March Madness is upon us. This weekend, the various conferences concluded their tournaments before Selection Sunday ceremonies Sunday evening. In the AAC, the UAB Blazers coasted to a comfortable 85-69 victory over the Temple Owls, who fell just short of an amazing Cinderella story tourney performance. A conference cellar-dweller all season, Temple went on an impressive four-game run to earn a spot in the final game. But the Owls could not overcome the hot shooting Blazers, who repeated the beatdown they served Temple ten days prior in the regular season.
Under the leadership of alumnus coach Andy Kennedy - the author of UAB's winningest four season stretch in school history - the "Bartow Standard" has returned to UAB. Blazers once again join the Big Dance, and face San Diego State University (ranked 25 in this week's USA Today rankings) in Spokane, Washington of Friday. Should the Blazers upset SD State and advance to the second round, they will likely face in-state neighbor Auburn, winners of the SEC Tournament Championship. Such a matchup would give many Alabama college basketball fans a difficult choice of who to root for. Let the madness begin!
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