NCAA Basketball Articles - Page 68

Colorado State basketball lost in heartbreaking fashion to Maryland on Sunday. The Rams now lose head coach Niko Medved nearly 24 hours after their March Madness exit. Medved is returning to his alma mater Minnesota, with Jeff Borzello and Pete Thamel of ESPN reporting the move Monday morning. The departure comes following Derik Queen hitting […]

March Madness is the best time for NBA hopefuls to boost their draft stock. Every year, fans see star players cement their cases as future draftees, while other unheralded players come out of nowhere to shoot up draft boards. While there haven’t been as many Cinderella runs or NCAA Tournament darlings this year as there […]

The Northwestern Wildcats women’s basketball team will see the end of an era when head coach Joe McKeown retires after the 2025-26 season. McKeown made his decision known in a press release on Monday, saying the 18th season of his career with the program will be his last. It will also mark his 40th overall […]

JuJu Watkins as a USC football recruiting sales pitch? Watkins’ celebrity amid her basketball dominance could sway the next major commitment for Lincoln Riley and the Trojans. The Trojans are continuing to court four-star running back Deshonne Redeaux out of Oaks Christian High in Westlake Village. The 2026 talent placed USC on his short list […]

Jeff Teague gave a harsh critique of Arkansas basketball head coach John Calipari in a statement that was meant as a compliment. The Razorbacks’ head coach is receiving some newfound appreciation from doubters after leading the program back to the Sweet 16. In the clash of the Hall of Famers, 10-seeded Arkansas notched an impressive […]

Baylor basketball is losing a starting guard to the transfer portal a day after its blowout loss to Duke. The Bears looked like they belonged early in their second-round clash with the first-seeded Blue Devils, but eventually, Cooper Flagg and company overwhelmed Scott Drew’s team on defense en route to an 89-66 victory. Now, Baylor […]

The Colorado State Rams received tough news when head coach Niko Medved revealed he will leave to join the Minnesota Golden Gophers for the same position. The news arrived after the Rams’ heartbreaking loss to the 4-seed Maryland Terrapins in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. It ended a potential Cinderella run for the […]

The transfer portal is open in college basketball and the coaching carousel is on fire, with players and coaches all over the nation switching places and looking for new homes. Indiana basketball is one school that has lost a lot of key players from last season after the departure of head coach Mike Woodson. On […]

McNeese State basketball might be on the verge of a shocking hire. The Cowboys are acting quickly after head coach Will Wade departed for the NC State job. The program is coming off a historic season that saw it win its first NCAA Tournament game ever. After back-to-back appearances in The Big Dance, the athletic […]

Dan Hurley and the UConn Huskies found themselves in controversy following their season-ending loss to the Florida Gators in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. After the game, Hurley made comments to the Baylor coaching staff, preparing for their game against Duke. Charlotte Sports Live reporter Joey Ellis recorded the now-viral video with […]

While NC State women’s basketball marches on through the NCAA Tournament, the men’s basketball program is looking forward to next season with Will Wade at the helm. The Wolfpack hired Wade to be the new head coach in Raleigh after an excellent two-year run at McNeese State, capped off with a run to the second […]

It’s been 12 years since the UNLV Rebels, who were once arguably the most powerful college basketball program on the West Coast, have even made an NCAA Tournament appearance. In that time four coaches have come and gone, and now the Rebels, who could potentially soon be making a move to the new-look Pac-12, are […]

The Kansas State Wildcats are in the NCAA women’s basketball Sweet 16 for the first time since 2002 and they have senior Temira Poindexter to thank. Not only was Poindexter the game’s leading scorer (24 points) in Kansas State’s Second Round win over Kentucky on Sunday, but she made some history along the way. Her […]

Ahead of a Sweet Sixteen matchup on March 28, Tennessee basketball hasn’t let up on the recruiting or transfer portal trail for next season. One of the nation’s best guards in Jalen Jackson has reportedly been in contact with Tennessee thus far in his search for a 2025-26 landing spot, per Sam Kayser on X, […]

Sports analyst Stephen A. Smith criticized Rick Pitino for benching RJ Luis Jr. in St. John’s season-ending loss to Arkansas in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Luis Jr. had a tough shooting night in Saturday’s loss. He had nine points and seven rebounds but shot 3-of-17 from the field, hurting the Red […]

Old habits never die for Arkansas basketball head coach John Calipari. After Arkansas basketball’s upset over St John’s on Saturday, Calipari was invited onto the Dan Patrick Show. They went over a variety of topics, including the transfer portal and signing recruits. Calipari has been known as an expert recruiter and one of the best […]

Throughout the college basketball season, UConn basketball coach Dan Hurley has been the spotlight of many antics. Unfortunately for him, Jay Bilas is not a fan. However, many of the antics began at the beginning of the season. For starters, Hurley went NSFW during the Maui Invitational at the officials. He was seen getting down […]

The transfer portal is officially open and some of the country’s stars that people don’t know about yet are looking for bigger schools to show off their talents. Ahead of the Sweet 16, recruiting will take the headlines in the next few days as one of the most chaotic periods in college basketball gets going. […]

Safe to say, Stephen A Smith doesn’t like the dominance within college basketball and March Madness. While there haven’t been any Cinderella teams, it hasn’t made Smith happy in the slightest. On First Take, he simply said what he feels about the state of college basketball. “If this continues, it will be the death of […]

Even though 16 teams are still battling it out in the NCAA Tournament in the Sweet 16, the rest of college basketball has already turned its attention to the transfer portal. The portal officially opened on Monday, and some of the biggest stars from the mid-major level are looking for a new home and a […]

