Tag: 2021 NCAA Tournament

Notre Dame volleyball wins first-round match of NCAA Tournament

The Irish are moving on in the NCAA Tournament.

Notre Dame has advanced in the NCAA Tournament after defeating Army in four sets, 23-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-11, in the first round. This is the 12th time the Irish (15-3) have made it to the Round of 32 in their history, and they did it in their first-ever meeting with the Black Knights. They will continue their tournament stay Thursday against Oregon (14-4), which swept the Irish in the teams’ only previous meeting Oct. 20, 1985.

Among the key contributors for Notre Dame were Charley Niego with 12 kills and 11 digs, Caroline Meuth with 10 kills and five blocks, and Zoe Nunez with 30 assists, 12 digs and three of the team’s season-high 10 service aces. The Irish got a match-high eight blocks apiece from Hannah Thompson and Lauren Wenzel. Hattie Monson contributed 14 digs.

If the Irish defeat the Ducks, it will mean the seventh Sweet 16 trip in program history. They now have won four matches in a row and six of their past seven.

2021 NCAA Tournament Championship: Time, how to watch, odds from BetMGM

A look at the tipoff time, odds and how to watch the 2021 NCAA Tournament National Championship Game between Gonzaga and Baylor.

The 2021 NCAA Tournament Championship Game between Gonzaga and Baylor is set for Monday night in Indianapolis as the two No. 1 seeds look for their first title in program history.

The Bears ran away from Houston on Saturday in the first half, building a 25-point lead that was never relinquished in a 78-59 win while the Bulldogs needed a last-second three-point shot from freshman Jalen Suggs to defeat UCLA in overtime.

Here’s tipoff time along with BetMGM odds and how to watch the title game on Monday night.

2021 NCAA Tournament National Championship Game

No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 1 Baylor

Date: April 5, 2021

Place: Indianapolis, Indiana

Tipoff: 9:20 p.m. ET

Channel: CBS

BetMGM odds:

Odds courtesy of BetMGM, The King of Sportsbooks. 

  • Gonzaga -4.5

BetMGM odds on Most Outstanding Player:

  • Drew Timme -120
  • Jalen Suggs +115
  • Davion Mitchell +400
  • Jared Butler +800
  • Joel Ayayı +1600
  • Corey Kispert +2000
  • MaCio Teague +2000

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BetMGM: NCAA championship odds for tonight

Who do you have cutting down the nets tonight?

After Baylor cruised to victory over Houston and Gonzaga won an all-time thriller against UCLA, the men’s basketball national championship will be decided tonight in Indianapolis.

The two combined to go an absurd 58-2 before tonight’s game as Gonzaga is trying to become the first team to finish a season undefeated since Bob Knight led the Indiana Hoosiers to that accomplishment in 1975-76.

Who has the upper edge and do we have another classic awaiting us tonight after the epic battle Saturday?

Here are the latest national championship game odds courtesy of BetMGM, The King of Sportsbooks:

The line:  Gonzaga -4.5
Total:  159.5
Moneylines:  Gonzaga -200, Baylor +165

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Maybe one day we’ll see Notre Dame playing basketball on the first Monday night of April.

But I won’t be holding my breath.

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Texas Women’s Basketball: BetMGM odds, how to watch the Elite Eight game

First-year head coach Vic Schaefer and his Texas squad are coming off of a thrilling upset over No. 2 Maryland

First-year head coach Vic Schaefer and the Texas women’s basketball team will face No. 1 South Carolina in the Elite Eight on Tuesday. Continue reading “Texas Women’s Basketball: BetMGM odds, how to watch the Elite Eight game”

BetMGM odds for Tuesday Elite Eight, national championship

Is it all chalk with the one-seeds moving on to the Final Four tonight?

We saw one-half of the teams that’ll make the Final Four punch their tickets on Monday night as Houston and Baylor both won their regional final games to move on to college basketball’s grandest stage.

Now the final two teams to join them will punch their tickets Tuesday night as Gonzaga takes on USC and Michigan plays UCLA for the right to advance.

Here are the latest lines for tonight and national championship odds courtesy of BetMGM, The King of Sportsbooks:

Texas Women’s Basketball: Bet MGM odds, how to watch the Sweet 16 game

First-year head coach Vic Schaefer and the Texas women’s basketball team will face No. 2 Maryland in the Sweet 16 on Sunday night.

First-year head coach Vic Schaefer and the Texas women’s basketball team will face No. 2 Maryland in the Sweet 16 on Sunday night. Continue reading “Texas Women’s Basketball: Bet MGM odds, how to watch the Sweet 16 game”

March Madness reseeding: Ranking the Sweet 16 teams in the men’s NCAA Tournament based on national title ability

The 16 survivors will square off Saturday through Tuesday in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight with a slot in the Final Four on the line. 

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by USA TODAY Sports and has been republished in its entirety below.

The Sweet 16 is set.

The first two rounds of the men’s NCAA Tournament trimmed the 64 teams to 16, and there was a record number of bracket-busting upsets this year that have made the madness extra maddening this March.

Now, those survivors will square off Saturday through Tuesday in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight with a slot in the Final Four on the line.

But which of these teams are cut out for the second weekend of March Madness? Which of them has the best chance to cut down the nets in Indianapolis? USA TODAY Sports ranks the Sweet 16 teams based on potential of winning the national championship.

The women’s March Madness first round had one of the worst traveling calls you’ll ever see

Ugh.

You’ll pardon me for sharing a video that has a fan uttering an expletive while watching, but … it’s justified. This traveling call from the opening round of the 2021 NCAA women’s tournament is just one of the worst I’ve seen.

Florida State’s Tiana England took an inbounds pass early in the eventual Oregon State 83-59 win over the Seminoles, and she rammed into the Beavers’ Sasha Goforth, who was trying to go for the steal.

Now, England doesn’t start her dribble, but she didn’t appear to take more than a step. And somehow, she was whistled for a travel.

As this viewer says, “Are you [expletive] serious?” (WARNING: Obviously, NSFW language ahead).

C’mon. That’s a foul! Not a travel!

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