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By Danny Blumenthal and Andrew Puopolo As 2018 comes to a close, take a look back at the moments that made this sports year unforgettable. What were your favorite sports memories from 2018? Let us know in the comments. NFL...
By Chase Aldridge When people think of March Madness, they often focus on the men’s tournament because of its history of Cinderella’s making deep runs into the tournament (ie. Loyola-Chicago this year). There seems to always...
By Andrew Puopolo This past weekend, Duke and Michigan were somewhat surprising winners of the ACC and Big 10 tournaments as 8 and 5 seeds, respectively. This made me wonder, are teams that win their conference...
By William Ezekowitz Preseason rankings may seem irrelevant when it comes to college basketball, but they are surprisingly important. For example, they are just as predictive of ending up in the Final Four as the current AP Poll...
By Henry Johnson March Madness is here, and with it are high hopes and lost revenue. Last night, the selection committee released the bracket for the 2017 tournament, and the ensuing uproar was enough to drown out even the...
By Andrew Puopolo As 2016 winds to a close, we take a look back on 55 reasons why this year was a particularly crazy year in the world of sports. NFL 1.) Both teams that made the Super Bowl failed to make the playoffs the...
By Kurt Bullard One of the lasting images from this year’s rendition of March Madness was Malachi Richardson of No. 10 Syracuse “ going mad” against No. 1 Virginia in the Elite Eight. The freshman put up 21 second-half...
By Daniel Alpert Round one of March Madness 2016 is in the books. From 15-seeded Middle Tennessee taking down Michigan St. to UNI hitting a half-court buzzer-beater to sink Texas, this year’s first round was full of upsets...
By Dylan McDonough It’s the ACC’s tournament, we’re all just living in it. Through the first two rounds, one of the biggest stories of the 2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament – besides record-setting upsets, unprecedented...
By Benedict Brady As we get deeper into the March Madness tournament, it is tough to weight the importance of a team’s seed with its performance in previous tournament games this year. While most people would not initially pick...