Tag: Dash to the Desert
With Phoenix playing host to the 2017 Final Four, Grand Canyon University got a chance to host one of the most fun traditions in college basketball - the dunk contest and three-point competitions.
GCU delivered, with its student section as...
It's been 25 years since Bobby Hurley led Duke to their epic 1992 repeat championship and was named NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player. All these years later, those Blue Devils are still considered by many to be the standard...
March is over, and that means the conclusion of Dash to the Desert. After four weeks, it's time to crown a National Champion in either the Gonzaga Bulldogs or North Carolina Tar Heels.
It's not hard to figure out where...
With so much focus on the NCAA Tournament in March, Dash to the Desert has only touched on the annual coaching carousel that takes place as season finish up. During Final Four week, however, the Georgetown Hoyas search for...
Now that we're down to the final game of the college basketball season, it's only fitting that Scott Williams gets to end Dash to the Desert by talking about one of the teams playing for the National Championship tonight -...
The final episode of Dash to the Desert aired ahead of Monday Night's National Championship game between number one seeds Gonzaga and North Carolina. With some thrilling semifinal games, there was a lot to cover.
After jumping to a double-digit...
Expectations were high for the Arizona Wildcats entering the NCAA Tournament, with many observers expecting them to make a Final Four run despite their youth. Although they came up short in losing to a talented Xavier team in the Sweet 16, Sean...
While the Big East got seven teams into the NCAA Tournament this season, perhaps the most surprising of them all made it the furthest in the Big Dance. Squarely on the bubble heading into Selection Sunday, the Xavier Musketeers...
After 64 games in two weeks, the NCAA Tournament is down to its Final 4 – South Carolina, Oregon, Gonzaga and North Carolina.
These are the teams that survived four games and completed their Dash to the Desert, specifically...
Let's face it, the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament lacked the sizzle that has come to define it for decades. Very few back-and-forth battles or buzzer beaters. Thankfully Florida & Wisconsin livened things up in the Sweet 16...
