Sunday, March 31, 2013

Kevin Ware: "Win the Game", Louisville goes to Final Four

The #1 Louisville Cardinals have a place in the Final Four defeating #2 Duke 85-63, and the brackets for Atlanta are complete.

In a dominating game Louisville's Smith dropped in 23 points and Siva added 16 to take the Cardinals to the win.  Duke's Plumlee was the top scorer for the Blue Devils with 17 points.

One of the most horrifying moments in college basketball came early in the game, when Louisville guard Kevin Ware received a compound fracture while attempting to block at 3-point shot by Duke's Tyler Thornton.  Play was delayed for several minutes, and Ware was taken by stretcher to the locker room.

Video replays of the injury were tough to watch, and the reaction of both Ware's teammates and those of the Duke players were evident to the severity of the injury.

Coach Rick Pitino in a post game interview stated with great emotion that at every break in the game his team talked about bringing it home for Kevin Ware.  Pitino noted that while Ware was lying on the court he kept saying, "Win the game, win the game."

9th-seed Wichita State will play #1 Louisville while two #4 teams Syracuse and Michigan round out the Final Four as March Madness heads to Atlanta's Georgia Dome on April 6th.

Michigan shuts down Gators, advances to Final Four

Starla M. Brown
The Florida Gators lost to Michigan 79-59 in today's March Madness play in Arlington, Texas advancing Michigan to the Final Four.

Freshman Nick Stauskas put 22 points on the scoreboard to boost the Wolverines to a win.  Stauskas was perfect from the 3-point attempt and nailed 6 attempts.

Boynton and Yeguete scored 13 each for the Gators who never put forth a challenge for the Wolverines.  Michigan's defense focused on the high scoring Florida players Rosario and Murphy effectively shutting them down offensively.

Michigan heads to the Final Four for the first time since 1993.

Sunday Game Times

#4 Michigan plays #3 Florida at 2:20 p.m. on CBS
#2 Duke takes on #1 Louisville at 5:20 p.m. on CBS

Happy Easter! Update your brackets and March on to the Final Four.

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Tourney Updates - The Elite 8 take shape

The following college basketball teams were all winners yesterday, pushing their way to the Elite 8 in March Madness:

#1 Louisville
#2 Duke
#3 Florida
#4 Michigan

As a side note Dick Vitale is showing Michigan and Louisville in his Final Four picks.

Friday, March 29, 2013

Welcome Sports Fans!

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Welcome sports fans to the FUNdamental Blog!  I hope you enjoy this site and the comments, opinions and articles from this girl's perspective on sports with a little FUNdamentals of the game.

Visit often and I want to hear from you, the fans.  Cheer for your team and let's make some noise!