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Creighton basketball is gearing up for tournament play and the Big East postseason awards are starting to roll in. While there were a number of awards up for grabs in the conference this season, one of them was never in doubt. Creighton star Ryan Kalkbrenner won the Big East Defensive Player of the Year in […]

March is here, and the madness is right around the corner. Arguably the best sports month of the year is upon us, the NCAA Tournament is just a couple of weeks away as the first games get started on March 18th. The NCAA Tournament is a tough one to beat as it is definitely one […]

UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close believes both the Bruins and the Trojans deserve top seeds in the NCAA Tournament after No. 4 UCLA defeated No. 2 USC women’s basketball 72-67 in the Big Ten Tournament championship game Sunday in Minneapolis. The Bruins overcame a 13-point deficit and held USC to just four field goals […]

It’s time to continue our WCC Tournament odds series with a San Francisco-Gonzaga prediction and pick. Find out how to watch San Francisco-Gonzaga. Just before this WCC Tournament began, on the final weekend of the conference regular season, Gonzaga traveled to San Francisco with plenty on the line. Gonzaga was playing to avoid having to […]

Hello friends, and welcome to a Holy Hell, Selection Sunday is less than one week away edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints! So the title of today’s Bracketology update is ‘A Championship Week Challenge’ and in this case, the word ‘challenge’ has three different meanings. First, I’d like to remind you that you can see how my […]

TCU women’s basketball guard Hailey Van Lith called winning the Big 12 Championship “a blessing” after helping the Horned Frogs defeat Baylor 64-59 on Sunday to secure the program’s first conference tournament title since 2005 and first-ever in the Big 12. Van Lith, named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, scored 20 points and hit a […]

UConn basketball head coach Dan Hurley swiftly answered whether he regrets turning down the Lakers’ job offer last offseason. The Huskies have not had an ideal regular season based on their expectations heading into the year. However, this group is hitting a hot streak ahead of the Big East Tournament, as it still looks to […]

It’s time to continue our WCC Tournament odds series with a Pepperdine Saint Mary’s prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Pepperdine Saint Mary’s. What an amazing story we have in Las Vegas. An underdog is at the blackjack table, hitting on 17 and winning. The Pepperdine Waves are truly riding that wave into […]

Dan Hurley and the UConn Huskies are getting ready to take part in the Big East Tournament. However, the head coach had stunning comments regarding his team’s status in the transfer portal. The Huskies ended their regular season on Saturday, blowing out the Seton Hall Pirates 81-50. They finished the regular season 22-9, including a […]

Duke women’s basketball capped a statement weekend with a 76-62 win over No. 7 NC State on Sunday, securing the program’s first ACC Tournament championship since 2013 and the first under head coach Kara Lawson. The third-seeded Blue Devils (26-7) avenged all four of their regular-season conference losses during the tournament, defeating Louisville, Notre Dame […]

The No. 8 Michigan State basketball program came away with a dominant 79-62 win over No. 17 Michigan on Senior Day, but at the end of the game, the two teams got into an altercation at half court, and Tom Izzo chalked it down as a typical rivalry moment. “If everybody’s out there hugging and […]

Nebraska basketball coach Fred Hoiberg is making a promise to fans. Hoiberg pledged to work as hard as possible to return the Cornhuskers next season to the Big Ten Conference tournament, as well as the NCAA tournament. “We’re going to be back next year and hopefully do a better job,” Hoiberg said Sunday, per On3. […]

Dusty May’s No. 17 Michigan basketball team lost on the road to No. 8 Michigan State on the road on Sunday, and in the final seconds, there was an altercation between the two teams, with the Spartans seemingly taking issue with the Wolverines players standing on the logo at half court. May seemed confused as […]

Sometimes, winning a championship is just about getting hot at the right time. Michigan State basketball is doing just that and is playing some of its best basketball of the season during the end of the regular season heading into the Big Ten Tournament. The Spartans continued that on Sunday with a very convincing 79-62 […]

After nearly a decade of NBA assistant coaching experience, Sacramento Kings assistant Luke Loucks will be returning to his alma mater and taking over as the head coach of Florida State basketball. Loucks, 34 years old, will be succeeding Leonard Hamilton, who was his coach when he played for the Seminoles. “I don’t know how […]

NC State women’s basketball star Aziaha James was taken to the locker room late in the second quarter of the game against Duke in the ACC tournament championship game, but eventually returned in the second half. NC State's leading scorer Aziaha James was taken back to the locker room after a right leg injury in […]

When in-state conference rivals take the floor against one another, there is also the potential for things to get heated. When that game turns into something of a blowout, and the trailing team is expected to step aside and let their opponents get an opportunity to shine one last time on their home floor… that’s […]

South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley said her team is playing its best basketball of the season ahead of Sunday’s SEC Tournament title game against No. 1 Texas. The fifth-ranked Gamecocks (29-3) are seeking their third straight conference tournament championship and fifth in six seasons. “I think we’re playing our best basketball, individually and […]

USC women’s basketball head coach Lindsay Gottlieb praised the competitive drive of her top players like JuJu Watkins and Kiki Iriafen ahead of Sunday’s Big Ten championship game against rival UCLA, emphasizing the qualities that have carried the Trojans through their conference tournament run. “I think our players are insanely competitive and they do have […]

