Ahead of Saturday’s Final Four matchup between Villanova and Oklahoma, our prediction model had the Wildcats only slightly favored, with a 54 percent chance of winning, and nearly a quarter of the game was as tight as that probability suggests. When Oklahoma led 17-16 after eight minutes, our in-game win probabilities listed the odds as […]
Twenty years ago this week, Kentucky beat Syracuse in the men’s NCAA Tournament title game in front of a crowd of 19,229 at Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey. It was the last time the Final Four was held in a basketball arena. From 1997 through 2008, the Final Four was played in domed stadiums […]
Twenty years ago this week, Kentucky beat Syracuse in the men’s NCAA Tournament title game in front of a crowd of 19,229 at Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey. It was the last time the Final Four was held in a basketball arena. From 1997 through 2008, the Final Four was played in domed stadiums […]
Syracuse trailed Virginia with 55 seconds left in the first half of its Elite Eight matchup with the No. 1 seed. After the Cavaliers converted a dunk to go up 11 points, Syracuse could have taken its time to try to take a good shot and cut UVA’s halftime lead to single digits. Instead, Michael […]
Syracuse trailed Virginia with 55 seconds left in the first half of its Elite Eight matchup with the No. 1 seed. After the Cavaliers converted a dunk to go up 11 points, Syracuse could have taken its time to try to take a good shot and cut UVA’s halftime lead to single digits. Instead, Michael […]
