Got your pom-poms handy? Who’s it going to be, fans: Louisville or Michigan? Here’s ViralRead’s dossier on each team, including probable starters and their stats and- yes- our pick for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Champion to be crowned tonight in Atlanta (game time, 9:23 p.m. ET, CBS).       LOUISVILLE: Team probable starting 5 (-vs- Wichita State) Chane Behanan, F 9.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.1 apg Gorgui Dieng, C […]

The NCAA Women’s basketball tourney wrapped up its semi-final round this weekend - sending UCONN and yet another Louisville team to the national championship game. Like their male counterparts, the Louisville ladies had to mount a second half comeback in their Final Four appearance against Cal in order to earn a trip to the big game. They took a 10-point deficit into the locker room at the half, but returned […]

Louisville staved off one last flicker of the wand from Cinderella’s fairy godmother, rallying from behind to defeat Wichita State. Michigan fought tooth and nail to outscore the vaunted 2-3 zone D of Syracuse, holding the Orange to only 56 points with some impressive D of their own. So now, we are set. 64 teams whittled down to these two collegiate powerhouses. Big East, Big Ten, Big Game. Two teams […]

We started with 64 teams nearly two weeks ago, we caught you up on the Sweet 16 and it’s been a wild ride throughout the tournament. It’s down to these Final Four. And there are still tense and thrilling moments, in two big games Saturday, to experience between now and Monday night’s Championship game! Below, you can read what the oddsmakers are saying about each match-up, when and where you […]

In a freak accident during the Elite Eight matchup Between Louisville and Duke, the Cardinals’ sophomore guard Kevin Ware broke a bone in his right leg below his knee. The injury was so gruesome, other players broke down in tears. Ware made a routine leap to block a Duke 3-point shot, but landed awkwardly on one foot, crumpling to the ground. It appeared to be a compound open fracture (through […]

Oh, how very close we are getting to the Final Four! Cinderellas have waltzed into history, top seeds have been defeated. But there’s still a lot of basketball to watch, including today’s portion of the Elite 8 round. Find our analysis below. Meanwhile, you can take a look at our predictions for yesterday’s Wichita State -vs- Ohio State (dare we say?) shocker. Michigan (4) -vs- Florida (3) 2:20pm ET (CBS) […]

9-seed Wichita State is on its way to the Final Four - only the fifth nine-or-higher seed to reach the Final Four since seeding began in 1979.  And they did it by vanquishing the powerful Ohio State Buckeyes. As ViralRead reported earlier, The Shockers are tough on defense — holding Pitt, Gonzaga, and LaSalle to a combined 35.5 percent shooting. They did not let up last night, allowing only 22 points in […]

15th seed Florida Gulf Coast University’s magical run through the NCAA Tournament came to a crashing halt last night against the third seed Florida Gators, losing 62-50 in the Sweet 16 last night. “It was great to see the excitement across the country with the underdog, and it’s just a real feeling when you’re the underdog and you’re the talk of the nation,” FGCU coach Andy Enfield said. “Our plan […]

Did you check Viral Read’s Sweet 16 primer for yesterday’s games? Here’s tonight’s offering. Tonight’s games: Oregon (12) -vs- Louisville (1) Louisville wins: if they keep playing like Louisville. As Dana O”Neill at ESPN.com puts it: “Since a five-overtime loss to Notre Dame, UL is beating teams by an average of 21 points per game. No one has gotten closer than 12 points.” Oregon wins: Dana Altman, the coach of the […]

Just as Viral Read reported yesterday, the key for the Orangemen was forced turnovers as the Syracuse defense proved too much for 1-seed Indiana. Indiana toiled mightily against Syracuse’s 2-3 zone, committing 10 turnovers in the first 10 minutes, 19 overall. The Orange finished with 11 blocks, holding Indy to a meager 34 percent shooting, and ‘Cuse coach Jim Boeheim was thrilled with the performance. “Our perimeter defense was tremendous. […]