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Vanderbilt basketball has been one of the hottest teams in the country so far in March, as the Commodores knocked off Florida in the SEC Tournament on their way to the title game. Now, Mark Byington’s club is into the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed, and it kept its run going with a […]

The Seattle Seahawks, and especially their fans, won’t be sweating the free agency cycle too much after winning Super Bowl LX in dominant fashion, but the front office and the organization as a whole are still certainly focused on chasing a repeat. After all, Seattle came within one yard of doing just that back in […]

Miami (OH) just barely got into the NCAA Tournament after a 31-1 campaign, but the RedHawks still had to earn their spot in the Round of 64 in the First Four. It’s almost as if, after scrutiny about Miami’s schedule and its margin of victory against some inferior opponents, the selection committee wanted Travis Steele […]

The theme of March Madness is always upsets, and that will be no different this season. Despite a college basketball season that was dominated by the top teams and their excellence, chaos is always just around the corner when the best postseason tournament in sports gets underway. While the dominance of the top 10 teams […]

For most of Tuesday night’s First Four game between Texas and NC State, two of the final at-large teams in the March Madness field, the Longhorns looked the stronger of the two. However, a late-game collapse allowed the Wolfpack to come all the way back and tie the game on a Tre Holloman free throw. […]

SMU basketball just barely survived a late-season slide and still snuck into the NCAA Tournament, but the Mustangs will have to earn their way into the Round of 64. After a slump that included a four-game losing streak and an uninspiring ACC Tournament loss against Louisville, the selection committee sent SMU to Dayton for a […]

March Madness is here and the bracket is out! While the top teams in the nation didn’t have to sweat out whether they would be in the field on Selection Sunday, they would have been dialed into the bracket reveal to see what their path to a potential Final Four run looks like. In any […]

The Los Angeles Rams were one of the best teams in the NFL in 2025, but they still fell short in an epic NFC Championship Game against the Seattle Seahawks. Now, with time running out on the Matthew Stafford era, the Rams are making a strong push to get over that hump and get back […]

The bracket for the NCAA Tournament is officially set, and now college basketball fans around the country are scrambling to fill out their brackets. St. John’s, Arkansas and Purdue are among the hottest teams in the country after winning their respective conference tournaments. As usual on Selection Sunday, some teams will be happy with their […]

After winning 20 or more games in each of its first seven seasons under Penny Hardaway, Memphis basketball fell off a cliff in 2025-26. The Tigers were never competitive in the American Conference title race, finishing 13-19 overall and just 8-10 in conference play. Naturally, that led to some questions about Hardaway’s standing as the […]

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made history recently, breaking Wilt Chamberlain’s streak of consecutive games scoring at least 20 points. The next game after breaking the record, the incredible streak found itself in serious danger. The reigning NBA MVP was well below the 20-point mark deep into the fourth quarter of Sunday’s clash with […]

After a bit of a rocky start to the season, Wisconsin basketball has been one of the hottest teams in the nation of late as the Badgers roll into the postseason. Greg Gard and company kept that trend going in the Big Ten Tournament in Chicago with an overtime win over Illinois in the quarterfinals […]

Saint Louis basketball entered the Atlantic 10 Tournament as the favorite to lift the trophy after rolling through the regular season, but the Billikens’ quest for a conference crown ended in heartbreak. Thanks to one of the craziest end-of-game sequences you’ll see in college basketball all season, Dayton knocked Saint Louis off 70-69 to advance […]

Selection Sunday is here! All of the conference championships except for five have been decided, and the selection committee will be wrapping up the final bracket on Sunday evening at 6 p.m. EST. Before then, it’s time for one final Bracketology. Saturday brought the last few bits of chaos around the country. A shocking loss […]

After dominating the ACC for much of the regular season, Duke basketball wasn’t at its very best in the ACC Tournament or in the ACC Championship Game against Virginia. The Blue Devils nearly suffered a defeat against Florida State in the quarterfinals and went down to the wire in the title game against Virginia. As […]

Championship week is in full swing! So far, with just a few days to go until Selection Sunday, the top teams have started off championship week strong. The bubble, on the other hand, has not, and that is reflected in this Bracketology. Virginia Tech, Stanford and Texas all dropped their first game of championship week, […]

Championship week represents the final chance for teams on the bubble to make an impression on the selection committee before Selection Sunday. Each year, some bubble teams fall by the wayside while others rise up with deep runs and big wins over top teams. This year, most of the bubble has floundered to start championship […]

2025-26 has been an up-and-down season for Indiana basketball, as Darian DeVries and the Hoosiers haven’t been able to find much consistency in his first season in Bloomington. That has resulted in Indiana landing squarely on the NCAA Tournament bubble, with plenty to play for in the Big Ten Tournament. Indiana’s stay in Indianapolis was […]

Texas basketball has been a bit inconsistent in its first season under Sean Miller, but the Longhorns have still done enough to put themselves in NCAA Tournament conversation. Texas entered the NCAA Tournament solidly in the field just above the bubble in most projections, including ClutchPoints’ latest Bracketology, needing just one win to essentially secure […]

