Archive for March, 2008

UCLA enters the Final Four for the third straight time

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in teams, ucla | Comments Off

The UCLA coach is a very happy man as his team has entered into the final four consecutively for the last three times and he feels that this time was the best that his players have played to enter into ...

California Golden Bears sack their coach Ben Braun

Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in basketball, ncaa basketball, teams | Comments Off

The California Golden Bears were not able to enter the NCAA basketball tournament for the fourth time in five years and the athletic director of the Golden Bears, Sandy Barbour, was so disgusted by the team’s dismal showing that she ...

Vilanova stages an upset win over Clemnson

Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in basketball, ncaa basketball | Comments Off

The 12th seeded Vilanova surprised the 5th seeded Clemnson by securing a convincing win of 75-69 for the NCAA tournament and have been in top form lately as they have scored fourth upset of the tournament. Jay Wright, the Villanova ...

Cougars register a win of 71-40 against Winthrop

Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in basketball, coaches, ncaa basketball | Comments Off

Tony Bennett, the Washington state coach believes in the saying that there is nothing less important than the score at the half time. The saying came true in the match between the Cougars and Winthrop in the NCAA tournament. Cougars ...

Georgia beats Arkansas, qualify to play in the NCAA tournament

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in basketball, teams | Comments Off

The Georgia Bulldogs have done themselves proud by qualifying to play in the NCAA tournament since 2002 and they have done so by beating the Arkansas team 66-57 in the finals of the South Eastern Conference tournament. The Bull Dogs ...

Minnesota enters Big Ten semis virtue of Hoffarber’s buzzer beating shot

Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in basketball, ncaa basketball | Comments Off

Blake Hoffarber scored the winning shot right at the sound of the buzzer to help his team Minnesota to enter into the semi finals of the Big Ten NCAA tournament by upsetting the No. 22 Indiana 59-58 in a close ...

Beasley honored with Big 12 Player of the Year Award

Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in basketball, ncaa basketball, teams | Comments Off

The Kansas State freshman Michael Beasley has been voted as the Big 12 player of the year through a poll that is conducted by the Associated Press. Michael Beasley, a six foot and odd forward player of Kansas got 17 ...

Arizona to be coached by Olson next season

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in ncaa basketball, teams | Comments Off

The Arizona Wildcats team were a happy lot, when they heard on Monday that Lute Olson, their basketball coach, will return to coach the side next season. He will be back at the helm of coaching affairs at the end ...

Florida State comes up with a winning performance over Miami

Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in basketball, ncaa basketball | Comments Off

The Florida State came up trumps against Miami with a final score of 75-72 in a hard fought battle that came down to the wire and needed overtime play to settle the scores. This is the fifth straight victory for ...

Latest AP ranking sees North Carolina in number one spot

Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in ncaa, teams | Comments Off

In the latest ranking of college basketball teams, North Carolina reclaimed its number one spot on Monday. Tennessee had taken the number one place last week in the Associated Press’ Poll when they beat Memphis. They however failed to do ...