NCAA Tournament Talk: Final Four
In a little under three weeks we went from 68 teams down to just four. We’ve seen it all, from buzzer beaters, to high flying dunks, from wild celebrations to mid-game tears and even pure terror. In this piece, we’ll go over each of the final four teams in this year’s tournament and tell you [...]
Gif City: Elite Eight
Tim Hardaway Jr. likes what he sees. Gorgui Dieng says “nope.” Thad Matta can’t believe his eyes. Here are the top .gifs from the Elite Eight. You will not find Kevin Ware’s horrific leg injury here, because it’s gross and sad and terrible and disturbing. If you really want to see it, you’ll just have [...]
Gif City: Sweet Sixteen
Trey Burke makes the shot of the tournament. Peyton Siva makes a ridiculous pass. Elijah Johnson leaves us scratching our heads. And more Dunk City. The Sweet Sixteen was full of excitement, and I for one thought it went by too fast. Here are Thursday and Friday’s top gif-worthy moments. This is Gif City…a place where I round up [...]
Sixteen Sweet Questions
1. Russ Smith has been Russidiculous (in the good way) this postseason. He scored 23 against North Carolina A&T and then racked up 27-points against Colorado State, shooting 65 percent from the field. Can he continue his hot shooting from the field against a top-10 KenPom defensive Oregon team? 2. We knew Oregon was under-seeded, [...]
The five best games of the tournament’s opening weekend
It was a roller coaster regular season for college basketball this year. Each week provided unthinkable upsets, strange results and surprising performances. We had a hope that the fun would continue on into the tournament, and boy has it delivered. March Madness is as healthy as ever. We’ve already had a 1-seed and a 2-seed go down. There’s going [...]
Gif City (Tournament Edition): Florida Gulf Coastin’
Where to even begin? Here are some my favorite plays from the opening round of tournament action. Thursday and Friday provided some moments that will live forever. Some of them are now gifs. Enjoy! This is Gif City…a place where I round up the day’s top action in .gif form. Some of them are homemade, [...]
Gif City (Tournament Edition): three point monocle
Merry basketball Christmas! The tournament if off to a fine start. With 16 games in 12 hours there are bound to be some strange moments. Here are the bench celebrations, nut shots and awkward fans and fist bumps from Thursday’s tournament action. This is Gif City…a place where I round up the day’s top action in [...]
CHJ: NCAA Tournament Preview
The round of 64 begins today. Considering how this season has gone all year, the next three weekends should provide us with memories that will last for years to come. To get you primed for the entire event (including this Thursday and Friday, the best two days on the sports calendar), we’ll crank out some [...]
NCAA Tournament Talk: six risky picks
It’s crunch time. Brackets are due tomorrow. Do you have yours picks settled? Here are a few teams that you might want to got back and think twice about before putting them in the Sweet Sixteen. These are six teams, all with seeds seven or higher, have huge, gaping holes that will need to be [...]
NCAA Tournament Talk: Six safe picks
Nothing is ever certain in the NCAA tournament. That’s why we love it. But, if you’re looking for a few surefire bets you can hang your hat on when filling out your bracket, here are a few teams I think you can’t go wrong on. I’m sure that once I’ve put it in writing, one [...]
Gif City: Championship Week (part 3)
Jim Boeheim plays with his nose. Ben Howland does a striptease. Elijah Johnson nutmegs his defender. Oh, and another Marshall Henderson gif for you guys. Here’s this weekends Gif City. This is Gif City: a place where I round up the day’s top action in .gif form. Some of them are homemade, some are from [...]
Gif City: Championship Week (Part 2)
Oladipo throws down a nasty 360 dunk. The Kansas bench enjoys a meal. Derrick Nix cuts a rug. Here are my favorite moments from Friday’s conference tournament action. This is Gif City: a place where I round up the day’s top action in .gif form. Some of them are homemade, some are from around the [...]
Bracketology: A Behind the Scenes Look
Each week, I publish a new bracket here on the site with questions from Brennan Keller on how I came to the conclusions listed within. I attempt to answer them with transparency as to what I was thinking when I slotted each team where I did. This time around, I’ll take you through the execution [...]
Gif City: Championship Week (part 1)
What an incredible day of basketball. Xavier almost pulled off a miracle. Richmond melts down. Dunks galore. Here are Thursday’s top plays in gif form. This is Gif City; a place where I round up the day’s top action in .Gif form. Some of them are homemade, some are from around the web. Watch them, enjoy [...]
Gif City: defending the inbounds
Championship Week really starts to heat up today. Before the games start, check out some of my favorite moments from the college hoops world over the past few days. This is Gif City; a place where I round up the day’s top action in .Gif form. Some of them are homemade, some are from around [...]
The case for Saint Mary’s: Why the Gaels should go dancing
Like most kids who grew up in the ’90s, Matthew Dellavedova’s favorite player was Michael Jordan. This becomes a bit more intriguing given Dellavedova’s origins — he grew up in Maryborough, Victoria, Australia — but as is so often the case among the best players, game recognizes game. Regardless of the (vast) distances in between. [...]
Cruelty of small-league tournaments is inevitable — and right
Earlier this week CBS writer Jeff Goodman and Sports Illustrated scribe Andy Glockner railed against the cruelty and injustice of the small league conference tournament. Their fundamental protest being that these small conference tournament are essentially unfair to teams that have obliterated their conference opponents in the regular season. If a team runs the gauntlet [...]
College Hoops Journal: Bracketology 2013
You can never have too much bracketology, can you? Check out the graphic below that details each seed line from 1-12. Since I developed the bracket myself, be sure to send any comments, complaints, gripes, or otherwise to me on Twitter @footballbrackts. Below the graphic, you’ll see that my colleague Brennan Keller has asked me some questions about [...]
