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The UConn basketball team suffered a 77-75 loss to Florida in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, and after the hard-fought loss, head coach Dan Hurley opened up on the emotions he felt after the bid for a three-peat fell short. “Yeah, I mean they showed their quality,” Dan Hurley said on CBS. “I […]

Top-seeded Texas women’s basketball overcame an early scare to defeat 16th-seeded William & Mary 105-61 on Saturday night in the opening round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. Despite the lopsided final score, Longhorns coach Vic Schaefer offered a candid assessment of his team’s performance. “We looked like we hadn’t played in two weeks,” Schaefer […]

Before he even stepped foot on campus at Duke University, Cooper Flagg was already being hailed as a generational prospect. The combination of size, skill, approach, athleticism, and appreciation for both the history and nuances of the game of basketball resulted in lofty comparisons that have ranged from Kevin Garnett to Anthony Davis to Shawn Marion […]

Duke basketball star Cooper Flagg is leading his team in the NCAA tournament. The Blue Devils are in the Round of 32, with a game Sunday against Baylor. The star has several NBA executives looking at him as Flagg is considered a possible top NBA draft pick. Those NBA execs are liking what they are […]

The second round of the NCAA Tournament continues to deliver, as top seed Florida and two-time defending national champion UConn went back and forth in a classic March Madness battle on Sunday. The Huskies took the SEC champs all the way into the final minutes, but a masterful closing stretch helped the Gators come out […]

2024-25 was an interesting season in Austin for Texas basketball, but one thing was clear the entire time: Rodney Terry was not meeting expectations. Even though the Longhorns did just enough to reach the NCAA Tournament, an immediate exit spelled danger for head coach Rodney Terry. In a move that had been expected ever since […]

Flau’Jae Johnson returned from injury with a 22-point game to help No. 3 seed LSU women’s basketball cruise to a 103-48 win over No. 14 seed San Diego State in the first round of the NCAA women’s tournament on Saturday night in Baton Rouge. Johnson, who missed the SEC tournament with a right shin injury, […]

The No. 5-seeded Oregon Ducks are set to take on No. 4 Arizona for a berth to the 2025 March Madness Sweet 16. With a dominant win over Liberty University, the Ducks are looking to return to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2021. Notoriously the biggest benefactor of Nike gear and equipment, […]

Despite falling 82-69 to No. 4 seed Maryland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Norfolk State women’s basketball coach Larry Vickers left no doubt about how he views the Spartans program’s standing after Saturday’s performance. The 13th-seeded Spartans jumped out to an early 7-0 lead and held a 32-30 advantage at halftime. They […]

Hours after leading Norfolk State to a near upset over Maryland, Spartan head coach Larry Vickers is leaving his alma mater for a huge opportunity as the next head coach of Auburn. His hire to the program comes after he led his Lady Spartans to an upset over Auburn in December, which was the team’s […]

One of the biggest upset scares on day three of the NCAA Tournament came late on Saturday night when No. 8 seed Gonzaga pushed top-seed Houston to the final buzzer. The Bulldogs didn’t have quite enough to pull off the stunner, as Khalif Battle’s 3-pointer in the final seconds was blocked and the Cougars escaped […]

Lindsay Gottlieb, USC women’s basketball head coach, gave a candid assessment of why her team was ‘rusty’ in their NCAA Tournament opener after the Trojans routed UNC Greensboro 71-25 in the first round on Saturday at Galen Center. “Our players had a good energy about them beforehand,” Gottlieb said, per Los Angeles Times reporter Ryan […]

Iowa basketball fired longtime head coach Fran McCaffery after a disappointing 2024-25 season, and now the Hawkeyes have found the new man who is going to be leading their program. Former Drake head coach Ben McCollum is finalizing a deal to become the next head coach at Iowa, according to David Eickholt and Sean Bock […]

The primary concern for Auburn basketball on Saturday night was taking care of a talented Creighton squad that gave it a real run for its money. The top-seeded Tigers escaped despite trailing by two at halftime, knocking off the ninth-seeded Bluejays 82-70 to advance to the Sweet 16. During the second half, a second concern […]

The Oklahoma women’s basketball team crashed the glass on Saturday, in a first round NCAA tournament win over Florida Gulf Coast. The Sooners set a NCAA tournament game record with 72 boards in the contest, per ESPN. “A lot of missed shots,” Sooners coach Jennie Baranczyk said jokingly. “It was a game of pace — […]

The Gonzaga Bulldogs’ streak of consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearances ended at nine on Saturday night after a loss to the top seed in the Midwest Region, the Houston Cougars, whose streak of six Sweet Sixteen appearances is now the longest in the country. The Zags, who never led in the 81-76 defeat, continued to push […]

One team that is flying a bit under the radar during this NCAA Tournament is Tennessee basketball, and a lot of that is because the second-seeded Volunteers haven’t been under any stress. After a comfortable first-round victory over No. 15 seed Wofford, the Volunteers crushed seventh-seeded UCLA in the second round by a score of […]

Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari has a very happy family. Calipari’s wife and daughter voiced their support for the Arkansas coach, after the squad made the Sweet 16. The Razorbacks defeated St. John’s in March Madness on Saturday, 75-66. “It’s just been a rough couple of years, you know?” Calipari’s daughter Megan said, per CBS […]

The Duke basketball team is certainly the team to beat in the NCAA Tournament. Rising March Madness star Cooper Flagg erupted in his first slice of action, recording 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Flagg has been the glue for this Duke team all season, and many have wondered how he got here. The […]

