BC - March Madness Interterm

Loyola Chicago has the ball 64-63 Marques Townes has the ball and time is getting dull Dribble... Dribble... Dribble… Miami takes their eyes off the ball and starts thinking they will win it all Miami’s fans standing tall thinking the ball will never fall. Marques Townes dribbles down to the three point line hoping they will still have time Looks at Donte ready to Shoot will it fall through the hoop Almost no time at all but still the pass  Donte Ingram gets the ball  shoots it up, hoping it will fall SWISH Loyola’s fan’s in the air  cheering like they just don’t care.

Michigan with the ball If they lose, that would be all Seconds in time is forty-four This is a clear war Livers with the foul Their so sweaty, they need a towel Davis makes both Livers is loath Davis got the rebound, he was fouled If he makes them both, he will be crowned Makes 1 out of two Now Houston has to stick to them like glue Again Davis has the ball Now he has to make both for Michigan to fall Misses both! Now he’ll be really loath if they take that L Then Michigan will yell Michigan has the ball They pass it off to Poole They hope the shot will fall Poole lets it fly if he misses, Michigan wil cry SWISH! Michigan has the WIN!! Jordan Poole doesn't want to get in the pile But he has a big smile!

Down by 20 in the game cincinnati for the win coming back nevada pumped have the ball pass to  all shoot a three ball fly’s free running back down the court cincinnati has the ball miss the hoop running back now 9 seconds on the call shoot a 2 ball flies through cheers go round Pound away on the play Confetti falls they all pause. Running back to their team Crowd of players in the hall

This year's NCAA tournament has been filled with crazy upsets, besides this point I think the Villanova Wildcats have the best chance of winning this year's NCAA tournament. Villanova is the highest ranked team left in the tournament, and have swept past their opponents in the tournament so far. The Wildcats are hungry for a championship after getting defeated by the Wisconsin badgers in the round of 32 last year. Leading the wildcats are junior guards jalen Brunson and Michael Bridges. Both guards are highly ranked as individual players, and are big leaders for the Wildcats. Villanova has the best chance of winning the tourney because of their officiant offense and scrapy defense that has led them to success this year. I believe the Wildcats have the best chance to win, but that doesn’t guarantee anything . The Kansas Jayhawks who are also a one seed also have a chance to win it this year being led by their senior point guard Devonte’ Graham, the Jayhawks made it to the

Loyola-Chicago had a great regular season and conference tournament. They are continuing their amazing run trying to get to the Final Four and win this March Madness. They are coming in as an 11 seed, and have defeated a 6 seed (Miami), a 3 seed (Tennessee), and a 7 seed (Nevada). The game against Miami and Tennessee ended with buzzer beaters for the Ramblers.

Florida state has a 22-11 record and they are ranked 30th in the season. Although they lost their first game in there conference tourney they are doing very well in march madness. They are doing well because they are the fastest team left meaning they get shots up fast and get down the court fast. They beat one seed and a four seed and they are a nine seed. They have three players averaging more that twelve points, Brian Angola, Terrance Mann and Phil Cofer who can shoot and post up and is a real threat. I think that with their speed and players they could beat Michigan.

Duke is in the sweet 16. They are in the conference of NCAA Atlantic coast. There regular season record was 28- 7. Duke’s best players are Marvin Bagley the third, Grayson Allen, and Gary Trent JR. Marvin is good because he has the most points and rebounds in a game. Grayson and Gary are good because they both get the most free throw points a game. Duke is good at both offense and defense. They are ranked third place for offense and 8 place in defense.

The team of Purdue is considered on of the best teams in Indiana, their conference (the Big 10), and the whole country. They defeated Butler in the round of 32 to make their way to the Sweet 16. Their offense is very efficient, ranking 2nd in the nation according the KenPom rankings. In those rankings, they were ranked 28th in defense and 5th overall. However, they may have trouble advancing as one of their best players, Isaac Haas, fractured his elbow in their first round game.

