This Weekend In Sports: The 2013 NCAA Final Four and More
The NCAA's Final Four kicks off in Atlanta on Saturday, and several key NBA games are slated for Sunday. Here's what to watch this weekend:
The NCAA's Final Four kicks off in Atlanta on Saturday, and several key NBA games are slated for Sunday. Here's what to watch this weekend:
Carmelo Anthony has been on an absolute tear lately, the main reason his New York Knicks have now won 10 games in a row. Is he getting closer to winning his first Most Valuable Player award?
Just a few days after losing to the Florida Gators in the the NCAA Tournament, the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles also lost their coach. Andy Enfield has left for another job in college basketball.
Four teams remain alive in the 2013 NCAA tournament field. The 2013 Final Four pits the odds-on favorite against a Cinderella and a beast from the Big East against the Big 10's last remaining entrant.
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With Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol in the lineup, the Los Angeles Lakers have a star-studded cast, but the team has underachieved and stands tied with the Utah Jazz for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference
Louisville overcame a horrifying injury to one of its players and beat Duke in the Midwest Regional final on Sunday to advance to the Final Four.
(1) Louisville 85, (2) Duke 63
Russ Smith scored 23 points and top-seeded Louisville shook off a gruesome injury to one of its players and routed second-seeded Duke, 85-63, in the 2013 NCAA tournament's Midwest Regional final in Indianapolis on Sunday
Michigan beat Florida on Sunday in the South Regional final and joined Wichita State and Syracuse in the 2013 Final Four.
UCLA announced Saturday that it hired Steve Alford as its men's basketball head coach. Alford, 48, was the head coach at New Mexico for the past six years, with stops at Iowa and Southwest Missouri State before guiding the Lobos. Alford agreed to a 10-year contract extension at New Mexico just 10 days prior to accepting the UCLA job.
Wichita State advanced to its first Final Four in nearly 50 years by upsetting Ohio State on Saturday night.
The Florida Gators are back in the Elite Eight after beating Florida Gulf Coast on Friday.
Duke will play for a chance to go to the Final Four on Sunday.