Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope you’re well. The NCAA Tournament is underway, and there’s still time for you to enter our Men’s Bracket Games and our Women’s Bracket Games. You won’t regret it. Especially not if you read this newsletter. I promise all of my picks are going to be 100% correct.
OK, well I promise I’m trying my best at least.
Let’s get right to it.
Good morning to everyone but especially to…
THE PITTSBURGH PANTHERS AND TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI ISLANDERS
One night of NCAA Tournament action, two fantastic finishes. No. 11 seed Pittsburgh and No. 16 seed Texas A&M-Corpus Christi are in the win column and into the Round of 64. Let’s start with Pitt, whose 60-59 win over Mississippi State featured 21(!) lead changes.
The final lead change came via Jamarius Burton‘s tough pull-up jumper with 10 seconds remaining.The Bulldogs had three great chances to win it afterward: Tolu Smith got blocked by Guillermo Diaz-Graham, Shakeel Moore missed a wide-open 3-pointer and D.J. Jeffries‘ tip just before the buzzer sounded went begging.It’s Pitt’s first NCAA Tournament win since 2014.The Panthers will face No. 6 seed Iowa State tomorrow.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, meanwhile, got its first NCAA Tournament win ever, beating Southeast Missouri State, 75-71, thanks to a career-high 22 points from Jalen Jackson. The Islanders’ reward is a meeting with top overall seed Alabama tomorrow.
Honorable mentions
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Author : Zachary Pereles
Publish date : 2023-03-15 13:23:46
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