As the Miami Heat dismantled the Orlando Magic for their 27th straight win, 108-94 over Orlando, I could only remember what an NBA executive told me after breakfast last year. When I mentioned having attended Dwyane Wade’s alma mater of
The 2009 Big East had three No. 1 seeds and put five teams in the Sweet 16, a mark that looked like it would not be threatened until Sunday. After four Big Ten teams had made it, both Minnesota and
The following table is the schedule of starting times and team ratings as March Madness wraps up today in Philadelphia (PA), Kansas City (MO), Austin (TX) and Dayton (OH). The second tables lists the ratings in the Breitbart Sports Alphabetical Guide
Road wins have been hard to come by this college basketball season, but Syracuse basically won on the road Saturday 2800 miles away from home when they beat Cal in San Jose to give the Big East three teams in
The Big East hopes to see this every year – Marquette and Butler playing two games a year down to the wire. Butler will be the only non-Catholic member of the new 10-team Big East, and after Rotnei Clarke won
Lexington,KY – Except for a lone section of green Colorado State fans and theushers in Kentucky blue, virtually every fan in Rupp arena was clad inred and on their feet, cheering for Wildcats’ rival Louisville as theydefeated the Rams 82-56
The NCAA tournament wraps up in Auburn Hills, MI, Lexington, KY, Salt Lake City and San Jose. Below are the start times and ratings of each team going into the tournament, and 14 of the 17 teams with a rating
The Big Ten has been the top conference all year, and Minnesota’s blowout of UCLA to close out the second round Friday kept them on top. The following is the list of all 32 schools still alive by conference, and the
Minnesota was one of 17 teams that entered the NCAA tournament with a 30 or higher rating in the Alphabetical Guide to teams, and for all of the upsets in the first round, their destruction of UCLA made those teams
LeBron James and some other stars do not like being in dunk contests because they form bad habits when not contested on the way to the rim. If that is the case, Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo could be in
Colorado came out of halftime and dominated Illinois for 11 minutes, outscoring the Illini 23-2, and lost. In a game of streaks, Illinois won the final seven minutes of the first half 13-0, and responded to Colorado’s run with a
Miami became the fourth consecutive tournament champion of a power (BCS) conference to look excellent in their opening game. The ACC champion Hurricanes joined Louisville (Big East), Mississippi (SEC) and Oregon (Pac12) in taking momentum from a conference tournament run
Don’t mess with the A10 or the Pac12! In our preview, we said we did not know if Khalif Wyatt (pictured) had enough help to make a run, but he did not need any Friday as he shook off an
The rallies and parties are in full swing today in Philadelphia, Kansas City, Dayton and Austin as 32 more teams and their alumni bases hope to give their teams strong send-offs. The following is the schedule of all 32 games,
Syracuse closed Thursday with the largest margin of victory of the day, beating Montana by 47 points – one better than VCU’s record 46-point win against Akron. The Orangemen advance to play a virtual road game against California in San
Lexington, KY – Once the thousands of Louisville fans filed out of Rupp Arena with their red wave filling the streets of the home of the Kentucky Wildcats, one of only three SEC teams to make the tournament was run
Ever since losing Taj Gibson, Darren Collison, Isaiah Thomas, Jrue Holiday, Quincy Poindexter, Landry Fields, James Hardin and others to the pros after their great 2009 season, the Pac 10/12 has been at the bottom of the BCS conferences in
Lexington, KY – The average team has an effective Field Goal percentage of 48.8% (eFG%, field goal percentage plus half a shot made for every three-pointer made), and Louisville gave up 48.3% to North Carolina A&T – almost exactly average.
Lexington KY – With no timeouts left to set up a final play, Marquette coach Buzz Williams asked the officials to check the clock to see if the ball had gone out-of-bounds before the 5.5 seconds showing on the clock.
Brad Stevens is young but already legendary, and he has Butler in the second round again after defying the odds by taking the Bulldogs to the title game 2 of the last 3 years. Stevens had also already shattered the
Players have walked through six new alumni rallies/parties in the past hour in San Jose, Auburn Hills (Detroit), and here in Lexington. Alumni Associations for New Mexico State, St. Louis University, St. Mary’s, Memphis, Davidson and Marquette (pictured) are hoping
LEXINGTON KY – Amid the backdrop of heavy snow flurries here, Butler alumni and students erupted this morning as Brad Stevens led his team out of the hotel and over to Rupp Arena, where they will take on Bucknell at
Here are the start times for all 16 NCAA tournament games Thursday, followed by which team has the overall edge in the six different categories. For example, in the 12:15 ET tip, Valparaiso is hotter and has more experienced guards,
The Argentinian soccer team Red Devils team of Independiente must be nervous, as one of the biggest fans of their rivals the Saints of San Lorenzo is now the Pope. Former rugby player Jorge Mario Bergoglio will no longer be
Creighton and Cincinnati tip-off in Philadelphia Thursday in the NCAA tournament, but next year it will be Creighton rather than Cincinnati that makes the trip there to play Villanova in Big East action. Creighton won the $60 million lottery over
