March Madness Articles - Page 35

The 28-3 Purdue Boilermakers basketball team is No. 3 in the AP Poll behind UConn (26-3) and Houston (26-3), but after a stirring 77-71 upset on the road over Illinois, at least one college basketball analyst thinks that Zach Edey and company should be the No. 1 overall team in March Madness. “Purdue has nine […]

On Saturday night the #1-ranked Houston Cougars barely escaped with a win at Oklahoma thanks to a last-second Jamal Shead baseline jumper, but even after coming away with the victory, the Cougars didn’t make it through the weekend unscathed. “Houston freshman JoJo Tugler broke a bone in his right foot and will miss the remainder […]

Shamrock Shake… CHECK! Commercials on CBS for The Masters… CHECK! That squiggly, fuzzy feeling in your gut when you think about college hoops… CHECK! Oh yeah. It’s officially March. And I’m pleased to tell you that ClutchPoints will not just be your home for Bracketology projections the next two weeks — it’ll be your one-stop-shop […]

We’ve officially entered the month of March, which means that March Madness is right around the corner. After winning the National Championship last year, UConn basketball has looked very capable of repeating as champs this season, and with the tournament just a few weeks away now, it looks like they are the favorite to win […]

Welcome to the final February edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints! Read that opening sentence back real quick and then check your calendar, and you’ll be happy to see that since this is the final February edition of Bracketology, that means that very, very soon, it’s March. And March means Madness. And March Madness means […]

Wake Forest basketball found a way to upset Duke in an impressive 83-79 win. However, all eyes are on Kyle Filipowski after he received an injury when fans stormed the court. It didn’t look great, as the Blue Devils’ star center needed help getting off of the court. Not great timing with March Madness right […]

So here’s the conundrum I find myself in today… how is one expected to find the singular fatal flaw of a team that has been so dominant and looked so good not just over the course of this season, but since the NCAA Tournament last year, that it’s difficult to identify even one single tiny flaw? Additionally, as a […]

The Duke Blue Devils basketball team heads towards March Madness as one of the best handful of teams in the country. The Jon Scheyer-led team is 21-5 overall, 12-3 and in first place in the ACC (despite the blowout loss on the North Carolina Tar Heels), and currently a No. 3 seed in the NCAA […]

So, over the weekend, the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee revealed the top sixteen teams in their current tournament field, and there weren’t all that many surprises. Kansas on the 2-line? A case could be made that Iowa State should be ahead of the Jayhawks. San Diego State on the 4-line? Hmm, maybe the committee is […]

With it being NBA All-Star Weekend and the NBA All-Star Game just hours away, I felt like it was time to dust off a column concept that I introduced for the first and only time back in 2011 when I had my own blog: The Hypothetical College Basketball All-Star Game! The concept is pretty simple, […]

Welcome to a very special Super Bowl Sunday edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints. I know folks have pigskin on the brain today and that’s for very good reason, but don’t sleep on the fact that in just one month’s time we’ll be kicking off Championship Week, watching bubbles being burst and while other teams […]

Welcome to the first edition of Bracketology in the month of February here at ClutchPoints, and before we dive into my most recently updated NCAA Tournament Bracket projections, I want to use this opening section to shout out two particular mid-major programs that are having stellar seasons thus far. This is the time of the […]

Welcome to the final edition of Bracketology for the month of January here at ClutchPoints! Pretty hard to believe that in just a few days, March will officially be just one month away. But let me tell you this… if you’re looking to get a taste of March a month early, wait until we get […]

Welcome to the 12th week of Bracketology projections for the 2024 NCAA Tournament here at ClutchPoints! So, I’m just gonna level with ya… every Monday morning when I’m writing this column, I never know what to write in this section here at the top. Everything else within this weekly column is pretty formulaic. I show […]

My goodness gracious what a wild week of college hoops it was! Purdue… upset! Kansas… upset! Houston… upset! Arizona… upset! Kentucky… upset! And all by unranked teams, mind you. I don’t know, the calendar may say it’s smack dab in the middle of January, but it’s feeling more and more like March by the day […]

Happy Monday friends, and welcome to the week 10 edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints! Before we dive in, I’d like to take a brief second to wish my girlfriend a very Happy Birthday. If it weren’t for her insisting that I request to bring my Bracketology credentials to ClutchPoints, you fine folks would be […]

Happy New Year friends, family, and random readers who I’ve never met! Thank you for stopping by the check out the most recently Bracketology update here at ClutchPoints, the first of the year 2024! We’ve got a jam-packed ‘And One!’ section toward the bottom of this page, so let’s skip the foreplay and dive right […]

Hello and welcome to my Week 8 Bracketology projections right here at ClutchPoints! Allow me to be one of the last to wish you a very Merry Christmas, and boy, if you’re an impartial college hoops fan and tuned in to the Florida Atlantic/Arizona game on Saturday afternoon, you were treated to a game that […]

Morning folks, and welcome to the Week 7 edition of Bracketology at ClutchPoints! We entered last week knowing that the week ahead was going to be the biggest of the college basketball season so far, and how about the action we saw? Purdue vs. Arizona, North Carolina vs. Kentucky, and Kansas vs. Indiana all delivered […]

