Tag: Big Ten Conference
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Gabby’s Final Thoughts on the 2015 NCAA March Madness Tournament
The 2015 NCAA March Madness Tournament came to an end last night when Duke became the 2015 National Champions by defeating Wisconsin 68-63. It was a great final game to an overall outstanding tournament, even though our teams (MSU, Notre Dame, and Wisconsin) did not win the championship. The game between Wisconsin and Duke was…
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Wisconsin Advances to the NCAA March Madness National Championship Game
Another fantastic NCAA March Madness Tournament game as Wisconsin defeats Kentucky 71-64 to advance to the NCAA National Championship against Duke on Monday night. After a disappointing Big Ten loss earlier tonight when Duke defeated Michigan State, it was unbelievable to watch the other Big Ten team, Wisconsin, never falter in their belief of winning against…
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MSU’s NCAA March Madness Ends in Final Four Semifinals
It was another great NCAA March Madness run by the Michigan State Spartans, but it came to an end tonight when they lost to Duke 81-61 in their worst tournament loss in school history. The Spartans started the game strong scoring 14 points (5-7) in the first 3 1/2 minutes, but then they proceeded to…
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Gabby’s NCAA March Madness Final Four Analysis
It is now countdown time until the big games Saturday night. #7 MSU and #1 Duke will be playing first Saturday night at 6:09 (TBS) and, following that game, #1 Wisconsin and #1 Kentucky will play at 8:49 (TBS). Thankfully, after a rough start to the week, I have two more days to get ready to…
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NCAA Elite 8 Musings and Highlights (3/29/15)
MSU SPARTANS HIGHLIGHTS/PIVOTAL PLAYS WARNING: FAIR AND BALANCED BLOGGING HAS GONE OUT THE WINDOW AND MY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (BIG TEN CONFERENCE) BIAS WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE FOLLOWING BLOG #7 MSU DEFEATS #4 LOUISVILLE 76-70 IN OVERTIME The MSU Spartans joined their fellow Big Ten team, Wisconsin, in the Final Four after defeating Louisville.…
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NCAA Elite 8 Musings and Highlights (3/28/15)
WISCONSIN HIGHLIGHTS/PIVOTAL PLAYS WARNING: FAIR AND BALANCED BLOGGING HAS GONE OUT THE WINDOW AND MY WISCONSIN (BIG TEN CONFERENCE) BIAS WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE FOLLOWING BLOG. WISCONSIN DEFEATS ARIZONA 85-78 Two Big Ten Conference teams in the Elite 8 (Wisconsin, MSU) I will be showing my Big Ten Conference bias by only giving the…
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NCAA Sweet 16 Musings and Highlights (3/27/15)
Highlight of the Night – #7 MSU Spartans defeat #3 Oklahoma 62-58 – I have to admit after watching all the NCAA Tournament games going into Friday night’s games, I felt like a marathon runner that “hit a wall.” Waiting for Michigan State’s game, I had no idea how I was going to make it…
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NCAA Sweet 16 Musings and Highlights (3/26/15)
Highlight of the Night – #3 Notre Dame defeats #7 Wichita St. 81-70 – Notre Dame started the game strong and within the first five minutes they were leading the game 15-5 and shooting 6-7 from the field. Wichita St. was up against a team with the 2nd best shooting percentage (50.9%) in the NCAA and by…
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Gabby’s NCAA March Madness Sweet 16 Bracket Analysis
The next two days will determine if my mom and I will be wildly celebrating MSU, Notre Dame and Wisconsin making it to the elite eight, somewhat celebrating if at least two teams make it to the next round (ok, if it is MSU and Notre Dame we will still be wildly celebrating), barely celebrating…
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My Mom Is Driving Me Mad With NCAA March Madness
It is official, my mother is driving me mad over NCAA March Madness. As you may have noticed from the previous few posts, my mother spent the last four days in front of her TV, computers and iPad completely lost in NCAA March Madness, and when I say completely lost I mean completely lost, and you…
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