NCAA TOURNAMENT RECAP (FINAL FOUR ANNOUNCED)

The fifth round of the NCAA tournament is official completed.
We have new teams that are on the quest for the crown for the 2014 Final Four.
Are you ready ?
The FLORIDA GATORS were the first final four, proclaimed team, as Saturday they would take on the DAYTON FLYERS. The gators were the number 1 seed in the entire tournament and proved it Saturday. They showed strong offensive ability as senior guard, Scottie Wilbekin would lead the way, for the gators and would be the leading scorer. On their defensive abilities they proved that they were a forced to be reckoned with, as Dorian Finney- Smith would lead they way on the boards with 9 rebounds. The gators controlled the entire game on both ends of the floor and showed their dominating ability.
The Flyers were also a team that had made their mark on this tournament. They would make it to the sweet sixteen and on to the elite 8; beating teams that were the number 6,3,10 seeds. The Dayton flyers showed their dominance during the fourth round of the tournament, as they would go on to beat the Standford Cardinals by 10 points. Through out their game against the cardinals they showed mental toughness and dominance.
While sunday evening's  game would be a different game style, as the KENTUCKY WILDCATS took on the MICHIGAN WOLVERINES. The Kentucky wildcats came into this game defying everyones odds in the tournament. Even though the wildcats started five freshman, they were looked at as a inexperienced team; who couldn't go far in the tournament despite their "talent". The wildcats were a number 8 seed Sunday, as they would go against the wolverines, and were the underdog. Similar to this Kentucky Wildcats team the MICHIGAN WOLVERINES knew what it felt like to be looked upon as "inexperienced" though "talented" teams because of their final four appearance and championship game last season. They knew that this year they were hungrier then ever after losing in the title game last season and wanted to prove it Sunday afternoon, as they took on the wildcats. Both teams would show similar styles of offense as they would both shoot various jump shots. At the end of the first half , it would be shown why both teams were final four caliber teams as they would be tied at 37 points. The second half would be no different, as the game winning shot would be scored with 2 seconds left in the game by freshman guard  Aaron Harrison, to put the wildcats up by 3. The wildcats would go on to win it 75-72 , bringing back into the question "Is it really the year of the freshman" ? The wildcats would answer that question Sunday as they would prove to be a very strong team headed into the final four.

NCAA MARCH MADNESS

March Madness, rounds one , two , and three are officially in the books and Thursday night will begin the next set of cuts,as NCAA final Four finalist will be determined Monday and the title game on Tuesday. As we edge closer and closer to tip off Thursday and the fourth round and as the Sweet Sixteen face off. The nail biting games began in first and second rounds and continued to the third round. We saw a new meaning to the "year of the Freshman"; some teams scored while others were a huge disappointment and were buzzer beaters. The first shocking upset of the tournament began with the young team out of Duke University. Duke University had the reputation of the basketball city of the country, until Thursday, when they would take a lost to the Mercer Bulldogs in round two of the tournament. The blue devils would take the lost by a score of 78-71.  The young talented duke roster could not with hold their first tournament game. The term " the year of the freshman"  had slowly been suffocated after the blue devils elimination, after their first game of the tournament. Bringing back into question, is it really the year of the freshman? We would see this term brought back into play as the Kentucky Wildcats would take on the Wichita State Shockers.  The Kentucky wildcats were the clear under dog in this game, as they would be the number eight seed in the Midwest region. They would also have five starters that were freshman. The Wichita State Shockers were anything but inexperienced. They were the number 1 seed in the Midwest bracket and the number 2 seed in the entire tournament to win the entire thing. The shockers unlike the wild cats were anything but inexperienced as they would be a team full of talent as they would know what it felt like to make it to the final four because there accomplishments last season. Their roster would show it as well, as they wouldn't have any freshman starters. The Wildcats would stun the entire country as they would be down in the middle of the first half 17-4, but would make a run toward the end, being down by only six at end of the half. Second half they would pull a stunner, as they would our score the shockers 47-39 in the second half with a score of 78-76, to take the win and would move on to the SWEET SIXTEEN. The year of the freshman would be revamped and put back into context, as this Kentucky would put them selves back on the radar, that yes they are a young and inexperienced team but they know how to win.