Texas A&M got to the Sweet 16 by beating North Carolina, 86-65. Throughout that game, Texas A&M had really good defense and strategy. Robert Williams, who wears number 44, has played the best defense on the team in the season, and in their North Carolina game. Tyler Davis is also a great player, averaging the most points for the team with 14. He's 6'10, one of the tallest players on the team.

Loyola is an eleven seed in this year's NCAA tournament. They are in the sweet sixteen which is pretty amazing since an eleven seed making it to the sweet sixteen is uncommon. Although, they have earned their spot in the sweet sixteen by hitting two buzzer beaters to win the games against Tennessee and Miami. Clayton Custer a former Iowa State guard hit a miracle shot with very little time left against the high ranked tennessee team to advance onward to the sweet sixteen. Loyola may have hit some lucky shots, but they are a strong team capable of doing more damage in the tourney. The ramblers finished first in their conference regular season with a 15-3 record, and won their conference tournament beating Illinois state 65-49. Their overall record at the moment is 30-5. Leading Loyola to all their success is a 6-1 185 pound junior guard Clayton Custer. Custer averages 13.3 PPG, 2.2 RPG, and 4.2 APG so far this season. Loyola is ranked 63 in offense and 27 in defense. Loyola

Kansas, one of the number one seeds, made it to the NCAA sweet 16 tournament. It all started off by beating Penn State 76 - 60. Then they went on to beat Seton Hall to make it to the sweet 16. They got 7th the big 12 conference for the regular season and got first in the tournament. One of there best players is Devonte Graham. Some of his stats are he averages 17.4 points per game. Overall Kansas won 29 games and lost 7 in the regular season. One of their biggest rivals is Missouri except for the fact that they switched conferences so now they do not play them as much.

Kansas St. is in big 12 conference. Some of Kansas State's best wins are West Virginia, Texas Tech and Kansas. There are many more but these are just 3 best wins. Kansas State is ranked 75 in offense and 20 in defense. They are also ranked 303 in how fast they play, which means they really slow the pace of the game. Their last game played with UMBC the score was 44-41. This is the game that advanced them to the sweet 16. Kansas State's conference score is 10-8 and overall is 24-11 their home game was 14-4 and their away games are 6-5. Some of Kansas State's best players are Cartier Diarra and Dean Wade. Kansas State's biggest rival is Kansas, who is also still alive in the tournament.

Nevada has had an amazing run in the NCAA tourney. They got to the Sweet 16 by coming back in both games they played. Against Texas, they were down by 14 and came back to win in overtime. Against the no. 6 seed in the country Cincinnati, Nevada came back after losing by 22 points 16:00 minutes into the second half. But with 55 seconds left, score 70-73 Cincinnati, Caleb Martin the forward was in the corner and banged a three to tie game with 54 seconds left. Nevada still had a chance. 9 seconds left. Josh Hall got the rebound and layered it in for the win. In the regular season, Nevada play in the Mountain West conference with Boise State, New Mexico, Fresno State, San Diego State, Wyoming, UNLV, Utah State, Air Force, CO State, and San Jose State. They were number 1 with 27 wins and 7 losses. They are 23rd in the country (according to KenPom rankings) and are 6th in offense and 109th in defense. In their conference tourney they lost in the final to San Diego St. Who are thei

Michigan got to the Sweet 16 on a buzzer beater by freshman Jordan Poole to beat Houston 64-63.  Michigan was 4th in the Big Ten Conference this season. Michigan ended the regular season with a 30-7 record, 13-5 in the conference, 15-1 at home, and 6-5 away. Some of Michigan’s best players are Moritz Wagner, Charles Matthews, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, Duncan Robinson, and Zavier Simpson. Wagner averages 14.2 points per game, Matthews averages 12.8 points per game, Muhammad averages 12.6 points per game, Robinson averages 9.5 points per game, Simpson averages 7.3 points per game. Some of their best wins were beating Michigan St. 75-64, beating Chaminade 102-64, and beating Jacksonville 76-51. Michigan is good defense this year, ranked 3rd in the country, but usually they are good at offense. Overall, Michigan ended the season ranked no. 7 in the country by the AP poll.

