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The Auburn Tigers missed the cut for the 2026 NCAA Tournament. One of the tournament committee members explained the main factors that led to the decision. Auburn enjoyed a Final Four run in 2025 during Bruce Pearl’s final year as the program’s head coach. Seeing him retire and his son Steven take over the reins […]

Bruce Pearl stepped down as the head coach of Auburn basketball before the season, leaving the team in the hands of his son. The first season under Steven Pearl did not end the way they had hoped. Auburn was left out of the NCAA tournament, as Miami (OH) got a bid. Now, the former Auburn […]

Miami (OH) basketball sweated through Selection Sunday in wondering its March Madness fate. The loss to UMass in the MAC Tournament placed the RedHawks on the bubble. But now Miami sneaks in over power conference representatives Auburn and Oklahoma. Miami sparked countless of debates about earning an at-large shot. The MAC representative breezed through an […]

Michigan could not pull off the win in the Big Ten tournament final. Michigan fell to Purdue, 80-72, as they were unable to secure both the regular season and conference tournament titles. During the game, Michigan star Yaxel Lendeborg suffered an ankle sprain, but he says it is a false alarm, according to Alejandro Zungia […]

Arkansas basketball freshman Darius Acuff Jr. continues to amaze. In his latest performance, he turned heads anew with another NBA draft-stock boosting showing, as he led the Razorbacks to an 86-75 win over the Vanderbilt Commodores in Sunday’s SEC Tournament championship game. Acuff torched the Commodores, going off for 30 points on 9-for-20 shooting from […]

The St. John’s Red Storm won their second consecutive Big East title against UConn on Saturday. But the NCAA Tournament committee did not do Rick Pitino’s squad any favors when building the bracket. St John’s is going dancing, but they are the five seed in the East region, which fans are not thrilled about. @dylan_restrepo1 […]

Purdue has won the Big Ten tournament after upsetting Michigan in the final. Purdue made a run to the Big Ten Championship, winning four straight games. After entering the tournament as the seven seed, Purdue knocked off the one seed Michigan, and after the game, Trey Kaufmann-Renn told the media the message he gave the […]

Penn basketball is rolling hot into March Madness behind a sharp-shooting Duke transfer. TJ Power ignited for 44 points to lead the Quakers past Yale with the Ivy League title on the line. Now Power hit championship week history following his Sunday performance. Past ESPN personality and historian Jared Benson revealed the mark Power hit […]

St. John’s basketball erased a nightmarish Feb. 25 performance versus UConn to win six straight. That includes blasting the Huskies on Saturday to reclaim the Big East title. Head coach Rick Pitino is putting together a brand new dream season in Queens, N.Y. ahead of March Madness. But it only becomes a dream if the […]

Coming off a devastating loss to Houston in the Big 12 Tournament, Kansas enters the 2026 March Madness tournament on unstable ground. The Jayhawks have been shaky all year and enter the biggest tournament of the season just 4-5 in their last nine games. While the Darryn Peterson drama has overshadowed most of Kansas’ season, […]

aThe Penn Quakers are heading to the big dance. Penn knocked off Yale in overtime with an epic comeback to punch their ticket to March Madness and give head coach Fran McCaffery another conference championship. McCaffery also joined an exclusive group with the NCAA Tournament berth, joining a group of five coaches who have led […]

The Vanderbilt basketball team lost the SEC tournament championship game on Sunday to Arkansas. Arkansas defeated the Commodores, 86-75. Vanderbilt head coach Mark Byington had a message for the NCAA tournament selection committee, following the loss. “We should be a high seed,” Byington said postgame, per Sports Illustrated. Byington then went on to clarify the […]

Arkansas is the SEC tournament champion. Darius Acuff went off, scoring 30 points to lead Arkansas, while also dropping 11 assists and having three rebounds. After the game, John Calipari spoke about the title and the team mentality, per Trey Wallace of Outkick. “When you’ve done this a long time and you’re in the business […]

UConn basketball stumbled an opportunity to reclaim the Big East title Saturday. St. John’s obliterated the Huskies 72-52 behind a stifling defense that forced 16 turnovers and bottled the three. The conference championship game became enough of a nightmare for Dan Hurley and company. But a new nightmare could await the Huskies before the bracket […]

The Arkansas Razorbacks punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament following their 86-75 win against Vanderbilt to claim the SEC Tournament championship. Leading the way for Arkansas as he has all season was star freshman guard Darius Acuff Jr. who has seen his NBA Draft stock shoot through the roof this month. Darius Acuff is […]

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 […]

The Penn Quakers punched their ticket to March Madness in Fran McCaffery’s first year as head coach following their 88-84 win against Yale in the Ivy League Tournament to earn the conference’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid. Penn was powered by a former Duke player in TJ Power who exploded for a game-high 44 points. He […]

The Duke basketball team are ACC champions once again. Duke defeated Virginia on Saturday, to take the ACC conference tournament crown. Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer shared a special moment with his daughter during his postgame press conference. At his presser, Scheyer’s daughter asked the coach a question. “How do you win every game?” […]

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 […]

