Sentences with phrase «tournament championship game»

MU reached the Big East tournament championship game, but fell to fellow co-champion DePaul.

LA Times In the last 25 years, 58 of 100 Final Four teams played in their conference tournament championship game.

However, MU got their revenge in the Big East tournament championship game less than a month later, defeating PC 10 - 9 to earn a second straight automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Early on Selection Sunday afternoon, the Davidson Wildcats defeated the Rhode Island Rams in the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship game, ending the hopes of one at - large candidate.

KATY, Texas (AP) Shannon Bogues scored 27 points and T.J. Holyfield had a double - double and No. 3 seed Stephen F. Austin beat Nicholls 78 - 66 Friday night to head to the Southland Conference Tournament championship game.

Brad Stevens knows how to use Hayward on both ends of the floor: he did it at Butler when Hayward led the Bulldogs to their first - ever NCAA tournament championship game in 2010.

Montana wound up winning the game and will face Eastern Washington in the Big Sky Conference tournament championship game.

Tempers flared during Saturday night's Big Ten Tournament championship game between the Indiana Hoosiers and Purdue Boilermakers.

Kansas hasn't received much respect this season as a legitimate contender, finding itself as a 1.5 - point underdog in the Big 12 tournament championship game against West Virginia and a 3 - point underdog in the Elite Eight against No. 2 Duke.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) Francis Alonso's 3 - pointer with 19.2 seconds remaining lifted top - seeded UNC Greensboro to a 56 - 55 win over No. 5 seed Wofford on Sunday and into the Southern Conference Tournament championship game.

Not exact matches

Although Riot funds the championship prize pools and pays $ 12,500 stipends for pro players and coaches for each season split, teams have become increasingly vocal about sharing the revenue Riot makes when it sells world championship sponsorships, strikes distribution deals to stream games and tournaments online, and sells team - branded in - game goods.

The NCAA Tournament concludes with the championship game on Monday, April 3 at 9 p.m.

NextVR will livestream four games on March 10, two games on March 11, and the championship on March 12, marking the first time an entire tournament will be captured for the growing virtual reality audience.

A month later, Palmer made a pilgrimage to St. Andrews for the British Open, and his presence helped salvage the game's oldest championship and elevated it back among the game's best tournaments.

Given that we are writing this during college basketball's championship tournament, a good example is a team that starts a game with an extremely high three - point field goal shooting percentage.

Tonight's Patriot League Tournament final between the top - seeded Bucknell Bison and second - seeded Colgate Raiders will be the last championship game until Saturday morning.

Dallas, a senior at Saint Mary's Catholic High, led the Knights to a 6 — 0 record at the MaxPreps Tournament of Champions, throwing a 12 - inning perfect game with 21 strikeouts in a 4 — 0 championship win.

Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig filled out his NCAA Tournament bracket on Tuesday, and he picked No. 1 Kentucky to stay undefeated, winning the title and beating Villanova in the championship game.

The Michigan State Spartans are 13 - 1 straight up and 12 - 2 against the spread over their last 14 games according to the OddsShark College Basketball Database, helping the team earn a Big Ten championship and a two - seed in the NCAA Tournament.

The Jayhawks won the Big 12 conference tournament for the third time in six seasons, earned a share of the Big 12 regular season title for the 14th straight year, and are now in the Final Four with the hope of reaching their second national championship game since 2012.

Pitino told his U of L team after a five overtime loss to Notre Dame on Feb. 9 that he wanted them to win the last seven games of the regular season, then the Big East Tournament title and then the national championship.

Since then Duke has won the tournament twice and been to the Final Four twice; it had also won four of its last five meetings with the Tar Heels, including last year's championship game.

After winning the Big Ten championship, the Wolverines have won two consecutive games in the NCAA Tournament, including an impressive upset against 2 - seed Louisville.

Iona: The Gaels are going back to the NCAA Tournament, after defeating Fairfield in the MAAC tourney championship game, 83 - 71.

He was unable to play in the rest of the ACC tournament, missing UNC's win in the semifinals over North Carolina State and loss in the championship game against Florida State.

The Belmont Bruins used a one - point loss to Duke in the season's first game to propel them to an Atlantic Sun championship and a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

St. Francis won the CCS title that season and beat Los Angeles champion Crenshaw on the way to the title game of the Tournament of Champions (the precursor to the state championships) before losing to Castlemont of Oakland at the Oakland Coliseum Arena.

Over that time US Lacrosse — which makes rules and policies for most levels of the game, helps develop the game at its grassroots and sanctions youth tournaments, the high school national championships and the college club championships — has increased what it spends to promote the sport from $ 1.1 million to $ 9 million.

