Second Round Recap – Phoenix Region by Phil Kasiecki (5) Syracuse 72, (4) Maryland 70 The third meeting in NCAA Tournament history between the two previous national champions was a dandy, as Maryland made a late rally to get within one point before a last-second jumper fell short as Syracuse […]
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Final Four Recap
Final Four Recap by Phil Kasiecki (2) Connecticut 79, (1) Duke 78 Emeka Okafor and Rashad Anderson scored 10 of 12 unanswered Connecticut points that brought the Huskies back in the final minutes in a 79-78 win over Duke to advance to Monday night’s national championship. Okafor, who was saddled […]
STL Play-In Game Preview
Play-In Game Preview – St. Louis Region by Phil Kasiecki (16) Lehigh vs. (16) Florida A&M Patriot League champion Lehigh (20-10) takes on Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion Florida A&M (14-16) in the play-in game of the NCAA Tournament. The Rattlers have been here recently, as they went in 1999, while […]
STL Play-In Game Recap
Play-In Game Recap – St. Louis Region by Phil Kasiecki (16) Florida A&M 72, (16) Lehigh 57 For the third year in a row, a team with a sub-.500 record won the play-in game in the NCAA Tournament as Florida A&M dumped Lehigh, 72-57 on Tuesday night. The win was […]
Forecasting the NCAAs
Forecasting the Field by Phil Kasiecki Throw out all the conventional wisdom about the NCAA Tournament. That’s the message the regular season and conference tournaments gave us this year. The regular season always tells us less than the whole story, but this year, it shows a picture that’s even tougher […]
First Round Stars
First Round Stars by Phil Kasiecki The first round of the NCAA Tournament always has some big performances, and sometimes by lesser-known stars as well as ones we have come to expect the games from. With a loss ending a team’s season, the will to win drives players to new […]
NCAA Selection Committee Issues
NCAA Selection Committee Issues by Phil Kasiecki The field of 65 teams is all set, and as usual, there is a lot of debate. The selection committee was not going to have an easy job this year even if some there weren’t some of the upsets in conference tournaments over […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 28th Huskies Are In: Although the road wasn’t always smooth, Connecticut was expected to get to the Final Four back in the preseason. With their 87-71 win over No. 8 Alabama on Saturday, the Huskies made it by winning the Phoenix Region as its […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 27th Atlanta Regional No. 7 Xavier 79, No. 3 Texas 71: Xavier remained hot on Friday night, pulling out a 79-71 win over Texas in the final minutes. The Musketeers (26-10) won for the 16th time in 17 games to advance to the Elite […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 21st East Rutherford Region No. 4 Wake Forest 84, No. 12 Manhattan 80: It was a great battle of guards in Raleigh, a freshman against a senior, and the freshman won out as Chris Paul and Wake Forest knocked off Luis Flores and Manhattan, […]
