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• A Triumph for the Least Daring Among Us
• By Josh Alper 3/31/2008 10:00 AM ET
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• I'm not sure what's replaced the watercooler as the gathering place in offices of the 21st century but, whatever it is, the buzz around it this morning is the Final Four. For the first time ever all ...
• Hansbrough Sends Tar Heels to the Final Four
• By Shiloh Carder 3/29/2008 11:13 PM ET
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• Tyler Hansbrough helped fend off a Louisville rally by scoring 28 points and grabbing 13 boards in North Carolina's win over Louisville, 83-73. The East Regional Final matchup was like watching two ... More »
• 1989 Meeting No Longer a Sore Spot Between Roy Williams and Rick Pitino
• By Shiloh Carder 3/29/2008 7:58 PM ET
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• One of the underlying stories of the Louisville-UNC game today is a beef between coaches Rick Pitino and Roy Williams. The two are among the greatest coaches in basketball and have taken multiple ... More »
• Rick Pitino: 'Tell Roy (Williams) to Get On a Plane For the First Time'
• By Shiloh Carder 3/28/2008 6:52 PM ET
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• Well, Louisville coach Rick Pitino ... with his own national championhip and five Final Fours ... disagrees with Ol' Roy. "Tell Roy to get on a plane for the first time and let's play the game at ... More »
• Tar Heels Pound Washington State; Advance to Elite Eight Again
• By Shiloh Carder 3/27/2008 9:29 PM ET
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• When you look at the scoreboard, you may think that Washington State's strategy of slowing the pace of the game down against North Carolina worked. The Tar Heels scored just 68 points, 42 points below ... More »
• Hansbrough Hasn't Made a Shot, Yet Heels Still Lead Washington State by 14
• By Shiloh Carder 3/27/2008 8:14 PM ET
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• Washington State has won two things so far against North Carolina: They are winning the battle of tempo as the game is being played in the 60s. The slow-down game has limited UNC's ability to run up ... More »
• Louisville's Derrick Caracter Reminds Everyone He's a Heckuva Teammate
• By Josh Alper 3/27/2008 10:50 AM ET
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• Somewhere in the neighborhood of 9:30 this evening, the Louisville Cardinals will tip off against the Tennessee Volunteers for a chance at the Elite Eight. It's hard to imagine anything else being on ...
• Someone Should Tell Jim Larranaga That Leprechauns Are Immune to Magic
• By Josh Alper 3/25/2008 3:55 PM ET
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• Here's a reason why coaches shouldn't let cameras into the locker room before games. When you're going up against the school that pretty much invented the pep-talk cottage industry, you've gotta come ...
• Wash State's Tony Bennett Knows Charlotte; Will Charlotte Remember Him?
• By Shiloh Carder 3/25/2008 11:32 AM ET
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• In the East Regional, the forgotten team is Washington State. With UNC blowing away everyone and fans salivating over the Tennessee-Louisville game, the Cougars are right under the radar. That ... More »
• Bruce Pearl Won't Say Who Is Starting at Point Guard on Thursday
• By Josh Alper 3/24/2008 8:30 PM ET
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• Usually when your team wins 31 games, spends time as the top-ranked team in the country and makes the Sweet 16, you've got a pretty reliable hand on the tiller. The Tennessee Volunteers, then, are ...
• NCAA First Round's Least Shocking Upset: Siena Over Vanderbilt
• By Andy Katzer 3/22/2008 11:30 AM ET
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• As Chas Rich pointed out earlier, The Tampa Trap was indeed a record-setting string of games. But the least surprising of the four contests that saw lower (much lower) seeded teams advancing was ...
• Ho-tels, Mo-tels, Holiday Inn! Not Just the Teams Get Seeded in the NCAA Tournament
• By Shiloh Carder 3/21/2008 12:59 PM ET
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• When the seedings were announced for the NCAA tournament on Sunday, there was a scramble for the next level of seedings. No, not the N.I.T. or College Basketball Invitational ... but the hotels which ... More »
• CBS' Broadcast Teams for the NCAA Tournament
• By Shiloh Carder 3/19/2008 8:15 PM ET
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• (Hat tip: Awful Announcing) Here are CBS's broadcast teams for each of the eight pod sites for the first and second round of the NCAA tournament. Anaheim: Dick Enberg/Carter Blackburn, Jay Bilas ... More »
• NCAA Previews: Recognize the Washington State Cougars
• By Ty Keenan 3/17/2008 8:25 AM ET
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• Conference: Pac-10 Record: 24-8, 12-8 Pac-10 RPI: 20 How They Got In: At-Large Bid Seed/Bracket: #4 in the East Mascot: Cougars. The Wazzu homepage proudly announces that Butch T. Cougar won 2006's ...
• NCAA Previews: Recognize the USC Trojans
• By Ty Keenan 3/17/2008 8:15 AM ET
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• Conference: Pac-10 Record: 21-11, 12-8 Pac-10 RPI: 29 How They Got In: At-Large Bid Seed/Bracket: #6 in the East Mascot: Trojan. In 1912, sportswriter Los Angeles Times sportswriter Owen Bird often ...
• NCAA Previews: Recognize the Oklahoma Sooners
• By Charles Rich 3/16/2008 11:34 PM ET
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• Conference: Big 12 Record: 21-10, 9-7 in conference RPI: 29 How They Got In: At-Large Seed/Bracket: 6/East Mascot: Sooners. You need to know your American history. It was a term for those who jumped ...
• The Selection Committee Says They Don't Consider Matchups, Matchups Say Otherwise
• By Josh Alper 3/16/2008 9:45 PM ET
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• The selection committee for the NCAA Tournament says that it doesn't consider specific matchups when they're seeding teams and placing them in the four brackets. It seems hard to believe that when ...
• North Carolina Gets #1 Seed and Home Court, But No Other Favors
• By Shiloh Carder 3/16/2008 6:12 PM ET
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• North Carolina was given the tournament's #1 overall seed ... a first weekend trip to nearby Raleigh and a second weekend in Charlotte ... but little else. The East's bracket is somewhat stacked, with ...
• NCAA Previews: Recognize the 16-20 Coppin State Eagles
• By Shiloh Carder 3/16/2008 3:12 AM ET
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• Conference: MEAC Record: 16-20, 7-9 in conference RPI: 227 How They Got In: As a 7th seed, surprised everyone and beat Morgan State to win the MEAC championship and automatic bid Seed/Bracket: ...
• NCAA Previews: Recognize the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
• By Charles Rich 3/15/2008 6:03 PM ET
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• Conference: Big East Record: 24-6, 14-4 in conference RPI: 26 How They Got In: At-Large Seed/Bracket: 5/East Mascot: Leprechaun. The Leprechaun became the official mascot in 1965. Prior, they used ...
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