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A matchup between Oregon State and Loyola-Chicago kicked off the Sweet 16 round in the NCAA Tournament with both teams competing down to the wire. Despite a late-game comeback by Loyola-Chicago, Oregon State was able to force the upset to advance to the Elite Eight. Tennessee ✅Oklahoma State ✅Loyola Chicago ✅ No. 12 seed Oregon […]

The last game of the Saturday night slate sees the Syracuse Orange continue their impressive run against the Houston Cougars. Syracuse has had a ton of tournament success in recent years and will look to build on their impressive resume with another Elite Eight appearance. The Houston Cougars on the other hand are looking to […]

A highly touted Sweet Sixteen matchup between the Villanova Wildcats and the Baylor Bears will be an instant classic on Saturday evening. The Wildcats reach the Sweet Sixteen for the third time since 2016. The last two times they reached this round, they went on to win the whole thing. Both teams won their second […]

The Oregon State Beavers will continue their impressive run against the Loyola Chicago Ramblers in the Sweet Sixteen. This is an improbable matchup that makes sense when you dive into the details. Loyola is making its second Sweet Sixteen appearance in three years, having made the Final Four back in 2018. These are two of […]

The Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team needs a new head coach after Shaka Smart departed to take over the Marquette program on Friday. Former Texas freshman sensation and current Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant told Stadium’s Jeff Goodman the Longhorns should go after the head coach of a Cinderella darling. Russell Springmann has the Oral Roberts […]

This might turn out to be a perfect, well-timed move by Shaka Smart. According to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, Shaka Smart is on the move to Milwaukee, to become the head coach at Marquette. Source: Marquette's administration is meeting with its players in the next few hours. Barring something unforeseen, Shaka Smart is heading […]

The March Madness tournament has been filled with upsets and buzzer-beaters, as it’s been one of the most electrifying postseasons in NCAA college basketball history. However, not all news is good news, as the college basketball world mourns the loss of Oscar Frayer. Frayer played for the Grand Canyon Antelopes and was able to help […]

Lon Kruger has decided to call time on his career as a head coach following what has been a decorated 35-year career. On Thursday, amid the flurry of NBA trade deadline moves, Oklahoma announced that the 68-year-old has decided to hang it up after 10 seasons with the team. The basketball world now bids farewell […]

Student-athletes can n0w forego their collegiate career by going straight to the G League, which has ruffled some feathers. Mick Cronin, the head basketball coach at UCLA, called out the NBA for prying Daishen Nix away from the program ahead of the 2020 season. “(Nix) was signed. And the NBA – trust me – they […]

The idea of college athletes earning improved and due compensation isn’t some new idea. However, it still hasn’t happened in the NCAA, with headway in the matter seemingly stalled. It’s high-time for that to change. Why pay student-athletes? Aren’t scholarships enough? One of the more flimsy, common arguments against compensating student-athletes relies upon these half-hearted […]

The Colorado Buffaloes were preparing for a game against the Florida State Seminoles in the NCAA Tournament on Monday when they were notified of a shooting near their campus. Following his team’s elimination in the tournament, head coach Tad Boyle reacted to the Boulder shooting, via Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports. “Win or lose tonight, […]

LSU Tigers star guard Cameron Thomas joined an elite group of scorers after his 30-point performance against Michigan Wolverines in the second round of March Madness on Monday. The impressive outing came off the back of a 27-point display against St. Bonaventure in the first round. Thomas is just the third freshman ever to drop […]

Ohio State men’s basketball star E.J. Liddell said he and his family have been given extra security after Liddell received ugly threats on social media following the Buckeyes’ first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Oral Roberts. The university has contacted local authorities and an investigation is underway. In the meantime, Liddell has an added police presence: […]

The second-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes became the latest Big Ten team to see an early exit in the NCAA Tournament, as they fell to the seventh-seeded Oregon Ducks on Monday, 95-80. Chris Duarte led four Ducks in double figures with 23 points, three rebounds, seven assists, and two steals while making 9-of-12 shots from the field. […]

This game features two teams that have pulled off shocking wins early in the tournament. The Abilene Christian Wildcats take on the UCLA Bruins in a bout that is scheduled for two halves. The 11 vs. 14 seeded round of 32 matchup is the lowest-seeded game of the second round. With ACU pulling off the […]

This may very well be the evenest matchup of the Round of 32 as the Colorado Buffaloes take on the Florida State Seminoles on Monday night. This is the only four vs. five seeded game in the second round and is separated by just one point according to oddsmakers. It will be a fun affair […]

The 10th-seeded Maryland Terrapins are set to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide in a highly touted round of 32 matchup. Both teams are coming off of impressive first-round victories and will matchup fairly well on Monday night. Alabama has been playing great basketball all year but has a few holes that Maryland can take […]

The USC Trojans will take on the Kansas Jayhawks in a highly touted second-round matchup on Monday night. This game features two teams on different trajectories right now. The reeling Jayhawks will be forced to fight through their struggles against a red-hot Trojans squad. Both groups will have a tall task with the plethora of […]

The Ohio Bobcats will battle the Creighton Bluejays for a spot in the Sweet Sixteen on Monday night. The Bobcats secured a huge victory on Saturday night as they knocked off the defending champion Virginia Cavaliers. They came out with more energy and looked like the better team throughout. With Creighton having its best season […]

Michigan had no issue taking out 16-seeded Texas Southern with a 82-66 victory to get to the round of 32. Being short-handed without their leaded Isaiah Livers, the Wolverines showed no ill effects in their first NCAA Tournament game. It’s time to make the best pick for our LSU – Michigan prediction. The 8 vs […]

