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Villanova Wildcats Ready To Own No. 1 Seed

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

For the second time in the school’s history, Villanova will head into the 2015 Men’s NCAA basketball tournament as a number one seed after winning the Big East Conference Tournament. NCAA Basketball Betting Lines Villanova head coach Jay Wright made sure to point out the history of Villanova and the NCAA tournament, addressing the hundreds...

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Win Your 2015 March Madness Office Pool with our Bracket Buster!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: March 12, 2015

Sports Interaction has crunched the numbers so you don’t have to. Ricky Rothstein helps you fill out your office bracket with Sports Interaction’s March Madness Bracket Buster! The biggest myth in college athletics is that filling a bracket where a 12 seed beats a five is an insider’s play. That’s come about because of recent...

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Valpraiso Beats Green Bay, Headed To NCAA Tournament

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It didn’t look good early for the Valporaiso Crusaders as they took on the UW-Green Bay Phoenix to decide the winner of the Horizon League Championship. Being down 39-31 with just over 11 minutes left in the second half, the Crusaders rallied to defeat Green Bay 54-44 to earn an automatic bid to this year’s...

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Northeastern Huskies Return to NCAA Tournament

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It’s been 24 years since the Northeastern Huskies have made an appearance in the Men’s NCAA basketball tournament, but inspired play leading to a 72-61 victory against William & Mary had made them champions of the Colonial Athletic Association conference. Sports Interaction’s NCAA March Madness Basketball Betting Junior forward Quincy Ford went 8-10 from the...

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NCAA Tournament Final: Kentucky vs. UConn Score, Odds

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 7, 2014

The NCAA Tournament wasn’t supposed to end like this – with two clubs that didn’t even make the Tournament last year fighting it out in the finals – but that’s the beauty of this matchup between the Kentucky Wildcats and UConn Huskies. Kentucky Wildcats In one corner, you have the upstart Wildcats, who opened the...

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March Madness Bracket Results: Andrew Wiggins, NCAA Basketball Live Scores

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Check out Frank Doyle’s NCAA Tournament live blog for Thursday’s action. It’s just like the NCAA to make us wait a whole day to celebrate Andrew Wiggins’ NCAA Tournament debut. I mean sure, yesterday was great and all, but all I want is for Wiggins to stick it to everybody saying he can’t put Kansas...

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March Madness Bracket Results: NCAA Tournament Live Scores, Updates

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Looking for FRIDAY’S March Madness blog? Right this way: LIVE BLOG FOR FRIDAY’S ACTION HERE. There is no other sporting event on the planet that seems more like Christmas morning to me than the NCAA Tournament. It’s the emotion and team spirit of college basketball that really gets me. Then, of course, you have the...

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NCAA Tournament Odds: Gators Overtake Andrew Wiggins, Jayhawks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

If Andrew Wiggins and the Kansas Jayhawks win the NCAA Tournament, they’ll have to defy the odds to do so. Earlier this month, the Kansas Jayhawks were set as a +450 favorite to win the NCAA Tournament, but things have changed in a hurry. First, Kansas’ 7-foot freshman centre Joel Embiid hit the shelf with...

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Canadian Ballers in March Madness Spotlight at NCAA Tournament

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

If you haven’t noticed already, basketball is blowing up in Canada. You’ll hear all about it this week at the NCAA Tournament. It doesn’t seem that long ago that the only thing Canadian hoops had going for it was Steve Nash and his two MVP trophies. The Grizzlies couldn’t cut it in Vancouver and the...

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Canadian Andrew Wiggins to Carry Kansas Jayhawks at Big 12 Tournament

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The spotlight has focused on Andrew Wiggins since the moment he joined the Kansas Jayhawks, but they’ve never needed him to play the leading role more than they do now. Wiggins and the Jayhawks open Big 12 tournament play this afternoon against a tough Oklahoma State team. The Jayhawks are also missing 7-foot freshman centre...

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Andrew Wiggins' Kansas Jayhawks Are NCAA Tournament Favorites

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It doesn’t seem all that long ago that the Internet blew up when Andrew Wiggins set foot on campus as a member of the Kansas Jayhawks. Everybody knew he wasn’t going to be a Jayhawk for long, but that didn’t make the final home game of the season any easier for him. Wiggins will almost...

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Canadian Andrew Wiggins hits the Sports Illustrated cover

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 9, 2013

It was only a matter of time before Andrew Wiggins had his first Sports Illustrated cover and that time has come weeks before he debuts as a freshman for the Kansas City Jayhawks. As the most sought after college recruit American basketball has seen since possibly LeBron James, the buzz around Andrew Wiggins is hitting...

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Andrew Wiggins begins his Kansas Story

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: June 21, 2013

Canada’s Andrew Wiggins gave fans in Kansas a sign of things to come at a team scrimmage. Al Dannity says this could turn into one of the most memorable one-and-done seasons ever. Everything seems to be falling into place. After a lengthy courtship from College Basketball royalty, Andrew Wiggins eventually decided on attending Kansas. Much...

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Andrew Wiggins Decides to Join the Kansas Jayhawks

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: May 14, 2013

The best basketball prospect in years has made his decision. Andrew Wiggins, the 6-foot-8, 200-pound native of Vaughn, Ontario, has opted to join the University of Kansas Jayhawks. Now the real pressure begins. It’s somewhat of a surprise that the 18-year-old small forward announced Kansas as his destination. Both of his parents had attended Florida...

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Kevin Ware is Bigger than T-Shirts

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: April 4, 2013

The furore over potential profiteering by Louisville and Adidas from Kevin Ware’s injury via T-Shirt sales shouldn’t take away from the bigger story says Al Dannity. It was a knuckleheaded move but one that can be forgiven. After Louisville’s players asked for something as a tribute to Kevin Ware, Adidas provided the players with warm-ups...

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Final Four Preview and Predictions

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: April 2, 2013

We know who’s going to Atlanta on Saturday but who’ll be playing for all the marbles in the Georgia Dome on Monday night? Al Dannity makes his call on the Final Four. The supposedly easier game to call is more complicated than you might think. On the one hand we have Louisville. They were the...

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Thursday’s Sweet Sixteen Previews

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: March 26, 2013

March Madness is hotting up. Al Dannity is here to break down the four Sweet Sixteen games taking place on Thursday, giving his picks on who survives to play another day. First on the docket it’s the Marquette Golden Eagles against Miami. After a titanic tussle with Butler, the questions that surrounded Marquette seem to...

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FGCU…the Best March Madness Story Ever?

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: March 25, 2013

Davidson with Steph Curry? Butler? When the Butler did it again? VCU wreaking havoc? That’s serious company. Al Dannity says what Florida Gulf Coast has done, and continues to do, in March Madness tops the lot. They’re called the Eagles. I had to look it up. All most people knew about Florida Gulf Coast (FGCU)...

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Saturday’s March Madness Picks

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: March 22, 2013

The NCAA Tournament kicks up a gear on Saturday with teams battling it out for a spot in the Sweet Sixteen. Al Dannity makes his picks on four of the games we can look forward to. Are the Ducks still fuming? You can’t blame them. The anger of only being given a 12 seed was...

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Friday’s March Madness Upset Picks

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: March 21, 2013

Thursday’s games are barely under way but Al Dannity is already making his picks for the shocks on tomorrow’s slate. We’re going to start in the West for our first upset pick. Notre Dame have shocked the College Basketball betting world with their crimes against fashion. Freaky jerseys or no, I still don’t like the...