Sports Photos Of The Week March 13-19
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View ArticleFive Things: Five Overtimes In South Bend, A Half-Court Buzzer Beater And A...
> By Andrew Kahn The fact that the Michigan-Wisconsin game was not the wildest of the weekend tells you something – in this case, that there was a five-overtime game. In a week full of upsets, this...
View ArticleStage 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 ArticleLouisville Top Overall; Kansas, Indiana, Gonzaga Also No. 1 Seeds
Louisville earned the top overall seed in the NCAA tournament Sunday, while Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga also received No. 1s after a topsy-turvy regular season and another round of weekend upsets. Then...
View ArticleFive Things: Goodbye Big East, Buckeyes Win Big Ten, And West Coast Blues
By: Andrew Kahn Yesterday was a relatively drama-free Selection Sunday. Joe Lunardi was a perfect 68 for 68, as Middle Tennessee State, St. Mary’s, Boise State, and La Salle claimed the final spots in...
View ArticleJon Rothstein’s NCAA Tournament Primer: Picks, Upset Alerts And Players To Watch
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns MIDWEST TOP FOUR SEEDS: Louisville, Duke, Michigan State, Saint Louis PLAYER TO WATCH: Peyton Siva, Louisville HIDDEN GEM: Colton Iverson, Colorado State FAVORITE:...
View ArticleMarquette Coach Buzz Williams Leads Team Despite Never Playing College...
By Andrew Kahn NEW YORK — Buzz Williams never stepped foot on a college basketball court as a player. As a coach, he can’t stay off it. The Marquette coach likes to crouch in his suit like a baseball...
View ArticleRuss Smith Plays Through Grief
By Andrew Kahn NEW YORK — Russ Smith last spoke with his former high school coach, Jack Curran, less than three weeks ago. They talked about how well Smith had been playing for Louisville this season....
View ArticleRothstein: 68 Reasons To Be Excited For The NCAA Tournament
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns 1. Louisville’s pressure 2. The continued growth of Montrezl Harrell 3. Colorado State’s ability to rebound 4. Missouri’s unpredictability 5. A minimum of one more time...
View ArticlePresident Obama Continues Tourney Tradition, Reveals His NCAA Bracket
BRISTOL, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) — President Barack Obama is picking Indiana to go all the way in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. ESPN revealed Wednesday that Obama picked the Hoosiers to win it...
View ArticleRothstein: Friday’s Sweet 16 Primer; Predictions, Key Matchups & More
By Jon Rothstein » More Columns KANSAS VS. MICHIGAN Key matchup: Jeff Withey vs. Mitch McGary Don’t be surprised if: Kevin Young has a major impact on this game. X-factors: Ben McLemore (Kansas), Glenn...
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 ArticleRising Star: Louisville Junior Russ Smith
By Mark Chalifoux A Louisville National Championship seems inevitable now. The Cardinals are the strongest team remaining and now have the emotional component of playing for an injured teammate after...
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 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 ArticleOld Big East To Become ‘American Athletic Conference’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The current Big East will be called the American Athletic Conference starting next season. The conference announced the decision Wednesday after university presidents...
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 ArticleRothstein: Louisville, Michigan Set To Give Us A Thrill
By Jon Rothstein » >More Columns The season that none of us could predict is set to give us a title game that none of us will forget. In a year where college basketball was dominated by...
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...
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