On Saturday, the Arizona basketball program won the Big 12 Championship with a narrow win over Houston, by a score of 79-74. The win was a rematch of last year’s championship game between the two teams, which Houston had won, and allowed the Wildcats to exact some revenge and finish their season at 32-2 ahead […]

The Duke Blue Devils secured the ACC championship following their 74-70 win against Virginia on Saturday, and it was Cayden Boozer who provided a huge lift for the team. An unlikely hero so much so that during the postgame press conference, Duke head coach Jon Scheyer funny retort towards Cameron Boozer and Isaiah Evans, that […]

The Houston basketball team lost the Big 12 conference tournament championship on Saturday night. Arizona used a strong first half to push past the Cougars, 79-74. Following the game, Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson opened up about Arizona’s clutch shooting. “The shot clock was running down. We were playing great defense, and they banked a […]

The Illinois Fighting Illini are hoping for a reset when the brackets come out Sunday evening and head coach Brad Underwood and his players learn the path they will have to follow if they want to make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. Their goal, of course, is to make it to the Final […]

Few teams have a wider range of March Madness seeding outcomes than Kentucky, which began the 2025-2026 college basketball season as a top-10 team but ended it with a mediocre 21-13 record. The Wildcats are still well within the 68-team field, just not in the position they expected in the preseason. A rocky 5-4 start […]

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 […]

The Houston basketball team was denied a Big 12 tournament championship on Saturday night. Arizona defeated Houston for the conference title, 79-74. Houston coach Kelvin Sampson spoke after the game about how hard it is to win in the Big 12. “Big 12 is a great league. Coaches are all conditioned to say their league […]

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 […]

The Florida basketball team got bounced from the SEC tournament on Saturday, in a semi-final game. Florida lost to Vanderbilt by a 91-74 score. Despite the loss, Gators head coach Todd Golden thinks his team is good enough to earn a no. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. “You know what, I do,” Golden said […]

The Arkansas basketball team was able to move on in the SEC tournament on Saturday. Arkansas struggled though to defeat Ole Miss, winning by a 93-90 score. Razorbacks head coach John Calipari commented after the game that fans are probably frustrated with him, despite the win. “Some will get mad at me,” Calipari said postgame […]

Purdue basketball advanced to the Big Ten Championship, and they did it by defeating UCLA 73-66. It was a good win for the program, as they had control of the game in the first half and led by seven points going into halftime. UCLA tried to make their run but Purdue held on and did […]

The St. John’s basketball team are Big East champions once again. Rick Pitino won his second Big East tournament title at the school on Saturday night, defeating the UConn Huskies 72-52. The emotion was high after the game, as Pitino dropped the F-bomb while speaking with the television broadcast crew. “Johnnies don’t surrender, you f***ing […]

Rick Pitino and the St. John’s Red Storm are creating unforgettable history together after their Big East Championship win over the No. 6 UConn Huskies on Saturday evening. Pitino has been a head coach in the college basketball world since 1975. He has gifted incredible runs to multiple programs, whether it be in controversy or […]

The Texas Tech Red Raiders had a huge update to share about Christian Anderson’s availability for the upcoming NCAA Tournament. Anderson suffered an injury after losing his footing on the glass court in the Red Raiders’ loss to Iowa State in the Big 12 quarterfinals on Thursday night. He slipped on an inbounds pass and […]

St. John’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino visualized bringing roundball enthusiasm back to this New York university. He got Queens, N.Y. energized to see the Red Storm pound UConn 72-52 for the Big East title Saturday. The rout sealed new conference and school history for St. John’s. Plus added the latest Big East crown for […]

Dan Hurley explained the next steps for UConn after the No. 6 Huskies lost 72-52 to the No. 13 St. John’s Red Storm on Saturday night. Hurley and UConn hoped to beat St. John’s in the Big East Championship Game, having lost control of the regular-season title in the final week. However, that also didn’t […]

Duke Basketball has once again asserted its dominance over the Atlantic Coast Conference. On Saturday night at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, Duke outlasted the Virginia Cavaliers 74-70 to capture its 24th ACC Tournament title. This victory marks the most conference tournament championships of any school in history, moving the Blue Devils further ahead of […]

Arizona basketball completed its Big 12 title march by holding off Houston 79-74. The journey to the top of the conference wasn’t easy, as the Wildcats had to beat the national title game runner-up. But Tommy Lloyd praised his “humble warriors” in getting the job done. All while naming off one key that propelled the […]

Koa Peat and the No. 2 Arizona Wildcats are on Cloud Nine after taking down the No. 5 Houston Cougars 79-74 in the Big 12 Championship Game on Saturday night. Peat is going through the freshman campaign of his collegiate career, making impressive showings to the Wildcats’ benefit. He delivered on one of the biggest […]

UCLA basketball watched its Big Ten title hopes slip away after Donovan Dent went down. An undermanned Bruins team fell to Purdue in the 73-66 semifinals loss. But head coach Mick Cronin opted to hold his head high. Plus raved about how he “couldn’t be more proud” of this group despite the loss. “Extremely proud […]