2024-25 hasn’t been the season that Hubert Davis envisioned in Chapel Hill as North Carolina basketball has failed to meet expectations. The Tar Heels have just one quad 1 win and have let a number of opportunities slip through their fingers. North Carolina still has hopes of getting into the NCAA Tournament thanks to a […]

Baylor women’s basketball player Aaronette Vonleh delivered a career-best performance in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals, scoring 37 points to lead No. 17 Baylor past No. 21 Oklahoma State, 84-74, in overtime on Saturday. Now, the Bears turn their attention to No. 8 TCU in the championship game Sunday. Vonleh is confident in her teammates’ […]

Heading into Champ Week, Michigan basketball holds a ton of confidence, and much of it has to do with what Dusty May has brought to the program in the 2024-25 campaign. May has a bright future ahead, but the former Florida Atlantic head coach is wasting no time building his squad up to contention in […]

Many people did’t think that Houston basketball would be able to continue dominating season after season after moving to the Big 12, but Kelvin Sampson and company have proven everybody wrong. Houston secured its second straight Big 12 regular season title this season and capped it off with a gritty 65-61 win over Baylor on […]

In a game that may end up being one of the most consequential of the season in terms of NCAA Tournament bubble prospects, the Oklahoma Sooners went to Austin and came away with a 76-72 win over the Texas Longhorns on Saturday night. The biggest lead either team was able to build all night was […]

After a rocky start to the season, Michigan State basketball has blossomed into the best team in the Big Ten. On Thursday night, Tom Izzo and the Spartans clinched the outright regular season conference title with a win over Iowa and some help from a slumping Michigan team. Winning the Big Ten isn’t the only […]

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo wants to keep going. Izzo says he’s nowhere near ready to retire from coaching in East Lansing. “The truth of the matter is, I think I’m healthier than I was five years ago,” Izzo said, per CBS Sports. “They say that you’ll know when it’s time. It doesn’t feel […]

Just one year ago, NC State basketball was one of the best stories in all of sports. 12 months later, a disaster of a season has finally come to an end, and a final decision has been made on the future of head coach Kevin Keatts. NC State is firing Keatts less than 24 hours […]

Duke basketball defeated North Carolina on Saturday. Blue Devils coach Jon Scheyer is revealing the short but interesting message he gave his team at halftime. Duke nearly blew a double-digit lead to go into the break up by just one point. “This is great,” Scheyer said to his team at the half, per ESPN. Scheyer […]

Entering the month of March, Missouri basketball looked like a much different team. They had defeated South Carolina by 30 points on February 25, with star players Mark Mitchell, Caleb Grill and senior leader guard Tamar Bates motivated for the toughest stretch of the season. Over the last three appearances, however, the performances have been […]

It’s time to continue our WCC Tournament odds series with a Washington State-San Francisco prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Washington State-San Francisco. The Washington State Cougars have had a rough season, but this is their chance to start fresh and make a run at the NCAA Tournament by getting the automatic bid […]

It’s time to continue our WCC Tournament odds series with a Pepperdine Santa Clara prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Pepperdine Santa Clara. The WCC Tournament has its Cinderella story. Pepperdine is the No. 9 seed at this tournament. The Waves had to play a first-round game on Friday. They trailed No. 8 […]

When Cooper Flagg signed up to play for the Duke basketball program, he surely had these rivalry games against North Carolina in mind. On Saturday, the Blue Devils took care of the Tar Heels, 82-69, although the game was closer than the final score makes it seem. So, how did Copper Flagg play in what […]

Hello friends, and welcome to a fresh update of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints! We’re officially only one week out from Selection Sunday, and we’ve got plenty to cover here today — in addition to four more conference tournament Finals — so I say let’s breeze through this introduction and get to the latest Bracketology projections! […]

Cooper Flagg and Duke basketball continue to roll as the superstar freshman, and the No. 2 team in the country beat their biggest rival, North Carolina, 82-69 on Saturday night. During the game, cameras caught Flagg’s parents, Kelly and Ralph Flagg, savagely taunting the Tar Heels after their son’s monstrous dunk. After a thunderous dunk […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Oregon-Washington prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Oregon-Washington. The Washington Huskies have arrived at the end of their regular season, a deflating journey for first-year head coach Danny Sprinkle. Washington joins Penn State as one of two Big Ten teams guaranteed to […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Minnesota-Rutgers prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Minnesota-Rutgers. This is one of the final Big Ten Conference games of the season, part of an expansive Sunday schedule in college basketball. It has two teams which will not make the NCAA Tournament, but […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Iowa-Nebraska prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Iowa-Nebraska. The Nebraska Cornhuskers are squarely on the bubble. They have struggled over the past two weeks and turned an advantageous bubble situation into a negative one. A home-court loss to Minnesota was a brutal […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Michigan-Michigan State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Michigan-Michigan State. Michigan State has established itself as the best team in the Big Ten. The Spartans are the outright Big Ten champions for 2025. They clinched their outright title this past week with […]

John Calipari probably wanted a smoother ride in his first season with Arkansas basketball, but what matters is making the NCAA Tournament. That’s what the Razorbacks (19-12, 8-10 SEC) are poised to do after escaping with a 93-92 win over Mississippi State on Saturday. Now the key is to not lose to South Carolina in […]