March Madness is the premier college sporting event of the year. Sixty-eight squads in both the men’s and women’s tournaments will be looking to etch their names in college basketball lore. With unpredictable upsets and exciting endings sure to come, The Tribune outlines its picks for the winning team, player[Read More…]
Tag: NCAA Basketball
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…]
Female athletes deserve equal treatment
At the start of the NCAA March Madness tournaments on March 18, Stanford sport performance coach Ali Kerschner released photos comparing the training facilities for the men’s and women’s tournaments. Fans and athletes alike called out the NCAA for the vast differences between the men’s and women’s training facilities and[Read More…]
Duke basketball visits Montreal
Pregame When asked what he was anticipating in Montreal, Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski didn’t mince words. “I’m looking forward to beating McGill,” Krzyzewski said. “That’s first. Do you want a list?” The Duke Canada tour—the Blue Devils’ three-game pre-season trip to two iconic Canadian cities in August—was off to[Read More…]
NCAA March Madness 2016 preview
Michigan State Spartans Head Coach Tom Izzo has put together arguably one of his best offensive teams. Led by Denzel Valentine, the most versatile player in college basketball and USA Today’s Player-of-the-Year, the Spartans have been able to overwhelm teams offensively while using their depth and talented young athletes to[Read More…]
Point counterpoint: Kentucky vs. The field
Over 40 per cent of college hoops fans penciled in Kentucky to win it all in their brackets this year. The experts say it would be foolish to do otherwise, but this is March Madness, and there are still 15 other teams left in the field. Nobody doubts that the[Read More…]