Ncaa Basketball

Unc Seeking Redemption For Last Year’s Ncaa Tournament Title Loss

... but “the overall experience,” as Berry described it – the time together in the locker room, and the travel and the bonding, three weeks of it before that abrupt, crushing ending. University of North Carolina guard Joel Berry talks about the unpleasant memories of losing to Villanova in the final seconds of the 2016 NCAA National Championship game. Andrew Carter __link__. UNC arrived in Greenville on Wednesday, and on Thursday went through the familiar routine – the pregame media circus and a shootaround in front of the fans, then some time together back at the hotel. “We wanted to get back into the NCAA tournament as soon as we walked off the court last year,” Berry said. “And now that it’s here … we know what it takes to get back to that point, and this time we’re not going to let it get it taken away from us.”. ...

Ncaa Basketball Tournament To Impact Whnt News 19 Programming

... into the tournament. The winners advance to the next round, the round of 64. Each of the four regions consists of 16 teams that are seeded number 1 to number 16. In the first round, teams are paired according to seed. The number 1 seed faces number 16, number 2 faces number 15, number 3 faces number 14, and so forth. The winning teams advance to the second round. The sixteen teams that advance beyond their first and second-round games are referred to as the “Sweet Sixteen.” The remaining eight teams are called the “Elite Eight,” and the last four teams are the “Final Four.”. An underdog or lower-seeded team that advances throughout the tournament is often referred to as a “Cinderella” team. UCLA has won the most NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournaments – 11. National TV ad spending during the tournament reached $1.24 billion in 2016. An average of 17.8 million total viewers watched the championship game in 2016. In total, the tournament championship game generated 2.5 billion minutes of television and digital ...

Maryland Basketball Fizzles Out In Ncaa Tournament Loss To Xavier

... of the year candidate, but he watched the campaign end with losses in seven of the final 11 games. [ March Madness live: All of Thursday’s results ]. There will be plenty of questions to answer for his team in the weeks to come, including whether junior point guard Melo Trimble will hold off on the NBA draft and return for his senior season. He got a glimpse of just how powerful Maryland’s young core will be in the years to come Thursday night, with Kevin Huerter scoring a team-high 19 points and fellow freshman Justin Jackson adding 14. But it was Trimble who again tried to will his team out of a late offensive slump after Xavier used a 21-4 run to take an 11-point lead in the second half. He simply couldn’t on a night in which he finished with 13 points and sat in limbo afterward, the pain of this setback too fresh to reflect too far into this team’s season or his own potential NBA future. (Mc Kenna Ewen/The Washington Post). “I just know that we weren’t a second-half team towards the second half of the season,” Trimble said. [ ...

Ncaa Basketball Tourney Coverage

... amazing career with his brother Matt at Emmaus. David Kachelries is the all-time leading score in Emmaus boys basketball history. Caption David Kachelries talks about a historic win for Emmaus and his brother Matt. Green Hornets beat Harrisburg 64-61 to reach state quarterfinals for first time in school history. Caption Emmaus senior Matt Kachelries talks about hitting 1,000 points and getting big 64-61 win over Harrisburg. Kachelries made two late free throws for the milestone and gave his team a 60-58 lead. Emmaus went on to win 64-61. Caption Eagles QB Nick Foles embracing his new role as a backup. Eagles QB Nick Foles speaks at press conference on Thursday. Caption Chris Godwin at Penn State's Pro Day. Receiver Chris Godwin showcases his skills for NFL scouts at Penn State's Pro Day. NCAA: Providence/USC v. SMU - airs 3:00 pm. NCAA: Wichita State v. Dayton - airs 7:00 pm. NCAA: Kent State v. UCLA - airs 9:30 pm. And here is the planned TV coverage by Turner and CBS Sports for today's games. 12:15 p.m. - CBS - Notre ...

