Posts Tagged ‘NCAA Sweet 16’
March Madness: Elite Eight picture complete after night of big wins
Sweet Sixteen of the 2017 NCAA March Madness season tipped off on Thursday. As we reported yesterday, while the top seeds sailed through to the Elite Eight, the four contests also showed why Sweet Sixteen is such a minefield. 11th seed Xavier took out second seed Arizona in one of the shocks of the Big…
Read MoreMarch Madness: All Top Seeds Advance Except for One
The Sweet Sixteen is the round which separates the men from the boys in this tournament. The ones who might have scraped by the first two rounds will need to prove themselves in order to advance. With 12 of the 16 teams being top-four seeds or better, there is no shortage of elite teams…
Read MoreNCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Set
The dust has settled after the exciting resolution of the 2nd Round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Only 16 teams remain, comprising the “NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.” The third stage of the tournament is set to resume on March 24th. There were, as usual, the fair share of upsets and surprises. However, this season…
Read MoreSweet Sixteen, Duke and Gonzaga progress
Sweet Sixteen of March Madness wrapped on Friday as the final four schools punched their tickets to the Elite Eight. The East and South regional semi-finals threw up little in the way of surprise with only one lower seed beating out a better placed rival. That honour went to Michigan State, the school stopped Oklahoma…
Read MoreNCAA Elite Eight: First Four teams are in!
Notre Dame, Kentucky, Arizona, and Wisconsin are the first four schools to book their seats to the 2015 NCAA Elite Eight. All four teams that are moving on were matched up against teams that were lower seeded in the Sweet 16. The number one seed from the Midwest Region, the University of Kentucky destroyed West…
Read MoreNCAA March Madness: Sweet 16 Teams Set
The NCAA March Madness is perculating to higher temperatures as the last eight teams secured their seats to the Sweet 16. There were a couple of teams that pulled off some shocking upsets as they moved on. This is the second straight year the Michigan State has dowsed the the flames of the University of…
Read MoreMarch Madness, who made Sweet 16?
March Madness continued on Saturday and threw up the typical array of interesting facts, while posing a number of questions as the tournament progresses. We saw the first Number 1 seed fall as Villanova came up short against North Carolina State, but the Kentucky Wildcats continued their unbeaten season with a win over Cincinnati. UCLA…
Read MoreVerdell Jones signs with Oita Devils
Verdell Jones (195 cm, Indiana’12) has signed in Japan with BJ League team Oita Heat Devils. Jones started the season in Greece with Peristeri GS Athens, where he only played 6 games and left in November (averaging 2.3 ppg). Verdell Jones graduated from college in May 2012 and reached the NCAA Sweet 16 with Indiana…
Read MoreLuke Loucks signs with Apollon
Luke Loucks (196 cm, Florida State’12) has signed with Pizza Express Apollon Limassol from Cyprus. He replaces Majic Dorsey who left the team recently and is rumored to have some lucrative offers from Mexico where he played before. Luke Loucks started the season in Latvia with VEF Riga and also played for them in the…
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