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More than any other team in the NCAA Tournament, Alabama basketball weaponizes math. In the NBA, this isn’t a radical concept. The NBA’s culture war between the True Hoopers and the math wonks has been decided and the wonks have won; this is why every team is scoring more and more similarly than ever, continually […]

HBCUs have often been viewed as underdogs in NCAA basketball. However, given that the ball is round in basketball, there’s a reason why we still continue to play the games. In fact, throughout history, we’ve seen some HBCU basketball teams successfully pull the rug. For this piece, let’s take a look at 15 HBCU basketball […]

Houston basketball’s Marcus Sasser will be a game-time decision for Thursday’s NCAA Tournament game against Northern Kentucky due to a groin injury, according to Jon Rothstein. Marcus Sasser left Saturday’s AAC semifinal game against Cincinnati with about seven minutes left in the first half. Kelvin Sampson immediately went out to help him up. The Houston […]

The NBA season is up and running, but all eyes will now be on the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Organizations will have a final chance to watch and analyze the top prospects in the upcoming class and take some final notes before the 2023 NBA Draft. Teams such as the Brooklyn Nets should have active offseasons, […]

The Portland Trail Blazers once again find themselves on the outside looking in on the NBA playoffs. As with all non-playoff teams in the NBA, the 2023 NCAA Tournament signals that the 2023 NBA Draft isn’t far behind. And that means new hope for Blazers fans. With that in mind, here are the three best […]

The No. 10 seed Utah State Aggies (26-8) face the No. 7 seed Missouri Tigers (24-9) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Action tips off at 1:40 p.m. ET. Below we continue our March Madness odds series with a Utah State-Missouri prediction, pick, and how to watch! Utah State lost a tight contest […]

The Houston Cougars are coming off a tight finish against Memphis to end the year in the AAC Tournament, but as the number one seed in the Midwest, they are primed to make a run to a title this year. It is time to continue our March Madness odds series with a 2023 NCAA Tournament […]

The Fair Dickinson Knights take on the Texas Southern Tigers. Check out our March Madness odds series for our Fair Dickinson Texas Southern prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Fair Dickinson Texas Southern. The NCAA Tournament is about to explode into full color on Thursday and Friday with the Round of 64, but […]

The New York Knicks are playing well and are currently focused on the upcoming NBA playoffs. However, with the 2023 NCAA Tournament about to start and the 2023 NBA Draft to follow, it’s time for fans to look toward the future as well. In that vein, here are the three best potential Knicks draft picks […]

The first tip-off in the South Region features a 4-13 match-up as Furman faces off against Virginia in Orlando, Florida. It is time to continue our March Madness odds series with a Furman-Virginia prediction and pick. The Furman Paladins make their first trip to the big dance since 1980 after winning the SoCon tournament and […]

Georgetown basketball is one of the few programs that has a legitimate history—you can read each of their seasons as chapters in some overarching narrative, rather than merely entries in a Basketball Reference spreadsheet. This is the program of Big John Thompson and Patrick Ewing and Dikembe Mutombo and Alonzo Mourning and Allen Iverson that […]

March Madness is one of the most wonderful annual events of the sports year as teams across the country compete for the chance win a championship. That being said, while Houston Rockets fans may have their eyes in France or on the NBA G League, their eyes need to be on the NCAA Men’s Basketball […]

It is that time of year again for NCAA hoops. College basketball’s postseason has been underway for a little over two weeks with everyone now turning their attention to the NCAA Tournament. The discourse on whether the NCAA should expand the tournament reared its head again with multiple mid-major teams being left out of March […]

It’s that time of year, the one every basketball fan has been waiting for, March Madness. The 2023 NCAA Tournament tipped off on Tuesday with the First Four, and for the next few weeks, it will be the talk of the sports world. For NBA teams, the main draw of the event will be to […]

Throughout the history of March Madness, we’ve seen plenty of the best basketball teams in the amateur ranks. And while some of those teams have gone on to win the coveted NCAA championship, there are a handful of great college basketball teams who have failed to win it all. With that in mind, let’s take […]

The West Virginia Mountaineers will take on the Maryland Terrapins on Thursday afternoon in a First Round matchup of the 2023 NCAA Tournament at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham. With that said, check out our college basketball odds series which has our West Virginia-Maryland prediction and pick. West Virginia finished the regular season with a 19-14 record, […]

The Pittsburgh Panthers are moving on to the first round of the 2023 NCAA tournament despite accumulating a barrage of poor numbers in their First Four matchup versus the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Here’s a lowdown of just what Pittsburgh basketball had to overcome to pull off a win, via OptaSTATS: Pitt is the only D-I […]

Plenty of eyes were glued to screens across the country for the electric finish between Pittsburgh and Mississippi State in their First Four matchup Tuesday night. Pittsburgh narrowly escaped with a 60-59 win for its first NCAA tournament win since 2014. Though somewhat of a low-scoring affair, there was nothing short of excitement throughout this […]

The Baylor Bears basketball team is getting ready to kick off March Madness with an opening round game against UC Santa Barbara this week. They come into the NCAA Tournament as a No. 3 seed and looking to advance further than they did last season. Baylor basketball won the national title in 2021 but they […]

