NCAA tournament: Murray State Racers expose painful flaw.
NCAA tournament: Murray State Racers expose painful flaw in selection process.. Murray State didnt lose a single basketball game between Nov. 29, two days after Thanksgiving, and Saturday, where their hearts were��.
Final 2015 NCAA Tournament Bracket Projection.
College Basketball. The ���IF WISCONSIN WINS��� Bracket. Bracket Projection 2015. THE ���IF WISCONSIN LOSES��� BRACKET, where Arizona becomes the final #1 seed. NCAA Final Bracket 2015. And here are the final 1-68 team rankings I used to set my projected field. If Wisconsin loses to Michigan State, they swap with Arizona and drop below Virginia, and Michigan State goes from 23 to 19. Kentucky*; Villanova*; Duke; Wisconsin*; Arizona*; Virginia; Gonzaga*��.
Wisconsin Dominates, Flustering Ohio State and Its Star Freshman
The Badgers survived a brief second-half cold spell before flogging the Buckeyes on their senior day, a spectacle that ended in the largest defeat of Ohio State’s season.. University of Wisconsin defeats Ohio State University, 72-48.
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NCAA BASKETBALL rankings 2015: Duke jumps Virginia for No.
Kentucky has officially gone from preseason No. 1 to regular season No. 1 to postseason No. 1, but the fight for the spot just behind the Wildcats got a little bit more interesting this week.
Here’s How Our N.C.A.A. Bracket Works
Instead of fixing the number of points for each game, we let the market decide, with an emphasis on rewarding upsets.
University Professors Form Coalition To Fight For NCAA Pay
The coalition, which consists of 19 professors, at least one of which has blogged for The Huffington Post before, has focused its efforts on football and mens basketball because, they say, the NCAA and universities themselves��.
NCAA Basketball Tournament: Arizona Is The One Team That Can Beat.
T.J. McConnell of the Arizona Wildcats shoots against Dillon Brooks of the Oregon Ducks during the championship game of the Pac-12 Basketball Tournament at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on March 14, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan .
PRESIDENTS SEEK CONTROL
The chairman of a commission of college presidents said today that steps had to be taken to eliminate corruption in collegiate athletics. The chairman, Dr. John W. Ryan, president of Indiana University, made the remark during a news conference called to announce the results of a survey of college presidents and chancellors on the integrity and financing of college athletics. The survey and issuance of the results were scheduled long before the unfolding of the scandal involving the basketball program at Tulane University, but the events in New Orleans added a sense of urgency to the presidents resolve. Dr. Ryan said that the organization he heads, the National Collegiate Athletic Association Presidents Commission, had voted in Chicago on Wednesday and Thursday to urge changes in regulations governing athletics.
NCAA BASKETBALL tournament bracket set
1 seeds in the NCAA mens basketball tournament that starts this week. Duke will open play Friday against the winner of Tuesdays Northern Florida and Robert Morris game. For the Blue Devils, its their 13th No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
OU, OSU make NCAA Tournament | KFOR.com
OKLAHOMA ��� Oklahoma will have two teams in the NCAA Tournament this year. The University of Oklahoma mens basketball team earned a #3 seed and will play #14 seed Albany in the first round on Friday in Columbus,��.
Dienhart: Breaking down the 2015 NCAA tournament bracket
B1G INTERVIEW - Bo Ryan sits down with our crew to talk about Wisconsins first No. 1 seed. The 2015 NCAA tourney bracket is set. Lets break it down, as the Big Ten looks to win its first NCAA title since Tom Izzo led��.
IU lands safely in NCAA Tournament, opens with Wichita.
Indiana landed safely in the NCAA Tournament field of 68 teams on Sunday evening, earning a No. 10 seed and a date with No.. opens with Wichita State #iubb. Posted by Mike Miller in Mens Basketball on Sunday, Mar.
NCAA Severe Sanctions
The NCAA sanctioned Syracuse for multiple infractions committed by the basketball and football programs over a 10-year period.
2015 NCAA Tournament Preview: No. 5 Northern Iowa.
Northern Iowa Basketball. Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports. The Northern Iowa Panthers may be the higher seed, but they will play a very tough opponent in their first game of the 2015 NCAA tournament. That opponent will��.
Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa Make NCAA Tournament
DES MOINES, Iowa ��� The state of Iowa will have three teams in the NCAA Mens Tournament this year. The only other time that has happened. Topics: basketball, iowa, ISU, ncaa tournament, uni �� by Taboolaby Taboola.
NCAA BASKETBALL bracket 2015: Wisconsin earns first-ever No. 1 seed in West.
Wisconsin had never been a No. 1 seed before. Their reward? A rugged West Region that could feature two rematches with Pac-12 teams from the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Wisconsins non-conference schedule was blemished only by a loss to fellow No.
NCAA Tournament 2015: Villanova, Duke and Wisconsin Join Kentucky as No. 1.
