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By Joe Spears Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — For the second time in four years, the second round of the NCAA Tournament featured a game between John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats and Gregg Marshall’s Wichita State Shockers. That’s where the similarities end though. Their first matchup featured the Shockers as a No. 1 seed losing …

After 100 or so hours of college hoops this weekend, decompress with some of the best sports writing from the last week. South Carolina’s upset of Duke Sunday night was the easily the biggest story coming out of the first weekend of March Madness. Michael Baumann of The Ringer gives some great context to the …

By Michael Williams Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Two schools with proud basketball traditions will square off in the second round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament.  Michigan and Louisville tip off on Sunday afternoon at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Michigan Wolverines are making the 22nd official NCAA Tournament appearance.  Five appearances have been removed …

By Michael Williams Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The last time the Kentucky Wildcats and Wichita State Shockers met in the NCAA tournament, the Shockers were on a team-record 35-game win streak and held a No. 1 seed in the 2014 NCAA Tournament.  The eighth-seeded Wildcats narrowly edged past the Shockers in a 78-76 …

By Michael Williams Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – They are in a different time and place, the Wichita State Shockers, far removed from the 2013 Final Four appearance and the near-perfect season that followed. Wichita State’s 10th seed in the South region generated controversy on Selection Sunday, as its followers feeling that the Shockers …

By Jay Smith |@_SmithJ_ Sports Capital Journalism Program HOUSTON — TAR…HEELS…TAR…HEELS!  The crowd of 75,505 inside NRG Stadium appeared to be split evenly between the four teams competing in Saturday night’s Final Four.  But if you closed your eyes as the horn sounded, you would’ve sworn you were in Chapel Hill. North Carolina defeated Syracuse, …

By Cameron Stewart |@ThatManCam Sports Capital Journalism Program HOUSTON — For many McDonald’s All-Americans, being handed the keys to a program from the moment they arrive on campus is a given. The Villanova Wildcats are fortunate that freshman guard Jalen Brunson isn’t like most McDonald’s All-Americans. Two of Villanova’s three leading scorers from last season, …

“Full Court Press,” the annual United States Basketball Writers Association sportswriting seminar and scholarship competition, will take place on Friday, April 1 in the football press box at NRG Stadium in Houston. The session will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., and will be followed by the presentation of the Oscar Robertson Trophy …