NCAA Basketball Tournament

Can Either Mizzou or SLU Get Past Louisville in NCAA Tourney?

As the NCAA Tournament prepares to kick off, we're in a remarkably exciting position this year here in the Gateway City. Our very own Billikens are getting national hype from all corners as a team with the potential to make a deep tournament run, and just a couple hours to the west, the somewhat con ... More >>

RFT Seeks St. Louis Comics for 2nd Annual "Standup Throwdown"

It's that time of year again. Time for college basketball's March Madness and the second annual installment of Riverfront Times' Standup Throwdown. Here's how it works:

Student Startup Madness: Local Collegians Compete to Be Next Mark Zuckerberg

Many people come up with the dumbest ideas of their lives during college. But, as Sean Branagan, director of the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University, observes, some pretty good ideas have come from college students, too: Facebook, FedEx, Dell computers, Google, Reddit, t ... More >>

Rick's Picks: Six of Coach Majerus' Favorite St. Louis Eateries

"Some guys smoke. Some guys drink. Some guys chase women. I'm a big barbecue-sauce guy." -- Rick Majerus Rick Majerus loved to eat. That was no secret. But what were some of his favorite St. Louis eateries? Last week Gut Check caught up with several local restaurateurs whose tables often served ... More >>

Frank Haith Receives Key to St. Louis; Rick Majerus Asks: "What The ...?

This morning at 10 a.m. Frank Haith is expected to arrive at Room 200 in City Hall where Mayor Francis Slay will bestow the Mizzou basketball coach with a key to the city. A press release sent out yesterday from the Mayor's Office notes that Haith "led the Tigers basketball team to one of their best ... More >>

Ain't the Big Dance for Nothing: Big names, big programs and big men dominate the Final Four

Sweet Carolina: Carolina represents in Midwest regional, but can its teams knock off Ohio and Kansas?

SLU Moves On; Mizzou Goes Home

​Okay, so who had St. Louis U advancing and the Missouri Tigers going out in the opening round? Show of hands, please. Alright, everyone look around. See those people with their hands up? Those people are liars. Do not trust them, no matter what they tell you. You do, and you'll end up with t ... More >>

March Madness Anthems From Around the Bracket

Ah, March Madness. It's the period of time when gamblers around the world have hopes and dreams crushed by random, random schools. Basketball sometimes gets lost in the pomp and circumstance of college sports. It's become increasingly commonplace, for instance, for fans of schools to go a little o ... More >>

March Madness Game Preview: SLU Billikens vs. Memphis Tigers

​I wrote a print edition article this week, looking at the brackets in the NCAA Tournament, doing some complaining about the selection committee's seeding choices, and previewing the road the Missouri Tigers will have to travel -- through the first couple rounds, at least -- if they want to get th ... More >>

Westward hosed! Mizzou gets screwed out of No. 1 berth, joins SLU in West region of NCAA tourney

Two to Tango: Mizzou and SLU are set to arrive at the Big Dance in style for the first time since the mid-'90s

The Missouri Tigers' Awful Week

​Last Monday, the Missouri Tigers were the number three ranked team in the nation. They were 25-2. They were tied for first place in the Big XII Conference. They were looking at a #1 seeding in the NCAA Tournament. Life was good for the Missouri Tigers last Monday. Unfortunately, things aren' ... More >>

Majerus on SLU's Loss to Temple: "It Just Breaks Your Heart"

Image via slubillikens.comTemple's stars were too much for the Billikens on Wednesday night.Throughout the season so far, Saint Louis University has thrived on powerful surges, pulling away from opponents with suffocating defense and crisp ball movement. But on Wednesday night, Temple's cold blooded ... More >>

Bowling for Chumps: All set for your trip to fabulous Shreveport to watch Mizzou in the Independence Bowl? You may as well go -- either way, you're paying for it.

Billikens Shut Down Vermont; Majerus Compares Mitchell's Return To "That Movie Girl Interrupted."

Albert SamahaKwamain Mitchell puts up a long range jumper over Catamount defender Matt Glass in the second half of the Billikens' 62-43 win.​Forty-five minutes before tip-off, a man in a black beenie and black jacket with fur-lined hood was shuffling down South Compton Avenue shouting at the packs ... More >>

Mizzou Moves to 8-0 With Win Over Villanova

Ah, always nice to see college basketball season roll around again, if for no other reason than I can use my favorite picture. ​Last night was a very good night for the University of Missouri men's basketball team. Playing on a national stage -- ESPN, and not The Ocho -- in the early game of the J ... More >>

Frank Haith: The Most Hated Man in Columbia

An eloquent question, to be sure. ​Frank Haith, new head coach of the Missouri Tigers basketball team, has yet to coach a single game in Columbia. For that matter, I honestly don't know if he's even met any of his players yet. Even so, he's already made quite an impression with Mizzou fans, and th ... More >>

The Mizzou Coaching Search Loses a Candidate: Cuonzo Martin to Tennessee

This is the man Cuonzo Martin will be replacing. One can only hope he'll be able to do better at least from a fashion perspective. ​You can check Cuonzo Martin off your list of potential coaching hires for the University of Missouri. The former Missouri State basketball coach has accepted a job wi ... More >>

Mike Anderson Officially Flies the Coop at Mizzou

Anderson, right, will be taking his talents to Fayetteville. ​It's a rough time to be a Missouri basketball fan. The Tigers went in the tank for much of the latter portion of the regular season, were treated to an unceremonious first-round exit from the NCAA Tournament by Cincinnati, and now they' ... More >>

