March Madness Articles - Page 6

Maryland basketball is looking for a head coach. Kevin Willard is leaving the school for Villanova, after several days of speculation that he would depart the Terrapins. At least one insider thinks that Maryland is in for a rough road. “The candidate pool for Maryland isn’t exactly overwhelming, and the Terps don’t even have an […]

For the first time since 2014, when two-time national championship-winning head coach Billy Donovan was still on the bench, the Florida Gators are heading back to the Final Four. Even though the Gators cruised through much of the regular season, winning the SEC Tournament in dominant fashion, escaping the Elite Eight with an 84-79 win […]

USC women’s basketball superstar JuJu Watkins was all smiles after the Trojans’ 67-61 Sweet 16 victory over Kansas State. It has been an emotional week for one of this sports’ brightest stars. Watkins tore her ACL in the second round against Mississippi State and has a long road to recovery ahead of her. While the […]

Duke basketball eliminated the last remaining 2024 Final Four representative by thrashing Alabama 85-65. The Blue Devils played a relentless brand that wore down the Crimson Tide Saturday. What strategy did head coach Jon Scheyer masterfully roll out in this March Madness trouncing? Duke and Scheyer faced a team that went scorched earth behind the […]

Grant Nelson had a noteworthy defensive play against Cooper Flagg during the Elite 8 matchup between the 2-seed Alabama Crimson Tide and 1-seed Duke Blue Devils. Three minutes into the second half with Duke leading 50-40, Flagg got past his defender as he drove to the rim and went up to perform a one-handed dunk. […]

Alabama basketball was on the cusp of school history. Toppling high-powered Duke sends the Crimson Tide to consecutive Final Fours, which has never happened in Tuscaloosa. Now Nate Oats admitted a harsh reality after their lopsided March Madness defeat on Saturday. The Blue Devils steamrolled the Tide 85-65. Duke watched Cooper Flagg hit a 31-year-old […]

The growing legend of Duke basketball star Cooper Flagg will stretch to the Final Four. The freshman sensation guided the Blue Devils to the 85-65 romp of Alabama Saturday to officially punch their ticket to San Antonio. But Flagg accomplished a rare March Madness mark that’s more than three decades old. Flagg now joins a […]

Grant McCasland and the Texas Tech Red Raiders suffered heartbreak in the Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Leading against the Florida Gators with three minutes left in the game, the Red Raiders conceded an 18-4 run down the stretch as they lost 84-79. This ended their pursuit of a Final Four appearance, which […]

USC women’s basketball rolled without JuJu Watkins for the first time in March Madness. But hit a rare feat not seen since 1984. This feat even involves another iconic basketball star from the Land of Troy. USC is heading to consecutive Elite Eight appearances after knocking off Kansas State 67-61 Saturday in Spokane. The last […]

Walter Clayton Jr. had an explosive performance in the Florida Gators’ 84-79 win against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. In 35 minutes of action, Clayton Jr. finished with a stat line of 30 points, four assists and two rebounds. He shot 7-of-14 from the field, including […]

Florida basketball has Gainesville cheering and buzzing for the first time since 2014. The Gators are back in the Final Four after beating Texas Tech 84-79. But watched Alijah Martin hit a March Madness mark not seen since 1980 to return to the big dance. The former Florida Atlantic guard Martin now just instilled hope […]

Todd Golden helped the Florida Gators end a decade-long drought of not appearing in the Final Four on Saturday night. The Gators faced off against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Both teams traded blows as the game went down to the wire. However, the former went […]

Paige Bueckers and the No. 2 seed UConn Huskies are going to the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA Tournament after taking down the No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday. Behind an incredible performance by Bueckers, UCOnn basketball sent the Sooners home, as the Huskies eked out an 82-59 victory at Spokane Arena in Spokane, […]

UCLA basketball scored one major college basketball transfer portal addition following its March Madness exit. But the Bruins won’t see Donovan Dent and Sebastian Mack team together. The guard Mack has entered the transfer portal, with Pete Nakos of On3 revealing Mack’s decision on Saturday evening. Mack is entering the portal after helping lead UCLA […]

Hailey Van Lith showed out in the TCU Horned Frogs’ Sweet 16 matchup against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday. In 39 minutes of action, she finished with 26 points, nine rebounds and four assists. She shot 10-of-21 from the field, including 2-of-5 from beyond the arc. This proved to be crucial as the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Michigan State-Auburn prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Michigan State-Auburn. The Auburn Tigers were one of the two best teams in college basketball during the regular season. Auburn and Duke had the two best resumes. They were the two most consistent team. […]

The Florida Gators came into the 2025 NCAA Tournament as one of the favorites to win the national championship, although they suffered a little blow in the second round against Mississippi State. Alex Condon, who has been a huge piece for Florida this season, suffered an ankle injury that head coach Todd Golden wasn’t too […]

Though the Houston basketball team beat Purdue in the Sweet Sixteen in a classic, the team didn’t make out of it unscathed as there is concern about the injury surrounding senior guard Mylik Wilson. As a last-second bucket won the game for the Houston basketball program over the Boilermakers, the celebration can’t last too long […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Tennessee-Houston prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Tennessee-Houston. The Houston Cougars were thrown into the fire on Friday night. They had to play Purdue in Indianapolis in front of a loud pro-Boilermaker crowd. Houston clearly felt the pressure and stress of the […]

