NORTHLAND'S FAVORITE HITS » basketball

March Madness! Computers Pick The National Champion, It's Not To Late To Fill Out Your Brackets

Chris Allen — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:19:26 +0000

The road to the final four in the Georgia Dome starts to play itself out over the next couple of days. People filling out their picks for the National Champion. The computers have now picked the Champ, see how you match up. The computers say third seeded Florida will take the National Championsip. According to [...]

Printable 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket

WEBC Staff — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:10:47 +0000

The 2013 NCAA Tournament and March Madness is here! Download your blank NCAA Tournament Bracket now! We’re ready for America’s national pastime. No, not baseball; we’re talking about filling out your 2013 NCAA tournament bracket to predict the Final Four. We’ve even heard that some workplaces might use the 2013 NCAA Tournament Bracket in a pool [...]

Watch These Amazing Half-Court Basketball Shots by Fans — Daily Distraction

Staff Writer — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:16:20 +0000

[onescreen item="5018475"] It’s every fan’s dream: you get picked to take one shot from the middle of the court, and if you make it, you win … something pretty great. But in this glorious age of online video, you also win eternal glory. Sure, there’s almost no chance you’ll actually make the shot, but every [...]

Should This Man Win A Car, Watch The Footage [VIDEO]

Chris Allen — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:32:43 +0000

You may have to Zapruder the video and look in the backround when the shot is replayed. If he steps over the line he doesn’t get it. The insurance company has stepped in to make a final look at the shot. This story has a happy ending I’m glad to tell you. Let’s go back [...]

Tom's Notes: UWS Yellowjacket Women's Basketball Nationally Ranked, Clydesdales Hockey Lose League Membership + More

Tom Hansen — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:28:39 +0000

For the first time in the Don Mulhern coaching era at UW-Superior, the Yellowjacket women’s basketball team in nationally ranked. Yep, #25. This is Mulherns’ 7th year at UWS and 25th year as a basketball coach. The Yellowjackets are 15-3 overall this year and 7-2 in league play and find themselves in the 25th spot [...]

Tom's Notes: BCS Champs, Garth Heikkinen to Play in East/West Shrine Game + Local Hockey, Football and More

Tom Hansen — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:24:15 +0000

Roll Tide! The BCS National title football game was played Monday night, and it was all Alabama as they won 42-14 over Notre Dame. Notre Dame now 12-1, and Alabama 13-1. 3rd title in 4 years for Alabama. For Alabama Head Coach Nick Saben it’s his 4th title. Speaking of football, former Duluth Central offensive [...]

Student Splits 40K In Winnings Among Runners-Up

Chris Allen — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:54:04 +0000

There's nothing I love more than good kid stories. People like to say that the youth of today are corrupt or lazy, they have no values. I tend to differ in that opinion because when I was growing up I knew of only a few trouble makers but I heard that all kids were stupid and weren't behaved like they were when they were young, then came the speech about 5 cent popcorn walking to school uphill both ways in the snow........I believe there are good kids and good people, you just have to find them over the bullies and Charlie Sheens. Here's a perfect example of a kid who split the winnings to a basketball contest.

NCAA Basketball Tournment Round-Up – Cinderellas In the Final Four

Tony Hart — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:27:16 +0000

Virginia Commonwealth University and Butler will meet Saturday in the most unlikely Final Four match up in NCAA Tournament history. Led by Jamie Skeen’s 26 points, 11-seed VCU continued their impressive run of giant slaying with a surprisingly easy 71-61 victory over the one-seed Kansas Jayhawks. Eight-seed Butler punched their ticket to Houston with a [...]