With NCAA Tournament action finally underway, two important stories have surfaced today encompassing the highs and lows of this hectic college basketball season. President Barack Obama, who has never been shy about his fascination with the NCAA tournament, released his annual bracket this morning. Obama went mostly “chalk” in the first round, staying away from a bracket filled with upsets. His two upsets of note, No. 11 seed Minnesota over No. 6 UCLA, and No. 11 Belmont over No. 6 Arizona. The
There’s an age-old axiom that states: you don’t set out to build a wall. You lay one brick as perfectly as that brick can be laid, and you do it every day, and soon you will have a wall. The Miami Heat didn’t set out to break the NBA’s all-time longest win-streak of 33 games – a 41-year old record held by the 1971-’72 Los Angeles Lakers — but as they continue to stack win after win, it is becoming well
The Los Angeles Lakers play in Phoenix tonight and will be looking for their seventh win in nine games. More importantly, tonight was supposed to mark the return of Pau Gasol to the Lakers’ lineup. Gasol unfortunately broke the news this evening that he will not be making his return tonight in Phoenix, but will be back on the court soon. [Read more…]
While the more popular in-state New Mexico Lobos receive more praise, the New Mexico State Aggies are not a team to sleep on. At 24-10 they are the champions of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and are one of the hottest teams in the country entering the tournament. [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
Just two weeks after receiving the schools first ever No. 1 overall ranking, the Gonzaga Bulldogs have earned their first ever No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Gonzaga (31-2) won the West Coast Conference regular season and conference championships and will open tournament play Thursday in Salt Lake City against Southern. [Read more…]
Just when it seemed like things were starting to turn around for the Lakers this season — now 34-32 after starting a dismal 17-25 — Kobe Bryant suffered what is being diagnosed as a severe left ankle sprain and will be out “indefinitely.” [Read more…]