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Dash to the Desert – Episode 3 Podcast on the Final Four

After 64 games in two weeks, the NCAA Tournament is down to its Final 4 – South Carolina, Oregon, Gonzaga and North Carolina. These are the teams that survived four games and completed their Dash to the Desert, specifically their dash to the Arizona desert. South Carolina will play Gonzaga followed by Oregon vs. UNC on...
Dash to the Desert Overtime

Dash to the Desert Overtime – Final Four Thoughts

Four teams are left standing after all the college basketball played over the last two weeks - South Carolina, Oregon, Gonzaga and North Carolina. With North Carolina the only experienced team that has been in this spot, making their 20th Final Four appearance overall, do they have an advantage? Or is it better to be free...
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Dash to the Desert Overtime – Scott Williams on his North Carolina Tar Heels

North Carolina is undoubtedly one of the premiere college basketball programs in the country, and they just beat another blue-blood (Kentucky) to complete their Dash to the Desert. Their reward? A hungry Oregon team who will be making their first appearance in the Final Four since they won the championship in 1939. In fact, UNC has been...
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Dash to the Desert Overtime – Late Game Situations

There's been 64 games played so far in the NCAA Tournament, and no shortage of late game situations to dissect. One of the most recent came in the Sweet 16, and Vin Parise and Scott Williams are fired up about it in an Overtime segment from Episode 3 of Dash to the Desert. In one...
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Dash to the Desert Episode 3 – Down to the Final Four

And then there were four. After 64 games in two weeks, the NCAA Tournament is down to its Final 4 - South Carolina, Oregon, Gonzaga and North Carolina. These are the teams that survived four games and completed their Dash to the Desert, specifically their dash to the Arizona desert. South Carolina will play Gonzaga...
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Bobby Hurley on Brother Danny and Rhode Island’s Success

The Rhode Island Rams have come a long way since the 2012-13 basketball season, Danny Hurley's first in Kingston. Arizona State's Bobby Hurley was an assistant coach on his brother's original staff at URI, taking over a program that finished 7-24 the previous season. The cupboard was bare, and there wasn't much the staff could...
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Dash to the Desert Overtime – Seeding & Experience

With much talk about teams being under-seeded in the 2017 NCAA Tournament (Wisconsin, Wichita State, Xavier), how much does it actually make a difference when the games are played? What about having a young team compared to a veteran team? Vin Parise and Scott Williams talk about the importance of experience in the NCAA Tournament...
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Dash to the Desert Overtime – ACC No Show in the NCAA Tournament

The Atlantic Coast Conference had as strong a college basketball season, with much debate over whether it was the greatest season a conference has ever had in college basketball. After the first two rounds of the 2017 NCAA Tournament, we have our answer, as only North Carolina has advanced to the Sweet 16. "I really can't...
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Dash to the Desert – Reaction to URI’s NCAA Tournament Loss

The second episode of Dash to the Desert was taped immediately following Rhode Island's heartbreaking loss to Oregon in the NCAA Tournament's Round of 32, and Chris DiSano was on hand to give his reaction. Rhode Island led late in the game, but in the end, Tyler Dorsey hit a clutch 3-point field goal to give...
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Dash to the Desert – Episode 2 Podcast Before the Sweet 16

Dash to the Desert continued with Episode 2 on Sunday night, as YurView analysts Vin Parise and Scott Williams were joined by Mark Ewing, Adam Finkelstein, Kevin McNamara and Chris DiSano to look at the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. With Rhode Island losing a heartbreaker on Sunday night to the Oregon Ducks,...