Who Won: Michigan State beat Miami, 78-58 Why: After looking strong and building an early lead, Miami was absolutely blitzed by a 30-8 Spartan run and never recovered GIF: Hurricanes don’t do so well in Tulsa What will people be talking about? How Tom Izzo always wins in March even though this was an 8/9 game and… Read more »
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Duke rips through Trojans: SC8 Recap
Who Won: Duke 87, Troy 65 Why: Key stat … Duke: 1 Jayson Tatum, Troy: 0 Jayson Tatums GIF CBS exec: “Chris, we’re going to have you call the UNC and Duke games” Chris Webber: pic.twitter.com/u301Cjnd3y — Ben Swain (@TheBenSwain) March 17, 2017 What will people be talking about? OMG K vs. Wojo maybe? What… Read more »
Duke NCAA Practice in Greenville: Photo Gallery
Our guy Smith Hardy was on hand to get some shots of Duke’s practice in Greenville yesterday
UNC Fades Texas Southern AND JOEL BERRY IS FINE: SC8 Recap
Who Won: UNC beat Texas Southern 103-64 (#biscuits) and Joel Berry is fine. Why: Because UNC is a 1-seed Texas South is a 16-seed. GIF: If Berry could play the rest of the weekend without using his feet that’d be great. What will people be talking about? Joel Berry’s health. That’s it,… Read more »
SC8 Recap: Notre Dame Edges Princeton in NCAA opener
Who Won: (5) Notre Dame 60, (12) Princeton 58, Irish advance to the 2nd round in the West Why: Notre Dame finally remembered they had Bonzie Colson, who they used in the post on some key possessions late GIF: Nice try, Princeton, but don’t forget the cool kids usually win. At sports. … Read more »
Virginia beats UNCW with clutch buckets: SC8 Recap
Who Won: Virginia beat Kevin Keatts’ UNCW squad 76-71 Why: London Perrantes and Marial Shayok scored clutch baskets at the end of the shot clock in the final minutes to avoid the upset. GIF: Virginia fans love the D, but today we got to see their O face What will people be talking about? Marial… Read more »
Betting the NC teams in NCAA
The main draw of the 2017 NCAA tournament begins tomorrow. Unfortunately the Wake Forest Demon Deacons bowed out in the “First Four” last night so for research sakes we won’t include them into this. UNC opens the tournament as a #1 seed against Texas Southern on Friday. The Tar Heels are currently a 26.5 point… Read more »
NCAA Tournament riches on the way thanks to UNC, Duke, and four other ACC schools
Conference pride is cool, but that’s not really traditionally an ACC thing. You’ll never hear a non-sarcastic “ACC” chant, and you certainly won’t find fans from around the conference lining up to celebrate a North Carolina or Duke national championship for solidarity’s sake. That’s just not who we are here in the ACC … until… Read more »