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USC women’s basketball rolled without JuJu Watkins for the first time in March Madness. But hit a rare feat not seen since 1984. This feat even involves another iconic basketball star from the Land of Troy. USC is heading to consecutive Elite Eight appearances after knocking off Kansas State 67-61 Saturday in Spokane. The last […]

Although Texas Tech basketball endured a painful loss to Florida, alum Patrick Mahomes shared a simple yet effective message to the group. “Great season!!! 💪🏽💪🏽 @TexasTechMBB,” the tweet says. For the Red Raiders, there is much to be proud of. The team had a combined 28-8 record and were second in the Big 12. The […]

Walter Clayton Jr. had an explosive performance in the Florida Gators’ 84-79 win against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. In 35 minutes of action, Clayton Jr. finished with a stat line of 30 points, four assists and two rebounds. He shot 7-of-14 from the field, including […]

Paige Bueckers and Geno Auriemma have been two staples for UConn women’s basketball over the past few seasons. After Bueckers delivered a 40-point performance, Auriemma was shocked, but not surprised. Following the 82-59 win over Oklahoma, Auriemma shared his initial thoughts of Bueckers’s performance via ESPN’s Alexis Philippou. “Paige was spectacular,” Auriemma said. “That was […]

Florida basketball has Gainesville cheering and buzzing for the first time since 2014. The Gators are back in the Final Four after beating Texas Tech 84-79. But watched Alijah Martin hit a March Madness mark not seen since 1980 to return to the big dance. The former Florida Atlantic guard Martin now just instilled hope […]

Todd Golden helped the Florida Gators end a decade-long drought of not appearing in the Final Four on Saturday night. The Gators faced off against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Both teams traded blows as the game went down to the wire. However, the former went […]

Paige Bueckers and the No. 2 seed UConn Huskies are going to the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA Tournament after taking down the No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday. Behind an incredible performance by Bueckers, UCOnn basketball sent the Sooners home, as the Huskies eked out an 82-59 victory at Spokane Arena in Spokane, […]

Although Kim Caldwell’s first season with Tennessee women’s basketball ended in the Sweet 16, Texas head coach Vic Schaefer was beyond impressed. After the Longhorns won the SEC regular season title, they’ve made quick work of teams in the NCAA tournament. The 67-59 loss was difficult for the first-year coach to stomach. However, as Caldwell […]

The UConn basketball team’s two-year streak of national titles ended in the 2025 Round of 32 with a loss to Florida. As the loss ended Dan Hurley’s three-peat bid, it also forced the team into uncharted territory ahead of the 2025 offseason. With multiple key players departing, the Huskies are compelled to rebuild their roster […]

UCLA basketball scored one major college basketball transfer portal addition following its March Madness exit. But the Bruins won’t see Donovan Dent and Sebastian Mack team together. The guard Mack has entered the transfer portal, with Pete Nakos of On3 revealing Mack’s decision on Saturday evening. Mack is entering the portal after helping lead UCLA […]

Hailey Van Lith showed out in the TCU Horned Frogs’ Sweet 16 matchup against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday. In 39 minutes of action, she finished with 26 points, nine rebounds and four assists. She shot 10-of-21 from the field, including 2-of-5 from beyond the arc. This proved to be crucial as the […]

After Notre Dame women’s basketball and TCU squared off, the latter will be advancing to the Elite Eight. Following the loss, it has raised questions regarding point guard Olivia Miles. She is technically able to declare for the WNBA Draft. However, Miles can stay with Notre Dame women’s basketball if she chooses to. That extra […]

The TCU women’s basketball program is continuing to thrive. Head coach Mark Campbell has had a crazy first season with the Horned Frogs. He has helped the program reach its first-ever Elite Eight. With the help of Hailey Van Lith, the two have been a perfect pairing. Not to mention, Campbell dropped an honest Van […]

Shaqir O’Neal, son of NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, has entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to On3’s Jamie Shaw. The 6-foot-7 forward recently completed his junior season at Florida A&M University (FAMU), where he posted career-best numbers. O’Neal averaged 6.7 points and 3.4 rebounds per game while appearing in all 29 contests. He […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Michigan State-Auburn prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Michigan State-Auburn. The Auburn Tigers were one of the two best teams in college basketball during the regular season. Auburn and Duke had the two best resumes. They were the two most consistent team. […]

The Florida Gators came into the 2025 NCAA Tournament as one of the favorites to win the national championship, although they suffered a little blow in the second round against Mississippi State. Alex Condon, who has been a huge piece for Florida this season, suffered an ankle injury that head coach Todd Golden wasn’t too […]

There’s no question that the landscape of college basketball has been changed due to the transfer portal. As far as the women’s basketball side is concerned, one of the biggest names in the game, Florida State guad Ta’Niya Latson, is one of the top available names in the portal currently. UConn head coach Geno Auriemma, […]

Though the Houston basketball team beat Purdue in the Sweet Sixteen in a classic, the team didn’t make out of it unscathed as there is concern about the injury surrounding senior guard Mylik Wilson. As a last-second bucket won the game for the Houston basketball program over the Boilermakers, the celebration can’t last too long […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Tennessee-Houston prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Tennessee-Houston. The Houston Cougars were thrown into the fire on Friday night. They had to play Purdue in Indianapolis in front of a loud pro-Boilermaker crowd. Houston clearly felt the pressure and stress of the […]

