NCAA Tournament Archives - Page 26 of 36

Tipoff Countdown: Making a case for the Michigan Wolverines

April 3, 2013 Mike Chandler

The depth of the Big-Ten conference and the team’s inexperience (they were the youngest team invited to the tournament this year) were major culprits in the late-season swoon that led to Michigan’s respectable-but-inauspicious 4-seed in the Big Dance.

Comparing Michigan to Indiana as Syracuse awaits Final Four matchup

April 3, 2013 Nate Federman

Michigan’s starting lineup of Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr, Glenn Robinson III, Nik Stauskas, and Mitch McGary, the lineup that figures to see the bulk of minutes against Syracuse, reminds me a lot of Indiana’s preferred lineup (of Ferrell OR Hulls, Oladipo, Sheehey, Watford, and Zeller).

Tim Welsh: Syracuse will play Louisville in the NCAA Finals

April 2, 2013 Charles Kang

I look to see Jim Boeheim and Rick Pitino battling for the fourth time this season. Old friends. The old Syracuse staff. Monday night for the national championship.

The Syracuse zone is in the zone

April 2, 2013 Matt Goodman

I have a new rule effective immediately- stop questioning The Zone. This rule goes against everything I believe when it

Michigan Wolverines — Syracuse basketball scouting report

April 1, 2013 Charles Kang

While Michigan’s dynamic freshmen core have made an impact, make no mistake, it is sophomore guard Trey Burke’s team.

Syracuse Orange advance to Final Four with win over Marquette Golden Eagles

March 31, 2013 Jim Stechschulte

With a second suffocating performance at the East Regional, No. 4-seeded Syracuse shut down No. 3 Marquette 55-39 Saturday to earn coach Jim Boeheim his fourth trip to the Final Four — and first since a freshman named Carmelo Anthony helped win the 2003 NCAA championship.