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PASADENA, TEXAS (March 19, 2023) The Elite 8 round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament will take place on Saturday, March 25 and Sunday, March 26 are listed below. My predictions are below:
Saturday, March 25
Sunday, March 26
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PASADENA, TEXAS (March 25, 2023) The eight games in the of Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament on March 23-24 are completed. My predictionsm which are underlined, saw six correct outcomes, and two upsets.
Thursday, March 23
Friday, March 24
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY (March 25, 1967, actual date) On this day in sports history, March 25, 1967, at the 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton, 79-64; Bruins center Lew Alcindor (later named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) was named the tournament Most Outstanding Player. He is the only player to have received the award three time (1967, 1968, 1969).
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PASADENA, TEXAS (March 19, 2023) The Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament will continue at various sites around the United States. The eight games that will take place on Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24 are listed below. My predictions are below:
Thursday, March 23
Friday, March 24
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PASADENA, TEXAS (March 18, 2023) The first slate of eight games in the second of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament on Saturday, March 18 are completed. My predictions saw five correct outcomes, broken down by correct predictions and three upsets (My picks. They are underlined).
CORRECT SELECTIONS
No. 5 San Diego State 75, No. 13 Furman 52
No. 1 Houston 81, No. 9 Auburn 64
No. 2 Texas 71, No. 10 Penn State
No. 2 UCLA 68, No. 7 Northwestern 63
No. 1 Alabama 73, No. 8 Maryland 51
INCORRECT SELECTIONS
No. 4 Tennessee 65, No. 5 Duke 52
No. 8 Arkansas 72, No. 1 Kansas 71
No. 15 Princeton 78, No. 7 Missouri 63
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“Almost as important it is to put up shutouts, so it's great all around. Defensively, we don't tell those guys enough. I felt Teenage (Hadebe) was really good, and Ethan (Bartlow) had his best game. I’m proud of those guys to keep a high, high scoring team off the board. For Hector (Herrera) to score a goal and to get on the board and also Bassi is a big deal one out of the run of play, you know, another set piece – PK. So all in all, good night, we're gonna enjoy it because it's our first one. It's nice to get that monkey off our back and then we're gonna get back to work and hopefully get better.”
“I thought we did a good job of controlling the match. They nearly scored a goal and that is what makes us lose a lot of games. At the half we knew that we were managing the game correctly. We also needed to increase the intensity and energy to get the result we wanted. We came out in the second half with that mentality, and we took advantage from that point on. We could have scored more transition goals.”
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No. 5 San Diego State over No. 13 Furman | 12:10 p.m. | CBS
No. 5 Duke over No. 4 Tennessee | 2:40 p.m. | CBS
No. 1 Kansas over No. 8 Arkansas | 5:15 p.m. | CBS
No. 7 Missouri over No. 15 Princeton | 6:10 p.m. | TNT
No. 1 Houston over No. 9 Auburn | 7:10 p.m. | TBS
No. 2 Texas over No. 10 Penn State | 7:45 p.m. | CBS
No. 2 UCLA over No. 7 Northwestern | 8:40 p.m. | TNT
No. 1 Alabama over No. 8 Maryland | 9:40 p.m. | TBS
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No. 7 Michigan State over No. 10 USC | 12:15 p.m. |CBS
No. 3 Xavier over No. 14 Kennesaw St. | 12:40 p.m. | truTV
No. 3 Baylor over No. 14 UC Santa Barbara | 1:30 p.m. | TNT
No. 5 Saint Mary's over No. 12 VCU | 2 p.m. | TBS
No. 2 Marquette over No. 15 Vermont | 2:45 p.m. | CBS
No. 6 Iowa State over No. 11 Pitt | 3:10 p.m. | truTV
No. 11 NC State over.No. 6 Creighton| 4 p.m. | TNT
No. 4 UConn over No. 13 Iona | 4:30 p.m. | TBS
No. 1 Purdue over No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson | 6:50 p.m. | TNT
No. 6 Kentucky over No. 11 Providence | 7:10 p.m. | CBS
No. 12 Drake vs. No. 5 Miami | 7:25 p.m | TBS
No. 3 Gonzaga over No. 14 Grand Canyon| 7:35 p.m. | truTV
No. 8 Memphis over No. 9 Florida Atlantic | 9:20 p.m.| TNT
No. 3 Kansas St. over No. 14 Montana St. | 9:40 p.m. | CBS
