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In its 121 seasons of play, Illinois has never claimed a college basketball national title. The accomplishment has also eluded head coach Brad Underwood, who might have his best chance for March Madness success with star guard Keaton Wagler in 2026. Illinois is 18-3 at the end of January, a month in which it went […]

The BYU basketball team is doing very well this season, with a national ranking. BYU has a 17-3 overall record, with a chance to win the Big 12 championship. The club currently has a 5-2 conference record. The BYU team is led by head coach Kevin Young, who is in his second season with the […]

In his 37 years as a head coach, winning a Division I national title is the only accomplishment that has eluded Kelvin Sampson. The 70-year-old coach has arguably his best chance to do so with Houston in 2026, with star freshman Kingston Flemings putting the Cougars in position to clinch a March Madness championship. Sampson […]

When Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn both confirmed they would be returning to Purdue for the 2025-2026 college basketball season, many immediately pegged them as March Madness title favorites. After a strong start, the Boilermakers have hit a wall in January, ending the month on a three-game skid. Through 21 regular season games, Purdue sits […]

It has been over thirty years since Michigan won a national championship. Now, the Wolverines are one of the top teams in the nation, and look poised to make a run at the title this year. Michigan has not won a national championship since 1988-89, and would be the runner-up in 1991-92 and 1992-93. Still, […]

North Carolina basketball had become accustomed to being a yearly contender under Roy Williams. Williams coached 18 seasons with the Tar Heels, making the tournament 16 times, with one season the tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19. He also made the Final Four five times, was the runner-up once, and won the title three times. […]

The first two weeks of conference play in college basketball have felt a bit like a changing of the guard, at least for this season, in some ways. Already, both North Carolina and Kansas have stumbled, and the Jayhawks are dealing with a number of issues heading into a Big 12 slate that is only […]

The new year is here, and that means it’s time for conference play in college basketball! The Big Ten got off to a bit of a head start in December, but now everyone is fully into the league slate as the picture starts to get a bit clearer this season. The first Saturday of conference […]

Joel Klatt had a major hot take to share about his stance on the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, which many people know as March Madness. The tournament garners enormous popularity every year. College basketball fans, even casual sports fans, come around to watch the entertaining matchups. They get witness historic upsets and performances that set […]

Come next year, things are expected to look different as it relates to March Madness. On Tuesday, NCAA President Charlie Baker unveiled his plans to expand the tournament, per Amanda Christovich of Front Office Sports.  Among the plans are the following: – NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament expansion – deal with the pro leagues regarding […]

The college basketball season is in full swing! Feast Week brought a whole lot of great basketball, and even more discourse about the crowds at the Players Era Festival. Fan discourse aside, Las Vegas was the center of the college basketball world leading up to Thanksgiving, and it was the Michigan Wolverines that made a […]

The NCAA Tournament is one of the most exciting sports events of the season. The tension offered by the games is second to none. The most recent news about the Tournament was that it was staying at 68 teams and not expanding yet. The most recent news is that the Tournament will require all participating […]

The NCAA basketball tournament is looking to shake things up, as they’re looking to make it a 76-team event, and adding a sprinkle in the opening round, which will start during the 2026-27 season, according to On3’s Ross Dellenger. Eight games are supposed to be added to the First Four, that’s played on Tuesday and […]

NCAA Tournament purists can breathe easy — for now. Men’s and women’s March Madness is going to stay at 68 teams for the 2025-26 season, NCAA vice president Dan Gavitt announced on Monday. Both tournament committees explored expanding the tournament to 72 or 76 teams for next season, and the options remain on the table […]

The NCAA Tournament, affectionately referred to as March Madness, has been the same for the last 15 years. The introduction of the First Four games expanded the field from 64 to 68 teams. NCAA president Charlie Baker’s decision has been a massive success. But March Madness could get even bigger next season. His next alteration […]

NCAA men’s basketball will look different this coming season. An NCAA panel allowed the men’s game to add coach’s challenges and other new regulations, per the NCAA. Other changes include limiting the amount of time that officials may spend at the monitor reviewing calls on the floor. This is meant to help the game keep […]

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey has never had much interest in making friends out of college sports fans, and his latest March Madness expansion take won’t help matters. Sankey appeared on the Dan Patrick Show on Monday where he made his pitch for a 76-team NCAA Tournament — an eight-team increase from the current 68-team format. […]

The topic of March Madness expansion has come up a lot this week as NCAA president Charlie Baker recently revealed that the goal is to get the tournament field bigger ahead of this next season. Right now, 68 teams qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Eight teams go to the First Four, so by the time […]

There has been a lot of chatter about potential College Football Playoff expansion, but let’s not forget about March Madness. There have been some rumblings about it in the past, but it was unclear how much support the idea was getting. Well, NCAA president Charlie Baker says that expansion could be coming sooner than people […]

Texas Tech basketball locked in Grant McCasland for a lengthy period. The Red Raiders handed him a new extension Monday, all after their Elite 8 run in March Madness. Basketball insider Jeff Goodman of Stadium revealed the McCasland news Monday. The TTU head coach is earning six more years in Lubbock. “Texas Tech’s Grant McCasland […]

