The Final Four semifinals and championship game haven’t lacked for memorable individual performances throughout the tournament’s history.
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Kansas bettors, including one who made a $1 million wager at Red Rock Resort sportsbook shortly before tipoff, were hoping for a cover in the final seconds.
“It was the greatest comeback in Mattress Mack history,” said Linda McIngvale, the wife of Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, after Kansas rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit.
Baylor’s blowout victory over Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament championship game Monday produced a mixed bag of results at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
Baylor raced out a 9-0 lead in the game’s first 2½ minutes and never trailed. The Bears led by 19 midway through the first half, the largest deficit Gonzaga had faced all season.
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How remarkable a story it would be, Virginia’s program answering its lowest moment of losing to a 16 seed last year by being the final one standing once a national champion is crowned Monday night.
Virginia and Auburn play at 3:09 p.m. Saturday in the semifinals of the Final Four at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, followed by Michigan State and Texas Tech.
The hottest coach going right now always seemed to put his time with the Rebels behind him faster than those 19 days over which he actually worked for them.
Kyler Edwards is a freshman guard at Texas Tech and he along with Auburn senior forward Horace Spencer helped lead their respective schools to their first Final Fours.
The winners of the men’s basketball tournament rode double-decker buses along Market Street, the heart of the business district, ending at City Hall for a rally.
The Bulldogs will play in their 21st consecutive WCC final on Tuesday against No. 3 seed Brigham Young.
In a town where there is no patience for its basketball program struggling in the least, a large dose is needed now as Chris Beard is set to officially assume control of UNLV on Friday.
To suggest any Duke basketball team over the past 25 years has flown under the national radar is to suggest Tom Brady can walk into any restaurant across the Northeast unnoticed.
Duke has won five NCAA games by an average of 17.6 points in eliminating a 16 seed (Robert Morris), an 8 (San Diego State), a 5 (Utah), a 2 (Gonzaga) and a 7 (Michigan State).