The Oklahoma Sooners will be taking on the juggernaut Bulldogs from Gonzaga on CBS. The Sooners are coming off of an impressive first-round win against Mizzou and will look to take their much-needed momentum into this heavyweight bout. College basketball has had two weight classes this season, Gonzaga and the rest of the field. Gonzaga […]

The Oregon Ducks will take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in what’s set to be a Monday thriller on CBS. It’s time to continue the NCAA odds series and make an Oregon-Iowa prediction and pick. These two teams have had a completely different start to the 2021 tournament. Iowa took care of their business while Oregon […]

The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles stunned the Florida Gators on Sunday after an 81-78 victory. Max Abmas and Kevin Obanor led the team en route to also becoming just the third pair of teammates in NCAA history to each score 25 points or more in consecutive games, per ESPN Stats and Info. Abmas and Obanor […]

Oral Roberts is going deep in the NCAA Tournament. After stunning Ohio State to open their stint and ruin more than 90 percent of March Madness brackets, the Golden Eagles continue to soar high. This time, the team took down the 7th-seeded Florida Gators in the second round to move on to the Sweet 16. […]

It seems Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is recovering at home while watching NCAA March Madness on Sunday. His team this season? Probably Texas Tech, which lost a heartbreaking NCAA Tournament game versus the Arkansas Razorbacks, 68-66. Mahomes sent a tweet consisting of a sad face emoji after the difficult loss.  Patrick Mahomes knows […]

The Syracuse Orange love March. For the third time in the past six seasons, Syracuse will advance to the Sweet 16 as a double-digit seed. Behind Buddy Boeheim’s 25 points, the 11 seed Orange defeated the three-seed Mountaineers of West Virginia, 75-72. 🚨 ANOTHER UPSET 🚨 11-seed Syracuse takes down 3-seed West Virginia! pic.twitter.com/kctidsVtNI — […]

It appears Damian Lillard has taken notice of something that has fooled people multiple times throughout this season. And that is Davion Mitchell of Baylor. Many assume he and Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz are brothers, which they are not. In fact, the two are not related. On top of having similar game styles […]

The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers have done the impossible and are moving onto the Sweet 16 after upsetting the number one seed Illinois Fighting Illini. Entering the tournament as the eighth seed, Loyola-Chicago wasn’t given much of a chance. Some pegged them as a possible Cinderella team after proceeding past the first round. But now, Cameron Krutwig […]

Loyola Chicago has struck again. The Ramblers led from start to finish and at often times by double digits and now, they have punched a ticket to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. It was a dominant performance against an Illinois team that entered the tournament playing as well as any team in the […]

The 2021 NCAA Tournament has been filled with upsets and broken brackets through the first few days. As people have witnessed top seeds being eliminated early, it allows many to reflect on previous small schools that made a run against top-tier programs. One of the most spectacular runs by a small program was Stephen Curry […]

The main man of the Illinois Fighting Illini, Ayo Dosunmu, revealed that the late Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant was the inspiration behind the black mask that he regularly wears on the floor. The Chicago native claimed that he wanted to pay tribute to the greats who paved the way for up-and-coming players like […]

The North Texas Mean Green will try to keep a Cinderella run alive when they face off against the Villanova Wildcats in the second round on Sunday. It’s time to continue our NCAA odds series and make a North Texas-Villanova prediction and pick. North Texas pulled off one of the stunners in the first round, […]

The matchup between Baylor and Wisconsin is set up to be one of the more appealing games in the round of 32, with a spot in the Sweet 16 on the line. Let’s continue our NCAA odds series with our Wisconsin-Baylor prediction and pick. Wisconsin received the 9-seed in the South Region and they blitzed […]

The 11th ranked Syracuse Orange surprisingly dominated the San Diego State Aztecs in the first round and will now face the third-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers on Sunday, March 21st. It’s time to continue the NCAA odds series and make a Syracuse vs. West Virginia prediction and pick. The Orange (17-9) didn’t look like an 11th […]

The 15th ranked Oral Roberts Golden Eagles shocked the world after upsetting Ohio State in the first round. They move on to face the seventh-ranked Florida Gators in a matchup that will have the nation on the edge of their seats. The game takes place on March 21st, at 7:45 pm Eastern. It’s time to […]

It’s a battle of OSU vs. OSU Sunday when Oregon State looks to keep its surprising run going against Cade Cunningham and Oklahoma State. It’s time to continue our NCAA odds series and make an Oregon State-Oklahoma State prediction and pick. Oregon State received an automatic bid after running through the Pac-12 Tournament. Needing to […]

NBA fans are still patiently waiting for the day when outspoken TNT analyst Charles Barkley joins social media. But as far as the Hall of Fame forward is concerned, the day will probably never come simply because he doesn’t want to dignify any person spreading toxicity online. Sir Charles made his point clear in the […]

After securing victories in the first round of the tournament, the Texas Tech Red Raiders will be taking on the Arkansas Razorbacks on Sunday, March 21st. It should be a great game, as the two teams match up well against each other. Here’s another rendition of our NCAA betting preview series and make a Texas […]

After each winning their first-round game of March Madness, the Loyola Chicago Ramblers will take on the Illinois Fighting Illini on Sunday, March 21st. It’s time to continue the NCAA odds series and make a Loyola-Illinois prediction and pick. Loyola finished the season with a 25-4 record that earned them the eighth seed in the […]