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Yes, Gary Williams was the talk of N.C. State’s press conference for Mark Gottfried
Apr 5, 2011, 8:27 PM EDT
It might have been unintentional, but N.C. State athletic director Debbie Yow ensured the media won’t completely rip apart her hiring of new coach Mark Gottfried. Not with her ripping Maryland coach Gary Williams during Tuesday’s press conference. Yow, the former Maryland AD who feuded with Williams during her time there, was asked if her…
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One coach still thinks Ohio State and Kansas are better than Connecticut, NCAA tournament results be dammed. Northern Arizona coach Mike Adras, one of 31 voters in the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll, tabbed the Buckeyes No. 1 and the Jayhawks No. 2 in the final coaches’ poll. UConn was third. “I voted for who I…
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When you fill out your bracket next season, make sure you channel your inner 9-year-old and sound out those team names. Hey, it worked for Caroline Baldwin. She had UConn beating Butler in the final. “She picked Butler because she thought it was funny that they had the word ‘butt’ in their name,” her mother,…
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N.C. State will name former Alabama coach Mark Gottfried as its new coach Tuesday, according to multiple reports. A press conference is schedule for 5 p.m. ET. Gottfried, 47, will replace Sidney Lowe, who resigned March 15 after five seasons with the Wolfpack. He was 86-78 overall, 25-55 in the ACC and never made the…
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Short of posting video (which you’ll find here), the best way to recap Connecticut’s win over Butler Monday night is in pictures. Here, presented for your enjoyment, is a sampling of the photo highlights you’ll find in our NCAA tournament slideshow. Butler’s locker room Kemba Walker You also can follow me on Twitter @MikeMillerNBC.
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Those who found the beauty in Connecticut’s 53-41 win over Butler Monday night might not have any interest in nitpicking the game ugly outcome. If that’s the case, you definitely don’t want any part of Gary Parrish’s column over at CBSSPorts.com. It rains on the Huskies’ moment in a big way. An excerpt: The Huskies…
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Pretty sure the only reason some people stuck around to the end of Monday’s championship game was to hear the return of Luther Vandross. But if the brickfest was too much for your eyes, you’re in luck. You can watch Luther’s version of “One Shining Moment” right here. You also can follow me on Twitter…
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Let’s play a game I like to call “What sports Web sites did after a championship game.” It’s really not much of a game, I guess. Mostly just me posting screen grabs of how everyone presented Connecticut’s victory over Butler moments after it happened. Check it out. ESPN Yahoo! Sports Illustrated CBS Sports FOX Sports…
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The Big “Least” got the last laugh. The Big East got panned after the NCAA tournament’s first weekend when the likes of Pitt, Notre Dame, Syracuse and Louisville had already been sent home. But that wasn’t its fault. The conference was dealt a tough situation before the tournament even began because of its 11 teams…
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The last time UConn won the men’s NCAA tournament, the Dean of Students Office spent time tracking down people responsible for much of the damage around the Storrs, Conn., campus back in April ‘04. This time, the school tried to get ahead of the game. From the Hartford Courant: University officials, in conjunction with the…
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Jim Calhoun couldn’t escape the legacy question this week. That’s what happens when you’re 68 and coaching against guys half your age. Everyone wants to gauge your place in history. Well, after Connecticut’s 53-41 win over Butler Monday night, it’s time to fully assess Calhoun’s place in the sport. From Ken Davis’ column: Add a…
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Until teams know who’s off to the NBA and who’s staying in school, a preseason Top 25 is merely fodder for discussion. With that, here’s the fodder. 1. Kentucky Record: 29-9 (Final Four) Key returnees: SF DeAndre Liggins, SG Doron Lamb, SF Darius Miller, C Eloy Vargas, SF Jon Hood. Departing seniors: C Josh…
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You watched Connecticut’s win over Butler. Well, maybe. Most of the game was tough to watch with all the missed shots. Butler made just 18.8 percent of its field-goal attempts. UConn hit 34.5 percent. Combined, the teams missed 88 of 119 shots. On the bright side, there were just 17 total turnovers. So whattya think?…
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Once the disappointment wears off, Butler will be proud of what they accomplished
Apr 5, 2011, 5:20 AM EDT
HOUSTON – The ending was far from story book. If life were a movie, if the 2011 Final Four were to have happened in a Hollywood screenplay, the ending would have been quite different. Just one year removed from nearly taking down college basketball’s villainous empire and playing without quite possibly the only lottery pick…
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There’s no sugarcoating with talk of fantastic defense. The 2011 NCAA championship game was bad. Awful. Nearly unwatchable. As Jay Bilas tweeted, “no defense is good enough to cause a good offense to be that bad.” Oh sure, you’ll read about how well the defenses played. In terms of effort, that’s undeniable. Both teams exerted…
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HOUSTON – UConn’s 53-41 win over Butler on Monday night will go down as one of the ugliest national title games in the history of the sport. For the first time in 50 years, a team failed to break the 50 point barrier in the championship game. It’s easy to figure out why. Butler shot…
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Per the Associated press, the fewest field goals in an NCAA Championship (Field goals, game, date) 9, Oklahoma St. vs. Kentucky, March 26, 1949 12, Butler vs. Connecticut, April 4, 2011 13, North Carolina vs. Oklahoma St., March 26, 1946 14, Ohio St. vs. Oregon, March 27, 1939 14, Washington St. vs. Wisconsin, March 29,…
