Two of the worst fouls you’ll ever see in a basketball game marred the ending of a tight third round matchup between the Pittsburgh Panthers and Butler Bulldogs. Butler prevailed, 71-70, on Matt Howard’s free throw with under a second remaining, and Pitt became the first number one seed to be eliminated. … Read Full [...]
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My colleague Tim Hyland, who covers college football for About.com, is breaking down the rumors about a possible expansion of the Big Ten. That conference has had eleven members since Penn State was added to the mix in 1993; adding a 12th would allow the league to split into two conferences and hold a championship [...]
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Like a lot of college basketball fans, I was shocked to see Pittsburgh’s DeJuan Blair drop to the 37th overall pick in this year’s draft. Sure, he doesn’t have ideal power forward height, and he has a history of knee problems… but he played much bigger than his listed height would indicate, routinely abusing the [...]
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Pittsburgh and Villanova gave the tournament a signature game, Michigan State gives the Final Four a “home” team, and the top teams from the preseason maintain that status. The Game of the Tournament This year’s March Madness has been a little light on the “Mad” — the biggest “Cinderella” was a 12-seeded Pac 10 team [...]
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Memphis was beaten at their own game, Syracuse’s run ends with a thud, and the big concerns for Carolina and Connecticut don’t seem all that concerning… for now, anyway. And now… your Elite Eight, and how they got here. Beasts of the East We won’t have an all-Big East Final Four… but the beasts of [...]
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I believe we can officially put the “which conference is toughest” discussion to bed. Here’s a look at the number of teams each conference sent to the 2009 Sweet Sixteen: ACC – 2 (North Carolina, Duke) Big 10 – 2 (Michigan State, Purdue) Pac 10 – 1 (Arizona) Big 12 – 3 (Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas) [...]
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