The Michigan Wolverines are headed to the Sweet 16 in Atlanta where they will take on No. 1 overall seed Auburn on Friday. Justin Pippen, Michigan basketball guard and son of Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen, won’t be with them. Pippen, who averaged 1.6 points per game in his freshman season, has entered the transfer […]

Arizona Basketball commit and son of the great LeBron James, Bryce James, is already on a path towards greatness. Growing up around the game his entire life behind role models like LeBron and his older brother Bronny James, Bryce can add California State Champion to his list of accolades following Sierra Canyon’s championship win. He’ll […]

Maryland basketball freshman center Derik Queen stole the spotlight in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Sunday night—first with a clutch shot, then with a memorable postgame remark. The prized recruit from Baltimore banked in a running fadeaway at the buzzer, propelling the fourth-seeded Terrapins to a dramatic 72-71 win over 12th-seeded Colorado State in Seattle. […]

For all the people who think athletes are solely for their gain, think again. TCU women’s basketball star Hailey Van Lith had led her third program to a Sweet 16. In the midst of that though, came her struggles with mental health. Throughout her life, feelings of unworthiness, discontent, and lack of a purpose made […]

The madness may have arrived a few days late at this NCAA Tournament, but it got here all the same. The Round of 32 of March Madness was full of drama, close games that went down to the wire, and even a buzzer-beater. Derik Queen sent the final Cinderella hope, No. 12 seed Colorado State […]

The opening two rounds of the 2025 NCAA Tournament have come and gone, and now as we fast approach the second weekend of the Big Dance, only 16 teams remain out of a tournament field that once consisted of 68 schools that dreamed of cutting down the nets in San Antonio, Texas on Monday April […]

Virginia basketball did not have a great first season in the post-Tony Bennett era. The Cavaliers went just 15-17 overall in the 2024-25 college basketball campaign and lost in its first assignment in the ACC Tournament to miss the Big Dance for the first time in three years. Although the Hoos are not part of […]

While the top of the Big Ten marches on into the Sweet 16, the bottom of the conference is retooling and bringing in some of the most successful coaches at the mid-major level. On Monday, Minnesota basketball added itself to that list by hiring Colorado State’s Niko Medved to be its new head coach, according […]

TCU women’s basketball has had massive success with Hailey Van Lith. For starters, they won the Big 12 regular season and conference tournament. Then, Van Lith helped TCU women’s basketball reach its first-ever Sweet 16. They took down Louisville in a rematch against her former school. Regardless of that game, there’s a different approach she […]

Brad Underwood and the No. 6 seed Illinois basketball are no longer in contention for the 2025 NCAA Tournament title after getting bounced out of the Big Dance by the No. 3 seed Kentucky Wildcats on Sunday in a second-round showdown at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. The early exit from the tourney meant that Illinois […]

The Florida Gators were on the verge of elimination against the back-to-back NCAA champion UConn Huskies in the second round of the 2025 March Madness tournament on Sunday afternoon. And while they did escape with a two-point win, how different would the outcome of the game or their overall performance in the 2025 NCAA Tournament […]

For the first time in program history, TCU women’s basketball is headed to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. The No. 2-seeded Horned Frogs defeated No. 7 Louisville 85-70 in front of a record-setting home crowd of 7,494 at Schollmaier Arena on Monday night, extending their undefeated home record to 21-0 and continuing a […]

Caleb Love knows what it takes to beat Duke basketball in a huge game. He played a major role in arguably the program’s most agonizing loss in modern history, scoring a game-high 28 points on 11-of-20 shooting for North Carolina in a 2022 Final Four victory over the Blue Devils. Because of his win-clinching 3-pointer […]

The Iowa State basketball team’s March Madness run is over. The No. 3 Cyclones were bested by No. 6 Ole Miss on Sunday night, as head coach TJ Otzelberger’s squad couldn’t erase a 40-29 halftime deficit in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Iowa State finished the regular season at 25-10 and fifth in […]

UCLA women’s basketball center Lauren Betts made program history Sunday night, becoming the first Bruins player to score 30 points and record at least 10 rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game as No. 1 seed UCLA defeated Richmond 84-67 to advance to the Sweet 16. Betts, who finished with 30 points and 14 rebounds, added […]

After an eventful 96 hours of NCAA Tournament action — which for me included six games at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio — it’s time that we crown some winners and losers of the opening weekend of March Madness. Friends, let’s not waste any more time. We’ve got a lot to cover! Loser – 1st […]

March Madness finally lived up to its moniker late on the final day of 2025 opening weekend. That’s when Maryland basketball star Derik Queen hit a buzzer-beater against Colorado State to send the Terrapins to the Sweet 16 with a 72-71 victory. After the wild conclusion to the game, Queen’s coach, Kevin Willard, revealed the […]

Maryland basketball star Derik Queen gave a fitting reaction to his epic March Madness buzzer-beater against Colorado State. This second-round NCAA Tournament clash was a classic back-and-forth affair that came down to the last possession. And the Terrapins got the ball to their superstar freshman on that possession, and he delivered the goods, leading the […]

Michigan State basketball is back in the Sweet 16 spotlight of March Madness. Tom Izzo has guided the Spartans here before. Except this time a Southeastern Conference challenger awaits in Ole Miss. The No. 2 seed Spartans had to hold off a feisty New Mexico team 71-63 to move into the regional semifinals. Izzo acknowledged […]