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Heading into 2023 NCAA Tournament finals against UCONN, San Diego State basketball isn’t huge on this whole stars thing. In fact, more than any individual performance by Matt Bradley, Lamont Butler or Darrion Trammell, their entire miraculous run to the national championship game has been predicated on their collective ability to snuff out their opponent’s […]

The Final Four for the 2023 March Madness tournament yielded some exciting games, but notably absent from the action was Kansas State. The Wildcats made it all the way to the Elite Eight before running into Florida Atlantic University, where they ultimately lost 79-76. That doesn’t take away from all that they accomplished on the […]

UCLA basketball junior guard Jaylen Clark won the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year honors, according to a Sunday tweet from NCAA March Madness. A former four-star recruit out of Rancho Cucamonga, California, Clark enrolled with the Bruins in 2020 over offers from California, Illinois, Oklahoma, USC, Xavier, and TCU, among others, according to 247Sports. Clark […]

Michigan basketball sophomore guard Kobe Bufkin will forgo his remaining college eligibility and enter the 2023 NBA Draft, CBS Sports Insider Jon Rothstein wrote in a Sunday tweet. “I have enormous respect for the game of basketball and an equal appreciation to my village who constantly sacrifices,” Bufkin wrote in a Sunday post on Instagram. “I want to express […]

Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark is a sensational scorer and playmaker the likes of which the NCAAW has never seen before. It’s at the point where people will rightfully say that the WNBA has never seen a player like her before either. Past all of the debates who’s the most dominant player on […]

Iowa women’s basketball player Caitlin Clark is setting all kinds of records during the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Not only is the Hawkeyes’ star putting up numbers that have never been seen in women’s college basketball, but she’s also helped make Final Four history in terms of TV ratings. An average of 5.5 million people watched […]

Alyn Breed, a junior guard for the Providence basketball team, has been suspended by the program after being charged with multiple crimes. Breed is facing “numerous firearm offenses,” according to Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez. The Providence basketball player was allegedly involved in a domestic dispute. “It was announced [Saturday] by the Providence Police […]

Dan Hurley and UConn have thrashed every opponent they have come across during their March Madness run, and that continued in the Final Four, where they beat Miami by a score of 72-59. The Huskies will now advance to the title game, where they will take on San Diego State for a chance to win […]

Miami‘s deep and somewhat unexpected run in March Madness came to an end in the Final Four at the hands of UConn by a score of 72-59. It was a great run for the Hurricanes, and just because they came up short against a dominant UConn team doesn’t mean that they should be hanging their […]

The best run in the history of the women’s LSU basketball program will cap off with a huge showdown against Iowa basketball. Caitlin Clark has continued to dominate in ways never seen before. Angel Reese, Alexis Morris and the Tigers will have their hands full as they look to capture the March Madness title. In […]

San Diego State picked up a thrilling 72-71 win over FAU on Saturday night in the Final Four to advance to the March Madness title game, and Lamont Butler Jr. immediately made himself a school legend in the process. Butler hit the game-winning midrange jumper as time expired to send San Diego State fans into […]

UConn basketball star Adama Sanogo has put up insane numbers in March Madness that haven’t been seen in nearly three decades, and that is definitely bad news for San Diego State. Sanogo has impressed once again as he propelled the Huskies to the NCAA Tournament title game against the Miami Hurricanes in their Final Four […]

The UConn Huskies have danced their way into the National Championship game or rather dominated their way in. UConn’s 13-point win over Miami in the Final Four on Saturday is the latest beatdown the Huskies have delivered in this year’s tournament. With the win, UConn became the sixth team to win each of their first […]

UConn Huskies head coach Dan Hurley had full confidence in his players to take care of business Saturday night against the Miami Hurricanes in the Final Four. Hurley walked into the locker room following the Huskies’ 72-59 conquest of Miami with a message to his team. “I’m not that excited… Cause we knew we were […]

The Miami Hurricanes saw their run in the 2023 NCAA tournament come to a painful conclusion Saturday night, as they got bulldozed by the UConn Huskies in the Final Four round to the tune of a 72-59 score. Many believed that Miami had the offense to solve the Huskies’ defense. But the complete opposite happened […]

The Miami Hurricanes are going home after losing to the UConn Huskies in the Final Four of the 2023 NCAA tournament. The Huskies’ balanced play on both ends of the floor was simply too much for Miami basketball to deal with. That task of keeping in step with UConn got even harder for the Hurricanes […]

For the first time in NCAA Tournament history since seeding began in 1979, there were no No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 seeds in the Final Four. This year’s March Madness Final Four consisted of No. 4 seed Miami, No. 4 seed UConn, No. 5 seed San Diego State and No. 9 seed Florida […]

The San Diego State Aztecs are headed to the National championship game, and they have Lamont Butler to thank for that. Butler’s buzzer-beater Saturday night against the Florida Atlantic Owls booked San Diego basketball its ticket to the title game. In addition, Butler’s heroic basket was also the first of its kind ever in the […]

The pumpkin ride of the Florida Atlantic Owls in the 2023 NCAA tournament is over. Florida Atlantic came awfully close to making it to the National championship game, as they lost to the San Diego State Aztecs, 72-71, on a buzzer-beater jumper from Lamont Butler. It was indeed a tough loss for Florida Atlantic basketball, […]

