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June 26, 2011

Repping Cuse in New York City!

We take up every single ad spot. Cause we are NEW YORKS COLLEGE TEAM! Source: https://beantownbound.tumblr.com/ MORE »

Article by Piliour
April 4, 2011

Mascot Wars

Since tonight is the championship game of the NCAA tourney, it seems only fitting to decide, once and for all, which team will win the game based on the most important statistic of all: how badass each team’s mascot is. Butler Bulldog: On size alone, bulldogs aren’t too menacing. They look like someone put a... MORE »

Article by SteveLerner
April 2, 2011

Women’s Basketball Interviewed About Spring Football

Spring football continues to be the biggest unrelated-to-rooftops story at USC this semester, and we at Campus Basement are starting a new feature: figuring out what other USC “sports teams” think about our football team. This week: women’s basketball! We asked senior guard Jackie Gemelos her thoughts on the football team’s chances at winning the... MORE »

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April 1, 2011

VCU: Final Four Cinderellas

If VCU can win its Final Four game, it will make basketball history as the highest seed ever in the NCAA Tournament Championship. But first Shaka Smart’s Rams have to get past Butler.Here, VCU students Torin Ortiga and DJ Fili decided to show their school spirit in song. MORE »

Article by Piliour
March 27, 2011

NCAA Chair Far Too Devious When Asked If Pleased with Final Four

On Sunday night, the Final Four was revealed in full. The winner of Kentucky v. UConn will take on the winner of Virginia Commonwealth v. Butler. In essence, this means that the final game will feature a basketball powerhouse versus an underdog. Inevitably, this final game will be very similar to last year’s matchup between... MORE »

Article by Piliour
March 22, 2011

Andy Rautins!

Check out this video of Andy Rautins and fellow Knicks rookie Landry Fields in their new show on MSG, The Andy and Landry Show! Who knew Andy had the voice of an angel? MORE »

Article by Alex Rosenthal
March 21, 2011

March Madness Leaderboard Shows Top 3 Brackets Belong To 4-Year-Old Filipino Child, Sportswriter’s Girlfriend, And A Stray Cocker Spaniel

Reports from ESPN, CBSSports, Yahoo, and a number of other online outlets offering sweepstakes for March Madness are all confirming that this year’s highest scoring brackets to date belong to four-year-old Abayar Dyquiangco of the Philippines; Patricia Myers, the girlfriend of an acclaimed NBC sportswriter; and Skip, a stray cocker spaniel that has been living... MORE »

Article by Piliour
March 17, 2011

No Athlete Left Behind

Arne Duncan, the US Secretary of Education, says that teams that cannot graduate 50% of their players should not be allowed to enter the NCAA Tournament. Two teams specifically mentioned as having unsatisfactory graduation rates are Purdue and…you guessed it, Syracuse. It’s not realistic to hold athletes to the same requirements as other students whose... MORE »

Article by Piliour
March 17, 2011

NIT Canceled Due to Lack of Interest

On Monday, the NCAA decided to cancel this year’s NIT Invitational due to a resounding lack of interest on the part of fans, players and coaches alike. For those unfamiliar, the NIT””or Not Important Tournament, as it likes to be called””is an annual event that features those teams that were omitted from the Big Dance... MORE »