Odds Of Picking A Perfect Bracket? 9.2 Quintillion To 1
If you knew nothing about basketball and randomly filled out a bracket, your odds would be 9.2 quintillion to one.
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If you knew nothing about basketball and randomly filled out a bracket, your odds would be 9.2 quintillion to one.
Iona knew it wasn't going to get a second consecutive at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. This year, the fourth-seeded Gaels (20-13) won their way in.
Joe Mihalich's Niagara Purple Eagles have just eliminated Siena in the quarterfinals of the MAAC basketball tournament. Siena senior O.D. Anosike has played his last collegiate game.
The Big dance is right around the corner and teams are making strides towards being part of it. It all started this weekend with a buzzer beater, Kentucky barely holding on and Belmont joining the tourney. A wild weekend indeed!
One more team will join the big dance by the services of a popular tourney! The Metro Atlantic Athletic Tournament got under way and the stand out defense of the Rider stags kick started it in nice way! Along with other teams eliminated, important events you can't miss!
Gonzaga has a history of busting brackets but the Bulldogs now find themselves in the role of the hunted as Gonzaga became No. 1 in the AP poll for the first time in history.
There wasn't an abundance of wild finishes this weekend, but there were some incredible individual performances (see below). Memphis, mentioned in this week's column, is one of five teams unbeaten in conference; another, Gonzaga, has won its last six games by an average of 24 points.
As Jim Nantz said while confetti rained inside New Orleans' Superdome, the Kentucky Coronation is complete. The Wildcats, the nation's best team all season, beat Kansas last night 67-59 for the school's eighth national championship.
Doron Lamb scored 22 points, and Kentucky won its eighth national championship, holding off Kansas for a 67-59 victory Monday night.
The top-seeded Wildcats will face the winner of Ohio State-Kansas on Monday night, after Kentucky beat Louisville 69-61 on Saturday.
Kansas (32-6) plays Kentucky in the final Monday.
If Darius Miller and Doron Lamb find seams and make enough shots from the perimeter, John Calipari should have his team in the National Championship game.
The bad blood between Kentucky and Louisville fans boiled over this week at a Kentucky dialysis center when one patient couldn't wait to call a winner.
Celtics center Greg Stiemsma joined Toucher & Rich on Wednesday to talk about his day in Wisconsin, his recent run with technical fouls, and the NCAA Tournament.
Multiple sources say there is more than a legitimate chance of Kentucky landing the top two prospects in the Class of 2012: 6-foot-10 shot blocker Nerlens Noel and lefty wing Shabazz Muhammad.
A major element in Saturday's Final Four showdown between Louisville and Kentucky will be the Cardinals' match up zone.
Tyshawn Taylor came out of his slump in a big way, scoring 22 points to lead Kansas to an 80-67 victory over North Carolina on Saturday that returned the Jayhawks to the Final Four for the first time since winning it all in 2008.
Ohio State beat Syracuse 77-70 on Saturday to advance to the Final Four.
