Former North Carolina State basketball star Lorenzo Charles, the muscular forward whose last-second dunk gave the Wolfpack the 1983 national title, was killed Monday when a bus he was driving crashed. Lorenzo Charles, whose buzzer-beating dunk gave North Carolina State one of college basketball’s greatest upsets and set off a celebration full of iconic [...]
Butler reached its’ second straight NCAA title game with a semifinal win over VCU Saturday. As Rich Matthews reports, the Bulldogs will take on UConn. The Huskies won a close semi over Kentucky. As officials huddled late Saturday to determine how many ticks should remain on the clock when Connecticut guard Shabazz Napier stepped to [...]
Move over, Butler. Virginia Commonwealth University is crashing the Final Four. Two weeks ago, the team so doubted they would get into the NCAA tournament that they didn’t watch the selection show. Now, they’ve made it to Houston. 11th-seeded Virginia Commonwealth is heading to the Final Four, and No. 1 seed Kansas is heading home [...]
Big 12 matchups among the interesting games today – including Kansas vs. Missouri, which is just getting underway. With a win, Kansas can clinch the top-seed in the Big 12 tournament, something the Texas Longhorns had before their recent skid. If you’re soulless, Duke and North Carolina play tonight on CBS as well. Anyway, the [...]
BYU’s Jimmer Fredette was determined to be great, even as a kid. Whether it’s at altitude or sea level, the San Diego State Aztecs just can’t stop Jimmer Fredette. The star guard had 25 points and nine assists as No. 7 BYU spoiled the biggest game in No. 6 San Diego State’s history, running away with [...]
Butler University back in Final Four, beats Florida in OT
Ashley Adamson has post-game comments from Butler after their victory over Florida in New Orleans. On Saturday, Mack willed Butler to a 74-71 win against Florida to claim the Southeast Regional crown. It’s a return trip to the Final Four for Butler. A year ago, UK fans watched one of their own fall in the [...]
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