La Salle is back in the NCAA Tournament after receiving an at-large bid on Sunday. It’s been a long while since the Explorers crashed the Big Dance, but they have a rich tournament history. Here are five things you probably didn’t know about La Salle: 1. This is the Explorers’ first NCAA appearance since 1992. Most of the players on the roster weren’t even born yet, as scary as that fact may be. In fact, La Salle has won exactly two
Despite falling short in the Sun Belt tournament, Middle Tennessee State (28-5) boasted a resume impressive enough to get the mid-major conference a second bid. The Blue Raiders sprinted through the Sun Belt conference with an impressive 19-1 record to claim the regular season title. Do they have enough steam left in the tank to make a cinderella tournament run? [Read more…]
Wichita State earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, marking the second straight year and third time since 2006 that the Shockers will go dancing. Here are five things you probably didn’t know about the Wichita State Wheat Shockers: 1. They’ve got some great NCAA Tournament history. Wichita State reached the Final Four in 1965, losing to eventual champ UCLA. The Shockers shocked everyone in 1981 by knocking off in-state rival Kansas in a regional semifinal and moving on
Coming off a narrow defeat to No. 1 seed Gonzaga in the WCC Championship, the Gaels look to make a run in their seventh tournament appearance in school history. What’s there to like and not like about this feisty Gaels team? Let’s take a look at a few quick facts. [Read more…]
Creighton punched its ticket to the Big Dance by winning the Missouri Valley conference championship. The Bluejays will be making their 18th appearance all-time in the NCAA Tournament. Here are five things you probably didn’t know about Creighton: 1. Coach’s son Doug McDermott is one of the best players in the country. Doug, who is the son of head coach Greg McDermott, ranks second in the nation in scoring at 23.1 points per game. He’s also pulling down 7.5 rebounds per
The Villanova Wildcats rallied in the second half of the season to clinch their 33rd NCAA Tournament birth. Here are five fast facts you should know about the Wildcats: 1. They started of 4-4 and finished 16-9. 2. Their two most impressive wins of the season came in the same week, when they beat No. 5 Louisville at home on and No. 3 Syracuse at the end of January. 3. Nova’s second leading scorer is also their freshman point guard, Ryan Arcidiacano, whom Jay
For the first time since a stretch from 1992 to 1996, the Michigan Wolverines will make their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. They’re led by Big Ten Player of the Year Trey Burke and possess a rare combination of veteran leadership with Tim Hardaway and freshman power with Glenn Robinson III, Nik Stauskas and Mitch McGary. So what else is it that you need to know about Michigan? 1. For the first time since 1989, a Michigan Wolverine won the Big Ten
The Big East Tournament as we all know it is now gone. But the recent five-day basketball bender in New York City left behind many indelible impressions; including 64,248,336 #BigEast hashtag impressions on Twitter from Tuesday, March 12, through the close of Saturday, March 16. [Read more…]