At this year’s March Madness basketball bonanza, 68 men’s teams and 68 women’s teams will tip off their pursuit of a national championship. The men’s tournament features the Duke University Blue Devils as the clear frontrunner, anchored by arguably the most dominant freshman college basketball has seen in years. The[Read More…]
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A Canadian guide to March Madness 2023
The 2023 NCAA basketball tournament kicked off on March 12, and it’s already shaping up to be one of the most memorable in March Madness history, with several shocking upsets in the first three rounds. A record 53 Canadians round out the men’s and women’s brackets and have already turned[Read More…]
McGill men’s basketball maintain their perfect record, rallying for back-to-back wins against Citadins
On Feb. 17, the McGill men’s basketball team (6–0) returned to the court for the first time in almost three months, lengthening their win streak to six games with a decisive 84-62 win over Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) (2–4), then a narrow 80-79 victory the next day. Thursday’s[Read More…]
Know Your Athlete: Jamal Mayali
Jamal Mayali, a fifth-year Political Science student, was named the McGill athlete of the week on Nov. 15 after steering the Redbird basketball team to a win in their opening game of the RSEQ season against Concordia. In 29 minutes of court time, he made nine of 16 field goal[Read More…]