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Michigan’s Lockdown Defense Is More Vicious Than Black Belt Jones
NEW YORK -- In mid February, the Michigan Wolverines looked like a decent team at 17-6, but nothing to write home about.
Now, they're back-to-back Big Ten Tournament champions with a record of 28-7 and have reeled off nine consecutive w
TSL’s 2017 March Madness Crystal Ball
The time has arrived for America's greatest sporting spectacle, the NCAA Basketball Tournament. We've assembled our roundtable of roundball experts to break down this year's March Madness as we take our first steps toward crowing the 2017 natio
TSL BIG DANCE BRACKET BUSTERS: Midwest Region Turf War
The Midwest region is developing a reputation as a basketball ghetto. For the second season in a row, a top seed expecting a cushy limo ride to the Elite E
Big Ten Tourney: No Payne, No Gain
The Big Ten has been more treacherous than the third season of Game of Thrones for the past four months.
This weekend’s Final Four represents a microcosm of what’s currently plaguing college basketball. There are no supreme talents or dominant personalities besides the coaches, and, most likely, the name that will resonate will be Kevin Final Four Preview: Who Do You Believe In?
Five Things We Learned Heading Into The Final Four
After a season defined by inconsistency and an unspecified “best” team, is there any real shock that this is the foursome — Louisville, Michigan, Syracuse and Wichita State — headed to Atlanta to duke it out for the nation
South Region Wrap, Day 3: Michigan Dusts Its Shoulders Off
Michigan had its share of doubters coming into this tournament. The Wolverines squandered an opportunity at a much higher seed when they finished 6-6 in the last 12 games of the season after being ranked No. 1 in late-January. That was around the
Michigan And Duke Aren’t Sweating These Ls
For a sporting nation recovering from the five-month joy ride of college football – and still steeped in the one-and-done nature of the NFL Playoffs – it can be quite difficult to comprehend how one loss does not make or break a seaso
TSL College Basketball Midseason Report
Last March, with essentially an identical roster minus two NBA first-round draft picks, the Duke Blue Devils walked off a court in Greensboro, N.C., as a No. 2 seed that had just fallen to 15t