanova as the No. 11 team, so clearly I have some work to do this year to redeem myself. It is very college basketball that the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 4/5/2016
The 2016 NCAA Tournament — literally — merited the following adjective: half-bad. The first two rounds were spectacular. The Sweet 16 and the Final Four national semifinals were total busts. The Elite Eight was okay, but the most memorable game was an all-time gack attack by a Virginia team which had been the portrait of […]
HOUSTON, TEXAS – APRIL 04: Phil Booth #5 of the Villanova Wildcats handles the ball against Nate Britt #0 of the North Carolina Tar Heels in the first half of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Final Four National Championship game at NRG Stadium on April 4, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
A person named Booth hasn’t received this much publicity for his shooting since April of 1865. If you had taken a poll of Villanova fans, coaches, students, support staff, sports information employees, priests, or members of the 1985 championship team — anyone — before Monday night’s championship game, and you had asked them which player […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 4/4/2016
Marcus Paige hit a fantastic three pointer to tie the game up. It was Villanova’s turn and they ran a great play to get Kris Jenkins open and he drilled the three pointer to win the National Championship for Villanova!
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Down three with time running out…Marcus Paige is forced to change his shot and somehow it goes in!
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Great pass here from Marcus Paige as Brice Johnson drops the hammer early in the second half of the National Championship Game….
0 comments by Kevin Causey
A wild play ends the first half as Phil Booth finds an opening and sticks a jumper as the clock expires. The jumper cuts into UNC’s lead but the Tar Heels still lead Villanova 39-34 at the end of the first half of the National Championship Game….
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Check out Villanova’s Daniel Ochefu following his teammates miss with a big-time one-handed follow dunk!
0 comments by Kevin Causey
UNC had trouble getting the ball to Brice Johnson early but when they finally found him it made for a great highlight….
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It is part of the charm and uniqueness of the NCAA Tournament that Villanova and North Carolina get just one day off before deciding college basketball’s national title in 2016. One national championship football game gets at least a week in which to breathe, but the NCAA Tournament is an organism in which the title […]
The Oklahoma bench watches play against Villanova during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Houston. Villanova won 95-51.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Previously, the Final Four National Semifinal games had DirecTV. The one we just watched this past Saturday in Houston? It had cable. Hi, TBS. Jokes aside (and goodness, there was plenty of time to make them during two blowouts), the 2016 Final Four easily made the short list of worst semifinal doubleheaders of all time. It […]
