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Texas A&M’s vision of lifting the trophy in the SEC Tournament quickly vanished after Oklahoma erected a big lead in the first half of their second-round tiff at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday. The sixth-seeded Aggies tried to rally, but the 11th-seeded Sooners proved to be too much. Oklahoma coasted to the upset victory, 83-63, and […]

Former Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce is still putting the mad in March. In a video that’s been making its rounds on social media, the 65-year-old Pearl can be seen going ballistic in the stands during a game on Thursday between the Tigers, who are now coached by his son, Steven, and the Tennessee Volunteers […]

Jake Diebler didn’t hold back on the prospects of the Ohio State Buckeyes squad taking on the Michigan Wolverines in the next round of the Big Ten Tournament. Diebler is going through the third season of his head coaching career with the Buckeyes. He was initially an assistant coach before taking over the job during […]

With March Madness here, there is no question that the biggest surprise this year was Miami (OH). They embarked on a historic 28-0 record before losing 87-83 in an upset to UMass in the MAC Conference Tournament on Thursday. As a result, the Redhawks are now at 31-1. After the game, UMass head coach Frank […]

Duke basketball survived a major scare Thursday in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. And head coach Jon Scheyer felt compelled to take a shot at his own conference after escaping Florida State 80-79. Scheyer’s subtle dig surfaced after the one-point win with reporters postgame.  “We have to recover quickly. We’re not playing the noon game […]

BYU is out of the Big 12 Tournament after falling short against Houston in the quarterfinals, 73-66, at T-Mobile Center on Thursday. BYU struggled from the field in the second half, going scoreless for five minutes at one point despite having AJ Dybantsa. Houston’s Kingston Flemings sank a three-pointer with 1:27 left to bury the […]

Steven Pearl made a firm case on the Auburn Tigers being deserving of an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament following their loss to the No. 25 Tennessee Volunteers on Thursday evening. Pearl is going through the first season of his head coaching career. He took over the job after his father, Bruce, stepped down […]

Few teams entered conference tournament season in a bigger must-win position than USC, which saw its March Madness odds tumble in the final month of the 2025-2026 college basketball season. The Trojans desperately needed a win over Washington in the Big Ten Tournament, but instead suffered their eighth consecutive loss. USC’s 2025-2026 college basketball season […]

Syracuse sports do not carry the same cachet as they once did, with the men’s basketball team specifically falling into obscurity over the last five seasons. Finding the next Jim Boeheim and sustaining a culture of success on the football squad are obviously crucial objectives, but reviving those programs and the others representing the Orange […]

No. 9-seed Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Ben McCollum has come to the defense of senior guard Brendan Hausen following the team’s 72-69 loss to the No. 8-seed Ohio State Buckeyes in Thursday’s quarterfinal match in the Big Ten Tournament. After a timeout with 7.2 seconds left in the second half and with the Hawkeyes behind […]

Miami (FL) basketball rose as a March Madness threat after stunning North Carolina in February. The Hurricanes strengthened their NCAA Tournament resume by beating Louisville 78-73 Thursday. Yet Lucas found himself needing to apologize to Malik Reneau after the game. Why considering he dropped 24 on the Cardinals? Lucas explained with reporters postgame. “I had […]

The NC State Wolfpack reached the end of the road for them in the 2026 ACC Tournament after suffering an 81-74 loss to the No. 10 Virginia Cavaliers on Thursday at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. Before now and Selection Sunday, there will be plenty of talks about the March Madness worthiness of NC State’s […]

Miami (OH) basketball finds its March Madness chances suddenly in limbo. The previously undefeated RedHawks took a stunning 87-83 loss to UMass that hands them their first loss of the season. Except this loss occurred in the MAC Tournament, leaving Travis Steele to call out the format. The head coach blasted the conference tourney format. […]

The 2025-2026 college basketball season has been a shaky ride for BYU, with the bumps only getting rougher as March Madness approaches. Despite being led by the nation’s leading scorer, the Cougars remain one of the most unstable teams in the field. BYU’s season has been a tale of two halves, with the Cougars getting […]

The St. John’s Red Storm punched their ticket to the semifinals of the Big East Tournament against Seton Hall following their 85-72 win over Providence on Thursday. It’s a quick turnaround with a back-to-back on Friday night against the Pirates, a situation that left St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino cracking a joke as they […]

Indiana basketball became obliterated by Northwestern Wednesday. One fanbase trolled the Hoosiers for their latest March debacle on the hardwood. But IU fans are now on pins and needles ahead of the NCAA Tournament. Because Indiana’s March Madness fate now rests in the selection committee’s hands. Northwestern went from No. 15 seed to smacking the […]

Despite its shaky end to the 2025-2026 college basketball regular season, Illinois remains poised to enter March Madness with a top-three seed. The Illini have only advanced past opening weekend in one of their last five tournament appearances, but are hoping their talented roster has enough to get over that hump in Brad Underwood’s ninth […]

Following a sexual assault investigation launched last summer, Texas Southern Athletic Director Kevin Granger has reportedly been fired. Terrance Harris of the Houston Defender reported that Granger was informed of his termination on February 13th. Speculation about the status of his job was sparked by a report from Kyle T. Mosley of HBCU Legends, who […]

