Tomorrow night it comes down for 40 minutes of concentrated play that will determine whether the Florida Gators will repeat as champs or if Ohio State will be the new college basketball kings of the court. So– what will determine the outcome? Here are a few things to consider. Continue reading “NCAA Title Game– Florida Vs. Ohio State” →

In four tournament games the Florida Gators have committed 58 turnovers or 14.5 TOs per contest. Their opponents in those four games have totaled 42 turnovers or 10.2 per game. As the Gators have gone deeper into March Madness, their turnovers have increased. The better the teams get, the harder it is for the reigning champs to play a clean game. With UCLA next, Florida would do well to emphasize some basics when it comes to ball handling. The Bruins are just the type of team that can and will make a quality opponent pay for sloppy mistakes. Continue reading “NCAA Tournament– Watch for Sloppy Play in Gators-Bruins Contest” →

Take a look at the most recent NCAA Tournament games– the Elite Eight and Sweet 16– and you’ll find that those who go to the line more often tend to come out on top. That is, if they can convert. Teams that have lost or high seeds that have found themselves in trouble have been plagued by a poor shooting percentage at the penalty stripe and/or sending their opponent to toss free throws all too often. Continue reading “NCAA Tournament– Foul Shooting Important” →

Is this the year that the number two nationally ranked UCLA Bruins (15- 2 Pac-10, 26- 3 overall) go all the way? The Bruins have faced 9 nationally ranked opponents and beaten all but one. They lost to the #17 Oregon Ducks 68- 66 on January 4, 2007. That was their first loss of the season with the other two coming to Stanford (75- 68) and West Virginia (70- 65). All three loses were on the road and with only one away game left, against the Washington Huskies, their perfect home record will stay intact. Continue reading “UCLA – Going All the Way?” →

The Penn Quakers (12- 1 Ivy League, 21- 8 overall) have one more game left in their season, against the last- place Princeton Tigers (2- 11 Ivy League, 11- 16 overall). But that game will have no bearing as the Quakers secured an NCAA bid on March 2, 2007, by beating the second-place Yale Bulldogs (10- 4 Ivy League, 14- 13 overall) 86- 58. It was the Quakers third consecutive conference championship. Continue reading “Pennsylvania Quakers—Ivy League Winners Will Dance” →

Let’s take a look at some important elements in the upcoming showdown between the Texas Longhorns (12-3 Big 12, 22- 7 overall), and the Kansas Jayhawks (13- 2 Big 12, 26- 4 overall), which will be played at Kansas on March 3 at 12 noon. Continue reading “NCAA Basketball– Jayhawks Vs. Longhorns” →

You can say a lot of things about the Big 12, but one of them is not that it’s dull, especially as we get down to the final game of the season. Here are some givens. Continue reading “NCAA Basketball—Big 12’s Top of the Heap” →

The AP Top 25 Poll has the Wisconsin Badgers (12- 2 Big Ten, 26- 3 overall) ranked number one and the Ohio State Buckeyes (13- 1 Big Ten, 25- 3 overall) ranked number two. The ESPN/USA Today Poll has the Buckeyes as the top team in the nation and the Badgers at number two. So who’s right? Tonight by around 6:30 pm ET we should know. The two teams tip off at 4 pm today to see who is tops in the Big 10 and number one in the nation. Continue reading “Who’s Number 1 – Ohio State or Wisconsin?” →

It’s big doings in the Big East as the two clubs that are tied for first place, the Pittsburg Panthers (11-2 Big East, 24- 4 overall) and the Georgetown Hoyas (11- 2 Big East, 21- 5 overall) meet at 2 pm today. When the two teams met on January 13 of this year the Panthers beat the Hoyas 74- 69. That was Georgetown’s last loss. Continue reading “NCAA Hoop– #10 Pittsburgh Vs. #12 Georgetown” →