The First Four is actually part of the NCAA Tournament

The NCAA’s 2024 First Four took place Tuesday and Wednesday at the University of Dayton’s UD Arena. On Tuesday night,  No. 16 Wagner outlasted No. 16 Howard, 71-68, while No. 10 Colorado State demolished No. 10 Virginia, 67-42. On Wednesday night, No. 16 Grambling State defeated No. 16 Montana State, 88-81, while No. 10 Colorado… read more

Cotton Club Crew #46: The Madness of March

The best sporting event in all the world is here. The most random, the most fun, the most frustrating championship spread across a month started tonight for the play-in, Thursday officially. And the Red Raiders are back in the dance. They open the tournament as a six seed, taking on the hottest team in America…. read more

Raptors Fail To Snap Losing Streak Against Magic

While everyone else was out enjoying St. Patrick’s Day, the Toronto Raptors were trying to snap their six game losing streak as they visited the Orlando Magic on Sunday night. Coming into this game the Raptors were on a severe losing skid dropping six in a row and eight of their last ten games, with… read more

Duquesne is going dancing, the Panthers are not

It seems that every season, there are teams that unjustly get left out of the field of 68 in the NCAA’s annual men’s basketball tournament that determines its national champion. The 2023/2024 Pitt Panthers will go down as one of those teams this year. After starting 10-7–including 1-5 in conference play–Pitt won 12 of its… read more

Pitt loses to UNC in ACC Tournament semifinals

It’s like your old college professor used to say: “If you haven’t learned the material by now, there is no point in cramming the night before the exam.” After a slow start to their 2023/2024 campaign, the Panthers headed into their ACC Tournament semifinal matchup against North Carolina at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C…. read more

Pitt defeats Wake Forest to advance to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament

Reserve guard Ishmael Leggett scored a season-high 30 points, as the Panthers outlasted Wake Forest, 81-69, in a four vs. five matchup in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Thursday afternoon. Senior guard Blake Hinson added 20 points to Pitt’s cause, while the freshman guard tandem of… read more

Patience! The Case For Taking It Slow With Victor Wembanyama

The 100 meters is the most exciting race in athletics, truly a “blink and you’ll miss it event”. It might be the sporting contest that regularly deals with the finest of margins. The first 100-meter runner to break the vaunted “10-second barrier” was Jim Hines in 1968. According to Wikipedia, 187 men have since joined… read more

Cotton Club Crew #45: Kansas City Party

Despite all the injuries, the noise, and general adversity of this season Texas Tech secured a fourth place finish in the Big 12 and the double-bye. The NCAA tournament, once thought of the ceiling for this team, is already achieved and the question becomes can tech make a run in the conference tournament? Macon and… read more

Big 12 Tournament preview and regular season awards

After a regular season filled with plenty of surprises and exciting basketball, we have now arrived at the Big 12 Tournament. The top and bottom half of the conference look to be about what I would’ve expected at the beginning of the season with a few surprise teams landing where they did. Texas Tech ended… read more

ACC Tournament Team Rankings

Who has the best chance to win the ACC Tournament this week? Find out if it’s North Carolina, Duke, or a sleeper team here on FFSN!

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