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The Morgan State Lady Bears nearly pulled off an immense upset against the North Carolina Central Eagles, but they fell short due to a last-second call. Morgan State really needed the win as they entered the game with a 2-4 conference record and a 7-14 overall record. They were coming off a victory against South […]

In the competitive arena of Division I college basketball, milestones come and go, but for UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma, reaching 1,200 wins is a significant achievement that places him in the elite company of coaching legends such as Duke men’s coach Mike Krzyzewski (1,202 wins) and Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer (1,206). However, the Hall […]

UCLA basketball has one standard, and that’s winning. Nothing else is expected in Westwood. The Bruins are 11-11 in the 2023-24 season, their worst start in several years. Head coach Mick Cronin and UCLA basketball were competing for a National Title with Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Johnny Juzang, which seems like just yesterday. The Bruins […]

The Duke basketball program is not experiencing the best stretch of games as of late. They came with high hopes of beating Armando Bacot but fell short in Chapel Hill. A bounce-back game is in order for Jon Scheyer’s squad as they try to notch a win over Notre Dame. Despite the loss which made […]

Houston basketball head coach Kelvin Sampson made a business decision, so to speak, after the Cougars took down the Oklahoma State Cowboys at home Tuesday night. Sampson refused to speak any further about the officiating in the game when asked for his thoughts on it and his ejection in the second half. “I have no […]

t The world knows that the next drafts in the NBA are huge. LeBron James has stated that he would make the earth and skies meet just for him to play with Bronny James. The USC basketball player is still struggling on some nights but he often finds himself back up on his feet. However, […]

North Carolina basketball was stunned 80-76 by Clemson on Tuesday, but it wasn’t all bad news for Tar Heels point guard RJ Davis. Point guard scored 22 points in the loss, and in doing so, passed Michael Jordan for 15th place on the North Carolina basketball all-time scoring list, per Sam Lance of Zagsblog.com: “RJ […]

Houston basketball head coach Kelvin Sampson did not hold back in voicing out his displeasure over what he felt was a missed call in the second half of Tuesday night’s game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Sampson walked from the Houston bench and all the way to the other side of the court to viciously […]

Just when it looked like the No. 3 North Carolina Tar Heels were back to their dominant ways after beating the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils in Chapel Hill last Saturday, they got sent back down to the ground hard on Tuesday, with North Carolina basketball suffering an 80-76 loss at the hands of unranked […]

The Clemson basketball program pulled off a major ACC upset against the North Carolina Tarheels in Chapel Hill Tuesday night. The Tigers were able to tame Armando Bacot and company off an impressive team effort. Thus, fans on social media are having intense reactions. The Tigers are on high alert after their statement win  Clemson’s […]

A huge Big Ten matchup is brewing between the Indiana Basketball squad and Ohio State. Both teams have 13 wins and nine losses but a win for either of them could propel them higher in the standings. It has not been a good stretch of games for the Hoosiers, they have lost four of their […]

The UCLA basketball program has finally reached a .500 record with 11 wins. Mick Cronin enabled his offense to start doing better which led to their third-straight win of the season. There were a lot of other factors that got them their groove but their ability to crash the boards has been special. After their […]

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes offered high praise to Iowa women’s basketball standout Caitlin Clark ahead of his Super Bowl appearance. While Mahomes prepares to lead his team in the NFL’s biggest game on Sunday, he took a moment during a Super Bowl press conference on Tuesday to commend Clark, who is on the […]

The Xavier basketball program is amid a middling 2023-24 season. The Musketeers are 12-10 and sit sixth in the Big East conference standings, Moreover, the team received a crushing injury update on senior forward Jerome Hunter after an unfortunate practice incident. The Xavier basketball team loses the services of a valuable frontcourt member Jerome Hunter […]

In an emotionally charged Play4Kay game, the NC State women’s basketball team, donned in pink and black uniforms. secured a tough 77-67 victory over No. 15 Louisville on Monday. The win tied them for second place in the ACC with the Cardinals. Coach Wes Moore praised his team’s early offensive fluidity but acknowledged the need […]

The Kansas State basketball team picked up a huge win on Monday night as they took down rival Kansas basketball. The Jayhawks are ranked #4 in the country and the Wildcats are unranked, but Kansas State was still able to find a way to get it done. Kansas led by 11 points early in the […]

The Kansas basketball team is clearly very good as they are currently ranked #4 in the country, but they have some big consistency issues that are plaguing them a bit. After a huge home win against then #4 Houston on Saturday, the Jayhawks lost in overtime at unranked Kansas State basketball on Monday. Kansas has […]

The Caitlin Clark effect not just on Iowa women’s basketball but on women’s basketball in general is real — and quantifiable. Just take for example the fact that the Hawkeyes’ game over the weekend against the Maryland Terrapins attracted over one and a half million viewers on FOX Sports, thus setting a new record, per […]

The Kansas basketball team lost their third road game in a row on Monday night as they fell in overtime against Kansas State basketball. It was obviously a tight game as it was all tied up at the end of regulation, but there was a point in the second half when  the Jayhawks led by […]

Syracuse basketball is parting ways with one of their players. Benny Williams is leaving the team after being dismissed from the program, per a statement from the school. Williams had been suspended earlier in the season for violating team rules. “Everyone in the program wishes Benny the best,” the Syracuse basketball program posted to social […]