Villanova got in to the sweet 16 by beating Alabama 81-53, they also beat Radfored 87-61. The first two games were fairly easy for the Wildcats as they advance to the sweet sixteen. Villanova’s best players are Mikal Bridges and Jalen Brunson. Bridges is good because he averages 18 points and  rebounds 5.4 a game. Brunson averages 19 points and gets 4.7 assists a game. Villanova  is from the big East conference, they have won the big East tournament 8 times this year. Including this year. In their  regular season they were second, first was Xavier. Villanova has been one of the most impressive teams in the tournament this year. Villanova is the slowest team out of all teams left because they slow it down and create movement. Villanova has the best offense, and are ranked 19th in the country for their defense. Villanova will play West Virginia next. West Virginia beat Marshall in the tournament. I want Villanova to bet them them.

West Virginia got to the sweet sixteen by them beating Murray State with a score of 85-68. They beat Marshall 94-71. Jevon Carter has been key, leading them to the sweet sixteen while posting a season high of 28 points. Let’s start off with their best player, Jevon Carter. He plays about 35 minutes a game. He’s not selfish, he averages 6.6 assists per game. His field goal percentage is .426 and his three point percentage is .398. He averages 4.7 rebounds a game. He averages 3 steals a game. He averages 17.4 points a game. But he does average 2.7 turnovers a game. In the game against Marshall he had a season high of 28 points along with 5 steals and 5 assists. Jevon works really hard his coach Bob Huggins saw him pressing at 8am in high school by himself. Then Bob called his assistants and said “We have got to sign this guy”. West Virginia is in the Big 12 conference. The teams that they play in the conference is Texas Tech, Texas, TCU, Oklahoma state, Oklahoma, Kansas state, Ka

Let’s start off by talking about how Kentucky got to the sweet 16. Kentucky got to the sweet 16 by beating Davidson and also beating Buffalo in the second round. Kentucky was in the SEC which is shot for Southeastern Conference. Kentucky only placed 4th in thier conference though. But kentucky did win their conference tourney against Tennessee 77-72. Kentucky final record in the regular season was 26-10 and they were 10-8 in conference. Kentucky was really good at home only losing 2 at home and winning 16 at home too. But Kentucky was not too good on the road only winning 4 games on the road and losing 6 games on the road too. Kentucky’s best player are Kevin Knox. Kevin Know is averaging around 16 points a game and 5 rebounds a game and also gets about 2 assets a game too. Kevin Knox also is about 45% from the field and 34% from three point range, he is a 77% free throw shooter too. Kentucky is pretty good at both defense and offense too. Kentucky is ranked 21 in offense and 23 i

Josh Hart on the line. 13.5 is the time. He spins the ball in his hand, releases SWISH! Villanova up by three, one tying shot is Carolina’s plea. TIMEOUT! They walk back out pass it in UNC hopes to win. Berry sprints down the court, heart beating for the sport . He sees Paige on the wing Ochefu dives in like a spring. Paige jumps for the three, loops it down and around to get it free He shoots... He watches... The ball rattles... SWISH! Crowd screaming, going wild A former all-star looks and smiles. The game is tied at 74. Villanova’s gotta score. Coach Wright looked in shock Now 4.7 is on the clock. Jenkins calls a time hoping they can hit just one more time. Coach wright gives the news, that make or miss we don’t lose. Jenkins passes it hard, right to the 'Cats point guard. He sprints down the line hoping they will have the time. Arch drives to the key, Flips to Jenkins, to fire a game-winning plea... Jenkins jumps… Releases… SWISH! Game is over. Confetti falls. Wildcats ar

