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On Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena was the breaking down Notre Dame’s 81-70 victory against Wichita State in the NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals.

The Irish made 56% of their field goals and were 9-of-19 (47%) from three-point range in Notre Dame’s shooting. jackson finished with 20 points, knocking down four three-pointers and finishing at the rim and Sophomore guard Demetrius Jackson was a shooting star. Notre Dame had four players score in double figures which Senior swingman Pat Connaughton also was a force for ND, collecting 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Jackson said that the guys step up and make huge shots, we really do a great job sharing the ball, finding a great shot every possession. we want to continue doing that and continue getting better because t’s a really fun way to play when we play the game that way.

The Irish will be bidding to earn their second Final Four appearance in school history. The winner of Thursday’s late game between top-seeded Kentucky and No. 5 West Virginia will meet hird-seeded Notre Dame (32-5) advances to the regional final Saturday. The No. 7 Shockers finish their season at 30-5.

WSU was denied the chance to earn the third Final Four slot in school history, the others coming in 1965 and 2013. The other came in 1978 and last made the Elite Eight in 1979.

Notre Dame: The Irish try to move on to their first Final Four since 1978, when they lost to Duke in the national semifinals.

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The time you have left to fill in an NCAA March Madness bracket is quickly coming to a close, it’s Wednesday evening. It’s time to put your “knowledge” to the test, you find yourself wishing you had gotten to watch more games this year especily if you’re like most everyone else in the country, chances are that you’ve wasted an entire basketball season but all hope is not lost.

Although all of us know that person who doesn’t really follow college basketball, but will most likely win a bracket somehow, and then be obnoxious about it all year long, even though they probably don’t know the difference between a block and a charge. Let’s call that person, “Andrew McCormick,” for fun. Some people might prefer more traditional methods of choosing brackets, like picking based on “which team might win” or some other nonsense

There are number of ways through which you can make this year’s bracket picks, you may know some of them, some which might be unique.

So this year, why not beat “Andrew” at his own game? Below we suggest a number of ways through which you can make this year’s bracket picks, some you already know, some which might be unique. Either way, you’re bound to beat “Andrew,”

1. Pick all the top seeds.

pick all the best seeds, every time, and then you’re left with a Final Four of Kentucky, Wisconsin, Villanova, and Duke

2. Pick all the top seeds, then flip a coin.

pick each of the top seeds during this first weekend, so that the Sweet 16 round is left with all the 1-4 seeds from each region

3. Find a child. Any child will do.

Go walk the streets and grab the first child you see and force him or her to fill out your bracket for you.

4. The egg drop.

what you’re going to need to do is dye one egg for each team in that team’s respective colors.

5. Animals are smart.

Print up all the logos, line em up, and have the animal pick your winner.

6. Genealogy – this is a real thing!

7. University Academics

Rank every school in the field of 64 by their US News rankings

8. When all else fails, just be superficial and pick the hottest teams to advance.

The longer an attractive team is in the tournament, the more eye candy there is. The more eye candy, the higher the TV ratings.

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The Blue Devils back again after figuring out the way which made them a tougher team to beat in their biggest games.
“When you have done it,” coach Mike Krzyzewski said, “you feel like you might do it again.”
In a very intense rivalry, the Blue Devils led the beginning of the game with 13 point then followed by 10 with less than four minutes left in regulation. It was their sixth straight win, and their ninth in 12 meetings in the series against the Tar Heels.
The Blue Devils also came back from a 10-point deficit with 14 minutes remaining to beat St. John’s last month for Krzyzewski’s 1,000th career win, and rallied from 11 points down with 13 ½ minutes left to give No. 2 Virginia its only loss.
“When we got down, we started playing tight,” senior guard Quinn Cook said. “We started wishing shots in and not shooting with confidence. Against St. John’s, we just believed in each other and shot our shots. . . . (Against Virginia), “Coach, he kept telling us, ‘Keep believing. It’s going to be an amazing win.”
coach Mike Krzyzewski said “It’s tough for this game to always live up to the hype,” But I think (Wednesday night’s) game exceeded it.” He also said “It’s not like we drew up anything,” and “When they came back, that was on them. We just said, ‘Play, man. Follow your instincts and play.’ And they did.”
Kennedy Meeks and Brice Johnson each scored 18 points to lead North Carolina (18-8, 8-5). Nate Britt pulled the Tar Heels within two with one free throw with 3.5 seconds left. He missed the second, Marcus Paige raced in and got his hands on the rebound — but Winslow grabbed it as the buzzer sounded.
Tokoto had 15 points, Isaiah Hicks scored 12 and Britt finished with 11 points, while Johnson added 12 points before fouling out early in overtime for the Tar Heels, who have lost four of five.
Britt put them up by 10 with less than four minutes to play with his knifing layup through the lane. And then the Blue Devils stormed back.
At the conclusion of Krzyzewski’s speech, he said” “It

’s not like we drew up anything,”” When they came back, that was on them. We just said, ‘Play, man. Follow your instincts and play.’ And they did.”