What's more, the same select major events that Grantland Rice and Ted Husing faithfully covered before the war remain preeminent: the Triple Crown horse races, the Indianapolis 500, heavyweight title fights, the Olympics, the U.S. Open and Masters golf tournament, the World Series, the bowl games, the Wimbledon and U.S. tennis championships.

Heritage has been firing on all cylinders for quite some time now, riding an 11 - game winning streak since losing to Serra - San Mateo in the championship game of the Don Bambauer Tournament at Marin Catholic - Kentfield on Dec. 30.

SAN ANTONIO — Before Michigan became the hottest team in college basketball and rode a 14 - game winning streak to a Big Ten tournament title and the national championship game against Villanova, the team's captains gathered at the end of a grueling summer looking for a bonding exercise.

Meanwhile, Michigan arrived to the championship game by knocking out tournament Cinderella Loyola - Chicago.

The championship game of the tournament presented a tough line - up of Cambridge, with a 0.5 - point handicap, against the London team.

The 1963 NCAA title game between Loyola of Chicago and Cincinnati was surely one of the most memorable in tournament history: It was the last title game to be decided in overtime; the last one before UCLA began its intimidating reign of 10 championships, including seven in a row, over the next 12 years; the first one to be played under a lucrative new six - year television contract that launched college basketball into the big - money era; and, most significantly, the first in which the majority of players on both sides were black — or, as most of the nation was still saying back in March of 1963, Negro.

By winning two consecutive games and reaching the tournament's second weekend, the Cavaliers» odds of winning the national championship jumped from +1200 to +575 while the Aggies moved from +4000 to +2000.

Walker put the Huskies on his back for one of the greatest March runs in college basketball history, first winning five games in five days to capture the Big East tournament title, and then winning six more straight to earn a national championship.

Also, there's always going to be an ACC and Big 12 conference, there's too much value in media rights (television), sporting events (championship games, tournaments and auto - bids) and logistics (travel).

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — John Beilein will earn $ 175,000 for the Michigan basketball team's run to the NCAA Tournament national championship game.

Top Photo: Davidson Wildcats players celebrate with the trophy after their game against the Rhode Island Rams in the championship game of the Atlantic 10 conference tournament; credit: Geoff Burke - USA TODAY Sports

But Immobile's moment of brilliance — with the help of an equally impressive assist from central defender Matteo Bianchetti — was one of the few bright spots in Italy's 4 - 2 loss to Spain in the championship game on Tuesday, a disappointing end to the Azzurrini's tournament run.

The Braves got past Pacific 59 - 49 in the semifinal round of the tournament, and the oddsmakers have them listed as a slim 1 - point favorite in the championship game (with the total at 127.5 points).

As well, the championship game of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament will take place on Tuesday night, with Old Dominion at Bradley.

From the First Four to the championship game, bettors will have an avalanche of betting opportunities and OddsShark is the internet's premier destination for March Madness betting action — everything from how and where to bet on NCAA basketball to odds and analysis for every single tournament game.

Mar 8, 2016; Detroit, MI, USA; Green Bay Phoenix head coach Linc Darner during the first half against the Wright State Raiders of the championship game of the Horizon League tournament at Joe Louis Arena.

MVP Maddie Mulford, New Trier, Sr., Forward (six goals in five wins, including one in the championship game) ALL - TOURNAMENT TEAM Kelli Zickert, Buffalo Grove, Sr., Forward Allie Ingham, Buffalo Grove, Sr., Midfield Sarah Connors, New Trier, Sr., Defense Tori Iatarola, Loyola, Sr., Midfield Lucy Edwards, Lake Forest, Sr., Midfield Heather Handwork, Plainfield North, Sr., Midfield Meaghan Gelinas, Lake Zurich, Sr., Midfield Jenna Kentgen, Metea Valley, Sr., Forward Jessica Galason, Huntley, Sr., Goalie Bina Saipi, New Trier, So., Midfield Alliyah Parker, Warren, Fr., Forward

«I'd like to congratulate Grand Slam Little League on their victory as well as Paulino's All - Stars for their participation in the tournament,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Díaz Jr. «This year's championship game was a tremendous contest between two teams of great kids.

dialed Boomer and Craig up on Friday morning to discuss the inaugural Borough Cup Little League Baseball tournament, in which 150 teams around the city compete for a chance to compete in a championship game at Yankee Stadium.

The organizers of the Evolution Championship Series, also known as EVO, has announced the game line - up for their world championship tournament for this year.

Today in Anaheim, California is the third annual PlayStation Experience, an event for all things PlayStation, including panel discussions, news about upcoming games, and even a Street Fighter V world championship tournament.

I still feel the elation of our victories and the anguish of our one loss during our senior year — the championship game of the state tournament.