NASHVILLE ��� CBS broadcast Marylands team at the moment the Terrapins learned where they would be seeded in the N.C.A.A. mens basketball tournament. The looks on their faces conveyed a mix of punch-drunk disbelief and dread. They had been .
NCAA Suspends Coach Jim Boeheim for Syracuse Violations
The NCAA denounced one of the countrys most decorated basketball programs Friday, suspending Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim for nine conference games next year and outlining a decade-long series of violations that included academic misconduct, improper benefits, and drug-policy failures.
A Basketball Mind in Tune With the Social Fabric
Two encounters with Dean Smith revealed his civil rights consciousness, which helped set him apart from other college basketball coaches.. William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column recalls that recently deceased University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith was tireless civil rights advocate and was truly concerned with players education and moral development.
Brackets, tip off times announced for NCAA tournament
5 seed in NCAA East Region and will play No. 12 Wyoming on Friday in Seattle. Tip off is scheduled for 2:40 p.m., and the game will air on TBS. Iowa Hawkeyes were given No. 7 seed in the South Region and will take on No. 10 seed Davidson in Seattle on .
First Four raises NCAA eyebrows
INDIANAPOLIS -- NCAA officials said Sunday that the mens basketball selection committee may revisit the principle of locking in the last four at-large teams into the First Four in Dayton after a possible UConn win Sunday would have sent the Huskies.
Names, Teams and Matchups to Watch in the NCAA Tournament
March Madness can feel a bit like sensory overload. Games are happening at sites all over the country, often several at a time, and keeping track of everything can be nearly impossible.
Temple leads NCAA tournament snubs; plus, five bracket thoughts
. in trouble when UCLAs name was revealed in the field. That proved to be the Rams, who were in the top 30 in RPI and werent even thought to be on the bubble by most. Apparently a 2-3 record against the top 50 wasnt good enough. College Basketball.
Hoosiers confident about NCAA tournament chances.
Indianas NCAA tournament fate will be revealed in just a few hours. But the Hoosiers believe they should be in the field of 68 when it is announced at 6 p.m. ET on CBS. For the past two weeks, the Hoosiers (20-13, 9-9) have��.
2015 NCAA Tournament: Overall, Midwest No. 1 seed Kentucky
Why Kentucky might win it all: This is the nations best outfit thanks to a roster that mostly overwhelms opponents, and is evidenced by its selection as the No. 1 overall seed. Theyre big and athletic and college basketballs only team that currently.
Coaching in the Best of All Worlds
Once feeling like an outsider as a man coaching women, and wondering whether he would find more fulfillment coaching men, Geno Auriemma has come to terms with his career path.
NCAA Hits Syracuse Basketball Coach With Nine-Game Suspension
The NCAA suspended Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim on Friday for nine Atlantic Coast Conference games and took away scholarships after a lengthy investigation of the schools athletic programs.
NCAA suspends Syracuse U. basketball coach, vacates 108.
In 2005, following a season of poor academic performance from his players, Syracuse Universitys head basketball coach, Jim Boeheim, hired a new director of basketball operations and gave him an imperative: ���fix��� the��.
After Geno Auriemma’s Reign, UConn Could Lose Clout
The presence of Auriemma may compensate for now, but eventually Connecticut’s lack of affiliation with a Power 5 football conference could spell an end to the Huskies’ dominance.. Jere Longman On College Basketball column holds that Connecticut womens basketball team, after coach Geno Auriemmas reign, cannot sustain its dominance without being affiliated with a Power 5 football conference; notes that Auriemmas contract expires at end of 2017-2018 season.
Five Indiana schools heading to 2015 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament
INDIANAPOLIS - Five Indiana schools learned Sunday they will compete in the 2015 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament. Indiana University, Butler University, Notre Dame, Valparaiso and Purdue University will all compete in the Midwest Region. MORE | Fill .
Seven Big Ten basketball teams make 2015 NCAA.
The 2015 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament bracket was released Sunday night, and the Big Ten has seven teams dancing, tied for the most this year.
Terrapins quietly accept No. 4 seed in NCAA mens basketball tournament
The only previous meeting between the schools came in the 1999 NCAA tournament, when Maryland won the round-of-64 game as a No. 2 seed. The Crusaders are coached by former player Bryce Drew, whose iconic buzzer-beating shot lifted Valparaiso as .
Breaking Down Every Early Matchup in the NCAA Tournament
Sixty-eight teams will begin the NCAA Tournament this week, all hoping to be the last one standing on April 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. But you cant win it all without winning one, so here is quick look at the matchups set on Selection Sunday:
NCAA Tournament 2015: Selection Sunday storylines
For college basketball fiends, Sunday is our Christmas Day ��� the day when an entire seasons worth of triumphs and defeats comes to down to a seminal moment. Is your team in the Dance or is your squad packing up the locker room this coming week?
South Carolina Women Improve to 27-1
Tiffany Mitchell scored 16 points, and No. 2 South Carolina defeated No. 11 Mississippi State to clinch a share of its second straight Southeastern Conference regular-season title.. College Basketball Roundup; University of South Carolina womens basketball team beats Mississippi State University, 69-50; other womens and mens college basketball scores noted.