NCAA men’s and women’s basketball may look quite different next season. A NCAA rules committee is looking at changing the men’s game format from halves to quarters, per The Athletic. That is one of several proposals the NCAA is examining this offseason, that may go into effect for the 2025-26 campaign. Another idea being thrown […]

Duke basketball star Cooper Flagg is opening up about what playing in March Madness meant to him. Flagg says there’s nothing he would do differently, after leading his team to a Final Four. “It was an incredible year and an incredible journey with a lot of great, great people. I made a lot of really […]

In the aftermath of the NCAA Final Four National Championship Game, which will haunt Houston’s basketball program seconds away from its first title, specific words that head coach Kelvin Sampson said ahead of the contest against the Florida basketball squad may have proven prophetic—and not in a way the Cougars prefer. “We’re probably more of an offensive rebound and […]

BYU basketball hopped into the college basketball transfer portal pipeline Thursday. This time adding a former Big 12 foe from Baylor, who’s bound to help A.J. Dybantsa. The Cougars landed top 10 portal talent Rob Wright from Baylor, with Pete Nakos of On3 confirming the move. Wright becomes the biggest portal coup for BYU and […]

The college basketball transfer portal is booming, and North Carolina basketball landed a big addition. This one coming from March Madness qualifier Colorado State. The Tar Heels added sharpshooter Kyan Evans Wednesday. Inside Carolina on 247Sports confirmed the new addition. Evans arrives to Chapel Hill as a mid-major basketball star. But he fills a big […]

As Florida basketball won the 2025 NCAA national title, Walter Clayton Jr was awarded the Most Outstanding Player. He was a stud in the Final Four, as well as the second half of the title game. However, he had more praise coming his way courtesy of Mike O’Donnell. "That run cemented his legacy as a […]

St. John’s men’s basketball guard RJ Luis was hurt when his head coach, Rick Pitino, benched him during the Red Storm’s second-round loss to Arkansas in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Luis, the Big East Player of the Year, averaged 18.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per game this season as he guided St. John’s to its […]

The Florida basketball team overcame another second-half deficit on Monday night to win the national championship against Houston. The Cougars were in control for most of the game, but the Gators came back down the stretch and made the winning plays in the final minutes. Florida ended up winning the game 65-63, and head coach […]

The right to be called kings of the college basketball world belongs to the Florida Gators again after a very long time. Before Monday, the last time Florida basketball won the title was during the mid-2000s when Joakim Noah and the Billy Donovan-coached Gators won back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007. Noah, however, was […]

Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson is acknowledging how tough it is to lose a national championship. The Cougars nearly defeated Florida but came up just one shot short Monday, in a 65-63 loss. “There’s a lot of teams that are not built for six straight wins,” Sampson said, per ESPN. “This team was, this team […]

The Houston basketball team was one of the best and most consistent teams in the country all year long, and they came incredibly close to capturing the national championship on Monday night. The Cougars had the lead for most of the game, but Florida came back down the stretch and found a way to earn […]

The Florida basketball program won its third national championship on Monday night with a 65-63 win over Houston, and Gators legend Al Horford greeted star guard Walter Clayton Jr. after the game, giving him a message and congratulating him on the win. “You’re a dawg. You’re a dawg. Winner. Congrats,” Al Horford said. Horford was […]

The Houston basketball program suffered a heartbreaking loss in Monday night’s NCAA title game. Houston lost 65-63 against Florida, squandering a 12-point lead and allowing the Gators to come back and win it all. The Cougars came so close to getting the program’s first national championship, but they ultimately came up just short. Houston’s players […]

Florida basketball head coach Todd Golden made some National Championship history that has not been seen in this decade after his team’s 65-63 win over Houston. The Gators did it. This team, which was preseason-ranked No. 21 and questioned and doubted this entire season, has now won the third national title in program history. The […]

Kelvin Sampson and the Houston Cougars lost 65-63 to the Florida Gators in brutal fashion throughout the championship game of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Having led by double digits in the second half, they gave up a run from the Gators, who took the last lead of the game in the final minute. The Cougars […]

Every classic game at the end of a playoff or tournament game comes with two vastly different perspectives. On Monday night, Florida basketball is ecstatic after knocking off Houston 65-63 in an epic national championship game, but the Cougars are understandably devastated. Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson, who has done an excellent job with this […]

Alijah Martin and the Florida Gators achieved glory after beating the Houston Cougars 65-63 in the championship game of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. In 34 minutes of action, Martin finished with seven points and one rebound. He shot 2-of-10 from the field, including 1-of-6 from beyond the arc, as the Cougars’ defense frustrated him and […]

There are plenty of incredible feats to go around about this Florida basketball team winning a national championship, but it all starts with head coach Todd Golden. At just 39 years old, Golden did an incredible job leading this Gators squad all the way to the top of the mountain. There aren’t many like Golden […]

Alijah Martin may have won the national championship with the Florida Gators after beating the Houston Cougars 65-63 in the championship game of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t remember his roots with the FAU Owls. Martin spent the first four years of his collegiate career with the Owls, building his […]