NCAA Championship Game Ratings Down
NEW YORK — Butler couldn't stay in it until the end this time, and television ratings were down for the national championship game. Connecticut...
NEW YORK — Butler couldn't stay in it until the end this time, and television ratings were down for the national championship game. Connecticut...
Len Berman | Posted 06.05.2011
Last night's championship game will long be remembered for what it didn't have: made baskets. Butler set the all-time record for futility in a championship game, shooting just 18.8 per cent.
AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 06.05.2011
HOUSTON — Keep shooting, the Butler players told each other over and over, the shots are bound to start falling. Not even close....
AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.05.2011
STORRS, Conn. — University of Connecticut and state police say they arrested 27 people after the Huskies won the national basketball championship. ...
AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 06.04.2011
HOUSTON — The only thing that could stop Kemba Walker and Connecticut's amazing run was the final buzzer. On a night when the massive arena fel...
Posted 06.04.2011
Butler and UConn square off tonight in the NCAA tournament championship game at 9:23 p.m. ET. It has been a wild tournament thus far, filled with craz...
The Huffington Post | Jordan Schultz | Posted 06.04.2011
Looking at tonight's national title game on paper, all signs point to an abundance of Connecticut advantages. The Huskies for one are superior ath...
Sporting News | Posted 06.04.2011
As preparations for Monday night's national championship game between the No. 8 Butler Bulldogs and the No. 3 Connecticut Huskies get underway, be sur...
Len Berman | Posted 06.04.2011
With all the hoo-hah that college basketball receives, how many of you outside of Indiana followed the Butler Bulldogs this season? Heck, not that many in Indianapolis follow them.
Posted 06.02.2011
The NCAA tournament championship game is set. The Butler Bulldogs reached their second straight title game and they will take on the UConn Huskies in ...
AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 06.02.2011
HOUSTON — When it's win or go home, nobody's better than Kemba and the kids. Kemba Walker scored 18 points Saturday night to lift Connecticut t...
AP | By NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 06.02.2011
HOUSTON -- The lovable underdog label is long gone. Now Butler is determined to drop that "first loser" tag, too. Shelvin Mack scored 24 points and Z...
Posted 06.02.2011
Only four teams remain in the NCAA tournament and after tonight, the championship game will be set. Butler and VCU kick off the Final Four games Satur...
Posted 05.29.2011
The Final Four is set and it's time to vote on which team you think will win the whole thing. Unfortunately for President Obama, Zero No. 1 seeds made...
Len Berman | Posted 05.29.2011
Notre Dame and Stanford advanced to the women's Final Four. As a result, all four teams will be either #1 or #2 seeds. Contrast that with the men, where no #1s or #2s survived.
AP/The Huffington Post | By HANK KURZ JR. | Posted 05.28.2011
RICHMOND, Va. -- A day of excitement, celebration and delirium wasn't quite enough for VCU basketball fans, who turned out late Sunday night to welcom...
Zack Isaacs | Posted 05.28.2011
Coach Smart lived up to his last name this past weekend when he looked past the detractors and focused on his goal.
Len Berman | Posted 05.28.2011
Thank you VCU Rams. We had no idea you even existed in February, yet you'll still be standing in April. Now that's sports!
AP | By OSKAR GARCIA | Posted 05.27.2011
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas casinos have tabbed Kentucky the latest favorite in an NCAA tournament full of upsets, and are hoping that Virginia Commonwealt...
Posted 05.27.2011
Four teams remain in the 2011 NCAA tournament and there are certainly some surprises. The No. 8 seed Butler Bulldogs, coached by Brad Stevens, reach...
AP | WILL GRAVES | Posted 05.27.2011
NEWARK, N.J. — Kentucky spent 13 straight springs watching other schools play in the Final Four, a destination college basketball's winningest p...
Posted 05.27.2011
The Kentucky Wildcats have reached the Final Four, beating the second-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels 76-69. The No. 4 seed from the East region dom...
AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 05.27.2011
SAN ANTONIO — Move over, Butler. Virginia Commonwealth is crashing the Final Four. Two weeks ago, the 11th-seeded Rams so doubted they would ge...
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 05.26.2011
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jim Calhoun could scarcely watch when the most improbable postseason run of his coaching life at Connecticut came down to an o...
AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 05.26.2011
NEW ORLEANS — Of course Butler erased a late deficit. Of course the Bulldogs hit a clutch 3-pointer late in overtime. Of course they're going ba...
AP | Posted 06.05.2011