Sooners headed to Columbus for NCAA Tournament.
Oklahomas mens basketball team earned a #3 seed for the NCAA Tournament and will play 14th seed Albany in the first round on Friday at 6:27 central time in Columbus, Ohio. The Sooners are in the East region, and if they��.
March Madness 2015: The Davids Who Could Thwart a Big Blue Goliath
Kentucky, the top seed over all, will be a target over the next couple of weeks, but can anyone topple the Wildcats?
F.D.U.-Florham, Division III Champion, Sets Its Sights on Repeating
Coach Marc Mitchell, whose team begins defense of its national title this week, has made F.D.U.-Florham of Madison, N.J., a recognizable name in Division III womens basketball.. Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham womens basketball team, led by coach Marc Mitchell, is busy preparing for opening-round NCAA Division III tournament game against Johnson & Wales; FDU-Florham is first team from New Jersey to win NCAA Division III womens basketball title.
V.C.U. Gets the Victory in Showcase of a Legacy
Players like Melvin Johnson, who helped V.C.U. beat Scoochie Smiths Dayton Flyers, learned important lessons during their time at Rice High School in Harlem, which closed in 2011.
Chamberlain Disputed
Wilt Chamberlain may have been paid $4,000 by a series of Jayhawk godfathers to play basketball at the University of Kansas 30 years ago, but four of his teammates say they had no such godfathers and got no such illicit payments. The four, Gene Elstun, John Parker, Maurice King and Bob Billings, told USA Today that they got no more than the $15-a-month laundry money that the National Collegiate Athletic Association allowed athletes to receive at the time. In disclosing that he had received illegal payments from two or three godfathers, Chamberlain said, Everyone was assigned at least one godfather when I was at Kansas.
LSU Earns NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Berth
BATON ROUGE ��� The LSU mens basketball team (22-10, 11-7 SEC) will make its 21st appearance in program history in the NCAA Basketball Tournament, as it was chosen into the field of 68 as announced Sunday on CBS Sports. The No. 9-seeded Tigers .
Kentucky leads way: Your printable NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament brackets
Kentuckys chasing history, trying to become the first undefeated champion in March Madness since Indiana in 1976. The Wildcats are seeded first overall in the tournament and tops in the Midwest Region, in search of six more wins for a perfect season.
Heres what you need to know about the NCAA Mens.
Heres some background information about the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament. March 17-April 6, 2015 ��� The NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament will take place. April 4-April 6, 2015 ��� The NCAA Final Four will be��.
Hoosiers to open NCAA Tournament against Wichita State.
For the third time in four seasons, Indiana is headed to the NCAA tournament.
Dean Smith Was Pioneer in Use of Analytics
Smith, who died Saturday, was the most prominent early proponent of possession-based analysis, which is now standard operating procedure in college basketball and the N.B.A.. University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith, who recently died, was pioneer in use of possession-based statistical analysis, which is now standard practice for both college and professional coaches.
UConn Has One Last Run Before SMU Snuffs Out NCAA.
Print Your NCAA 2015 Tournament Bracket. Sports UConn Mens Basketball. One of those teams, Southern Methodist, crushed out UConns final, flickering hopes of going back to the NCAA Tournament with a 62-54 victory in the American Athletic Conference Tournament championship game before 13,365 at the XL Center on Sunday afternoon. I dont want to ever feel like this ever again, freshman Daniel Hamilton said. I dont want to be in this position ever��.
UCLA mens basketball enters NCAA tournament as No. 11 seed
Following a fourth-place finish in the Pac-12 and a semifinal exit at the Pac-12 tournament, UCLA (20-13) sent the college basketball world into a tizzy Sunday as it made it into the NCAA tournament as an 11th seed. UCLA will take on No. 6-seeded.
At St. John’s, a Heralded Class Still Seeks a Capstone
Four years ago, St. Johns brought in a group of recruits that seemingly had the potential to return the program to the top tier, but now those seniors are still looking for their first N.C.A.A. tournament berth.. St Johns mens basketball team defeats Georgetown, 81-70.
2015 NCAA tournament: Care about college basketball? Root for Iowa State.
The NCAA tournament this season will determine a champion (like always), leave you fuming over a pile of torn-up bracket confetti (like always) and reduce your Thursday work production to Tommy Callahan levels (like always). What is different is that.
N.C.A.A. Men’s Conference Tournament Previews
A look at some of the top story lines at this weeks major conference tournaments and who should be moving on to the N.C.A.A. tournament.
NCAA BASKETBALL teams playing in Jacksonville announced
NCAA basketball teams announced playing in Jacksonville. NCAA basketball teams announced playing in JacksonvilleAll the teams that play in Jacksonville. College; 3 hours, 42 minutes ago · Life. UNF team swoops into Sulzbacher Center. UNF team .