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Coming out of Charlotte Christian High School in 2006, Stephen Curry was a skinny 6-foot-2, 165-pound kid without elite athleticism; not the kind of college prospect that coaches usually envision leading them to March Madness glory. As a result, Steph — son of 16-year NBA veteran Dell Curry — received minimal college interest. Ranked as […]

The stakes in every March Madness game are through the roof. After all, one slip up and one defeat, and you’re out of the competition entirely. Thus, it’s no surprise that players vying for the most coveted trophy in all of collegiate basketball become overcome with emotion amid such a grueling ride. And on Saturday, […]

March Madness took on a new meaning as things got heated in the handshake line between Louisville and Texas players after the Cardinals’ 73-51 second-round win over the Longhorns Monday night. I don't know what was said here. But here is Hailey Van Lith going through the handshake line with Texas. Sonya Morris was first […]

The first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament were filled with upsets. College basketball fans love the tournament, in large part because of the monumental upsets that take place nearly every year. The 2023 tournament has been something special in that regard. The biggest upset of the first two rounds was provided by little-known and […]

HBCU teams are often underdogs in the NCAA Tournament. However, that doesn’t mean they’re lacking in talent. In fact, HBCU teams are responsible for some of the biggest upsets in NCAA history. Furthermore, we’ve witnessed some of the greatest college basketball players suit up for HBCU basketball teams. For this piece, let’s rank the greatest […]

March Madness is a thrilling time for most of the country, but it can be absolutely brutal for several mid-major conferences, who typically send just one team to the NCAA Tournament. This is a challenge many HBCU basketball programs who reside in these one-bid leagues regularly face. SWAC (Southwestern Athletic Conference) Commissioner Dr. Charles McClelland […]

The weekend is over with 68 teams starting, and now only 16 standing. Top-seeded teams like Houston and Alabama still stand, while Cinderellas Princeton and FAU look to march toward the Final Four. It is time to continue our March Madness odds series with Sweet 16 predictions and picks.  Here are the current March Madness odds, courtesy of FanDuel 7 […]

The first weekend of the 2023 NCAA Tournament is officially in the books, and what a first weekend it was. Upsets are what make March Madness special, and this first weekend delivered in a big way. Not only did we see a 15-seed make the Sweet 16 for the third straight year in Princeton, but […]

The first two rounds of March Madness are officially in the books, and we’re down to just 16 teams remaining. This first weekend provided plenty of thrills, including some upsets no one saw coming. If we’re lucky, the rest of the tournament will provide more of the same. The chase for the national championship is […]

The Florida Atlantic Owls are flying to their first-ever appearance in the Sweet 16 following a thrilling 78-70 win over the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Sunday night. It was a second-round matchup an extremely few people could honestly say they saw coming. Neither head coaches of these teams also expected the manner with which the game […]

The Gonzaga Bulldogs are back in the Sweet 16 after they defeated the TCU Horned Frogs in a nail-biting 84-81 final to conclude the first weekend of March Madness. Once again, Mark Few’s team is in the Sweet 16, and Gonzaga star Drew Timme is a big reason why. After the victory against TCU, Drew […]

The Kansas State Wildcats are moving on in the NCAA Tournament after Sunday’s 75-69 win against Kentucky. Head Coach Jerome Tang gave a special shoutout to Patrick Mahomes following the victory. .@KStateMBB head coach Jerome Tang calls this play the "Mahomes"@CoachJTang 🤝 @PatrickMahomes pic.twitter.com/pvM4rfSmcJ — CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 19, 2023 “We actually call it […]

Indiana basketball star Trayce Jackson-Davis focused on the bigger picture after seeing his accomplished college career officially come to a close in an NCAA Tournament loss to Miami on Sunday. The 23-year-old is the all-time program leader in rebounds and blocks and ranks third in points. His lasting impact on Hoosiers community will not be […]

Jim Larranaga is weaving his magic again in March. The legendary head coach of the Miami Hurricanes has just steered the program to another Sweet Sixteen appearance after beating the Indiana Hoosiers Sunday night, 85-69. Never before had Miami made that deep of a run in the NCAA tournament in consecutive seasons, but it’s now […]

The UConn Huskies are headed to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2014 when they won the National Championship, and Adama Sanogo has been historically dominant in the first two games of the NCAA Tournament. Adama Sanogo is the first player to average 25 points, 10 rebounds and 70% shooting through his first […]

As the underdog up against a powerhouse in the Big East, Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans somehow managed to book their spot in the Sweet 16 round, thanks in large part to the performance of star Tyson Walker against the Marquette Golden Eagles. But Izzo still wants more from Walker and it’s got […]

Tom Izzo and Michigan State have done it again. Michigan State’s upset over Marquette not only sent the Spartans to the Sweet 16, as the victory helped Izzo make even more NCAA Tournament history. Michigan State, who was ranked No. 7 in the East Region, took down No. 2 Marquette 69-60 in the second round […]

Twitter erupted over a potential goaltending call during a matchup between Michigan State basketball and the Marquette Golden Eagles in March Madness on Sunday. SWATTED ❌ @MSU_Basketball pic.twitter.com/oeoxlveAwl — CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 (@CBSSportsCBB) March 19, 2023 A driving layup by Marquette guard Tyler Kolek was contested and deflected by Michigan State center Mady Sissoko. The […]

Kansas State basketball advanced to the sweet 16 with a win over Kentucky basketball in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, and arguably the best story in basketball will continue with Keyontae Johnson, who is a big part of the success of the Kansas State basketball program. On Dec. 12, 2020, Keyontae Johnson, a junior in […]

