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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 […]

If both Duke and Michigan win their respective conference championship games, the selection committee could find itself locked in a tense debate over who should be the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. But Arizona basketball deserves respect as well. The Wildcats have a strong claim as the top team in the country, […]

St. John’s basketball took a massive beatdown versus UConn back on Feb. 25. That 72-40 Huskies win had most of the college basketball world believing Dan Hurley and the Huskies were the Big East favorite before March Madness. But the Red Storm obliterated that narrative Saturday, pounding UConn 72-52 in the tournament finals. St. John’s […]

The Utah State Aggies basketball program took home the Mountain West Conference Championship on Saturday after defeating the San Diego State Aztecs 73-62. It’s the first conference title win for the program since 2020, and it also guaranteed their spot in the March Madness Tournament. Utah State ends the season with an impressive 28-6 record. […]

Duke basketball fueled further No. 1 overall seed chatter by rolling past Clemson. The Blue Devils avoided a near pre-March Madness scare, though. Florida State frightened Duke Thursday with FSU missing the final three-pointer in that 80-79 Devils win. Head coach Jon Scheyer called out the Atlantic Coast Conference scheduling format afterward. Scheyer, however, might […]

UCLA basketball dealt with Tyler Bilodeau as a pivotal injury ahead of Saturday. But another star went down in scary fashion against Purdue. Donovan Dent hit a painful snag and exited early before taking the 73-66 loss. Dent suffered a lower leg ailment, with a school spokesperson revealing he’s completely out of the game during […]

The No. 4 Vanderbilt Commodores pulled off a big 91-74 win over No. 1 Florida Gators on Saturday to advance to the championship round of the SEC Tournament. It was such an impressive performance that even Dick Vitale couldn’t help but congratulate head coach Mark Byington. Vitale, who is 86 years old, admitted he wasn’t […]

Following a 7-26 campaign, Bethune-Cookman has announced the firing of women’s basketball coach Janell Crayton Del Rosario. The athletic department announced her dismissal on Saturday morning. “We are grateful to Coach Crayton Del Rosario for five years of leadership, dedication, and service to our women’s basketball student-athletes and university,” Vice President of Athletics Reggie Theus […]

St. John’s basketball will hit a feat not seen since the late 1990s on Sunday. The Red Storm will appear in consecutive March Madness tournaments, a first since 1997 to 2000. Connecticut represents the last hurdle for the Big East Tournament. Head coach Rick Pitino cemented history too. He’s the first Red Storm coach since […]

Michigan star Yaxel Lendeborg has been one of the biggest stories of the 2025-2026 college basketball season, and he took it a step further with a last-second game-winner against Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinal. After the biggest moment of his career, Lendeborg shed light on what it meant for him at this point […]

He might not be the most dominant scorer in college basketball, but Yaxel Lendeborg always shows up when Michigan needs him most. Despite his second consecutive down game, Lendeborg made the play of the day to send the Wolverines to the Big Ten Tournament Final with a last-second three-pointer to beat Wisconsin. After scoring just […]