Montana punched its ticket to the Big Dance by defeating Weber State in the Big Sky championship game on Saturday night. The Grizzlies will be making their 10th appearance all-time in the NCAA Tournament. Here are five things you probably didn’t know about Montana: 1. They kept Damian Lillard out of the tournament last season. If you’re wondering how good Montana is, doesn’t that last statement say it all? Lillard and his Weber State Wildcats lost to Montana twice last season,
For fantasy basketball owners this is the most exciting time of the season. This long and tenuous regular season is finally reaching a conclusion. It is my experience that nearly every season for nearly every league, at least one dominant power-house fantasy team falls apart during the last couple weeks before playoffs due to injuries. The NBA season is unlike that of any other professional sport. The postseason ends in June yet the preseason starts in October. The grind for NBA
Frank Vogel conceded the Eastern Conference to the Miami Heat on Saturday night prior to his Indiana Pacers’ loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, stating the obvious — there is no hope of catching LeBron James and Co. for the No. 1 seed. This came one day after Pacers point guard George Hill, an Indianapolis native, criticized the local fans because so many of them were cheering for the Lakers during their visit to Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Friday night. You look southward
The Purple Demons of Northwestern State knocked off Stephen F. Austin in a thrilling Southland Conference championship game on Saturday night. NSU will be heading to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006. Here are five things you probably didn’t know about Northwestern State: 1. It’s in Louisiana. There are few places in the United States less northwestern than Louisiana, but that’s where Northwestern State is located. The school’s full name is actually Northwestern State of Louisiana, but nobody
Akron clinched it berth in the NCAA Tournament by knocking off Ohio in the Mid-American Conference championship on Saturday night. The Zips will be making their third NCAA appearance since 2009. Here are five things you probably didn’t know about Akron: 1. They’re named after zippers. No, really. The zipper was invented in Akron, and so that’s why the university nicknamed its teams the “Zips.” Their mascot is–naturally–a kangaroo, and is purportedly one of the few
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Unfortunately, today’s question has nothing to do with Ireland, but hopefully you’ll enjoy it anyway. [Read more…]
Another huge game by LaMarcus Aldridge (31 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST) and another gutsy performance by Nicolas Batum (17 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 3 BLK) led the Blazers, who remain alive for a playoff berth, though they are three games back with just 17 remaining. [Read more…]
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich will soon become the 12th coach in NBA history to win 900 games. In his recently released book – The History of the San Antonio Spurs – Sheridanhoops.com columnist Jan Hubbard writes about Popovich’s early years and how he incorporated the talents of Tim Duncan into a team led by David Robinson. An excerpt is below. (You can order the book here.) [Read more…]