Let's start off by talking about Gonzaga's best player, Jonathan Williams. Take a look at these stats: he has 13.6 points per game, 8.4 rebounds per game, and also 1.6 assists per game. That's an all-around threat. Then there is Rui Hachima, who scored 25 points against Ohio State in the round of 32. As a team, Gonzaga's biggest win in the season was the time that they beat Portland 103-57. They are ranked twelfth in offense out of the whole country. They are in the WCC or the west coast conference and won their conference tournament by beating BYU 74-54. They were ranked first in there conference and seventh in the country. The most points that they scored this year was 105 but in that game they ended up losing to Florida 111-105. I think that Gonzaga is going to beat Florida State.

1991 1st round, Arkansas vs Georgia St This game was over when Arkansas started taking the Panthers seriously. Arkansas was down early 13-4, but by halftime had a 52-35 lead. In the second half they scored 65 points, to defeat the Panthers by 41. This was one of the largest blowouts ever. 1999 1st round, Duke vs Florida A&M This game was over when Duke took the court. In the beginning of the game Duke made 11 of 14 from the field. At one point the Rattlers went 17 straight possessions without a point at that point it was 40-13. Duke ended up winning by 41 points. 2008 1st round UCLA vs Mississippi Valley State It was over when Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love or Darren Collison signed to go to UCLA. Kevin Love almost beat them all by himself, he scored 20 points and Mississippi only scored 29 the whole game. At the end they beat them by 41. They were very good, and they made it to the final four. Speaking of all three of those guys they all are in the NBA today. 1974 1st round Not

#1. UMBC beats Virginia(2018) UMBC beats Virginia by 20 points. This was the very first time ever that a 16 seed beats the number one seed in history. This game was a very historical. Coming into the tournament they went from the bottom to the top by winning this game. Senior guard Jairus Lyles scored 28 points in the game. #2. Lehigh beats Duke(2012) Lehigh beats Duke 75 - 70. Lehigh came into this tournament with a 27 - 6 record and beat Duke with a 28 - 7. Almost the same. The difference was that Duke was a #2 seed and Lehigh was a #15 seed. #3. Middle Tennessee beats Michigan state(2016) Middle Tennessee Beats Michigan state 90 - 81. Michigan state was expected to make the final four easily and then win the tournament. Also Michigan lost to Middle Tennessee while they had 25 - 10 and Michigan had 29 - 6. #4. Norfolk state beats Missouri(2012) Norfolk state beats Missouri 86 - 84. Missouri was a team that had thrived in the past years with there coach, Frank Haith. Norfolk had a

The best comeback ever was the Northern Iowa vs Texas Tech. The reason why it was the best comeback is because Texas Tech was down 12 with 34 seconds left in the game. Texas Tech tied the game up and sent it into 2 overtimes and go on and play Oklahoma in the sweet sixteen. Texas Tech beat Northern Iowa, 92-88. The second best comeback ever was the Illinois vs Arizona. The reason why it was second comeback ever is because Illinois was down 15 with 4 minutes left in the game. Illinois was still down by 8 with a minute left. Illinois went on a 20 and 5 run is go on and get all the way to the final four. Illinois beat Arizona 90-89 in overtime. Illinois went all the way to the final four. The third best comeback ever was the Kansas vs Memphis. The reason why it was the tried best comeback is because Kansas was trailing by 9 with 2:12 left in the game. Kansas tied the game 2 second left in the game and sent it into overtime and won the game in overtime. That game was the National