Kentucky basketball superstar Oscar Tshiebwe is potentially the most dominant player in college basketball. The 2022 National Player of the Year and two-time All-American, Tshiebwe is a historically great rebounder, the rare player who can fundamentally transform a game through his hard work cleaning the glass. In Kentucky’s 75-69 loss to Kansas State in the […]

The Kentucky Wildcats’ NCAA tournament run came to a close on Sunday, as the Kansas State Wildcats clinched a 75-69 win in the second round to advance to the Sweet 16. Kentucky had its fair share of struggles on the offensive end against Kansas State, from shooting 41.3 percent from the field to committing 16 […]

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be the second since March Madness’s expansion in 1985 to be without Kentucky, Duke, or North Carolina in the Sweet 16 after the Wildcats lost to Kansas State on Sunday, ESPN Stats and Info wrote in a Sunday tweet. The feat also happened in 2021. Kansas State earned a 75-69 victory […]

Heading into his first season as the coach of Kansas State basketball, Jerome Tang faced significant challenges. For starters, the team wasn’t particularly good, coming off three consecutive losing seasons. Making matters worse, the team was barely even a team—nearly the entire roster either graduated or transferred, leaving behind just two holdovers when Tang took […]

No matter who it is, March Madness touches everyone in some way, shape or form, and this is particularly true for Minnesota Timberwolves forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns. Towns played at Kentucky for the 2014-15 season, being a focal part of a team that went to the Final Four that year. Since then, the ties to the […]

Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant couldn’t be prouder of Texas basketball after the team moved on to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament with a crucial win over Penn State in the Round of 32. The no. 2 Longhorns didn’t fall victim to the string of March Madness upsets that have happened so far, […]

It was one year ago that Sean Miller was named the head coach of Xavier basketball. Miller was let go at Arizona after the program was forced to vacated regular season and postseason wins due to NCAA violations. Miller actually began his head coaching career at Xavier back in 2004. In his first season in […]

With the first weekend of March Madness nearly over, only two out of the four No. 1 seeded teams remain. The first No. 1 seed to fall was Purdue in a shocking and historical upset by No. 16 Farleigh Dickinson in the first round. The second No. 1 seed to fall was Kansas in the […]

Texas has advanced to the second weekend of March Madness, and head coach Rodney Terry gives all of the credit to his players. After beating Penn State 71-66 to earn a spot in the Sweet 16, Terry explained what the win meant for the entire Texas basketball program. “Just a lot of emotion for this […]

UCLA basketball fans can breathe a sigh of relief. Starter and 3-point shooting specialist David Singleton, who exited Saturday’s second-round win over Northwestern with an apparent ankle injury, appears to have just suffered a sprain. Speaking with reporters following the victory, UCLA head coach Mick Cronin expressed his relief at the fifth-year guard’s diagnosis. "He […]

The 2023 NCAA Tournament is beginning to look like the New Jersey invitational. Perhaps that’s a bit of a stretch, but Princeton has already made it to the Sweet 16 and fellow New Jersey school Fairleigh Dickinson can join the Tigers if the Knights can beat Florida Atlantic Sunday. Fairleigh Dickinson is a win over […]

Davonte Davis and the Arkansas Razorbacks are moving on to the Sweet Sixteen round after dethroning the Kansas Jayhawks with a scintillating 72-71 win Saturday night in the second round of the 2023 NCAA tournament. Emotions are running high at the moment for Arkansas basketball, with even Davonte Davis letting it all during a postgame […]

Princeton basketball did it again. After shocking the whole world by beating Arizona to start March Madness, the Tigers kept the momentum going in their favor as they dismantled Missouri in the Round of 32. It was a battle of the Tigers, but in the end, the no. 15 Princeton was just brimming with confidence. […]

Another one falls. Kansas basketball became the latest Goliath knocked off its perch in the NCAA Tournament, losing a heartbreaker to Arkansas, 72-71, on Saturday night. The Jayhawks had a double-digit lead in the second half before Eric Musselman’s Razorbacks again proved why they can never be counted out around this time of the year. […]

The Arkansas Razorbacks have done it. Arkansas basketball took down a No. 1 seed Saturday night in the second round of the 2023 NCAA tournament with a thrilling 72-71 win over Jalen Wilson and the Kansas Jayhawks. Razorbacks nation is definitely all pumped up after that win by their team, including,m of course, Milwaukee Bucks […]

Kansas basketball’s Dajuan Harris was forced to leave the Jayhawks’ game early versus Arkansas due to an ankle injury, per Jeff Goodman. Harris suffered the ailment after stepping on a photographer. Kansas leads Arkansas as of this story’s publication, but the impact of Harris’ absence looms large. It is unclear how serious the ankle injury […]

Duke basketball has crashed out of March Madness with a 65-52 blowout loss to the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday in the Round of 32, falling short of getting back to the Final Four. In the process, the Blue Devils reached a program low. Their 52 points against Tennessee is tied for the fewest they’ve ever […]

Duke basketball started off hot in March Madness with a one-sided beating of Oral Roberts in the first round. However, in the face of a stronger rival, they floundered and ended up getting embarrassed once again. The Blue Devils took on the Tennessee Volunteers in the second round and were quickly handed a return ticket […]

Our March Madness odds and pick series will continue on Sunday with a huge tilt in the Round of 32 in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The South Region will feature the 6-seed Creighton Blue Jays take on the 3-seed Baylor Bears in an extremely close game betting wise. Which team will punch their ticket […]

With March Madness upon us, it’s worth looking into how some of the greatest NBA players today first showcased their talent at the collegiate level. Although the NBA has seen a lot of international prospects as of late, the NCAA remains to be the biggest hotbed of NBA prospects. While some NBA players make the […]