Coming in fresh off winning conference championships, 12 seed Oral Roberts, winners of the Summit League, match up against five seeded Duke, the ACC Champion. It is time to continue our March Madness odds series with an Oral Roberts-Duke prediction and pick. Oral Roberts enters the game after a 30-4 regular season, including a perfect […]

The Texas Longhorns basketball team has been without one of their key players recently in fifth-year forward Timmy Allen. Allen suffered a recent leg injury and was sidelined for the duration of the Big 12 Tournament. It didn’t appear to be too much of an issue as Texas made it all the way through to […]

The 2023 HBCU All-Star Game is set, and the top 24 players in the nation who will make up the two rosters for the festivities have been named as well. Two teams, named after former New York Knicks teammates and NBA champs Dr. Dick Barnett and Willis Reed, will compete at the Texas Southern campus […]

There has been a lot of buzz surrounding Bronny James and his future in the NBA. After all, Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has already declared his intention to sign for whichever team ends up drafting his son in 2024. That is still more than a year away, though. Bronny still has one more […]

Jelani Williams and the Howard Bison are going dancing this March.  They punched their ticket to the Big Dance thanks to their win in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament, beating the Northfolk State Spartans in the finals last Saturday by the slimmest of margins, 65-64. It’s a moment to remember for Williams and the rest […]

The Pitt Panthers take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Our March Madness odds series has our Pitt Mississippi State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Pitt Mississippi State. The college basketball season has taken a long and winding path for both Pitt and Mississippi State, but that path went in the opposite direction […]

The SE Missouri State Redhawks take on the Texas A&M-CC Islanders. Check out our March Madness odds series for our SE Missouri State Texas A&M-CC prediction and pick. Find out how to watch SE Missouri State Texas A&M-CC. The NCAA Tournament is the reward for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi as the winner of the Southland Conference […]

It is that time of the year for college basketball fans. The 2023 NCAA Tournament kicks off on Tuesday with the First Four. NBA franchises will observe some of the best young players in the country and will have the chance to make some final notes before the 2023 draft. Contending teams such as the […]

The NBA season is entering the home stretch, but for the next couple of weeks, it may not be the focus of the basketball world. Instead, that honor will go to the NCAA Tournament, which begins on Tuesday with the First Four. While the main focus will be on teams competing for the national title, […]

McNeese State basketball head coach Will Wade has been suspended for the first five games of the 2023-2024 season, two days after he was hired as the new coach of the program, according to Matthew Travis of KPLC7News. The suspension was in Will Wade’s contract, and also prohibits him from off campus recruiting activities through […]

Coming off claiming the Big Ten title last week, Iowa finds itself in position to make a deep postseason run. However, Hawkeye fans wondered why their team did not receive a No. 1 seed in this year’s NCAA tournament. As far as Iowa is concerned, there’s nothing to make a big deal about. “It appears […]

While the NBA is in midst of a critical stretch run toward the playoffs, basketball fans of all stripes will nevertheless be paying close attention to college hoops over the next few weeks. The 2023 NCAA Tournament starts on Tuesday with the First Four and will wrap up in early April, giving NBA organizations the […]

After months of college basketball, March Madness is officially here. The NCAA Tournament kicks off on Tuesday with the First Four. NBA organizations will have the chance to scout some of the top prospects and take some final notes before the 2023 NBA Draft. Rebuilding teams such as the Orlando Magic should have high picks, […]

The Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders are scheduled to play the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Tuesday night in the First Four Round of the 2023 NCAA tournament. It’s a thrilling time for Texas A&M Corpus Christi basketball and its fans but the excitement has been diminished greatly by the news of senior Islander guard Terrion […]

The Kansas Jayhawks are back in the NCAA tournament with a No. 1 seed. Apart from their high seed, one reason that all eyes are on Kansas basketball is the fact that it is reigning and defending national champions. The Jayhawks play MAAC champ Howard Bison in the first round on Thursday, a game Kansas […]

Olivia Miles’ status for March Madness is uncertain as the sophomore star from Notre Dame continues to try to get back to full strength. She has been out indefinitely ever since she went down with a knee injury during the Irish’s 68-65 win over Louisville on Feb. 26. “We’ll know more this week,” Irish coach […]

Former Notre Dame guard J.J. Starling has committed to play for Adrian Autry and the Syracuse basketball program next season, according to Jonathan Givony of ESPN. “I felt like it was a great fit for me,” J.J. Starling said, via ESPN. “The coaching staff are people I know I can put my trust in to […]

March Madness is upon us and it is one of the biggest basketball tournaments that the nation looks forward to. Throughout NCAA history, we’ve witnessed some of the most remarkable finishes and upsets. For this piece, let’s take a look at 10 of the craziest finishes in March Madness history. Syracuse Gets Stunned by Vermont […]

The Houston basketball program canceled its scheduled media availability hours before it happened, according to a Monday article from ABC13 Eyewitness News. The availability could have provided valuable insight into how they are handling the adversity of being without senior guard Marcus Sasser, who suffered a lower-body injury in the American Athletic Conference championship semifinals against […]

March Madness is finally here, and we now know the 68 teams that will be competing for the title. Fans have been feverishly filling out their brackets, and teams are preparing themselves for their first-round matchups. If there’s one thing that everyone who follows March Madness knows, though, it’s that every team doesn’t get an […]