There are plenty of folks in Lawrence, Kansas — and even a pundit or two — who believe the cancellation of the 2020 men’s NCAA Tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic cost the Jayhawks a championship. Today, coach Bill Self still feels that the unit was “the best team in the country.” Twenty-four months later, […]
Well, that was unexpected. Perennial powers Iowa, Oregon and Baylor lost. Other mainstays, like Tennessee and Indiana, were pushed to the brink. It’s made for the Maddest March ever in women’s basketball history, with just three of the eight Sweet 16 matchups featuring the chalk of 1-4 or 3-2 seeds expected to match up in […]
March used to be a banner month for the Big Ten. In the first two decades of this century, no league was better at maximizing its opportunities in the men’s NCAA Tournament. From 2000 to 2019, the Big Ten reached 16 Final Fours, most of any conference, and 48 Sweet 16s, two shy of the […]
The marketing of the men’s NCAA Tournament intimates that anything is possible in March. This past weekend, the sentiment actually played out for one team in Indianapolis, where the St. Peter’s University Peacocks strutted through the opening two rounds. In a tournament chock full of notable storylines — betting favorites Gonzaga and Arizona withstanding down-to-the-wire […]
Aliyah Boston’s guiding force has always been her faith. It’s a faith her parents instilled in her as a young girl growing up in Saint Thomas, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It’s a faith that guided her as she moved to live with her aunt in Massachusetts, honed her basketball skills and landed at South […]