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March Mascot Madness 2013 — Who Moves on to the Championships? Vote For the Best Mascot in the 2013 NCAA Tournament!

GuySpeed Editors — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:00:27 +0000

Only four teams remain; who will be the ultimate champion mascot of NCAA 2013? ‘The Explorer’ swept the last round with over 90% of your votes, and now the stakes are even higher, and the voting shorter! Voting ends Friday, April 13 at 12pm EST. Fans can vote once an hour from now until noon [...]

Can Louisville Win Both the Men's and Women's NCAA Tournaments? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:51:50 +0000

Louisville is well-represented right now in both the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments. Can the Cardinals capture both titles? In the men’s tournament, Louisville would not surprise anyone by winning the entire thing. They were the top overall seed, after all. Even after losing Kevin Ware, the Cardinals still beat Duke, 85-63, to advance to [...]

This Weekend In Sports: 2013 NCAA Tournament

Joe Student — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:52:48 +0000

A blizzard of NCAA basketball dominates the upcoming sports calendar. Here’s what to watch this weekend: Friday, Mar. 22 2013 NCAA Basketball Tournament 12 p.m. (ET) on CBS, TBS, TNT, truTV — ongoing through Apr. 8 March Madness comes to the airwaves, as the remaining teams in men’s college basketball play to determine a national [...]

Follow Your Brackets for Your Chance to Win a Million Dollars in the NCAA Bracket Challenge!

Adam West — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:41:57 +0000

How are your picks fairing? Mine, not so much. But, hey, you could still win some money, right? Follow your NCAA March Madness bracket. And if you have a perfect one, we’ll give you (cue Dr. Evil voice) one million dollars! Think your bracket can beat our DJs? Log in below to check back and [...]

2013 NCAA Tournament Preview — Favorites, Cinderellas and Players To Watch

Joe Student — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:32:04 +0000

The 2013 NCAA tournament begins Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio. Between now and the national championship game in Atlanta on April 8, the nation’s best college basketball teams will duel to decide which school deserves the title. Here’s a preview of what to watch for in each region: Download a printable 2013 NCAA bracket EAST [...]

Buzzer Beaters: NCAA 'First Four' Begins, Heat Streak Continues and More

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:01:54 +0000

Todays’ top sports stories: The “First Four” games in this year’s NCAA Tournament begin tonight, with North Carolina A&T facing Liberty for the 16 seed and St. Mary’s vs. Middle Tennessee for the 11 seed. Both games are part of the Midwest regional. [Washington Post] The Miami Heat ran their second-best-ever winning streak to 23 [...]

Which NCAA Team Got the Biggest Snub? — Sports Survey of the Day

Chris Chaberski — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:19:16 +0000

March Madness begins on Tuesday, with the four play-in games, then starts for real on Thursday. But on Sunday, we finally got a look at the brackets for the first time—and a few teams are feeling left out, forgotten or just plain insulted. Pac-12 Tournament champion Oregon received a 12 seed, the kind of seed [...]

March Mascot Madness! Vote for the Best Mascot in the 2013 NCAA Tournament

GuySpeed Editors — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:24:00 +0000

The 2013 NCAA Tournament is upon us, and sure, the games are fun but we’re more interested in the battle raging on in the bleachers. Student body against student body. Alumni against alumni. Fans against fans. Bands against bands in battles of brass. All of this mayhem being led by…men in furry outfits? That’s right! [...]

12 Awesome NCAA Tournament Buzzer Beaters

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:06:59 +0000

The NCAA Tournament is upon us. Itâ€™s that time of year when phrases like â€œCinderella,â€ â€œbust your bracketâ€ and â€œbig danceâ€ re-enter our vocabulary. Of course, one of the greatest â€“ if not the greatest â€“ part of March Madness is the buzzer beater. When itâ€™s one game and done, these thrilling and sometimes improbable [...]

This Weekend in Sports: UFC 158 and NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday

Joe Student — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:39:36 +0000

Nearly nonstop college basketball and a highly anticipated UFC matchup are among the best offerings on the upcoming sports calendar. Here’s what to watch this weekend: Friday, March 15 Big Ten Tournament United Center, Chicago; 12 p.m. (ET) on ESPN — ongoing through Sunday, March 17 The best teams in the Big Ten will duel [...]