Mike Anderson Panic Proves College Sports is the True Moneyball League

livewire.missouri.eduMike Anderson: Playin' the game; makin' it rain.​This is not a personal slight against University of Missouri basketball coach Mike Anderson. I like Mike. In fact, what's not to like about the man who resurrected the Tiger basketball program from the train wreck inherited from ... More >>

An Angry Rant About Angry Ranting (and the NCAA Tourney)

I am, in fact, mad as hell, and I would like to request I not be required to take it any longer. ​Today is one of the holiest of days on the sporting calendar, the start of the NCAA basketball tournament. (And yes, before you even start, I'm fully aware the powers that be would like for us all to ... More >>

Three Reasons the Tigers Will Win, And Three Reasons They Won't

This is a bearcat. It is not the most intimidating creature one could choose for a mascot. ​The Missouri Tigers open their own NCAA Tournament run tonight against the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. It's been a long and somewhat disappointing road for the Tigers this year, as they've watched a ... More >>

Brandon Davies: Come Play for Saint Louis University, Sex Your Girlfriend All You Want

​Image ViaYou're okay with St. Louis, Brandon.​Brigham Young University, better known to sports fans the nation over as BYU, may very well have lost their chance at winning a national championship this year. They're currently ranked number three in the nation, and were widely expected to grab on ... More >>

SLU Basketball Ends The Longest Season in School History

Image via Rick Majerus, Kwamain Mitchell and Kyle Cassity have SLU's future looking up.​With all the faux-controversies that dogged Billiken basketball this year -- television snafu's, Rick Majerus' canceled radio show, the coach's views on stem-cell research and a dubious Internet rumor ab ... More >>

Photos Video: The Elite Eight in St. Louis -- Michigan State vs. Tennessee

photo by Keegan HamiltonMagic Johnson and Korie Lucious celebrate another Michigan State Final Four​The NCAA was gracious enough to grant the RFT court-side seats on press row for the big games this weekend. We were stationed directly behind the Tennessee bench for both the Sweet Sixteen and the E ... More >>

Lessons From a Busted Bracket

​Well, at least I had Duke. I suppose one could put that squarely in the Good News column. Kind of sparse column, but not entirely empty. The Bad News column, on the other hand, that bitch is full. Overflowing, even. Going into the NCAA Tournament this year, I felt really, really good ab ... More >>

NCAA Tourney to Boost Local Economy; Strip Clubs, Too

vintagecotton.comWeekend weather forecast calls for rain. And that's a good thing!​St. Louis is abuzz with March Madness as the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Regional gets underway tonight at the Edward Jones Dome. First up, the sixth-seeded Tennessee Volunteers take on second-seeded Ohio State at 6:0 ... More >>

Get Your Bracket Ready: Alternatives to NCAA March Madness

Does anybody else not give a shit about college basketball? And, despite that, does anybody else feel slightly left out of all the never-ending discussions of brackets? Fortunately, all across the wondrous world of the Interwebz, there's a plethora of tournament brackets to rank things other than c ... More >>

Lorenzo Romar: The Sweet 16 Coach SLU Let Slip Away

Image via the Seattle Times These nets could've been yours, St. Louis​Full disclosure: The author is a graduate of the University of Washington, a four-year member of the school's student rooting section the Dawg Pack (aka Romarville) and one of the most rabid Husky fans on the planet. Now ... More >>

The Tigers' Tournament Post-Mortem

I love this picture. No idea why, but I do. ​In the end, the Missouri Tigers just weren't quite good enough this year. I feel perfectly all right saying that, not as a slight, but as a fact. The Mizzou basketball program has made remarkable strides in just a few short years since Mike Anderso ... More >>

NCAA Tourney Makes Today One of Least-Productive Work Days of Year

This week saw some of the least-productive days for office workers (with Internet access) of the year, according to various studies. The reason? The NCAA tournament. Even fickle fans of college basketball turned into jabbering stat-regurgitators this week, coughing up quotes from the likes of Billy ... More >>

Study: Black Mizzou Hoopsters Graduate FAR Less Often Than Their White Counterparts

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/ / CC BY 2.0Graduation rates for white vs. black players = out of whack​Here are some alarming race-related stats, released this week, to keep in mind as March Madness invades your thoughts and the entire universe. According to a study of 64 teams in the men ... More >>

Four Reasons Mizzou Will Make the Final Four

Mizzou's win last night over Memphis combined all the ingredients for a March Madness special.A three-quarter court shot at the buzzer? Check. Enough bricks from the free throw line to rebuild Mizzou Arena? Check. 102 points against the most efficient defense in college basketball? Check.Yup, the Ti ... More >>

St. Louis Eliminated from Final Four: 2012-2016

The NCAA announced this morning the cities that will host the Final Four from 2012 to 2016, and St. Louis isn't one of them. From the press release: The committee received bid proposals from 10 cities – Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, North Texas, Phoenix/Glend ... More >>

Big Man on Campus

Sit back and marvel as Rick Majerus hoists SLU basketball from the morass of mediocrity. (Just don't let him near your pizza.)

Bracketology

Two SLU professors say they’ve solved the world’s most challenging math problem: your office NCAA pool

Arch Madness

For the love (or like) of the game

Unreal Fouls Out of the Final Four

The beer-drinking, the game-watching, the east-side partying: We took it all in so you wouldn't have to

Events

The Sporting Crowd

No Final Four tickets? No problem -- just grin and bar it!

Welcome!

Return of the Taller Ballers

SLU's basketball season kicks off at Savvis

Best College Athlete

Linas Kleiza