After being dismissed only a few hours before tip-off of a late-season HBCU basketball game, Winston-Salem State basketball coach Corey Thompson has penned an open letter addressing the situation. He posted the letter to his social media accounts, clarifying that he was terminated without cause from Winston-Salem State University after his 18-month tenure with the […]

The Prime docuseries Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association has reinvigorated interest in the American Basketball Association (ABA). Allowing a younger generation to learn from players who radically transformed the game. Among those was Artis Gilmore. Gilmore played for the Kentucky Colonels from 1971 to 1976. His 7-foot-2 stature, trademark afro, and […]

The Miami RedHawks were the lone undefeated team in the Division 1 regular season, finishing 31-0. But in their first postseason game, Miami stunningly lost to the UMass Minutemen, 87-83, in the MAC Tournament. This loss has firmly shaken up the bubble ahead of Selection Sunday. DOWN GOES MIAMI (OH) 😱 UMass takes down the […]

While the NCAA Tournament is the pinnacle of March Madness, over the years a few other tournaments have sprouted up as a supplement of sorts. The NIT was always the main fallback option for not making The Big Dance. One of the more recent events was the CBI, or College Basketball Invitational, although the 2026 […]

Syracuse is on the lookout for a new head coach. Syracuse fired Adrian Autry after just three seasons, following another disastrous season for the Orange. Autry replaced legendary head coach Jim Boeheim and worked on the staff of the former coach. Now, Boeheim is standing up for his former player and assistant, according to ESPN. […]

Tennessee could have one of its main gunners back against Auburn in the second round of the SEC Tournament on Thursday, as Nate Ament is expected to play, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Ament has missed their last two games due to a leg injury he sustained against Alabama last month. He was diving for […]

Clemson took care of business on Wednesday night in the ACC Tournament, defeating Wake Forest 71-62 to move to the quarterfinals. In the game, Carter Welling was injured and may miss some time. After the game, head coach Brad Brownell spoke about Welling, but also a switch he made in the game, moving to an […]

Kentucky on Wednesday found an unlikely hero in Brandon Garrison as they survived a tough scare from LSU, 87-82, at Bridgestone Arena in the first round of the SEC Tournament. The ninth-seeded Wildcats went on an 8-0 spurt with nine minutes left in the second half, highlighted by back-to-back three-pointers from Garrison, to gain more […]

It was not easy at all, but TCU advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament after completing a come-from-behind win against Oklahoma State, 95-88, in the second round on Wednesday at T-Mobile Center. TCU stared at an eight-point deficit with 13 minutes left in the second half, with Oklahoma City threatening to pull […]

BYU has opened its Big 12 tournament run with two straight wins. Still, it was a difficult end of the season for the Cougars, after Richie Saunders went down for the year with an injury. Now, BYU head coach Kevin Young is speaking of the dark moments of reflection after Saunders went down with his […]

Northwestern coach Chris Collins looked like a dad who just watched his kid graduate with honors during the postgame interview following their upset of Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday. Collins could not contain his smile as he was asked how they beat the 10th-seeded Hoosiers, 74-61, in the second round at United […]

Urban Meyer has never been one to shy away from a big stage, but his latest play didn’t happen on a football field. Instead, the former Ohio State Buckeyes coach took his talents to the White House for a high-stakes Saving College Sports roundtable hosted by President Donald Trump. His mission? To convince the Commander-in-Chief […]

In a rough turn of events for Clemson basketball, they lost promising forward Carter Welling to a serious-looking knee injury. While the Tigers may have ended up winning their clash against Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament, 71-62, losing Welling moving forward is a devastating blow to Clemson’s potential March Madness run. Welling had suffered […]

It will be a clash of the Cougars in the Big 12 Tournament on Thursday as BYU and Houston face off in the quarterfinals at T-Mobile Center. It will be an acid test for AJ Dybantsa and the rest of BYU, as they will play their third game in as many days, plus No.5 Houston […]

Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway delivered a blunt evaluation of the Tigers’ 2025-26 season after Tulane knocked Memphis out in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Tournament on Wednesday night. The former NBA star openly called the year what he believed it was following the Tigers’ final game. The program entered the season […]

Dust off your iPhone 5 and crank up Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” because it feels like 2012 all over again. Lehigh captured the title in the Patriot League Tournament on Wednesday after beating Boston University, 74-60, at Stabler Arena. Lehigh, which had a miraculous win in the quarterfinals, claimed its seventh championship and […]

Cincinnati basketball head coach Wes Miller made a passionate public case for his team’s NCAA Tournament inclusion following the Bearcats’ heartbreaking Big 12 Tournament defeat on Wednesday night. The Bearcats fell 66–65 in overtime to UCF in Kansas City, a loss that likely ended the team’s postseason hopes after they surrendered an eight-point lead in […]

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 […]

The Indiana Hoosiers’ March Madness fate is now at the mercy of the selection committee. But considering their resume, the Hoosiers may have to plan for a different tournament after suffering an embarrassing loss to the Northwestern Wildcats in the second round of the 2026 Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday. The No. 10-seeded Indiana lost […]

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 […]

Earlier this week, Bobby Hurley was fired at the end of the season as head coach at Arizona State. That reality came sooner after Arizona State was bounced from the Big 12 tournament. On Tuesday, Hurley published an open letter on X, formerly Twitter. In it, Hurley thanked the University and his players and celebrated […]