Kallas: Why Did Wichita St. And Louisville Get Jobbed?; Final Four Picks
Despite the alleged modern-day transparency, some decisions boggle the mind. You have to wonder whether things coaches say have any effect on seeds and matchups.
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Despite the alleged modern-day transparency, some decisions boggle the mind. You have to wonder whether things coaches say have any effect on seeds and matchups.
No. 1 seeds are 116-0 in opening games since the NCAA tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The Great Danes are hoping to break that streak against Florida.
Louisville coach Rick Pitino had no problem with his team's NCAA Tournament seeding. It was the pairing that drew his ire.
The start of the NCAA tournament is arguably the best week on the sports calendar, filled with great teams, exciting games, star players and, usually, plenty of upsets.
Has some of the mystery that made the NCAA tournament so intriguing over the years been slowly stripped away?
A new federal lawsuit claims the National Collegiate Athletic Association should allow college football and basketball players to get some of the money they make for their schools.
Will this year's Cinderella team hail from right here in the Big Apple? The Manhattan Jaspers sure hope so.
Mateen Cleaves joined Boomer and Craig in the Allstate Studio this morning and he brought with him all sorts of energy.
Bill Raftery is about as good as it gets when it comes to offering analysis on the game of college basketball.
Virginia joined Florida, Wichita State and Arizona as a No. 1 seed Sunday when the selection committee announced the pairings for the NCAA tournament.
The fourth-seeded Friars (23-11) used a 2-3 zone to hold the second-seeded Bluejays (26-7) 24 points below their season average and to an 8-for-30 effort from behind the 3-point line.
Pencils ready (it has to be a pencil with a large eraser because there will be plenty of changes). Pristine bracket hot off the printer. It's time to pick, change, rethink and settle.
The fifth-ranked Louisville Cardinals had everything working so well against Rutgers that even a near mistake turned into an amazing play.
This week we find out if the new-look league can drum up the interest of the "old" Big East. The tournament starts Wednesday with first-round games between Seton Hall and Butler and Georgetown and DePaul.
As March Madness takes hold of New Yorkers, the age-old question persists: where can a die-hard college basketball fan get a drink around here?
Andujar is a 6'6", 205-pound point forward. He can handle the ball like a guard and draw bigger defenders out of the lane.
All you need to know! College basketball insider Jon Rothstein offers his favorites, sleepers and predictions as Championship Week heats up.
Syracuse University advertises itself as "New York's College Team." St. John's boasts, "We Are New York's Team." If we're talking about New York City, Manhattan College may have the best case.
Billy Baron, the MAAC Player of the Year, played in the ACC and Atlantic-10 before coming to Canisius, giving him a better perspective than most on the quality of play across conferences.
Iona and Manhattan, two schools separated by fewer than 10 miles, will play for the MAAC championship in Springfield, MA.
George Beamon scored 23 of his 25 points in the second half as second-seeded Manhattan pulled away from third-seed Quinnipiac for an 87-68 win in the semifinals of the MAAC tournament.
Tim Cluess has been given a contract extension by Iona after leading the Gaels to two NCAA tournaments in his first four seasons.
A month ago, Syracuse was unbeaten, ranked No. 1 and riding high. Now, the Orange are struggling toward the postseason having lost four of five.
The 5'11" Tharpe is averaging 30 minutes, 8.9 points, and 5.1 assists per game while shooting 45 percent from the field, 39 percent from deep, and 82 percent from the line.
It's going to take a really good team to beat Virginia in the NCAA Tournament. And that's because the Cavaliers certainly aren't going to beat themselves.
