The West Region of the is one of the more intriguing brackets in this year’s NCAA tournament as there are a plethora of teams that will be able to make a deep run and challenge Arizona and Wisconsin, two teams that are expected to see each other in the Elite Eight. In dramatic fashion, the…
At last, the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament is upon us and the true madness of March is set to begin. As many expected, the Kentucky Wildcats enter the field of 68 as the number one overall seed and prohibitive favorite to come out on top in Indianapolis in April. Play-in games will be played on…
It has been a long time since anyone, aside from specific team fans, has cared about the bottom of the Eastern Conference playoff race. The wild west is continually reigning supreme over the east from top to bottom. Ah, the Western Conference, where teams well above .500 miss the playoffs perennially. In the east? Keep…
Round One (Wednesday, March 10th) (12) Boston College 66, (13) Georgia Tech 65 Corey Heyward got the look he wanted with less than three seconds to play, but his layup attempt was too strong as the Yellow Jackets fell in the first round of the ACC tournament to Boston College. This night belonged to Olivier…
Big East regular season play has finally come to an end and tournament play is set to begin on Wednesday, March 11th. The talent and ability within the conference is indisputable and consistently provides high-level entertainment for college basketball-lovers. From Gerry McNamara’s clutch plays in the 2006 Big East Tournament, and “Allen vs. Allen”, to…
The 15th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners (20-9, 11-6 Big 12) welcome the ninth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks (24-6, 13-4 Big 12) into the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman at 4 PM EST for both team’s last game of the regular season. Oklahoma is listed as a 5.5-point favorite at home and will look to gain momentum after giving away…
In October of 2014, Russell Westbrook told Royce Young of ESPN that, “I can’t win games by myself.” Kevin Durant was set to miss the first month of the season while recovering from foot surgery and Westbrook was expected to lead the team. Durant is sidelined once again, and n the wake of his absence,…
Jahlil Okafor has been the center of Duke basketball talk for the entirety of the 2014-15 season, but it was another freshman who stole the show in Durham tonight. Grayson Allen exploded for 27 points on an incredibly efficient 9-11 from the field. He also hit four of his five three-point attempts as he led…
The St. Johns Red Storm have been rolling, winning six of their last seven games to eradicate themselves from the bubble watch and enter tonight’s game against Marquette as a one-point favorite. St. Johns ranks fifth in the nation in blocks per game with 6.7 and are 33rd in all of Division-I basketball in steals…
The Duke Blue Devils are slated as a 17.5-point favorite against the Demon Deacons tonight. Jahlil Okafor, Quinn Cook and Grayson Allen are all expected to play as they are each dealing with ankle issues. Okafor (18.2 PPG, 9.6 RPG) will look to continue his sustained success in the paint as he was able to…
Many people believe that the best athletes in the world are found on the basketball court. As a basketball purist, you have to remember how simple the game was in its’ earliest stages. James Naismith is the man credited with creating this game. Let’s get real simple here; he used a bucket and a ball…
This year’s fantasy basketball playoffs are on the horizon so it’s time to take a look at the latest fantasy news, whose stock is rising or falling, and some last-minute players that you should consider grabbing if they are on the waiver wire. INJURY UPDATES Russell Westbrook suffered a fracture of his zygomatic arch bone…
