2025 March Madness: Star guards rise to the occasion as the heroes from Day 2
<!--> Every college basketball coach preaches the importance of guard play in the NCAA Tournament. And each March, fans seek the next "Kemba candidate," a title fittingly named after former UConn guard Kemba Walker, who carried the Huskies to a National Championship in 2011. Year after year, stand-out guards change the ceiling of their team in the Big Dance, and that was the theme on the second day of the tournament: Kyan Evans, Guard, Colorado StateAs Colorado State surged to a Mountain West Tournament title and an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament, it was guard Nique Clifford, who captured the headlines with his scintillating shot-making. But when Clifford went cold on Friday, in the Rams first round matchup with Memphis, sophomore Kyan Evans stepped up.ADVERTISEMENT -->The smallest man on the court had the biggest night of anyone. Evans made a career-high […]