Stage Set For Final Big East Tournament As We Know It
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Big East tournament will have a touch of a wake to it this week. Most of the matchups will be the last meetings of the schools as members of the conference. When games...
View ArticleBig East: One More Time, With Feeling
By Andrew Kahn NEW YORK — Steve Bosco stands under a banner he had made to thank the Blarney Rock staff for making the pub his “home away from home” for 23 years during the Big East Tournament. New...
View ArticleNCAA Investigating Syracuse? Boeheim Brushes Off ‘Annual’ Reports
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Syracuse has been under investigation for possible NCAA violations, mostly in its basketball program, for at least a year, according to two reports. CBSSports.com, citing an...
View ArticleSyracuse Overcomes Poor Shooting To Top Cal 66-60
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ Syracuse overcame poor shooting and a partisan crowd to earn a return trip to the round of 16. C.J. Fair scored 18 points, James Southerland added 14 and the fourth-seeded...
View ArticleRothstein: Thursday’s Sweet 16 Primer; X-Factors, Predictions & More
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns MARQUETTE VS. MIAMI Key matchup: Davante Gardner vs. Julian Gamble Don’t be surprised if: Miami freshman big man Tonye Jekiri sees extended minutes up front since Reggie...
View ArticleFive Things: Motivated Cardinals Prevail And Wichita State Stays Alive
By Andrew Kahn Even with limited drama—none of the regional finals were particularly thrilling—the NCAA Tournament is a wonderful thing, the perfect blend of fairness and unpredictability. The No. 1...
View ArticleSyracuse Focused On Journey To Final 4
JOHN KEKIS,AP Sports Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Overcoming all sorts of adversity has been the norm for the Syracuse Orange of late. Player eligibility issues, negative headlines, slumps at...
View ArticleNCAA Announces Pool Of Officials For Final Four
ATLANTA (AP) — The NCAA has announced the pool of 10 officials who will work the Final Four. John Cahill, Tony Greene, Karl Hess, Lee Jones, John Higgins, Randy McCall and Mark Whitehead have all...
View ArticleOfficials Facing Dilemma With Video Review
JOHN MARSHALL,AP Basketball Writer It happens seemingly every game of the NCAA tournament, most of the season, for that matter: Officials blow their whistles, huddle, then head over to the TV monitors...
View ArticleNCAA Final Four: We Made It Playlist
The Final Four teams heading into the NCAA tournament are an interesting mix, to say the least. From a Big Ten team with the one national player of the year candidate still in the running to the one...
View ArticleDoes ‘Underdog’ Michigan Have Cardinals Right Where They Want Them?
By Eric Thomas Vegas says Louisville will win by four. It’s familiar territory for this young Michigan team; they’ve been the underdog since late in the regular season. Many people looked at South...
View ArticleFive Things: Cards Find A Way And Reserves Shine For Wolverines
By Andrew Kahn Tonight, the No. 1 overall seed takes on a team once ranked No. 1 and now playing its best basketball. On one side is Louisville, the favorite when the field was announced, trying to...
View ArticleDaily Madden: NFL Stadiums Struggle To Compete With TV
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The NFL is putting cameras in locker rooms so fans in the stadium can watch players get ready for the game. “The biggest thing is fan experience,” John Madden told the KCBS Radio...
View ArticleWolverine Fans Praise Team After Loss
ANN ARBOR (WWJ) - University of Michigan basketball fans in Ann Arbor took the heartbreaking loss as well as could be expected. Inside the M Den, the crowd was in high spirits, and just like their...
View ArticleLouisville Beats Michigan 82-76 For NCAA Title
ATLANTA (AP) – Rick Pitino capped the greatest week of his life with the prize he wanted most of all. Luke Hancock produced another huge game off the bench, scoring 22 points, and Pitino became the...
View ArticleMichigan’s McGary Plans To Wake Up Today And ‘Get Back At It’
ATLANTA (97.1 The Ticket) ”Everybody’s down a little,” an obviously emotional Mitch McGary said in the locker room after Michigan’s NCAA championship loss to Louisville. McGary, whose high-flying play...
View ArticleCal To Open Vs. Arkansas In Maui Invitational Hoops
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — The Cal men’s basketball team has learned that it will open the eight-team Maui Invitational against Arkansas on Nov. 25 in Lahaina, Hawaii. Other first-round games in the three-day...
View ArticleCollege Basketball Pregame Playlist
It takes a heavy library of new and oldschool jams to keep today’s college basketball players motivated. Check out what and who these players listen to while getting pumped before a big game. Jon...
View ArticleKeidel: Ides (And Idols) Of March
By Jason Keidel» More Columns Warren Buffet’s billion dollars aside, March Madness has something for every fan, even if it trivializes the regular season into granular irrelevance. Between the...
View ArticleRising Star: Dayton Forward Dyshawn Pierre
By Andrew Kahn >>More articles If you kept your eyes on the television after Dayton’s last-second victory over Ohio State, you may have noticed a Dayton player falling on his backside after...
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