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The Zac Brown Band made an encore performance Saturday at the March Madness Music Festival, 11 years after playing the event in Indianapolis.
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If you want to illustrate how college basketball has changed over the years, you could do worse than simply drawing a line between these two groups.
Michigan, with an all-transfer starting lineup and a coach who has mastered the new way of acquiring talent — in questionable fashion in the opinion of some — won it all Monday night.
Meanwhile, some local organizers spent time in Phoenix over the weekend to scope out the women’s tournament, which Indy will host in 2028.
While nosebleed seats for Saturday’s semifinal round were selling for hundreds of dollars on the resale market, the get-in price for Monday night is significantly less.
The game capped off a triple-header championship college basketball event at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Boozer became the fifth freshman to receive the AP Player of the Year Award in its 65 years.
The 6-foot-4 junior is confident he will be able to play Monday night, but the decision will ultimately come down to the opinion of the Connecticut medical staff.
Michigan had the second ranked transfer portal class last summer according to 247Sports, but it wasn’t so much a result of May chasing the most valuable recruits; he was chasing fits — schematically and personally.
Just one day before the teams meet in Monday night’s national championship game, the big question for both was the health of two key playmakers.
Much of the crowd was draped in Illini orange but flashes of blue, white and yellow prevailed in the end as the student sections went crazy.
The inductees were recognized during the NCAA Final Four on Saturday night.
Players and coaches say the NCAA has made the championship experience at Gainbridge Fieldhouse — and part of the larger basketball weekend — special.
If Emory’s rise has been one of a steady knocking on the door, Mary Washington’s has been more of a “slow and then all at once” model.
This will be Tulsa’s third appearance in the NIT championship game with victories in 1981 and 2001. The Auburn Tigers previously reached the quarterfinals in 2004.
On a team where fitting in is the top priority, rising star Braylon Mullins of Greenfield also manages to stand out with late-game heroics and physical gifts that seem nearly NBA-ready.
Some are happy to have reason to stay, although they might not know exactly where they’re going to stay.
Michigan center Aday Mara dominated the middle with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks. Meanwhile, Arizona shot 37% from the field.
Jim Boeheim thinks the Final Four should be in Indianapolis permanently — or at least one of just a couple of cities where the event is regularly held.
Freshman Braylon Mullins, who grew up a short car ride away in Greenfield, Indiana, had 15 points, including a dagger 3-pointer with about a minute left.
Charlie Baker, who has led the Indianapolis-based NCAA for three years, did address a non-binding executive order signed by President Donald Trump this week calling for overhauls to collegiate athletics.