No. 4 Indiana over No. 13 Kent State | 9:55 p.m. | TBS
No. 6 TCU over No. 11 Arizona State | 10:05 p.m. | truTV
#16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 75, #16 SE Missouri State 71 (next opponent: #1 Alabama on Thursday, March 16)
#11 Pittsburgh over #11 Mississippi State (next opponent: No. 6 Iowa State on Friday, March 17)
#11 Arizona State 98, #11 Nevada 73 (next opponent: No. 6 TCU on Friday, March 17)
#16 Fairleigh Dickinson 84, #16 Texas Southern 61 (next opponent: #1 Purdue on Friday, March 17)
PASADENA, TEXAS (March 14, 2023) Below are my picks for the First Four games of the 2023 NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
#16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi over # 16 SE Missouri State
#11 Pittsburgh over #11 Mississippi State
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
#11 Arizona State over #11 Nevada
#16 Texas Southern over #16 Fairleigh Dickinson
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UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI (March 13, 2023) It is being reported by various news outlets that former University of Texas at Austin head basketball coach Mike Beard had been hired as the new men's head coach at Ole Miss.
It was reported last week by ESPN the he was the leading candidate for the job to replace Kermit Davis wh0 was terminated on February 24. Davis went 74-79 over five seasons and failed to reach the NCAA tournament after his first season in the position.
Beard was fired by the Longhorns in January following an arrest December 12. His fiancée, Randi Trew, called 911 and told officers that he choked and hit her when the two got in an argument, according to authorities in Austin. Charged were dropped on February 15.
You can read the press release from Ole Miss announcing his hire by clicking here.
DeAndre Williams had 16 points and 13 rebounds for coach Penny Hardaway and the Tigers (26-8), who got the league’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid. They are going to March Madness for the second year in a row.
The Cougars (31-3) beat Memphis 71-53 in last year’s AAC tournament championship game, and won both regular-season matchups this season.
J’Wan Roberts had 12 points and 20 rebounds for Houston. Jamal Shead had 15 points on 3-of-14 shooting, and Jarace Walker had 13 points before fouling out.
The Cougars trailed by 18 at halftime, but got within 55-50 with 11:03 left after Shead scored eight points in a row for them in a two-minute span. His 3-pointer capped a 12-1 run, and he made another long-range shot before two free throws, but that was the closest Houston would get.
Memphis had taken control with a 16-2 run in the first half. Davis had all but two of those points and made two 3-pointers only 9 seconds apart.
That big spurt started on a fast-break layup by Davis with just under eight minutes left. Davis made a 3, and then Alex Lomax made a backcourt steal and passed to Davis at the top of the key for another 3. By time Davis made another fast-break layup with 3:36 left, the Tigers had doubled up Houston, 40-20.
Houston was selected as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region and will open the NCAA Tournament against No. 16 seed Northern Kentucky (22-12) in Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday, March 16 at 9:20 p.m. ET/8:20 p.m. CT on TNT. The Cougars are the first squad from The American to earn a No. 1 seed.
Memphis will be headed to Columbus, Ohio as the No. 8 seed in the East Region and will take on ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic (31-3) on Friday, March 17 at 9:20 p.m. ET/8:20 p.m. CT on TNT.
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HOUSTON, TEXS (March 10, 2023) The HCU Huskies will host five schools beginning on Saturday, March 11 at Third Coast Volleyball in the Southland Showcase Beach Volleyball Tournament. The Huskies will face fellow Southland Conference beach volleyball teams from Nicholls State, San Jose State, Boise State, Southeastern, and New Orleans to the sand courts in southwest Houston.
The Huskies (2-6) will first face Nicholls State (2-6) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, followed by San Jose State (4-0) at 3 p.m. On Sunday, they kickoff at 9 a.m. against Boise State (6-2) with a matchup against Southeastern (3-6) at 1 p.m. They will close out the action against New Orleans (5-3) at 3 p.m.
HCU is coming off a 2-3 loss to Boise State on March 5.