The end of the regular season went about as bad as it could for BYU basketball, but the Cougars are hoping to turn the page and come into the postseason with a clean slate. On Tuesday, Kevin Young and company got that quest off on the right foot with a 105-91 win over Kansas State […]

Virginia Tech basketball came into the ACC Tournament needing a couple of wins to solidify its standing on the NCAA Tournament bubble. At the end of the regular season, the Hokies were right near the cut line for most bracketologists, needing to make up some ground in the conference tournament. ClutchPoints’ latest Bracketology on Monday […]

Louisville basketball got off to a blazing start in 2025-26, in large part thanks to the excellence of star point guard Mikel Brown Jr. Brown is one of the top freshmen in a stacked class, and he has had a number of huge games this year to back up his status as a projected lottery […]

The Philadelphia Eagles’ quest to repeat as Super Bowl champions fell short in 2025, as Nick Sirianni and company were ousted from the playoffs on their home field by the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card Round. The Eagles had a lot of the same players as they did on the Super Bowl team, […]

There is a large crowd that gets louder each year that wants to expand the NCAA Tournament. 76 teams! 80 teams! In what has become a college football-esque discussion, some believe that more teams, and more games, is always the answer. The counterpoint to that? The teams that we would be letting in are simply […]

The Seattle Seahawks were crowned as Super Bowl LX champions just a month ago, and now the rest of the NFL is focused on reshaping rosters to catch them in 2026. That starts with free agency, as the tampering period is officially open before teams can officially sign free agents to new deals on Wednesday. […]

The Denver Nuggets fancied themselves as a championship contender coming into the season, but injuries have kept them from finding their best basketball so far this season. On Friday night, it looked like Denver had suffered another massive loss when Jamal Murray left a loss to the Knicks early after a nasty ankle turn. Murray […]

At the beginning of the season, it looked like Florida basketball may have been dealing with a bit of national championship hangover. The Gators took their lumps in non-conference play, but they are now playing their best basketball at the right time and have rolled through the SEC in the regular season. Todd Golden and […]

For most of this season, BYU basketball was viewed as a potential title contender, both in the Big 12 and nationally. However, the season-ending injury to star guard Richie Saunders changed everything, and BYU has been in a massive slump ever since losing its captain. The Cougars picked up a massive win on senior night […]

Even though the Super Bowl finished just a month ago, NFL free agency is right around the corner. The 2026 class isn’t a star-studded one, but there are still a lot of quality players that teams will be targeting. Running back Travis Etienne Jr. is one of those players after a breakout 2025 season with […]

For a lot of this season, North Carolina looked like one of the most dangerous teams in the entire country. After all, the Tar Heels are one of just two teams to knock off top-ranked Duke and have one of the best players in the country in star forward Caleb Wilson. When you take Wilson […]

Georgia Tech basketball never really got things off the ground in 2025-26, losing its final 12 games in the ACC during a long skid to the finish line. Now, change is coming as a result of that fatal slump. Georgia Tech is firing head coach Damon Stoudamire after three seasons, according to ESPN’s Pete Thames. […]

The first season under Sean Miller for Texas basketball didn’t get off to the hottest of starts, but the Longhorns are starting to play some of their best basketball as March gets going. Despite some rough losses in non-conference play, Texas has emerged as a frisky contender in the SEC. For much of the season, […]

For most of this season, Cincinnati basketball was falling well short of expectation. A month ago, Wes Miller was apologizing to fans in the tunnel after a home loss to West Virginia as his Bearcats fell to 11-12 on the season. A month later, Miller is leading one of the hottest teams in the country. […]

The freshman class in college basketball has been one of the most talked-about in recent memory, and for good reason. Kansas’ Darryn Peterson, Duke’s Cameron Boozer, BYU’s AJ Dybantsa and many more freshmen have been dominating all season, but Arkansas star Darius Acuff Jr. has been flying a bit under the radar compared to some […]

The calendar has officially flipped to March, which means that bubble talk is heating up around the country. Every game is important for the teams right around the cut line as shifting happens daily around the bubble. In a somewhat surprising twist, Auburn basketball is one of those teams right on the cut line despite […]

The Seattle Seahawks are still riding the high of winning Super Bowl LX in dominant fashion, with a big win over the New England Patriots to cap off an epic run. Now, with head coach Mike Macdonald heading into his third season, Seattle will be hungry to improve to hold its spot at the top […]

Kansa basketball came into the second half of a road trip to the desert looking to get back on track after a blowout loss to Arizona in Tucson set the Jayhawks back a bit. During Tuesday night’s tilt against Arizona State, Kansas got off to a terrible start, falling into an early double-digit hole. Things […]

In a big twist, Miami (OH) basketball has become one of the most talked-about teams in the country in recent weeks, but a lot of the discussion centers around what would happen if the RedHawks eventually lose a game. That has yet to actually happen, as Miami improved to 30-0 on the season with a […]

The Minnesota Wild have emerged as a contender in the Western Conference after acquiring star defenseman Quinn Hughes, and now they are still making some small moves to close the gap between them and the Colorado Avalanche. On Tuesday, the Wild made a trade with the Nashville Predators to acquire center Michael McCarron in exchange […]