Posts Categorized: NCAA

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Follow Mike Macchi on Twitter In what some had described as the most under-hyped national championship in NCAA Tournament history, the Kentucky Wildcats and the Kansas Jayhawks put on an entertaining performance. The Wildcats came out of the gate hot after getting over the initial jitters that come with a group predominantly made up of [...]

Kansas has been the team of fate all tournament long, and it continued as they advanced to the National Championship Game, 64-62, after trailing by double digits for most of the first half. Kansas was lifeless and disheveled for most of the first half, committing way too many turnovers, and  (Munger would have an issue [...]

Kentucky looked dominant for most of the game against Louisville as they should have, but Louisville didn’t go away thanks to their rebounding specifically offensive (16).  Kentucky is the Champions of the Blue Grass State as they advanced to the title game after defeating their rival, 69-61, to next face the winner of Kansas and [...]

Sixty-four college basketball games have been played in the last 13 days, and we now have our Final Four contenders for the grand prize. I’m going to try and recap how the Final Four Teams got here using the sweet 16 as my start point. Sweet 16 Kentucky 102 Indiana 90: The game was played [...]

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“LIKE” the CLNS Facebook Page to Win Great Prizes! Mike Macchi: This will be a very exciting Final Four. There are plenty of Goliaths for this Saturday so even the casual fans may still be tuning in. I don’t see any scenarios where we see a blowout so the real winner here will be CBS. [...]

  Rick Pitino and John Calipari, Kentucky vs Louisville.  If you haven’t heard, they are coaching against each other in a rather big game this Saturday.  Two teams from the same state have never previously played each other in the Final Four.  And this isn’t just any state, it’s Kentucky; where they don’t care much about football, [...]

Austin Rivers met with his family and Duke officials, this weekend, regarding his future in college hoops. ABC Sports is reporting that the son of Boston Celtics head coach, Doc Rivers, will enter the draft this summer. From ABC News: Austin Rivers is leaving Duke after one season for the NBA draft. The freshman guard [...]

Follow Mike Macchi on Twitter The past two days of the Sweet 16 had their fair share of excitement. But when the dust settled, the powers of the college basketball scene this season were still standing as the NCAA Tournament heads for the Elite Eight starting today. I was among the Syracuse Orange faithful in [...]