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March Madness is here, and Dick Vitale already has his prediction out. The legendary ESPN personality has Kentucky basketball winning it all in the NCAA Tournament. He also has John Calipari’s squad beating the reigning and defending national champions UConn Huskies in the title game. Dick Vitale believes Kentucky basketball will be last team standing […]

Selection Sunday has the basketball world buzzing right now. After much anticipation, the upcoming March Madness brackets are finally out. Amid all the hype, fans couldn’t help but notice a specific development in the women’s brackets, particularly in the Albany 2 Region. It comes in the form of Caitlin Clark and Iowa being placed there […]

One of the most popular pastimes among fans and media alike when it comes to March Madness and the NCAA Tournament is debating which teams got snubbed and actually deserved to be there. One team noticeably absent is St. John’s and head coach Rick Pitino blasted the selection committee for not including the Red Storm. […]

For the second year in a row, the USC women’s basketball is going to dance in March, thanks in large part to super freshman JuJu Watkins, who has the opportunity to become an even larger college basketball figure depending on how the Trojans perform in March Madness. College basketball fans show love for JuJu Watkins […]

With the NCAA Tournament set to tip-off this week, NBA scouts are preparing to hit the road and do some scouting in advance of the NBA Draft. While college success does not always translate to NBA success, players have used March Madness as a means to improve their draft stock. There are a few players […]

The Marquette basketball program is set to play in its first NCAA Tournament game on Friday against Western Kentucky, and Shaka Smart gave a good update on star player Tyler Kolek, who has been dealing with an oblique injury as of late and sat out this week at the Big East Tournament. “We’re planning on […]

The NCAA Tournament is finally here and one of the top storylines every year is the coaches who are looking to make a statement. Maybe it’s a coach looking to get their program some respect or maybe it’s a coach who is shockingly looking for their next opportunity. Or it could be a coach who […]

March Madness has arrived, and the UConn basketball program seemingly has the best chance to repeat as national champions since Florida did in 2006 and 2007, and there are a lot of reasons to believe that Dan Hurley’s team can pull it off. After winning the Big East tournament and finishing with a 31-3 record, […]

As the dust settles on Selection Sunday and we prepare ourselves for March Madness, it’s time to take a look at some of the winners and losers of the day as we head into what is going to be an exciting and unpredictable NCAA Tournament. Winner: Connecticut Huskies  The best team in the country only […]

The Indiana State Sycamores got hit with a brutal Selection Sunday experience, as the committee denied them a chance to go dancing in March Madness. Despite being ranked 29th on the NET rankings, the Sycamores were not fortunate enough to join the field in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, which they will have to follow from […]

Howard University and Grambling State University have both earned a bid to compete in the 2024 March Madness tournament. Both teams clinched their conference championships yesterday. Howard triumphed over Delaware State to claim their second consecutive MEAC Championship, while Grambling defeated Texas Southern to clinch their first bid in the March Madness tournament. Both teams […]

The March Madness bracket is set and there were some surprising picks made by the decision committee. One team that stands out is the Florida Atlantic basketball program, as they earned a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Overall, the Owls are a good team. However, they had some disappointing finishes, and many didn’t […]

Coach Rick Pitino started last year’s offseason with a clean slate of players as only a few returned. Despite this, the St. John’s basketball program rocked their conference by earning 12 wins against tough opponents. They reached the Big East tournament’s semifinal and put up a fight as the top-seeded team in the nation, UConn, […]

In the 2023 NCAA Tournament, the Florida Atlantic Owls shocked the world as they marched through March Madness all the way to the Final Four… an improbable run for a 9-seed that in their previous 29 seasons had made just one NCAA Tournament. And as is always the case after a notable Cinderella, the next […]

March Madness probably took a different meaning for the Mountain West after the NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday. Colorado State basketball head coach Niko Medved was clearly infuriated as he questioned the seeding of the teams from their conference. Six Mountain West teams were able to make it in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, but they were […]

March Madness is upon us, and the 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket has been revealed for men’s basketball, and fans questioned the placement of UConn, Iowa State, Illinois and Auburn in the East region. UConn is the No. 1 overall seed, and the criticism comes from the Huskies getting placed in the same region as the […]

On Sunday, the nation got a chance to see who will be participating in the upcoming NCAA Tournament, also known as March Madness (although it extends into April) with the annual Selection Sunday list reveal, which named the teams that will be taking part in the festivities. Of course, every year, the Selection Sunday decision […]

Coach TJ Otzellberger and the Iowa State basketball squad have exceeded expectations en route to the NCAA Tournament. This March Madness contender just came off a big Big 12 tournament win, was in a tight race with Houston for the regular season, and has players peaking at the right time. After the Cyclones tore apart […]

It’s Selection Sunday, and you know what that means… yes, March Madness is now officially ahead of us, but the 68 teams dancing aren’t the only ones who are mad. A handful of teams, the ones who are all too comfortable with their placement on the bubble, and their respective fanbases, are certainly not too happy right […]

Earlier this afternoon, the annual “Selection Sunday” process took place, when the 64 teams (more than that if you count the Play-In games) who are going to participate in this year’s version of March Madness beginning this week were decided upon by a select committee. There were several expected names in the bunch that was […]

