Basketball fans will reminisce about the semifinal game of the 2021 NCAA Men’s Division 1 Tournament between the UCLA Bruins and the Gonzaga Bulldogs for decades. The fiercely-contested game that featured multiple lead changes and clutch shots appeared destined for a second overtime period before freshman — and soon-to-be millionaire … Read more
When a college basketball team scores over 100 points in a game, it raises some eyebrows. When we hear of a college team finishing a game with less than 25 points, we check for accuracy. When both rarities occur during the same contest, it’s time to dig a little deeper. … Read more
In this space we’ve talked about the college basketball blowout. There’s no real numeric threshold for determining when a game between two schools becomes a waste of time for both, but there are no on-court gains when one team defeats another by 94 points. No one wins those games. Not … Read more
It’s March Madness time. Basketball junkies, casual observers and others will be tuning in, filling out brackets and entering contests and office pools. But just getting to this point is the difficult part. The term March Madness is reserved for the Division 1 NCAA Tournament, but the real basketball madness … Read more
The college basketball blowout — especially during November and December when tuneup games and scrimmages are common and teams of clearly different talent levels find themselves on the same court — is fairly common. Heck, even perennial powerhouse Kentucky lost by 34 points against Duke on November 6th. Teams from … Read more
About 20 years ago, after periodically experimenting with hosting the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball’s Final Four in cavernous sites like Houston’s Astrodome and the Louisiana Superdome (as it was called at the time) with seating capacities in excess of 60,000, the association finally decided that forevermore, the top level … Read more
NCAA college basketball teams began practicing in preparation for the upcoming 2017-18 season on September 29th, which makes this the right time for another trivia quiz designed to test your college basketball acumen, this one with an emphasis on the 2016-17 Division 1 season. We always try to give the … Read more
