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College of Charleston already had the attention of college basketball fans heading into the NCAA Tournament as a potential cinderella team. The fact that the Cougars have a seventh-year guard in Dalton Bolon on the roster only adds to the team’s appeal.
College of Charleston hasn’t won an NCAA Tournament game since 1997, and while the overwhelming majority of players in this year’s tournament weren’t even born in ’97, Bolon was.
March Madness has started out with a bang.
No. 13 Furman delivered the first major upset of the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament in spectacular fashion, knocking off No. 4 Virginia after a chaotic final sequence.
With the Cavaliers leading 67–65 and time winding down, UVA point guard Kihei Clark turned the ball over with a wild pass, allowing Furman’s JP Pegues to drain a three-pointer to take a 68–67 lead with 2.4 seconds remaining.
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The 13th-seeded Paladins pulled off the first major upset of March Madness, getting a steal and 3-pointer in the final seconds to beat the fourth-seeded Cavs.
It might not have been intentional, but that didn’t necessarily matter to Miami Heat forward Kevin Love when Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane went nuts Wednesday night. So even after the Heat’s rout was completed, their fifth victory in seven games, Love still took a moment to gather his thoughts on the moment that left Bane with his first career ejection.
Furman University has the most savage chant in all of college basketball. Not necessarily because of what it actually means, but because of the message that it sends.
Furman Paladins cheerleaders look on during the first half in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Amway Center on March 16, 2023 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Furman, a private liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina, has a total enrollment of just under 3,000 students.
Poor Charles.
The great Charles Barkley is an Auburn alum, and if you know anything about college sports, then you know how big the Alabama-Auburn rivalry continues to be.
Barkley, of course, is now a professional broadcaster who often chooses to make predictions on national television, which doesn’t always go well for him or the teams that he picks.
The former NBA great did just that before Thursday’s men’s NCAA tournament games began as he made his pick to win the the national title official.
Who’d he take?
Alabama.
A Wednesday report from The New York Times stated the freshman walk-on was a fourth Crimson Tide player at the scene of the January incident.
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Speaking to the media, Hamilton asserts that he “will win again”
Speaking with the media during press conferences ahead of this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton asserted his confidence in Mercedes, and declared that victories are in his future.
It has been a slow start to the season for Mercedes, mirroring the bumpy beginning to their 2022 campaign.