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Rarely will you see two players who don't possess great offensive skill sets dominating games but that's what happened during the Final Four.
Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw caused a stir when she said that Brittney Griner, was "like a guy playing with women." Griner said she took the comment as a compliment.
We know the story line tonight. Kansas will start all juniors and seniors, Kentucky's starters are all underclassmen. Kansas will fall behind Kentucky and they'll make a comeback.
Most media are giving the University of Louisville little chance at beating the University of Kentucky in Saturday's opening Final Four matchup in New Orleans, but that doesn't mean one should expect a blowout.
On Thursday, March 22, Andy commandeered a diverse group of middle-aged men, loaded us onto a Citation X jet and took us to Boston for weekend of NCAA basketball.
Can Kentucky be beaten? The Wildcats, the only #1 seed to make it to the Final Four, look awfully tough. Back in the '80s schools like Georgetown and Houston looked unbeatable and both got upset. Can it happen again?
It was the story of two halves for both Kansas and North Carolina in the Midwest Regional Final; both teams were lights-out for the opening 20 minutes while both struggled to regain the same offensive flow after intermission.
While Norfolk State and Lehigh lost their second games, there are still several double-digit seeded teams left in the tournament.
Michigan St. is headed to yet another Sweet 16; the 2012 version of the Spartans is a mirror image of previous years' teams, full of grit, girth and intelligence.
When Duke entered the NCAA Tournament without any sign of a true lockdown defense, it became perhaps one of the most vulnerable Blue Devil teams in recent memory; certainly as a 2 seed.
The Syracuse Orange entered the NCAA Tournament full of uncertainty with the loss of starting center Fab Melo to eligibility issues. After barely grazing past 16 seeded UNC Asheville in a shockingly close 72-65 win, such doubt has been fully validated. Once thought of as a legitimate national title contender thanks in large part to its normally suffocating 2-3 matchup zone, Syracuse looked rather ordinary defensively without the seven-foot Melo in the middle.
Let's take an honest look at what will be the most likely fatal flaws that end Ohio State's season as early as the Sweet 16 but more likely the Elite Eight.
Why aren't we seeing to it that more of our student athletes graduate? That they all graduate?
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The NCAA tournament isn't nicknamed March "Sensible and Rational Outcomes Based on Statistical Analysis Gathered During the Regular Season and Conference Tournament" for a reason.