Indiana Fires Tom Crean After 9 Seasons

... team. He also got point guard Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell, a four-year starter who became the school's career leader in assists. But four of the last five Mr. Basketballs — Gary Harris, Zak Irvin, Trey Lyles and Kyle Guy — attended college out of state. The lone exception, 2015 winner Caleb Swanigan, wound up at Purdue. So Crean went outside the state's borders to get lottery picks Victor Oladipo and Noah Vonleh and NBA hopefuls Thomas Bryant and Anunoby. That didn't play well in the state, nor did a series of embarrassing problems off the court. The worst event occurred on Halloween 2014 when freshman forward Emmitt Holt hit sophomore teammate Devin Davis with a car, leaving Davis with a brain injury. The police report said alcohol was a factor. Davis was booted off the team the following spring after he was cited for possession of marijuana. Holt was kicked off the team the following August after being arrested for illegal possession of alcohol. Eventually, Indiana University President Michael Mc Robbie spoke up, too. "I ...

Maryland, Huerter’s Season Ends Vs. Xavier

... 19 points but was just five of 13 from the field and star junior Melo Trimble couldn’t find a rhythm against the Musketeers zone, going 1-for-9 from 3-point range to finish with 13 points, three assists and three turnovers. “I just believe in my players,” said Xavier coach Chris Mack. “Maryland is really good against man-to-man offensively. We don’t want Quentin Goodin to be chasing Melo Trimble all over the floor so zone is fairly effective at times.”. Bluiett made four 3 s in the second half to help Xavier come back from a 6-point deficit. The Musketeers move on in the West region , marking the third straight year they have advanced to the second round. Maryland, which started three freshmen for much the season, lost in the first round for the first time since 1997. Maryland came in favored ...

Northwestern Holds On; Xavier Wins In Upset

... Przemek Karnowski, holding him to four points over the first 32 minutes. But Karnowski, who finished with 10 points, scored three straight buckets for the Bulldogs (33-1) to help them expand the lead to 20 with 5 minutes left, and it was over. WEST VIRGINIA 86, BUCKNELL 80. BUFFALO, N. Y. > > Nathan Adrian had 12 points and 10 rebounds, leading West Virginia to an 86-80 win over Bucknell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Tarik Phillip scored 16 points for the West Region’s fourth-seeded Mountaineers, who struggled at times with the outside-shooting Bison. West Virginia (27-9) avoided a repeat of last year’s first-round meltdown when the third-seeded Mountaineers lost to Stephen F. Austin. This win sets up a meeting against the region’s fifth-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who hung on for a 60-58 win over Princeton earlier on Thursday. Kimbal Mackenzie made 5 of 7 3-point ...

Tynice Martin Leads Wvu Women Into Ncaa Basketball Tournament

... After Tynice Martin’s standout freshman season with the West Virginia University women’s basketball team, some of the honors that came her way were those a player might expect — Big 12 All-Freshman team, Big 12 Freshman of the Year, finalist for USWBA National Freshman of the Year. Then came her sophomore year and an honor that doesn’t always come to players her age, even great ones — team co-captain. It’s an honor she cherishes, and one she’s had to grow into. She fit the role quite nicely in WVU’s red-hot run to the Big 12 tournament title and will help guide the No. 22 Mountaineers into their first-round game of the NCAA women’s tournament in College Park, Maryland. WVU (23-10), the No. 6 seed in the Bridgeport Region, will play 11 th-seeded Elon at 2:30 p.m. Friday. The game will be televised on ESPN 2. When WVU coach Mike Carey came to Martin with the news that she’d be a co-captain along with senior Lanay Montgomery and junior Chania Ray, she wasn’t sure if she was prepared to take on a role like that so soon. “It was kind of scary, because I felt like I wasn’t really ready for it,” she said. “I’m still ...

Saint Mary's Survives Rare Close Game To Beat Vcu

... they never came any closer. SMC coach Randy Bennett chuckled during Wednesday's news conference when asked about VCU's success in close games, noting how his team lacked such experience this season. What the Gaels do have veteran leadership, which helped them weather the Rams' challenge. "Our guards have great composure," Bennett said. "We've been through situations like this before," said senior guard Joe Rahon, who played the last 11 minutes with four fouls. "It was like earlier in the year when we were at Dayton, the same thing happened and we learned from that. They cut it to two and we used our experience and responded.". The Gaels committed 15 turnovers, an acceptable number against VCU's constant pressure. Saint Mary's made 29 of 39 free throws as the Rams record 32 fouls. The No. 7-seeded Gaels became the second West Coast Conference team to advance to the second round in Salt Lake City, following No. 1 Gonzaga's victory over South Dakota ...