Tag Archive for: NCAA tournament

Women of Troy look tournament-worthy


Résumés don’t lie. Well, not most of the time. Through the first 17 games of this season, the USC women’s basketball team has compiled a 10-7 overall mark in spite of playing the third- toughest nonconference slate in the country, according to RealTimeRPI.com. The Women of Troy, who are 5-2 in Pac-12 play, are also […]

A month of madness to call our very own


It took an impromptu conversation at an airport bar for me to discover what makes every March so magical for college students across the country when the NCAA tournament rolls around. This weekend’s Florida-UCLA game was by no means compelling, jump-off-your-couch television, but its lead changes, hard-nosed defensive plays and tempo shifts had me entertained […]

USC looking to punch its ticket to the Big Dance


I pretty much wrote off the USC men’s basketball team a while back, thinking it had two chances at making the NCAA tournament — slim and none. But after defeating UCLA at the Galen Center in early January, I thought this year would be different. A weak conference coupled with the play of midseason transfer […]