Enter Our NCAA Bracket Challenge for Your Chance to Win a Million Dollars!

Adam West — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:20:31 +0000

Unlike photos from your vacation, we WANT you to show us your NCAA March Madness bracket. And if you have a perfect one, we’ll give you (cue Dr. Evil voice) one million dollars! Think your bracket can beat our DJs? Log in below to complete registration and get your bracket username and password. Once the [...]

Who's the Best Team in NCAA Men's Hoops? — Sports Survey of the Day

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:29:14 +0000

Gonzaga University—for a long time everyone’s favorite Cinderella pick in the NCAA Tournament—took over the national number one ranking in the Associated Press poll on Monday, making it the fifth team to do so this year. But are they really the best team out there? With a comparably tiny enrollment of just 7,600, the Zags [...]

New Adidas NCAA Uniforms May Ruin Your Tournament Viewing Experience

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:49:11 +0000

Do not adjust your TV sets when watching the NCAA Tournament — the colors are supposed to look like that. Just in time for the 2013 NCAA Tournament, Adidas has unveiled new uniforms for Cincinnati, Kansas, Notre Dame, Baylor, UCLA and Louisville. The verdict? Put on your sunglasses because, man, these threads are brighter than [...]

8 Teams on the Bubble of the 2013 NCAA Basketball Tournament

Joe Student — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:46:42 +0000

The ‘March Madness’ of the 2013 NCAA men’s basketball tournament begins with the play-in games on Tuesday, March 19. With no truly dominant team in the NCAA this season, a spot in the 68-team tournament field will allow the selected schools an even better chance at the national championship. While powers like Duke, Indiana and [...]

Buzzer Beaters: Rory and Tiger Play One-on-One, NCAA Tourney Seedings, and More

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:02:01 +0000

Today’s top sports stories: The world’s top two golfers, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, played a friendly 36 holes together near Woods’ home in Florida. [ESPN] Indiana seems like the surest thing out there, but at least three of the number one seeds in next month’s NCAA tournament are still up for grabs. [SB Nation] Bobby Valentine, who [...]

5 College Football Scandals That Rocked the NCAA

Phil Richardson — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:05:44 +0000

For a long stretch of time it felt as though every few years an NCAA university football program was caught abusing the rules and manipulating the system. These days it seems that not a single month goes by without hearing allegations of cheating by a major national football power. The latest instance has the NCAA [...]

New NCAA Football Rules: What Exactly is Being Proposed?

Phil Richardson — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:16:57 +0000

It's the off-season for NCAA football - you know, that minute of time between National Signing Day and Spring Training - whereby the NCAA rules committee comes together for their annual meeting of the minds to determine if any changes to the existing rules should be made. With all of the media reports concerning player safety in mind, the committee has released 10 proposed changes for the 2013-14 season:

NCAA Blocks Akron From Using Twitter Handle On Jerseys

Joe Student — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:49:21 +0000

The University of Akron was just trying to attract new followers, uh, fans, but the NCAA declined their request. Not exactly a national sports powerhouse, Akron intended to use the school’s Twitter handle, @ZipsMBB, on the backs of the jerseys of the men’s basketball team during their game against Ohio on Saturday, which will be [...]

Have You Had Enough of All the Conference Realignments? — Sports Survey of the Day

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:12:34 +0000

On Monday Maryland announced that after 59 years in the Atlantic Coast Conference, it was leaving for the Big Ten. Rutgers will be following them, bringing the total number of Big Ten teams to 14. Numerical dissonance aside, are you getting tired of all this conference changing? To replace Maryland, one of its founding schools, [...]

Should Notre Dame Be Number One in the Country? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:00:29 +0000

The latest BCS standings are out, and the undefeated Notre Dame Fighting Irish are in the number one spot for the first time in the program’s history. It only took a few seasons for Brian Kelly to restore Notre Dameto greatness, with the Irish performing at a level not seen in years. Currently at 11-0, Notre [...]