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The opening weekend of March Madness is in the books, and just as we did in the aftermath of the 1st Round of the NCAA Tournament, it’s time to take another look at the previous round’s winners and losers. Loser: Madness  More like March Midness, am I right? Sorry for kicking things off with a […]

The Buffalo Bills are a franchise that is defined by not winning a Super Bowl. It’s unfair, but anyone who has lived in Western New York for any period of time knows that it’s true, myself included. They’re the only team in NFL history to make four consecutive Super Bowls, and yes, they’re the only […]

The college football recruiting game can be vicious, and Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs learned this the hard way. After being committed to the University of Georgia for well over a year, five-star defensive tackle Justus Terry flipped his commitment and will instead be heading west and joining the USC Trojans for the 2025 […]

While one Cinderella run ended late on Saturday night, another will be extended into the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament. After having to run the gauntlet in the ACC Tournament just to earn their spot in the field of 68, the NC State Wolfpack survived Jack Gohlke, Trey Townsend and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies […]

We can skip the preambles in this intro paragraph, correct? This right here is a Winners and Losers column, and we’re dealing with the 32 games that were played on the first two days of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Y’all know how this goes, right? Cool! Let’s get Mad! Winner: Jack Gohlke  It feels oh-so […]

In a matter of days, the Los Angeles Chargers parted ways with wide receivers Mike Williams, who signed with the New York Jets earlier this week, and Keenan Allen, who was traded to the Chicago Bears for a fourth-round pick in the upcoming NFL Draft. Allen had known no other NFL team besides the Chargers […]

The Wisconsin Badgers may be peaking at the right time, but it’s worth wondering whether having momentum on your side is actually worth it when team health may have suffered because of it? After a brutal 3-8 stretch to close their regular season, the Badgers won three games in the Big Ten Tournament and come […]

In his first two seasons at Indiana, Mike Woodson led the Hoosiers to the NCAA Tournament, joining Mike Davis as the only Hoosiers head coaches to do so in their first two seasons leading the program. Indiana missed the Big Dance this year, and a return to the Tournament in 2025 might be the only […]

Each of the last two seasons, you could make a case that Kansas Jayhawks guard Kevin McCullar Jr. has been one of the best players in the Big 12 conference, and certainly, the most important player on the Kansas roster. Unfortunately for the Jayhawks, who won the National Title in 2022 without McCullar — he was still […]

Rob Dillingham is just one of a handful of Kentucky Wildcat guards whose public profile has been a point of conversation as the NCAA Tournament begins, but as March has arrived, it’s Dillingham whose star is ascending the fastest and highest. Less than two weeks ago, while performing at Rupp Arena in Lexington, noted Kentucky […]

As you’ll soon see, I’m not one of those prognosticators who comes into a NCAA Tournament predictions column ready to beat you over the head with a chalkboard. I’ll gladly fall on my sword and admit I just swung and missed on some of my more out there March Madness picks, and here’s why: When […]

Admittedly, there are a lot of different directions a piece like this could go. By saying that I’m evaluating and rankings “the most iconic March Madness buzzer beaters,” a decision needed to be made as to whether that includes game-winning shots that were made right before the buzzer sounded, or shots at the buzzer that […]

The first draft of this editorial had eighteen questions in total, but in order to not take up more of your day than I already was planning to, I decided to scale it back to ten total. March Madness generally offers far more than just ten important questions — or eighteen for that matter — […]

As the dust settles on Selection Sunday and we prepare ourselves for March Madness, it’s time to take a look at some of the winners and losers of the day as we head into what is going to be an exciting and unpredictable NCAA Tournament. Winner: Connecticut Huskies  The best team in the country only […]

In the 2023 NCAA Tournament, the Florida Atlantic Owls shocked the world as they marched through March Madness all the way to the Final Four… an improbable run for a 9-seed that in their previous 29 seasons had made just one NCAA Tournament. And as is always the case after a notable Cinderella, the next […]

It’s Selection Sunday, and you know what that means… yes, March Madness is now officially ahead of us, but the 68 teams dancing aren’t the only ones who are mad. A handful of teams, the ones who are all too comfortable with their placement on the bubble, and their respective fanbases, are certainly not too happy right […]

Before we get to the final Bracketology projections before the NCAA Tournament and March Madness officially begins, I want to take this opportunity to thank ClutchPoints for giving me the chance to do Bracketology, even though I was hired to be an associate editor and writer on the NFL/College Football side of things. I want to thank everyone […]

It’s been only 48 hours since Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald announced that at just 32-years-old, he’d be retiring from the National Football League. In only a decade of work, Donald established himself as arguably the greatest defensive tackle in league history. He was an eight-time 1st Team All-Pro, a three-time Defensive Player […]

My God, now that was an absolutely madness-filled Championship Saturday, wasn’t it? We’re hours removed from the last game of the night, and I gotta be honest, I’m still reeling. Bid thieves had their day, and teams on the bubble paid for it. One #1 seed, the defending National Champions, clearly stands above the rest, […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is the favorite to win the 2023-24 NBA MVP Award no matter what sportsbook you look at, and that’s for very good reason. Jokic the best player on the best team in the NBA — I can already hear Celtics fans with their thick Boston accents yelling, “Yo kid, what […]

