Topic: Georgetown Hoyas (Basketball)

NBA playoffs: Thunder and Pacers win conf. semifinal opening games

The Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated, respectively, the New York Knicks and Memphis Grizzlies in NBA conference semifinal playoff action Sunday. 

NCAA Sweet 16: South, Midwest regions feature top-flight teams

There's NCAA royalty: Duke and Kansas. There are NCAA perennials: Florida, Michigan State, and Louisville. Michigan and Oregon have worked hard to get here. And then there's Cinderella, otherwise known as Florida Gulf Coast University, taking part in Friday night's Sweet 16 action.

Five-overtime basketball victory goes to Fighting Irish (+video)

Five-overtime victory goes to Notre Dame over Louisville. The 25th ranked Irish beat the 11th ranked Cardinals in a five-overtime marathon, 104-101.

NCAA bracket busters and the Sweet 16

A historic weekend in the NCAA men's basketball tournament saw more than its share of momentous upsets, shattering both convention and fans' brackets. The 'Sweet 16,' featuring the sixteen remaining teams, begins March 22nd.

NCAA tournament 2012: How did those teams get in?

There are questions every year about why certain teams are invited to the NCAA basketball tournament and others not. The author looks at the 2012 'March Madness' field.

NCAA Tournament: Wrapping up men's 'March Madness'

A few weeks ago, there were 68 teams. Now, only one - the University of Connecticut Huskies - stand alone as 2011 NCAA tournament champions. Along the way, there were thrills, upsets and outstanding individual performances, which this annual ritual never fails to supply in abundance.

NCAA Tournament: Friday's Sweet 16 matchups

Arizona dismissed Duke Thursday night, making the Blue Devils the second No. 1 seed sent home in this year's NCAA Tournament. In tonight's Sweet 16 action, four teams from the bottom half of the seeding try to continue their improbable runs and the two remaining No. 1 seeds try and hang on.

NCAA tournament Sweet 16: Who's complaining about VCU now?

NCAA tournament Sweet 16 features Virginia Commonwealth taking on Florida State Friday night. Now that the Rams have won three straight tourney games and reached the NCAA tournament Sweet 16, VCU should have to answer to no one.

NCAA Tournament: It's down to the Sweet 16, with some new faces

The NCAA Tournament has reached the round of 16 and there are some teams who are new to this whole affair.

NCAA tournament bracket predictions: For some teams, a second chance

The NCAA men's basketball tournament gives teams that haven't been playing well – Purdue, Villanova, Georgetown – a second chance to fulfill some of the bracket predictions going into the NCAA tournament.

NBA draft: John Wall goes first, role players sprinkled everywhere else

NBA draft resulted in an immediate impact player, John Wall of Kentucky, going to the Wizards. After that, most teams drafted projects and role players.

Classic review: Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four

Sports author John Feinstein offers a primer on March Madness and the drama surrounding the NCAA basketball tournament.

Put down that NCAA basketball bracket, we've got trivia!

Snacks? Check. NCAA basketball tournament bracket? Check. Remote? Check. OK, time for some last-minute cramming about the best March Madness trivia.

March Madness: What's Obama's bracket look like?

President Obama correctly picked the NCAA champ last year. What's Obama's bracket look like this year

March Madness: your five-minute guide

With the 'March Madness' NCAA men's basketball tournament set to begin Tuesday, here's a quick list of fun facts on the 65-team field. Which team has the longest current winning streak, you ask?

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