By: Renee Kallina Many NCAA Basketball fans have never heard of the Division I college Saint Peter’s. Breaking a lot of brackets, the Peacocks are the first No. 15 seed team in the NCAA to make it all the way to the Elite Eight. This past month, Saint Peters played in the big leagues against […]
March Madness Exposes Gender Inequality in Women’s Basketball
By Amanda Baxter The NCAA is receiving backlash on gender inequality during March Madness. Women players specifically are unhappy with their facilities compared to the men. March Madness began on Thursday, March 18 and will finish on Monday, April 5. The men’s bracket is being played in Indianapolis, while the women are playing their tournament […]
March is here, let the Madness begin
By Reese Williams and Travis Politakis March is an exciting time for college basketball due to the arrival of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, or as most call it, March Madness. The Tournament consists of 64 schools, ending with the Final Four in Minneapolis. The tournament is a great opportunity for powerhouse schools […]
UMBC this coming? Cinderella’s stealing the show in March
BY SIMON BRADY No one could have foreseen all the chaos that went down in March Madness’ opening weekend. In just a four days span, college basketball history was made on a couple of fronts. The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Retrievers, out of the American East Conference, became the first 16 seed to win […]
Road to redemption complete. Tar Heels get back on top
By SIMON BRADY The North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball team came into the 2017 campaign with one simple mantra: Redemption. At this time about a year ago, North Carolina suffered one of the more heartbreaking losses imaginable to the Villanova Wildcats 77-74 in the 2016 National Championship. A hungry Tar Heels squad was forced […]