#1. No. 16 UMBC over No. 1 Virginia in 2018 -No one thought a 16 seed could ever defeat 1 seed. But the no name UMBC defeated the number 1 Virginia that had an amazing season of 31-2. This has never happened in history. #2. No. 11 George Mason over No. 1 UConn in 2006 -George Mason wasn’t the best team they weren’t astounding but they Had an amazing run and couldn't stop scoring they ended up beating Uconn in the double digits. #3. No. 15 Middle Tennessee over No. 2 Michigan State in 2016 -Lots of people were counting on Michigan state to go all the way and win it all but in the first round Middle tennessee defeated them by nine. People couldn't believe what they saw #4. No. 8 Villanova over No. 1 Georgetown in 1985 -georgetown was seed 1 and villanova came back and won, two of there best players lead the wildcats to victory #5. No. 15 Hampton over No. 2 Iowa State in 2001 - Hampton was seed 15 and beat the seed 2 iowa state with one

#1 Player remaining in the tournament The number one overall player left in the NCAA tournament is Jalen Brunson. Brunson is a point guard who plays for Villanova, who is one of the two #1 seeds left in the tournament. Brunson is the #1 player remaining in the tournament because has delivered multiple 30-point games this season, and is also good at passing and directing for the wildcats as a Junior guard. Not only does Brunson provide a tremendous amount of heart, skill, and leadership for Villanova, but he has a lot of tournament experience. Brunson was part of the 2016 Villanova Wildcats when they beat North Carolina by a buzzer beater in the National Championship. #2 Player remaining in the tournament. The number two player remaining in the NCAA tournament is Devonte’ Graham. Graham is the senior point guard for the Kansas Jayhawks. Devonte’ Graham is the #2 player left in the tournament because he is an elite shooter and a great leader. He led the Jayhawks to a Big 12

1. 1963: Loyola 111 Tennessee Tech 42 This is Number 1 on the list because the difference in points is 69 which is the highest number any team has been beaten by. 2. 1990: UNLV 103 Duke 73 This one is Number 2 because Duke was expected to win the game but UNLV pummeled them. 3. 1965: Princeton 118 Wichita St. 82 This one is Number 3 because it is the Highest amount of points with a blowout. 4. 1986: Syracuse 101 Brown 52 This one is Number 4 because it was Brown's first appearance in 47 years so Syracuse knocked them out of the tournament almost doubling their score. 5. 1979: Michigan St. 101 Penn 67 This one is Number 5 because in think if Michigan St. did not have Magic Johnson it would have been a closer game.

There have been plenty of upsets in the history of the March Madness NCAA games. We are going to name a few here. Number one. 16 seed UMBC over 1 seed Virginia. In the whole history of March Madness this is the biggest upset yet. With a 20 point lead, 74-54, UMBC crushed Virginia. 99.4 percent of the world’s brackets had Virginia going much farther in the tournaments than the UMBC game, so it was a very upsetting upset game.     Number two. 13 seed Buffalo over 4 Arizona. Buffalo beat Arizona 89-64. Throughout a majority of the game Arizona kept the score close, even taking the lead sometimes. But at the middle of the second half Buffalo took over and defeated Arizona. Number three. 13 seed Marshall over 4 seed Wichita State. Marshall beat Wichita with a surprising score of 81-75. Once again Wichita kept the scores pretty close the whole game. Throughout the game, Wichita had good defense, but Marshall pushed through and had a lot of good 3 pointers. Number four

1. Lew Alcindor He was one of the best in college basketball he played for ucla bruins and averaged 25.7 points and 18.8. He lead the bruins to 3 NCAA championship. He remains the only player to get most outstanding player at the final four three times. He had amazing skill. 2. Bill Walton He was one of the best passers in college basketball and played for ucla. And scored 44 points with only missing one shot for the final. He set two NCAA records, most consecutive games one (88) and average margin of victory (30.1). 3. Bill Russell He led his team to back to back 57-1 season. He also led them to back to back ncaa titles. He led his team to a 60 game win streak. In 1956 he averaged more than 20 points and 20 rebounds per game. He ended that season with 27 rebounds in the national championship against Iowa. 4. Oscar Robertson He had the most points scored in a season all three of his years. He had 33.8 points in one game and that is the third highest in ncaa history. H