HAVE YOU FILLED OUT YOUR NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET ! ?

MARCH MADNESS HAS ARRIVE! If you don't know already, March Madness tournament first round match-ups were announced sunday and the official second round tournament games begin tomorrow. Over the past two days the round one games took place as the smaller school teams would be given the opportunity to enter the tournament. On Tuesday NC State took on Xavier for the 12th seed in the tournament in the midwest region. NC state would take the win over Xavier to enter the tournament 74-59. The second game tuesday would be Albany vs Mount St. Mary's for the 16 seed in south region. Albany would take the win 71-64 tuesday. Wednesday, Cal Poly would take on Texas Southern . Cal Poly would take the win wednesday as they would dominate from start to finish 81-69. The second game wednesday would be Tennessee vs Iowa. Tennessee would go on to win this nail bitter 78-65 in over time. The quest for the FINAL FOUR begins thursday ! Stay TUNED 

NBA UPDATES (STANDINGS )

NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE
 1. SAN ANTONIO SPURS                  50-16
2. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER      49-18  
3. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS              48-21
4. HOUSTON ROCKETS                     45-22
5. PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS         44-24
6.GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS         43-26
7. DALLAS MAVERICKS                   41-27
8. MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES                    40-27
9. PHOENIX SUNS                             38-29
10. MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES  33-32
11. DENVER NUGGETS                     30-37
12.NEW ORLEANS HORNETS         27-40
13. SACRAMENTO KINGS               24-44
14. LOS ANGELES LAKERS              22-44
15. UTAH JAZZ                                   22-47

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE
1. INDIANA PACERS                         50-18
2. MIAMI HEAT                                  46-20
3. TORONTO RAPTORS                    38-29
4. CHICAGO BULLS                           38-30
5. BROOKLYN NETS                         35-31
6. WASHINGTON WIZARDS            35-32
7. CHARLOTTE BOBCATS              33-36
8. ATLANTA HAWKS                         31-35
9. NEW YORK KNICKS                     28-40
10. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS           26-42
11. DETROIT PISTONS                       25-41
12. BOSTON CELTICS                       23-46
13. ORLANDO MAGIC                       19-49
14. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS                    15-53
15. MILWAUKEE BUCKS                     13-55

NBA THURSDAY

Thursday the HOUSTON ROCKETS took on the CHICAGO BULLS. The Houston Rockets came into this game off of a season high, as they would go on to beat some of leagues top ranked teams (Indiana Pacers,Miami heat, and Portland Trail Blazers).Their season high would slowly end, as they would go down to the Oklahoma City Thunder, tuesday 106-98. The rockets would drop to a record of 44-21. Tonight they were hopeing they could get back to their great style of basketball that helped them beat some of the best teams and would power them foward to a win over the bulls. The Chicago Bulls came into this game on a stable streak, as they would beat the Miami heat in over time sunday, but would then go down to the spurs tuesday. They were hopeing that thursday against the rockets, they would be able to gain another win, as they would have a record of 35-29. First quarter the bulls would get out to a 16-0 lead, but soon the rockets would come back. The bulls would out score the rockets in the first 25-20. Second quarter the bulls would continue to dominate as they would out score the rockets 25-22 in the second. Second half the bulls would put the game away, out scoring the rockets in the third 35-16. Fourth quarter the rockets would try to make a come back, but it was to little to late, as they would out score the bulls in the fourth 29-26. Leading scorers for the rockets were Jeremy Lin who went 7/13 scoring 21 points, 2 rebounds,and 3 ast. and Dwight Howard going 5/7 scoring 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 1 ast. Leading scorer for the bulls were Joakim Noah going 3/6 scoring 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 ast. and Mike Dunleavy going 8/15 21 points, 7 rebounds, 2 ast. The bulls would go on to win it 111-87.