St. John’s basketball player RJ Luis Jr. is keeping all options open for his future. Luis is declaring for the NBA Draft while also entering the transfer portal, per Draft Express. Luis will be highly sought-after from other programs. He finished the 2024-25 college basketball regular season as the Big East Player of the Year. […]

The NCAA tournament without JuJu Watkins looks unfamiliar since her ACL injury. To compensate for the loss, USC women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb has inspired the team to soldier on without their star player. All eyes will be on USC as they prepare to take on Kansas State in the Sweet 16 on Saturday night. […]

Auburn basketball picked up a 78-65 win over Michigan basketball on Friday night that was a testament to their bevy of scoring options. National Player of the Year candidate Johni Broome, Denver Jones, and Tahaad Pettiford led the onslaught for Auburn, and in the process, they became the first trio to score 20-plus points in […]

Although upset with JuJu Watkins’ injury, Lindsay Gottlieb does not want to see fans aiming their anger at Mississippi State’s Chandler Prater. While Prater was involved in the play that hurt the USC basketball star, Gottlieb does not believe the fifth-year senior had any desire to cause the injury. Gottlieb said that she appreciates the […]

Kara Lawson and the Duke women’s basketball team are now in the Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Tournament, and the former star player in her own right says she never would have gotten to where she has without the lessons learned from legendary Tennessee Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt. “I took a lot […]

In just one year at the helm, Mark Pope has already made a lasting impact on the Kentucky basketball program. While the Wildcats’ season still ended in the third round of the NCAA Tournament, Pope’s impact was felt by every member of the team. He had a particularly resounding influence on one of his first […]

The 2024-25 college basketball season has been one in which Purdue Boilermakers point guard Braden Smith has been able to step out of the very large shadow of Zach Edey, the two-time National Player of the Year award winner who was the plodding catalyst of Purdue’s run to the National Championship Game last season. Smith […]

Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter is tipping his cap to Houston. The Cougars knocked Purdue out of the NCAA tournament Friday night, by a close 62-60 score. Houston scored in the remaining seconds of the game, off an in-bounds play. Painter thinks Houston can win it all. “Everyone knows how this tournament goes, but I […]

Auburn basketball is heading to the Elite Eight, following a 78-65 victory over No. 5 seed Michigan on Friday. Tahaad Pettiford was the spark plug that the Tigers needed to overcome another tough NCAA Tournament challenge. The freshman guard believes in his team, and he knows what’s expected. “I’m ready for the moment. I want […]

Earlier this week, ahead of the NCAA Tournament regional semifinal games to be played on Thursday and Friday night, I took on the nearly impossible task of setting out to rank the ten greatest Sweet Sixteen games of the 21st Century. Little did I know that when I set out to do the same with the […]

Houston basketball head coach Kelvin Sampson broke down the shocking, game-winning inbounds play against Purdue. The last matchup of the Sweet 16 was a classic, and just when it looked like the Cougars were pulling away, the Boilermakers launched a furious rally to tie the game in the last minute. Fortunately, with 2.8 seconds left […]

Low-scoring games can happen to anyone, especially to teams that usually boast potent offenses. However, the Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels made history in that category on Friday. The Blue Devils escaped with a nine-point victory over the Tar Heels in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Tournament. However, the […]

Zakai Zeigler and the Tennessee Volunteers reached the Elite 8 for the second straight year and the third time in program history. They accomplished the feat after beating the 3-seed Kentucky Wildcats 78-65 in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Their activity on the court outside of scoring stood out, winning 31-19 in […]

Despite losing Angel Reese to the WNBA, Kim Mulkey has built another LSU women’s basketball powerhouse. The third-seeded Tigers kept on rolling on Friday night, surviving a heavyweight battle against No. 2 seed NC State 80-73 to advance to the Elite Eight once again. The two teams traded the lead back and forth throughout the […]

It took until the final game of the Sweet 16 for March Madness to deliver a truly classic, last-second finish in the third round of the tournament, but the last game on Friday night lived up to the hype. Top-seed Houston basketball stunned Purdue in the final seconds with a sweet inbounds play to get […]

2024-25 has been an incredible season for Michigan State basketball, and the Spartans are still rolling. Despite a slow start, second-seeded Michigan State came back and played a strong second half to pull off a very tight 73-70 win over No. 6 seed Ole Miss in the Sweet 16. Tom Izzo and company really had […]

Chris Beard and the Ole Miss Rebels saw their season come to an end after losing to the Michigan State Spartans in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. It was a big run for the 6-seed Rebels, making their first appearance in the Sweet 16 since 2001. It’s also the second overall in […]

One of the most highly-anticipated games of the Sweet 16 was a clash between a pair of conference rivals. Tennessee basketball and Kentucky went at it in Indianapolis on Friday night for a spot in the Elite Eight in a clash of two teams who are awfully familiar with each other. Kentucky surely came into […]

Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans grinded out a 73-70 win over the Ole Miss Rebels in the Sweet 16 to advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. It marked the 15th time in program history that they reached the Elite Eight, their 11th under Izzo. Their consistent success as a contender […]

The 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament is shifting into its next phase after a couple of high-scoring rounds that saw few upset opportunities. Only heavy hitters remain, and the true contenders are beginning to stand out from a mostly evenly matched field. However, few programs heading into the Sweet 16 are more confident in their ability […]