The first #1 Women’s team fell yesterday, North Carolina State fell the #4 Indiana in nail biting last seconds finish. In a lesser upset, #2 Texas A&M lost to #3 Arizona in a less than exciting game. In a close game that went to Overtime, #6 Michigan came close to ousting #2 Baylor. Never leading …
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Mar 27 2021
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Sweet 16 – Day One
At this point “March Madness” fits this year’s tournament perfectly. Your bracket is shot. We know it. Ours is, too. A year after the NCAA Tournament was canceled, the madness returned with an opening weekend full of upsets. No. 1 seed Illinois, gone. So is Ohio State. High seeds Texas and Virginia also are out, …
Mar 27 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Sweet 16 – Day One
There were only three upsets in the First Round and four in the Second Round and all four first place teams advanced to the Sweet 16. The seeding of the women’s teams is far more consistent with their playing skills. Here are al the winners and scores from the Second Round Seed School Record …
Mar 24 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Second Round – Day Two
There were only three upsets in the first Round and three yesterday. All four first place teams will advance to the Sweet 16. Seed School Record Score Seed School Record Score Region 8 S. Florida 18 – 3 42 1 S. Carolina* 2 – 2 59 Mercado 5 Iowa* 18 – 9 86 4 …
Mar 23 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Second Round – Day One
We are now down to 32 teams and two more day of eliminations. One thing is noticeable, the difference in the number of upset games on the Men’s side as opposed to the number on the Women’s side. In the Round of 64 and 6 upset games in the Regional Quarterfinals, the Men had nine …
Mar 22 2021
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Regional Quarterfinals- Day 2, Evening
More games. After this the men take a break until March 27 when the Sweet Sixteen begins. Here are this afternoon’s results. I’ll post the scores for the evening games as they finish. #11 UCLA is this year’s Cinderella team coming from he play ins to make it to the Sweet 16 where they will …
Mar 22 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64- Day 2, Evening
This is the last of the heavy lifting. Tomorrow starts the two days second round of games for the women which will cull the teams down to the the Sweet 16. Here are the a scores for this afternoon’s games Seed School Record Score Seed School Record Score Region 10 N. Carolina 13 – 10 …
Mar 22 2021
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Regional Quarterfinals- Day 2, Afternoon
Definitely some upsets yesterday. First up, #8 Loyola Chicago trounced #1 Illinois. #11 Syracuse eked (no pun intended) a win past #3 West Virginia. Much to Amondo’s disappointment his #7 Florida (Gators) went down to #15 Oral Roberts. In the final game of the night, #12 Oregon St. literally sent #4 Oklahoma St. walking home. …
Mar 22 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64- Day 2, Afternoon
In 2019, ek hornbeck wrote: “Ok, I’ll bite. WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU THINKING GIVING NOTRE DAME AT 30 – 3 A #1 SEED AND SNOOTING UCONN AT 31 – 2?! Bless your hearts (which you’ll recall refers to someone with an Oedipal Conflict in Dixie)!” This year Notre Dame is not playing, neither the …
Mar 21 2021
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Regional Quarterfinals- Day 1, Evening
Four more games. Evening Games Time Network Seed School Record Seed School Record Region 7:10 TBS 10 Rutgers 15 – 11 2 Houston* 24 – 3 Midwest 7:45 TruTV 15 Oral Roberts* 16 – 10 7 Florida 14 – 9 South 8:45 TNT 13 N. Texas 17 – 9 5 Villanova* 16 – 6 …
Mar 21 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64 Day 1- Evening
In 2019, ek hornbeck wrote: “If you’re reading this it’s because I’m still napping. It is the debut of the Lady Huskies in this year’s Tournament and I’d look up the fight song but I’m also lazy.” He found it later after a nap. Yup, this is mind bending. Fortunately, ek left me the map, …
Mar 21 2021
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Regional Quarterfinals- Day 1, Afternoon
Last year ek hornbeck created a “New and Improved with Special (and a subtly different pain in the ass) Table for Results. So this is the one I’ll be using today and for future games. The winners will be bolded and the upset winners will be on the right, the lower seeds are always on …