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These Are The Last Three Teams That Have A Chance To Beat UConn

Only four teams remain standing in the women’s NCAA Tournament, and, as has been the case all season, one stands quite a bit taller than the rest. The UConn women won all 32 regular-season games by an average margin of 40.3 points per game and then somehow improved on that during the NCAA Tournament — […]

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Steph Curry Is On Pace To Hit 102 Home Runs

In an instant classic over the weekend, Stephen Curry hit a dozen 3-pointers, including the game-winner from 32 feet, while helping lead his Golden State Warriors to a 121-118 overtime win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Those 12 3-pointers gave him 288 for the season, breaking his own record of 286 set last season. Oh, […]

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Steph Curry Is On Pace To Hit 102 Home Runs

In an instant classic over the weekend, Stephen Curry hit a dozen 3-pointers, including the game-winner from 32 feet, while helping lead his Golden State Warriors to a 121-118 overtime win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Those 12 3-pointers gave him 288 for the season, breaking his own record of 286 set last season. Oh, […]

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These Are The Last Three Teams That Have A Chance To Beat UConn

Only four teams remain standing in the women’s NCAA Tournament, and, as has been the case all season, one stands quite a bit taller than the rest. The UConn women won all 32 regular-season games by an average margin of 40.3 points per game and then somehow improved on that during the NCAA Tournament — […]

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Gonzaga Just Keeps Proving It Never Should Have Been An 11-Seed

Mark Few’s Gonzaga hasn’t been a proper Cinderella for more than a decade now, having outgrown the designation some time ago. This season’s squad, however, entered the 2016 NCAA Tournament in an unfamiliar position — an 11-seed. Matched up with the streaking 6-seed Seton Hall, which had just won the Big East Tournament, Gonzaga was […]

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