Tag: March Madness

Sports

March Madness Thrives Amid Scrutiny, COVID-19 Concerns

March Madness returned in 2021, after being shut down by COVID-19 in 2020. As conferences and the NCAA sought to recover some of the losses associated with last year’s canceled men’s basketball tournament, teams and a very limited number of fans returned to coliseums this spring with restrictions in place, but with cautious optimism and excitement over the perennial spring tournaments.

April 29, 2021

Sports

NCAA President Dr. Mark Emmert to Meet With Protesting Basketball Players

NCAA President Dr. Mark Emmert is planning to meet this week with basketball players who protested rules banning student-athletes from earning money from their names, images and likenesses (NIL), ESPN reported. Emmert is scheduled for a videoconference call with Michigan’s Isaiah Livers, Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon and Rutgers’ Geo Baker  on Thursday. The three protestors used a social media campaign […]

March 31, 2021

Sports

NCAA Cancels March Madness Tournaments Due to Coronavirus

The NCAA has canceled the Division I men’s and women’s 2020 basketball tournaments, as well as all remaining winter and spring championships, in response to the growing number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. “This decision is based on the evolving COVID-19 public health threat, our ability to ensure the events do not contribute to […]

March 12, 2020

Students

Yes Virginia, There is a Choice

Like many other students of color who receive messages that they’re not good enough, I had resigned myself to believing that I was either unready or unprepared for college. As a first-generation student, I couldn’t rely on legacy status to give me a leg up in the admissions process and my family certainly couldn’t rely on making donations to athletic booster clubs or local alumni groups.

April 16, 2019

Students

March Madness? It’s Not Just Basketball

March Madness — higher ed’s Springtime PR-fest known as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament — usually refers to when the spotlight catches underdogs like the University of California Irvine (UCI) Anteaters.

March 25, 2019

Sports

UMBC Basks in 15 Minutes of Fame As Cinderella of the NCAA

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the sun rose on the Saturday morning celebration of their unprecedented NCAA Tournament upset, Ryan Odom implored his suddenly-famous basketball team to get some sleep. It was time for family and friends of UMBC to leave the hotel and for the Retrievers to return to their rooms. On any other night, […]

March 18, 2018

Sports

Education of Student-Athletes a Hot Topic at Panel Discussion

For all the heightened chatter this year about whether college student-athletes should be paid, Dr. Kenneth Shropshire suggests that making their education a priority is more important than a microscopic focus on financial compensation.

March 18, 2018

Sports

Let’s Also Be Mad, and Not Solely Mesmerized by March Madness

Instead of solely being mesmerized by March Madness, we should also be concerned about the pervasive inequalities that exist within revenue-generating collegiate athletics, especially as it pertains to Black male athletes.

March 15, 2017

Sports

Minority Graduation Rates on NCAA Tournament Teams on Upswing

TIDES report shows that academic progress among minorities on NCAA Division I basketball tournament teams has taken a commendable leap forward.

March 14, 2016

Sports

Hampton, MEAC Can’t Lose in NCAA Tournament

Regardless of the outcome of their matchup against a Kentucky team that is chasing history, Hampton University and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference will be winners thanks to the NCAA Basketball Fund.

March 18, 2015