NBA SUNDAY

Today's match-up of the day were the HOUSTON ROCKETS vs PORTLAND TRAILBLAZER. The Houston Rockets came into this game with a record of 43-19. The rockets, since the beginning of the calendar year have had the best record in the league only going 22-5. They were the team to beat, coming into tonight's match-up against the trail blazers. The trail Blazers came into this game with a record of 42-20. The trail Blazers are currently the number 5 seed in the Western Conference. They have had their team struggles this season, as they were a clear leader in the Western Conference, but since the beginning of the calendar year have continued to increase there amount in the lost column. They were hopeing that tonight's match-up would help them get back on the trail to winning games and getting back to their great style of basketball. First quarter both teams would come out very strong both playing solid defense, but the trail blazers would have the edge as they would out score the rockets 20-28 in the first. Second quarter the trail blazers would continue to sore as they would out score the rockets again the second 24-19. Second half the trailblazers would continue to dominate, out scoring the rockets in the third quarter 31-26. Fourth quarter the rockets would dominate making a tremendous come back, out scoring the trail blazers 33-21, to send the game into over time. In over time the rockets would out score the trial blazers 12-7. Leading scorers for the rockets were James Harden who went 12/28 scoring 41 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 ast. and Dwight Howard with 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 1 ast. Leading scorers for the trail blazers were LaMarcus Aldridge went 10/27 scoring 28 points and 12 rebounds and Wesley Matthews went 5/15 scoring 26 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 ast. The rockets would go on to win it in over time 118-113.

NBA THURSDAY

Tonight's headling game of the evening were the MIAMI HEAT vs SAN ANTONIO SPURS. This game would be a rematch of the 2013 Finals series where the Miami Heat would go on to take their second NBA title. Tonight the Spurs had the advantage, as they would be playing at home against the Heat in the rematch.This game would be very physical, but unlike the finals, a few technical fouls would be handed out.  Also very different in tonight's match-up, star players Lebron James and Tim Duncan got into early foul trouble and would be forced to limit their game and play making because of the issue of fouls. Leading scorers for the Miami heat were Chris Bosh who would go 10/16 scoring 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 1 ast. other leading scorers for the heat were Lebron James who would go 6/18 scoring 19 points, 8 rebounds,and 7 ast. Leading scorers for the spurs were Tim Duncan who would go 9/13 scoring 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 2 ast. and Tony Parker with 17 points, 1 rebound, and 4 ast. The spurs would go on to win the NBA finals rematch 111-87.

NBA TUESDAY

Tuesday night the MIAMI HEAT would take on the HOUSTON ROCKETS. The Miami heat came into this game with a season record of 43-14. The Rockets came into this game with a season record of 41-19. The Miami heat leading into this game had came off a incredible performance by their leading man, Lebron James monday night, as they would beat the bobcats 124-107 and Lebron would score his career high of 61 points and would go 22/33. The heat were hopeing tuesday night would be no different, as they would head to Houston to take on a tough rockets team. The rockets leading into this game had the third best record in the Western Conference, as they would be in third place along side the Portland Trailblazers. First quarter the rockets would surge out to a seven point lead, as they would lead the heat 39 to 32 at the end of the first quarter. Second quarter the heat would fight back and would out score the rockets in the second 20-14 bringing them within one. Second half the rockets would fight back and would out score the heat 30-21. Fourth quarter the heat would battle back and would out score the rockets 30-23. Leading scorers for the Miami Heat were Dwayne Wade, who would go 8/15, scoring 24 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 ast., Michael Beasley who would go 9/13, scoring 24 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 ast. ,and Lebron James who would go 9/18, scoring 22 points, 1 rebound, and 6 ast. Leading scorers for the Houston Rockets were Dwight Howard who would go 8/13, scoring 22 points, 16 rebounds, and 1 ast., James Harden who would go 9/15, scoring 21 points, 4 rebounds, and 11 ast. and Patrick Beverley who would go 6/12, scoring 19 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 ast. The Houston Rockets would go on to win it 106-103

NBA MONDAY (The King making History)

On Monday night the King James made history. Lebron James would put up a career high 61 points as the heat would go on to beat the Carolina Bobcats 124-107. Lebron would lead all scorers with 61 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 ast. James Previous record set in in 2005 of a game high of 56 points, was shattered as he would go 22 of 33 on monday. James remarks after the incredible performance, "The man above have given me some unbelievable abilities to play the game of basketball," James said. Lebron following the All Star Break as caught alot of eyes as to some is back in the race for the MVP title. Since the All Star Break James numbers have consistently increased and since his performance monday night, he has solidified that he currently is the Greatest in the World.