Still crazy after all these years

If you thought that Chicago-Loyola has no shot tonight in the NCAA Final Four semifinals against the Michigan Wolverines, just take a look at what happened last night in the women's game.  Seemingly invincible UConn, the University of Connecticut women's basketball team, winner of 11 national titles, fell to Notre Dame in the women's semifinals on Friday night, giving the Ramblers a burst of hope.  Yes, this is a UConn team and Coach Geno Auriemma who ran up the score against 16th-seeded St. Francis of Pa. by scoring 140 points against them in the women's first round.  The win accentuates the fact that the Lady Irish have a hex on the Lady Huskies in the semifinals. The 91-89 victory resulted in overtime on a jump shot by Arike Ogunbowale with just a second left on the clock.  Luck of the Itish? Maybe not. [The St. Francis women were probably delighted to see their fellow Catholics get some revenge on UConn, albeit from a distance.] Now, the Loyola-Chic...

... did the UMBC win over Va. change this? The story of March Madness has always been the same. A 16th seed can never beat a number 1. It had never happened ... until March 16, 2018. Last night in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, it finally happened. The 16th-seeded men's basketball team from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) knocked off the Virginia Cavaliers, the first time that had happened since the 64 team field was set in 1985. The 16s had been a woeful 0-135 since then. To say that this stunned the basketball world would be blatantly obvious. So, with the St. Francis University women poised to also play the role of giant slayer in their 12th trip to the NCAA Tournament, could they duplicate the feat pulled off by UMBC? The Red Flash women face the greatest basketball program in history: The University of Connecticut Huskies, who have won 11 national titles under legendary Coach Geno Auriemma. UConn is now 32-0, is the unanimous top seed in the tourn...