Friends, Selection Sunday may still be one day away, but with complete confidence I can say that March Madness has officially arrived. Championship Week Saturday is among the best days of basketball on the calendar each year, and we’ve got plenty to cover before the games begin today. So let’s get the Bracketology under way! […]

With a 24-7 lead in the NFC Championship Game, it looked as if the Detroit Lions were on the verge of clinching their first Super Bowl berth in franchise history. But even quicker than the Lions built that 17-point lead, the 49ers overcame it, winning 34-31 and ending the Lions magical season just short of […]

Fresh off of what could only be considered a monumentally disappointing 2023 season, the Jacksonville Jaguars are looking to re-establish themselves as one of the next teams up in the AFC. After already having signed former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Gabe Davis and Packers safety Darnell Savage, the Jags are now adding one of the […]

The Chicago Bears have been busy over the course of the first week of free agency, and that’s a welcome sign for fans of the Monsters of the Midway like myself who are simultaneously choosing to try to be optimistic about the path general manager Ryan Poles is taking, yet remain concerned by how all […]

I’d like to begin by first wishing Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry both a speedy recovery from the sprained ankle that has kept him sidelined for the last three games, and a happy birthday. The greatest shooter in the history of basketball may have been brought into this world 36 years ago today, […]

In the always-changing, conference realignment era of college basketball, sometimes it’s hard to remember just how many teams are in a given conference. The Big Ten has fourteen teams. The Big 12 has fourteen as well. The Atlantic 10 has fifteen teams. The Pac-12 does have twelve, but next year they’ll be down to 2. […]

Welcome to another edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints, friends! We’re up to 14 tickets that have been officially punched to the Big Dance, and while none can be secured on Thursday, it’s still a loaded slate of games that have all kinds of bubble implications. As you’ll soon see, we’ve got an extended Examining The […]

Apparently someone got in the ear of Arizona Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort and head coach Jonathan Gannon, letting that duo know that the Cards defense was in desperate need of reinforcements. So far in Free Agency, that’s exactly the need that Arizona has addressed. With a trio of moves to secure starters on the […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have already made one tremendously splashy move this offseason, signing defensive tackle Christian Wilkins to a big-money deal earlier today. And now, on the opposite side of the ball, the Raiders are addressing what most analysts around the league have deemed to be one of their primary needs that had to […]

Bryce Young’s rookie season with the Carolina Panthers did not go as planned. The 2023 #1 pick was beaten and battered behind a subpar offensive line with below average weapons at his disposal, and looked incredibly ordinary while his counterpart, #2 overall pick CJ Stroud, looked extraordinary while leading the Houston Texans to the postseason. The Panthers […]

The Las Vegas Raiders offseason has been a busy one thus far, and it could prove to be one that ends up being transformative for one of the NFL’s most storied franchises. Antonio Pierce is in (without an interim tag) to the delight of many of his players. Running back Josh Jacobs is out, and […]

The Philadelphia Eagles defensive line is undergoing a massive makeover. Fletcher Cox retired, both Josh Sweat and Haason Reddick are being shopped, and Brandon Graham is returning for his fifteenth season with the Eagles. And now, in a groundbreaking signing, the Eagles are making former New York Jets defensive end Bryce Huff the highest-paid non-quarterback […]

Just two years ago, the notion that the NFL Draft’s Mr. Irrelevant would be the guy that a Super Bowl contender needed to build depth behind would’ve sounded like an absolutely bonkers proposition, and that’s before you even factor in the idea that Mr. Irrelevant would be a quarterback. But here we are, almost two […]

Since the beginning of the 2003-04 NBA season, ESPN, ABC, and TNT have been the primary national broadcast partners of the NBA. When the sides inked deals in 2003, the NBA was making roughly $766 million per year on the deal, with that figure increasing to $930 million per year when the league signed an […]

Free Agency unofficially kicked off on Sunday, with a flurry of signing being announced even before the league’s 48-hour tampering window opened on Monday. One of those signings came from the AFC North division, where the Pittsburgh Steelers signed veteran quarterback Russell Wilson to a 1-year, $1.2 million deal that might as well say “Prove […]

Welcome to an exciting, We’re Less Than One Week Away From Selection Sunday edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints! I’m keeping it brief here in the introduction here today, because we’ve got a whole lot to cover and the last thing you need is me yapping your ear off — or eyes, I suppose, since you’re […]

It was senior day at Purdue on Sunday afternoon, and among the six seniors on the Boilermakers roster who were honored before the game was three-year starter at center Zach Edey. Edey, a 7’4″ behemoth who is averaging 24 points and nearly 12 rebounds per game this season, will likely win his second consecutive Naismith […]

One of the most jaw-dropping feats of athleticism I’ve ever seen on an NBA court happened less than a week ago. Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards was at the line with a chance to push the Wolves lead to three over the Indiana Pacers with seven seconds to go in the 4th quarter. Ant left […]

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons’ first three seasons in the NFL have been nearly as destructive as that of any great defensive player we’ve ever seen enter the league. Consider, that Parsons, a former 12th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, is one of only five players in NFL history who have recorded at […]