By Zach Griffith | @ZachGriffith17 Sports Capital Journalism Program Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program student Zach Griffith, writing for NCAA.com, describes the approach that Auburn and Virginia take from the behind the 3-point line ahead of the Men’s Basketball Final Four. Read the full story here
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After first taste of Final Four, Oregon women’s basketball is hungry for more
By Brendan Rourke | @ Sports Capital Journalism Program Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program student Brendan Rourke, writing for NCAA.com, describes how Oregon – playing in its first Final Four – wasn’t phased by the increased media attention around them and wants to find its way back to the Final Four in the future…. Read more »
For UConn seniors Katie Lou Samuelson and Napheesa Collier, Tampa is one final shot at the title
By Aidan Wilkins | @AidanJWilkins Sports Capital Journalism Program Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program student Aidan Wilkins, writing for NCAA.com, described how a pair of Connecticut seniors have one last shot at a national title after being eliminated from the Final Four each of the past two seasons. Read the full story here
In Baylor’s first Final Four appearance since 2012, Lauren Cox could be the defensive threat to stop Oregon
By Brendan Rourke | @B_RourkeSports Sports Capital Journalism Program Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program student Brendan Rourke, writing for NCAA.com, describes how Baylor’s Lauren Cox’s defensive presence in the paint could be the key to stopping Oregon. Read the full story here
Weekly Roundup: March 27 – April 9
Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) explains how two former colleagues came together again at the 2018 Men’s Final Four. Greg Cote (@GregCote) of the Miami Herald details Dave Shula’s journey back back to the sidelines after 21 years away from them. Tim Layden (@SITimLayden) of Sports Illustrated explains why Tiger Woods wasn’t ready to win the Masters… Read more »
Postcard from San Antonio: In Search of Answers, Including My Own
My week in San Antonio could not have gone any faster. It seems like just yesterday I arrived in the Alamo city, a serene town that was still days away from being the center of the basketball universe. I awoke Tuesday morning, hardly able to believe that just the night before I had reported on… Read more »
Postcard from San Antonio: Covering Their Dreams While Living Mine
I am sitting in my hotel room the day after the national championship and the day before the end of what’s been an amazing journey. And I remembered that as I was writing about other college students living their dream, I was living my own. I think I realized that when interviewing Loyola’s Clayton Custer… Read more »
Behind DiVincenzo’s 31 Points, Villanova Wins Third National Championship
By Aidan Wilkins | @AidanJWilkins Sports Capital Journalism Program SAN ANTONIO — Villanova head coach Jay Wright had just cut down the net. He smiled as he gazed toward the crowd. He pumped his right fist just once, as if signaling that the job was done. His Villanova Wildcats had just captured their second national… Read more »
The ‘Michael Jordan of Delaware’ Has a Championship Ring To It
By Mike Williams | @MikeWritesSport Sports Capital Journalism Program SAN ANTONIO — Covered in confetti and a piece of the nylon net tied to his backwards championship hat, Donte DiVincenzo, the unlikely Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, was still standing on the court where he had just led his Villanova Wildcats to a… Read more »
Villanova’s Eric Paschall is busy capitalizing on the second stop of his college basketball career
Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program student Aidan Wilkins, writing for NCAA.com, explains how Eric Paschall is making the most of his second stop in college basketball. https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2018-04-02/villanovas-eric-paschall-busy-capitalizing-second-stop-his