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NCAA Tournament: the story of UMBC and the biggest March Madness upset in history
U.S. Basketball is still buzzing after a history making weekend in the NCAA tournament… March Madness indeed. Never in the history of this illustrious competition as the 16th seed defeated the No. 1 seed, not until this week. The record books were smashed apart by University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) as it defeated Virginia…
Read MoreGreatest Basketball Players From South America
Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, and Magic Johnson and others have defined the game in the Americas. They are all among the best NBA players to ever play the game. But great basketball players from South America have also left a large imprint on the game. The greatest basketball players from South…
Read More68 Teams in NCAA Tournament Announced
It’s here. It’s finally here! March Madness is upon us. The 68-team field participating in the NCAA Tournament has been announced on a “Selection Sunday” live show. The selection process is not simple nor cut-and-dry. The selection committee used a quadrant system to determine which teams would get invited to participate. And apparently, “quality wins”…
Read MoreWho Will Be Named NCAA Player of the Year?
The NCAA has been under a microscope recently and we’re not just talking about FBI investigations into corruption. Mainstream and social media has been abuzz with stories shedding a bad light on the association. This is a wake-up call not only for the educational institutions, their basketball programs, the alumni, and fans. Changes are coming, but…
Read MoreCollege corruption scandal gets uglier by the day
Yahoo Sports published FBI documents yesterday on the ongoing college corruption scandal. In those documents players from more than 20 NCAA Division I programs have been identified as possibly breaking NCAA rules. These are the schools identified as having players who possibly violated NCAA rules: Duke, North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Michigan State, USC, and Kansas.…
Read MoreNCAA: Louisville Forced to Vacate 2013 Title
The NCAA has announced that the University of Louisville must vacate its 2013 National Men’s Basketball Title and pay fines. The basketball program had ineligible student-athletes competing during the 2011-12 through 2013-14 academic years. The committee on infractions panel found that the former Louisville director of basketball operations acted unethically when he arranged striptease dances…
Read MoreCleveland Cavaliers Contenders Once More?
The Cleveland Cavaliers have a new look. The organization had a busy trade deadline in which it made several moves that wholly reshaped the face of the team. And necessary this was amid a team rife with strife: calling each other out in team meetings, questioning loyalty, flailing trust in the locker room and overall…
Read More2018 Copa del Rey to happen, players will not strike
After plenty of confusion and political infighting, the 2018 edition of the Copa del Rey will be played this season. Spain’s cup competition was in danger of cancellation, but a meeting held by the Higher Sports Council resolved a dispute between the ACB (Spanish League) and ABP (Basketball players’ union). The disagreement stemmed from the…
Read MoreStephon Marbury Retires From Basketball
Stephon Marbury (188 cm, Georgia Tech’96) has officially retired from basketball after his last game in China this February 2018. Marbury, who turns 41 years old in a week’s time, played the 2017-18 season for the Beikong Fly Dragons (China-CBA). In 35 games, the guard recorded averages of 14.7 ppg and 4.8 apg. The veteran…
Read MoreBest European Basketball Players of All Time
Who are the best European basketball players of all time? Check out out top 15 European basketball players: 15.Dino Radja|1967|210 cm|C|Croatia Alongside Toni Kukoc, Radja accomplished great things for KK Split early in his career, snatching back-to-back Euroleague titles in 1989, and 1990. This set him on the path to becoming one of the best European basketball…
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