Following its loss to Arkansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Kansas basketball freshman big man Flory Bidunga has decided to enter the transfer portal. ESPN’s Pete Thamel was among the first to report the news. “Kansas big man Flory Bidunga has informed the staff that he intends to enter the transfer portal, […]

St. John’s basketball player RJ Luis Jr. is keeping all options open for his future. Luis is declaring for the NBA Draft while also entering the transfer portal, per Draft Express. Luis will be highly sought-after from other programs. He finished the 2024-25 college basketball regular season as the Big East Player of the Year. […]

The NCAA tournament without JuJu Watkins looks unfamiliar since her ACL injury. To compensate for the loss, USC women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb has inspired the team to soldier on without their star player. All eyes will be on USC as they prepare to take on Kansas State in the Sweet 16 on Saturday night. […]

Auburn basketball picked up a 78-65 win over Michigan basketball on Friday night that was a testament to their bevy of scoring options. National Player of the Year candidate Johni Broome, Denver Jones, and Tahaad Pettiford led the onslaught for Auburn, and in the process, they became the first trio to score 20-plus points in […]

Although upset with JuJu Watkins’ injury, Lindsay Gottlieb does not want to see fans aiming their anger at Mississippi State’s Chandler Prater. While Prater was involved in the play that hurt the USC basketball star, Gottlieb does not believe the fifth-year senior had any desire to cause the injury. Gottlieb said that she appreciates the […]

Kara Lawson and the Duke women’s basketball team are now in the Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Tournament, and the former star player in her own right says she never would have gotten to where she has without the lessons learned from legendary Tennessee Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt. “I took a lot […]

In just one year at the helm, Mark Pope has already made a lasting impact on the Kentucky basketball program. While the Wildcats’ season still ended in the third round of the NCAA Tournament, Pope’s impact was felt by every member of the team. He had a particularly resounding influence on one of his first […]

The 2024-25 college basketball season has been one in which Purdue Boilermakers point guard Braden Smith has been able to step out of the very large shadow of Zach Edey, the two-time National Player of the Year award winner who was the plodding catalyst of Purdue’s run to the National Championship Game last season. Smith […]

Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter is tipping his cap to Houston. The Cougars knocked Purdue out of the NCAA tournament Friday night, by a close 62-60 score. Houston scored in the remaining seconds of the game, off an in-bounds play. Painter thinks Houston can win it all. “Everyone knows how this tournament goes, but I […]

Auburn basketball is heading to the Elite Eight, following a 78-65 victory over No. 5 seed Michigan on Friday. Tahaad Pettiford was the spark plug that the Tigers needed to overcome another tough NCAA Tournament challenge. The freshman guard believes in his team, and he knows what’s expected. “I’m ready for the moment. I want […]

Earlier this week, ahead of the NCAA Tournament regional semifinal games to be played on Thursday and Friday night, I took on the nearly impossible task of setting out to rank the ten greatest Sweet Sixteen games of the 21st Century. Little did I know that when I set out to do the same with the […]

Houston basketball head coach Kelvin Sampson broke down the shocking, game-winning inbounds play against Purdue. The last matchup of the Sweet 16 was a classic, and just when it looked like the Cougars were pulling away, the Boilermakers launched a furious rally to tie the game in the last minute. Fortunately, with 2.8 seconds left […]

Low-scoring games can happen to anyone, especially to teams that usually boast potent offenses. However, the Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels made history in that category on Friday. The Blue Devils escaped with a nine-point victory over the Tar Heels in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Tournament. However, the […]

Zakai Zeigler and the Tennessee Volunteers reached the Elite 8 for the second straight year and the third time in program history. They accomplished the feat after beating the 3-seed Kentucky Wildcats 78-65 in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Their activity on the court outside of scoring stood out, winning 31-19 in […]

Despite losing Angel Reese to the WNBA, Kim Mulkey has built another LSU women’s basketball powerhouse. The third-seeded Tigers kept on rolling on Friday night, surviving a heavyweight battle against No. 2 seed NC State 80-73 to advance to the Elite Eight once again. The two teams traded the lead back and forth throughout the […]

It took until the final game of the Sweet 16 for March Madness to deliver a truly classic, last-second finish in the third round of the tournament, but the last game on Friday night lived up to the hype. Top-seed Houston basketball stunned Purdue in the final seconds with a sweet inbounds play to get […]

2024-25 has been an incredible season for Michigan State basketball, and the Spartans are still rolling. Despite a slow start, second-seeded Michigan State came back and played a strong second half to pull off a very tight 73-70 win over No. 6 seed Ole Miss in the Sweet 16. Tom Izzo and company really had […]

Chris Beard and the Ole Miss Rebels saw their season come to an end after losing to the Michigan State Spartans in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. It was a big run for the 6-seed Rebels, making their first appearance in the Sweet 16 since 2001. It’s also the second overall in […]

One of the most highly-anticipated games of the Sweet 16 was a clash between a pair of conference rivals. Tennessee basketball and Kentucky went at it in Indianapolis on Friday night for a spot in the Elite Eight in a clash of two teams who are awfully familiar with each other. Kentucky surely came into […]

Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans grinded out a 73-70 win over the Ole Miss Rebels in the Sweet 16 to advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. It marked the 15th time in program history that they reached the Elite Eight, their 11th under Izzo. Their consistent success as a contender […]