There’s nothing quite like a March Madness buzzer-beater. San Diego State’s Lamont Butler hit the latest iconic shot in the NCAA Tournament, burying a two-point jumper as time expired to knock off Florida Atlantic and give the Aztecs their first Final Four win in program history. The junior guard was still as calm as can […]

The San Diego State Aztecs are going to the 2023 National championship game after Lamont Butler became March Madness’ newest hero. Butler drained a buzzer-beating jumper to deliver San Diego State basketball the 72-71 victory over the Florida Atlantic Owls in the first Final Four matchup Saturday night. "I got to a shot that I'm […]

The first March Madness Final Four game between San Diego State and Florida Atlantic came down to an absolutely thrilling finish with SDSU junior guard Lamont Butler hitting a pull-up jumper from midrange at the buzzer. The Aztecs had trailed by 14 points at one point in the game and came all the way back […]

The back of the San Diego State Aztecs is against the wall at the half of their Final Four matchup against the Florida Atlantic Owls. San Diego State basketball entered the game as the favorite to win against the Owls but found itself down by seven points at the half. That being said, that’s not […]

It didn’t take long for South Carolina basketball star Aliyah Boston to make up her mind about her future. Less than 24 hours after the Gamecocks were eliminated from the NCAA women’s basketball championship, Boston has decided to enter the WNBA draft. God makes no mistakes❤️ this program has been so good to my family […]

The Alabama basketball team could be losing two more starters. Crimson Tide freshman forward Noah Clowney and sophomore center Charles Bediako have announced that they will be entering the 2023 NBA Draft. It remains to be seen if either of the two players will return to the Alabama basketball program for the 2023-2024 season. In […]

Houston basketball continues to be well represented in the 2023 NBA Draft. After teammates Jarace Walker and Marcus Sasser announced their intentions to declare in the last week, junior Tramon Mark is following suit, according to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein. The 6-foot-5 guard is maintaining his college eligibility in case he is not selected by […]

The 2023 March Madness tournament has been absolutely insane, and after a brief break, the action will return to our TV screens on Saturday night. There have been surprises all around, but not many folks were expecting UConn and Miami basketball to be meeting up at this stage of the tournament. But now that they […]

After weeks of speculation, St. John’s officially hired Rick Pitino as its new head coach last week, which UConn head coach Dan Hurley sees as a plus for the Big East Conference. Pitino takes over for Mike Anderson, who was fired last month following a four-season stint as the Red Storm’s head coach. Anderson guided […]

The titans have fallen! The South Carolina women’s basketball team have dominated most of the season. However, in the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament, the Gamecocks found their match. South Carolina dropped their semi-final game against the Iowa Hawkeyes, surprising everyone. After the game, though, Gamecocks head coach Dawn Staley made sure to […]

Kentucky Wildcats guard Cason Wallace has declared for the 2023 NBA Draft and will forgo the remainder of his college eligibility, per Jonathan Givony of ESPN. The 6-foot-4 and 193-pound defensive stud averaged 11.7 points, 4.3 assists, and 2.0 steals per game in 2022-23 on the way to an SEC All-Freshman selection. Cason Wallace, potentially […]

We’ve made it to the Final Four of the 2023 NCAA Tournament. This Final Four, consisting of UConn, Miami, San Diego State, and Florida Atlantic, might be the weirdest and most unpredictable in the history of March Madness. On Monday night, one of these four teams will be cutting down the nets at NRG Stadium […]

Nobody on planet earth is hotter than Caitlin Clark right now. The Iowa Hawkeyes stormed through the Elite Eight and Final Four on the back of their fearless leader. Clark posted a monstrous triple-double with 41 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists in the win over Louisville earlier this week then followed that up with […]

Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark sent the whole sports world into frenzy as she led the Hawkeyes’ massive upset of South Carolina in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. In fact, even NBA stars such as Jalen Brunson, CJ McCollum and more couldn’t help but be amazed by the incredible March Madness […]

Caitlin Clark put on her best Wonder Woman impression on Friday as she powered Iowa basketball in a stunning March Madness upset of Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks. Naturally, the whole sports world are left in shock and awe of what Clarke just did. The Hawkeyes are the underdogs in the game for a reason. […]

Going into the fourth quarter, things weren’t looking so good for the LSU Tigers. They trailed Virginia Tech, 59-49 and had been down by as many as 13 points. The fourth quarter was their time, however. LSU completed a major comeback to reach the first March Madness national championship game in school history. Helping lead […]

It wasn’t easy, but LSU basketball managed to beat Virginia Tech on Friday evening and advance to the Women’s National Championship. In the process, the Tigers put themselves in the March Madness record books. Kim Mulkey’s squad was trailing by 12 points at the end of the third quarter and ultimately won 79-72. That was […]

Coming into Friday, the March Madness Final Four on the women’s side of things was all set. The last teams remaining were South Carolina, LSU, Virginia Tech and Iowa. In the first game of the day, LSU defeated Virginia Tech to reach the first championship game in school history. Not only that, LSU was down […]

The Gonzaga Bulldogs suffered another disappointing ending in March Madness this season in a blowout at the hands of the UConn Huskies in the Elite Eight. Gonzaga has always had strong preseason hype but can never seem to get over the hump when it comes to the NCAA Tournament.Regular season success does not always translate […]

With the March Madness Final Four all set, the majority of college teams have ended their season by now. For many players, this means their attention now turns to the NBA draft. Eligible underclassmen have until Apr. 23 to declare for the draft. That would include Alabama star Jahvon Quinerly who is a junior. On […]