BYU basketball is having an incredible NCAA Tournament. BYU took down VCU during the first round of the tournament. The Cougars got another huge win on Saturday night, defeating the No. 3 seed Badgers 91-89. The win sends BYU to the Sweet 16 next week. BYU junior forward Richie Saunders was almost speechless during an […]

For the fourth occasion of its current five-game win streak, Michigan pulled off another upset win over Texas A&M to advance to the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen. Head coach Dusty May recognized that, while his starters still came up big in the win, it was L.J. Cason and Roddy Gayle Jr. off the bench who […]

For much of Saturday night’s second-round game in the NCAA Tournament, it looked like 9th-seeded Creighton basketball had a chance to shock the world. However, it didn’t have quite enough juice to keep pace with top-seed Auburn for the entire 40 minutes as Bruce Pearl’s Tigers pulled away in an 82-70 win. One of the […]

Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari is happy with how his team competed in the NCAA tournament so far. The Razorbacks are in the Sweet 16 after defeating St. John’s Saturday, 75-66. Following the victory, Calipari elaborated on his feelings. “They’re fun to coach… I’ve told them many times I’ve felt this is the most rewarding […]

The UCLA basketball program got bounced from March Madness too soon. UCLA lost 67-58 again the No. 2 seed Tennessee on Saturday night. Tennessee advances to the Sweet 16 with the victory. Unfortunately, the Bruins have to head back home while still reeling from their defeat. UCLA head coach Mick Cronin fired back at a […]

The Auburn Tigers’ opening game of the NCAA Tournament against 16-seed Alabama State provided some cause for concern, as the top overall seed was pushed for one half by their clearly inferior in-state opponent, but on Saturday night, in a game against an opponent who had every reason to believe they could hang with the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Oregon-Arizona prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Oregon-Arizona. The Oregon Ducks and the Arizona Wildcats meet in Seattle, in what feels like a Pac-12 game but is instead a Big Ten-versus-Big 12 game. Seattle is a longtime Pac-12 city, home to the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a New Mexico-Michigan State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch New Mexico-Michigan State. The Michigan State Spartans are in a position to make a charge at the Final Four. They were a No. 2 seed when they made the Final Four in 2019. […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Ole Miss-Iowa State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Ole Miss-Iowa State. The Iowa State Cyclones looked like a Final Four contender in early January. Then they got hit by injuries and were never the same team again. Now Iowa State enters […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Colorado State-Maryland prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Colorado State-Maryland. The Colorado State Rams are one of the hottest teams in college basketball right now. They have won 11 games in a row, getting hot at just the right time and carrying […]

Some college basketball fans have complained about the lack of Cinderella teams in this NCAA Tournament, as many of the top mid-major programs lost in the first round. One of the few remaining teams that could make a feel-good run to the second weekend was Drake after a very impressive win over Missouri in the […]

Houston basketball punched its ticket into the Sweet 16 of March Madness Saturday. They escaped a traditional NCAA Tournament heavyweight in Gonzaga by winning 81-76. But the talk postgame wasn’t on the Cougars avoiding elimination, but a tender moment involving Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson. The Cougars head coach noticed Gonzaga star Khalif Battle losing […]

Jayden Daniels had a memorable debut season with the Washington Commanders, leading the team to the NFC Championship Game and taking home Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. During some downtime in the offseason, Daniels attended USC’s matchup against UNC Greensboro in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. However, after the Trojans […]

Arguably the best game of the first three days of March Madness happened late on Saturday night in Denver. No. 3 seed Wisconsin basketball and No. 6 seed BYU clashed in a high-scoring affair with plenty of drama and some great shotmaking for all 40 minutes. In addition to the offensive firepower on display on […]

Arkansas basketball is now in a far better position with John Calipari as head coach. “Coach Cal” is leading the Razorbacks into the Sweet 16 of March Madness for the second time in three seasons. But have made a mean NCAA Tournament comeback after missing last season’s games with a dismal 16-17 mark. Calipari had […]

After both teams fended off frisky mid-major squads in the first round of March Madness, No. 4 seed Texas A&M basketball and No. 5 seed Michigan went back and forth for 40 minutes on Saturday in Denver. Both teams traded heavyweight blows, but it was the Wolverines who came out on top in the end […]

Drake basketball is now monitoring the future of Ben McCollum. The head coach has risen as a hot commodity in coaching circles for leading the Bulldogs to a 30-3 mark. Now his availability opens after Drake fell 77-64 to Texas Tech Saturday in March Madness. McCollum, however, shrugged off coaching rumors not once. But twice. […]

The first two days of March Madness left something to be desired in terms of upsets and drama, but the first day of the Round of 32 brought all of that and more. In the second game of the day, No. 10 seed Arkansas basketball shocked the college hoops world by knocking off No. 2 […]

Michigan basketball survived and advanced another round in March Madness by toppling Texas A&M 91-79. The Wolverines are back in the Sweet 16, this time under Dusty May. But the Wolverines’ victory sparked a strong reaction from former coach John Beilein. Michigan changed its culture under Beilein from 2007 to 2019. The Wolverines hit hard […]

The St. John’s Red Storm had a brilliant season under head coach Rick Pitino but it all came crashing down in the second round of the NCAA Tournament as the Arkansas Razorbacks put on an impressive defensive performance to pull off a 75-66 victory. The Red Storm played a strong defensive game and Pitino’s team […]