Photo courtesy of Josh Teeter By: Mason Choate Packing up and flying across the country on short notice is a tough task physically and financially for just about anyone, especially for two college students. Arkansas junior Josh Teeter and David Marts, a student at Northwest Arkansas Community College, are die-hard Razorback fans. When the Hogs…
It has all come down to this. The regional final and a trip to the Final Four is on the line. One team is in a familiar position as a storied program, but has not seen the Final Four since 2004. The other team has only won three tournament games since 1950, and those were…
Half of the Final Four is set, and Butler and West Virginia’s bags are packed for Indy. To the dismay of many a bracket, the underdogs were over-achievers Saturday. (5) Butler beat (2) Kansas State and (2) West Virginia knocked off (1) Kentucky to make this tourney one for the ages. There are two games…
For the first two rounds of March Madness, John Thomas and Jonathan Weaver brought you their Upset Alert picks and their Game to Watch selections. Well the field is cut down to 16, and it is harder for the guys to pick two separate games to give you their best analysis. (Heck, most of those…
In a tournament that has been taken over by Cinderellas, Sunday’s Game to Watch is a matchup that everyone anticipated. Four-seed Purdue clashes with five-seed Texas A&M, and the winner will face either Duke or Cal in the Sweet 16. The Aggies edged Utah State 69-53 in the opening round, while the Boilermakers defeated Siena…
Well Day 2 of March Madness was not as exciting as Day 1 with all the upsets and buzzer-beaters. Chalk it up to better seeding or the favorites taking care of business it doesn’t matter. One such team is Purdue — seeded 4th but picked by everyone to lose. Even the president picked Purdue to…
Sometimes you watch games because of the talent of the two teams participating. Other times you watch because you want to check out some fast-paced action. But the reason I picked this game is because both of these teams have a good story to tell. These teams have more in common than just their logos.…
The most valuable player — without question — is Butler’s Shelvin Mack. With 18 out of his 25 points scored in the second half Mack was on fire. His performanced helped the 5th seed bury 12th seed UTEP. Now don’t get my wrong Butler [29-4] did their job with good ball movement, executed screens perfectly,…
Wow. That is all that I can say. And if Friday is as good as Thursday was, we are all in for a treat. I picked the Marquette/Washington game yesterday, and that was one of many great games that were played. The lower seed won in seven out of 16 games yesterday and three games…
By now the coffee stain and crumbs that cover your bracket don’t matter, it’s the number of circles and red marks that come into play. For me, I can say my bracket looks more like a homicide scene than one of the best times of the year for college sports. Starting the day with 10th-seeded…