St. John’s basketball coach Rick Pitino is offering some suggestions to help fix the game of basketball. Pitino would like to see a salary cap implemented in college basketball for the power 5 conferences, per his social media. Pitino is suggesting a salary cap of  $1.5 to $2 million for the Big East along with […]

We have seen a lot of college basketball rivalry games in the past few days, and Monday night, we saw a great battle between Kansas basketball and Kansas State basketball. The Wildcats were at home, and after trailing by 11 points in the second half, they were able to come back and force overtime against […]

The Big 12 has come down hard on Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades, as the league reportedly has hit him with a hefty fine over his blistering tirade at the officiating in last Saturday’s Baylor basketball game versus the No. 12 Iowa State Cyclones in Waco, per, Matt Norlander of CBS Sports “Sources: The Big […]

The Miami basketball program has gone from a Final Four team a year ago to a team fighting for an NCAA Tournament berth. Things hit rock bottom on Monday night as they lost to Virginia by a score of 60-38. Yes, the Hurricanes scored only 38 points in the loss in a poor performance all […]

The Mcneese State basketball program is in the middle of an impressive turnaround. After 11 straight losing seasons, former LSU head coach Will Wade got the job with the McNeese State basketball program. Now in his first year, the Cowboys are 20-3 and on top of the Southland Conference with a 9-1 conference record. As […]

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self isn’t getting down following his team’s close overtime loss to Kansas State on Monday. Self is choosing to remain positive and look at what his team did right in the close game. Bill Self less than concerned about his team after an OT loss in Manhattan, it would appear. "This […]

As the women’s college basketball season continues to unfold, the Week 14 AP Top 25 poll offers insights into the shifting landscape of the current season. Three big takeaways emerge this week, and could reshape the season’s trajectory. LSU’s alarming trend against unranked teams Recent games from LSU women’s basketball, particularly against unranked opponents, raise […]

The Dartmouth men’s basketball program is making headlines at the midpoint of the 2023-24 season. The Big Green sit last in the Ivy League conference standings. However, the team received a critical National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that impacts their ability to unionize. Members of the Big Green could unionize as employees of the […]

Many rumors have swirled about LeBron and Bronny James potentially playing in the NBA together at some point in the future. Bronny is currently playing for USC basketball, but could enter the NBA Draft following this season. Austin Rivers doesn’t think that Bronny should play with LeBron in the NBA, however. “I mean, I hope […]

Monday marks Week 14 of the college basketball season, and it brings the newest edition of the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. A month of conference play is complete, and we are finally getting a sense of which teams are legitimate contenders and which squads coasted through their easy non-conference slate. Kentucky dropped from […]

The most prestigious individual honor in college basketball, the Wooden Award honors the best men’s and women’s college basketball players every year. 20 players made the Wooden Late Season Watch List, announced on January 30. On the men’s side Purdue center Zach Edey — the 2022-23 winner — is the favorite to take home the […]

In the world of college basketball, few names resonate like UConn women’s basketbll coach Geno Auriemma and Paige Bueckers. Recently, Bueckers made an interesting comparison, likening her coach to basketball legend LeBron James. The comparison comes as Auriemma, nearing his 70th birthday and 1,200 career win as a coach, continues to lead the Huskies with […]

In the beginning of 2024, LeBron James is a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, and his son, Bronny James, is on the USC basketball team. By the end of 2024, that could all change if Chandler Parsons is right with his NBA draft theory. For years, there’s been a thought that LeBron James has […]

Former NBA and Duke basketball player Dahntay Jones played for coach George Karl on the Denver Nuggets and says the former North Carolina basketball star didn’t trust Blue Devils to play in crunch time. “George Karl, he’d play me the first six minutes of the first, the first six minutes of the third, and it […]

Indiana basketball’s disappointing season continued on Sunday afternoon after the Hoosiers lost to Penn State 85-71, even though the Nittany Lions were without leading scorer Kanye Clary. During the p0st-game press conference, Hoosiers head coach Mike Woodson expressed his frustration for the lack of effort the team showed, especially in the second half, via Jack […]

Welcome to the first edition of Bracketology in the month of February here at ClutchPoints, and before we dive into my most recently updated NCAA Tournament Bracket projections, I want to use this opening section to shout out two particular mid-major programs that are having stellar seasons thus far. This is the time of the […]

Duke basketball lost to North Carolina on Saturday by a final score of 93-84. It was a forgettable effort for Duke, who fell to 16-5 with the loss. North Carolina, meanwhile, is now 18-4. Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer revealed one of the primary difference-makers in the game, via Jonathan Levitan of dukechronicle.com. “The […]

It is one thing to voice out an opinion, and it’s another to spit out facts. Unfortunately for women’s basketball legend Sheryl Swoopes, she made an opinion about Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark based on misinformation. Swoopes recently guested on Gilbert Arenas’ podcast and gave a strong take on Clark on her way to […]

The UCLA Bruins have been consistently ranked as one of the top teams in the country this season. They stayed at No. 2 in the NCAAW AP top 25 poll for most of this season but have fluctuated amid a few recent losses. One of the key reasons for UCLA Bruins rise this season has […]