Tag: 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship

Tonight’s final game between the two remaining number one teams, Baylor and Gonzaga, is on CBS with al the pregame hullabaloo starting at 8:30 PM ET with tip off at 9:20. That leaves loads of time for making snacks. Baylor had a far easier time knocking off their opponent, #2 Houston than Gonzaga. The feisty …

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The big upset of the Elite Eight was #1 Michigan falling to the Play-in #11 UCLA by 2 points. In one of the tightest games of the Tournament. UCLA gave Michigan a work out on the court. 11th-seeded U.C.L.A., which stunned top-seeded Michigan, 51-49, to become the second team to reach the Final Four while …

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No upsets last night with both #2 Houston and #1 Baylor easily advancing to the Final Four on April 3. Here are the winners and losers of yesterday’s Elite Eight:   Seed School Record Score Seed School Record Score Region 12 Oregon St. 17 – 12 67 2 Houston* 24 – 3 81 Midwest 3 …

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Not surprising the Play -in team #11 UCLA beat #2 Alabama in a close game that went to overtime that UCLA dominated. Of course #1 Gonzaga easily won against #5 Creighton becoming only the third unbeaten team in NCAA history to make it to the Elite Eight. Here are yesterday’s winners and the scores.   …

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The Men’s team underdogs keep winning: #12 seeded Oregon State won over #8 Loyola Chicago. The only game that was worth watching was the #15 Oral Roberts – #3 Arkansas match which was tied in the last seconds. At times this game looked more like a football match with pile ons for possession of the …

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At this point “March Madness” fits this year’s tournament perfectly. Your bracket is shot. We know it. Ours is, too. A year after the NCAA Tournament was canceled, the madness returned with an opening weekend full of upsets. No. 1 seed Illinois, gone. So is Ohio State. High seeds Texas and Virginia also are out, …

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More games. After this the men take a break until March 27 when the Sweet Sixteen begins. Here are this afternoon’s results. I’ll post the scores for the evening games as they finish. #11 UCLA is this year’s Cinderella team coming from he play ins to make it to the Sweet 16 where they will …

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Definitely some upsets yesterday. First up, #8 Loyola Chicago trounced #1 Illinois. #11 Syracuse eked (no pun intended) a win past #3 West Virginia. Much to Amondo’s disappointment his #7 Florida (Gators) went down to #15 Oral Roberts. In the final game of the night, #12 Oregon St. literally sent #4 Oklahoma St. walking home. …

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Four more games. Evening Games   Time Network Seed School Record Seed School Record Region 7:10 TBS 10 Rutgers 15 – 11 2 Houston* 24 – 3 Midwest 7:45 TruTV 15 Oral Roberts* 16 – 10 7 Florida 14 – 9 South 8:45 TNT 13 N. Texas 17 – 9 5 Villanova* 16 – 6 …

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Last year ek hornbeck created a “New and Improved with Special (and a subtly different pain in the ass) Table for Results. So this is the one I’ll be using today and for future games. The winners will be bolded and the upset winners will be on the right, the lower seeds are always on …

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The UConn men are up tonight along with my very favorite team, Gonzaga. Yes, I know I’m an East coast gal who graduated from some highly rated East coast universities, NYU being one of them, and Gonzaga is a Jesuit run institution named after Jesuit saint Aloysius Gonzaga and I’m not Catholic, not even close. …

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