DAYTON, Ohio – Unlike their opponent Tuesday night, Hampton had a pretty good idea it would be headed to the First Four at UD Arena after winning the MEAC tournament title as a No. 6 seed last weekend. Continue reading “One In A Billion Shot Hampton Sets Sights On Manhattan”
Tag: NCAA Tournament
Should Iona And St. Francis Brooklyn Have Gotten Automatic NCAA Bids?
The meaning and definition of justice has been debated all the way back to the time of noted fan of the Eurostep, Socrates, and has had various definitions across the millennia.
Sports are a good testing ground for justice and ethics. They are games, after all, not matters of life and death (not that Socrates would have made a huge distinction) which by all rights should not be important enough to cheat, steal, or do any of those underhanded things that people have used to oppress, impress, and depress others through the ages.
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One Shining Moment is Tonight
College basketball season comes to its unfortunate (because it’s over!) conclusion tonight with the playing of One Shining Moment. To get you ready here’s last year’s. I doubt 2012 will come close to 2011, mostly because last season’s had VCU and Butler in it, which gave us scenes like Brad Stevens jumping into players in the locker room. Still, it’ll always give us fond reminders of a great tournament. (Lack of buzzer beaters not withstanding.)
Michigan State’s size too much for LIU
LIU Brooklyn came in confident and ready to play, but it just didn’t have the bodies to compete with Michigan State in the paint in a 89-67 loss in the NCAA Tournament.
LIU vs. MSU Round up
Tonight LIU Brooklyn will try to shock the world and take down #1 seed Michigan State. A lot has been written over the past two days about the game, so here are some of the highlights.
Q&A with The Only Colors about Michigan State
Friday night LIU Brooklyn will make another appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Unfortunately the Blackbirds drew #1 seed Michigan State in the first round. It’s going to be a difficult game. The Spartans just finished a Big Ten season in which they tied for first with a 13-5 conference record. Then to quiet the doubters they captured the tournament title as well. Tom Izzo is regarded as one of the best tournament coaches in the country. I asked Pete over at The Only Colors to provide some insight into the Spartans.
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What do similarity scores say about the top seeds?
When picking a bracket everyone wants to know how good the top seeds are. Which ones should make the Final Four? Go even further? Right now the standard answer seems to be Kentucky. What team though is the one you shouldn’t trust? I used similarity scores to try and determine both the strongest and weakest of the top eight seeds in the tournament this season.
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Wall Street Journal Blind Bracket
I picked a blind bracket last season that ended up having VCU going to the Elite 8. So maybe there is something to this madness. If you believe that’s the case well then you should go pick one of your own. Below I’m going to discuss some of the biases that mine revealed.
Iona gives up 25-point lead in stunning loss to BYU
To watch Iona’s NCAA tournament game was to understand the Gaels’ entire season. The dramatic highs and confusing valleys all coalesced into one timeless moment that unfortunately ended in a 78-72 loss to BYU.
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Q&A with Brett of Vanquish the Foe
Iona and BYU will play against each other tonight in Dayton for the right to take on Marquette. The Gaels and Cougars were two of the last teams into the tournament, but now its just survive and advance. To learn more about BYU I exchanged questions with Brett from BYU’s SBNation blog Vanquish the Foe.
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