The women’s soccer team will start its sixth consecutive NCAA tournament against Illinois tonight in South Bend, Ind.
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Women of Troy cap regular season with NCAA tournament berth
The women’s soccer team will start its sixth consecutive NCAA tournament looking to reanimate USC’s 2007 championship run.
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If you thought your bracket looked bad this year, just wait until next year. Yes, it will be hard to beat the chaos of only one No. 1 seed making the Final Four and having a school that most people couldn’t locate on a map almost win the entire tournament. But if the tournament expands [...]
Read the rest of this article »USC could have been a force to reckon with
With very little doubt in my mind, I can strongly say that this is the best March Madness that I’ve ever watched. I doubt you know a single person who picked a Final Four of Butler, Michigan State, West Virginia and Duke. And I doubt you’ve seen very many NCAA tournament games that can match [...]
Read the rest of this article »Madness delivers unrivaled storylines
Did you watch that Kansas State-Xavier game? I sure hope you did. Because what a game it was, complete with just about every attribute and storyline you’d want out of a sporting event as a neutral observer. First, you’ve got a great pre-game scenario — a small underdog in Xavier, a big opportunity to reach [...]
Read the rest of this article »Madness needs not be extended beyond 65
Explain to me again why expanding the NCAA tournament is a good idea. Because it’s not. Plain and simple, it just doesn’t make any sense. There are those who say more is always better. But when it comes to the tournament, less is more. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to prove that the current [...]
Read the rest of this article »Smaller schools still fight for respect
One of tonight’s Sweet 16 matchups will pit Cornell against Kentucky in perhaps one of the best examples of brain against brawn. Kentucky has four players who will be eventual NBA lottery picks. Cornell backup forward Eitan Chemerinsky can solve a Rubik’s Cube in three minutes. Not since the Notre Dame-Miami “Catholics versus Convicts” game [...]
Read the rest of this article »Tourney snub can’t warrant giving up
Many fans, myself included, feel the Women of Troy were snubbed last Monday when the NCAA selection committee did not pick the USC women’s basketball team to compete in the NCAA tournament. The team should have made it to the tournament for many reasons. It ended the regular season hot, riding a five-game win streak [...]
Read the rest of this article »Trojans have nothing to be ashamed of
March is sneaky. The other day, it crept up behind me more quietly than Elmer Fudd, tapped me on my opposite shoulder and then laughed as I looked the other way. I couldn’t help but smile, as I was finally reunited with my good buddy. We walked to class together and discussed many things. I [...]
Read the rest of this article »It’s back to the drawing board for the Women of Troy
The USC women’s soccer team tied both Washington and Washington State in their final two Pac-10 matches.
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