I’d like to first start off by offering my sincerest apologies for the one week hiatus here at ClutchPoints bracketology. Last week, instead of handling my duties as the resident Bracketologist here at ClutchPoints, I was off in Colorado freezing my behind off in a winter wonderland, drinking at least two cups of hot cocoa […]

Welcome, friends, to the fourth edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints, and please, allow me to potentially be the first to say Happy Holidays! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Not only is Christmas right around the corner, but my goodness, what a time it is to be a sports fan! […]

Welcome, friends, to the third edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints. Allow me to be the first to wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving, a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year (might as well kill three birds with one stone). It’s a great time of year to spread holiday cheer, and let me tell […]

Welcome to Bracketology at ClutchPoints, the one-stop shop for you sickos out there who are consumed by all things March Madness! As we head into the second week of the 2023-24 college basketball season, we’ve already seen a handful of noteworthy results. Arizona went into Cameron Indoor Stadium and got the better of a Duke […]

After seven long months of waiting, the college basketball season is finally here. Monday, November 6 marks the start of the campaign as 362 schools will battle it out to earn one of 68 spots in the promised land — the NCAA Tournament. While March might be five months away, it is never too early […]

Welcome to Bracketology at ClutchPoints, the one-stop shop for you sickos out there who are consumed by all things March Madness. It may only be November 6, but the 2023-24 college basketball season starts today, so that means the 132-day march to Selection Sunday is officially underway as the UConn Huskies look to defend their […]

March Madness is the true measure of an NCAA basketball coach. In-game adjustments and drawing up schematics while under pressure in the middle of a game define great mentors in college hoops. This is why getting as far as the Elite 8 and moving forward is a great deal for programs. The Kansas State basketball […]

With the 2023 NBA Draft only a couple of weeks away, the Atlanta Hawks have turned their attention to several draft prospects that could play an important role for the franchise moving forward. Armed with the 15th and 49th overall picks in the 2023 NBA Draft, the Hawks should be in position to draft a […]

2023 March Madness is officially in the books. After weeks of madness, the UConn Huskies defeated the San Diego Aztecs 76-59 on Monday. With this result, the Huskies took home their fifth national title, the first since 2014. In the process, UConn won games against Iona, No. 19 Saint Mary’s, Arkansas, No. 9 Gonzaga, and […]

UConn head men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley had high praise for forward Adama Sanogo following a 76-59 win over San Diego State for an NCAA tournament national championship, CBS Sports Senior Writer Matt Norlander wrote in a Tuesday article. “He’s obviously cemented himself into the pantheon of greatest, obviously, the greatest big guys with all the production […]

Jordan Hawkins and the UConn Huskies got the job done in dominant fashion in the national championship game against the San Diego Aztecs. Emotions continue to run high for UConn basketball players and Huskies supporters after the final buzzer sounded, with Hawkins also sharing a memorable moment with his mom while being interviewed on the […]

Dan Hurley and UConn basketball finally got their “One Shining Moment,” and Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul couldn’t be happier for them. Hurley guided UConn to the 2023 national championship against San Diego State on Monday, beating the Aztecs 76-59. Naturally after the win, many heaped praise on Hurley and his Huskies for an incredible […]

For 32 years college basketball fans heard the same voice calling March Madness games on CBS. The 2023 edition was the 32nd and final tournament for legendary broadcaster Jim Nantz. Nantz announced before the season that this year’s March Madness would be his last behind the mic, ending one of the most iconic sports broadcasting runs […]

UConn basketball is the new national champion, and deservingly so. After all, Adama Sanogo and co. had a dominant March Madness run that’s rarely seen in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies took down the San Diego State Aztecs on Monday, 76-59, to conclude their title run with a big bang. Sanogo and guard Tristen Newton […]

The madness is over. The UConn Huskies are back on top of the NCAA basketball universe. Dominating on both ends of the floor against the San Diego State Aztecs, UConn basketball finished the NCAA tournament as the last team standing in the Big Dance, topping the Aztecs in the national championship game Monday night, 76-59. […]

It’s only halftime in the National Championship game, but the UConn Huskies are putting on a full-on dominant display over San Diego State. UConn carries a 12-point lead into the break, thanks in large part to their defensive prowess. San Diego State scored just 24 points in the first half, shooting less than 29 percent […]

After a shaky start to the National Championship Game against the San Diego State Aztecs, the UConn Huskies eventually got their groove in the first half, thanks in large part to their defense and the hot hands of star guard Jordan Hawkins. The UConn star scored seven points in the first half, going 3-for-4 from […]

NBA legend Charles Barkley made headlines on Monday ahead of the epic conclusion of March Madness, but for all the wrong reasons. Barkley turned heads with his wardrobe choice for the San Diego State-UConn showdown in the men’s national championship game, though as usual, it’s his comments that made a lot of noise. Chuck wore […]

The national championship for women’s college basketball between Angel Reese’s LSU basketball and Caitlin Clark’s Iowa basketball resulted in historic viewership, according to ESPN PR. The game between LSU basketball and Iowa basketball had 9.9 million viewers, which is the most-viewed NCAA Division I women’s college basketball game on record across all networks. The peak viewership […]

The NCAA Final commences tonight with the UConn Huskies taking on the San Diego State Aztecs. Action tips off at 9:20 p.m. ET. Below we continue our College Basketball odds series with an Adama Sanogo over/under points prediction, odds, and pick. UConn big man Adama Sanogo is a 6’9″ forward from Mali who led the […]