It’s officially Selection Sunday and teams across the nation are seeing if they’re dancing in the NCAA Tournament or not. One team that’s a lock for the tourney is the UConn basketball program, as they’ve been one of the best teams in the country this season. However, the Huskies made history on Sunday, as this […]

The 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket is here. Yes, March Madness is back in full force as fans get ready to predict their champion. It was a wild weekend of conference tournaments with some stunning upsets. As such, the projected field changed from everybody’s bracketology (including ClutchPoints own version). Here are the No. 1 seeds for […]

The 2024 NCAA Tournament is almost here. March Madness is about to be underway and everyone across the country will scramble to fill out brackets once Selection Sunday is over. There will be a ton of changes, but we compiled an early prediction amid the start of championship week in college basketball. The full tournament […]

Before we get to the final Bracketology projections before the NCAA Tournament and March Madness officially begins, I want to take this opportunity to thank ClutchPoints for giving me the chance to do Bracketology, even though I was hired to be an associate editor and writer on the NFL/College Football side of things. I want to thank everyone […]

March Madness is finally here as teams across the nation finalize their Conference Tournaments. The Ivy League proved to be a fun contest, as usual, as the championship between Yale basketball and Brown came down to the wire! The Bulldogs ended up winning by hitting a buzzer-beater in the closing seconds of the game. After […]

Anthony Davis only played one season with the Kentucky Wildcats, but he made it count by leading the team to a 38-2 record and capping off March Madness with a national title. Davis’ dominance led to him becoming the consensus No. 1 pick, which went to the New Orleans Hornets in 2012. In his lone […]

It was an exciting night for the Iowa State basketball team Saturday as they won the Big 12 Championship game against the No. 1 ranked team in the world in the Houston Cougars, 69-41. While the Cyclones are the No. 7 ranked team in the country, it is still an upset that not many saw […]

My God, now that was an absolutely madness-filled Championship Saturday, wasn’t it? We’re hours removed from the last game of the night, and I gotta be honest, I’m still reeling. Bid thieves had their day, and teams on the bubble paid for it. One #1 seed, the defending National Champions, clearly stands above the rest, […]

All season long, the Houston Cougars have been the top team in the Big 12 Conference. They’ve been ranked No. 1 in the nation for a good portion of the 2023-24 season and they headed in to the Big 12 Tournament as the top overall seed. But the Iowa State Cyclones pulled off a mini-upset […]

March Madness is finally here and with it come all the ups and downs, joys and heartbreaks. Sometimes those heartbreaks are quite tragic and such was the case during the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Akron and Kent State squared off in the MAC Tournament championship game and it looked like Kent State was about to punch […]

Purdue basketball has been one of the best teams in the nation all season long with Zach Edey leading the way. Even so, the Boilermakers couldn’t get it done in the BIG Tournament after losing the semifinals to Wisconsin. It’s something that’s become the norm for the Boilermakers. They tend to be a top team […]

Arguably the best sporting event of the year is just a few days away as March Madness will get started on Tuesday night with the First Four, and then the first round will get started on Thursday. Conference tournaments are wrapping up on Saturday and Sunday, and after the conclusion of the final game, the […]

Arguably the best sporting event of the year is just a few days away as March Madness will get started on Tuesday night with the First Four, and then the first round will get started on Thursday. Conference tournaments are wrapping up on Saturday and Sunday, and after the conclusion of the final game, the […]

Arguably the best sporting event of the year is just a few days away as March Madness will get started on Tuesday night with the First Four, and then the first round will get started on Thursday. Conference tournaments are wrapping up on Saturday and Sunday, and after the conclusion of the final game, the […]

Friends, Selection Sunday may still be one day away, but with complete confidence I can say that March Madness has officially arrived. Championship Week Saturday is among the best days of basketball on the calendar each year, and we’ve got plenty to cover before the games begin today. So let’s get the Bracketology under way! […]

Rick Pitino and the St. John’s Red Storm had the opportunity to pull off an upset in the Big East Tournament Semifinals going up against the defending NCAA champion UConn Huskies. They fell short in their attempt, 95-90. St. John’s will hope for a little luck from the seeding committee to make the NCAA Tournament. […]

The Purdue basketball team is playing Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament on Friday. In the second half, the Boilermakers saw Braden Smith go down with a concerning injury. He came up limping and went to the locker room for further evaluation, per Andy Katz. ‘Braden Smith being evaluated in back by locker room […]

The Kansas basketball team suffered a stunning loss in the Big 12 tournament against Cincinnati on Wednesday. The depleted Jayhawks team, who were without Kevin McCullar Jr. and Hunter Dickinson, got blown out by 20 in the first round of the tournament. Now, they wait to see where they will land on Selection Sunday, and […]

Mike Woodson’s Indiana basketball team extended its winning streak to five games by squeaking past Penn State 61-59 in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday at the Target Center. In a neck-and-neck matchup with 10 lead changes and nine deadlocks, the Hoosiers came out on top thanks to Anthony Leal’s late-game […]