The final game of the Round of 64 features the Grand Canyon Antelopes vs St. Mary’s Gaels in the always popular 5-vs-12 matchup. The Antelopes (29-4) have won five games in a row and dominated conference play this season.
North Carolina State entered the ACC Tournament as the 10th seed and shocked the basketball world by winning five in a row to take the title and the automatic NCAA Tournament bid.
The Wisconsin Badgers started the season as one of the best teams in the Big 10. Jumping out to a 16-4 conference record they stumbled down the stretch going 2-6 in February.
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ free agency got off to an early start with the signing of free-agent quarterback Russell Wilson.
With the Big 12 Conference Tournament starting Tuesday in Kansas City, this last Saturday of games takes on special meaning for most teams. Mr. Bracketology himself, Joe Lunardi, is predicting ten schools from the Big 12 to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Remarkably all except Oklahoma are locks to make the tournament and will be playing this week to improve their seedings.
Despite taking an extra day to get here, we finally made it to the month of March madness. Every Big 12 men’s basketball game played on Saturday has tournament implications.
With the trade deadline looming every game in the next couple weeks takes on increased importance. The team may have saved their season coming back twice to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in overtime.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are at a crossroads with an aging team that is a long shot to make the playoffs. With the March 8th trade deadline looming and the team being eight points away from a wild card position they could be sellers if things don’t turnaround.
They have a long way to go to catch the New England Patriots with an NFL-record six titles and eleven Super Bowl appearances but it’s not out of the question. Mahomes is only 28 years old and has proven he can win even with a defensive minded team.