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March Madness Pain Index: Ranking every 2024 tournament loss
But on the other side of every upset is a fan base with high expectations whose team left far too soon. On the receiving end of every buzzer-beater is a team left walking off the court stunned, with jerseys covering their faces. Is it possible to truly measure the level of heartbreak a team and […]
Continue readingPurdue, Zach Edey top NC State, reach NCAA championship game
He could not identify the culprit. “The scar? No idea,” said Gillis, who finished with eight points. “Somebody scratched me.” It had been that kind of a game for the Boilermakers. There were too many turnovers and missed shots. But NC State couldn’t find the rim, either, due to Purdue’s renewed vigor on defense in […]
Continue readingHow the men’s 2024 NCAA championship game will play out
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The UConn Huskies and the Purdue Boilermakers. After playing 66 games, we’ve gone from 68 teams to two teams that stood out as the best in the country for the balance of the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season. Their combined record is 70-7. They rank as Nos. 1 and 2 at KenPom, […]
Continue readingMen’s Final Four 2024: Storylines, picks, predictions
Sure, most of the sports world expected UConn to return to this stage a year after a national title run, even though some of the stars from that team are gone. But Donovan Clingan, Stephon Castle and Tristen Newton are also up against history: there hasn’t been a back-to-back champion in 17 years, and the […]
Continue reading2024 men’s Final Four: Leading scorer stats for each team
Who are some players to keep an eye on this Saturday when the Final Four tips off at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona? Let’s break down each team’s offensive focal point and how they have fared during March Madness thus far. PURDUE BOILERMAKERS: ZACH EDEY Edey is a 7-foot-4 matchup nightmare, averaging 25 points, […]
Continue readingNC State’s DJ Burns has ‘zero’ interest in playing football
GLENDALE, Ariz. — NC State big man DJ Burns Jr. sees himself as a center on the basketball court, not a pulling guard on the football field. His interest in playing football when the season is over: “Zero,” he said Thursday. The 6-foot-9, 275-pounder’s road to the Final Four included reports that NFL scouts have […]
Continue reading2024 Final Four: NC State’s magical March and why we love the game
A rusty commemorative soda can, a newspaper, a pocket schedule and a VHS tape with no machine to play it on. That’s what my 1983 NC State Wolfpack collection is down to now. It used to be a museum. Boxes of T-shirts and caps, magazines and books, buttons and bumper stickers. All in red and […]
Continue readingNC State wins ACC tournament with upset of UNC
WASHINGTON — With their pair of DJs spinning a winning tune, the NC State Wolfpack are going dancing in the NCAA tournament after capping a historic run by knocking off fourth-ranked North Carolina. DJ Horne scored 29 points, DJ Burns Jr. had 20, including the first 3-pointer of his college career, and NC State won […]
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