March Madness Articles - Page 9

As Arkansas basketball upset St John’s in the Round of 32, it sparked a rivalry with John Calipari and Rick Pitino. The two are not the biggest fans of each other. After all, Calipari coached at Kentucky and Pitino at Louisville at the height of both programs. It was a gnarly in-state rivalry. It also […]

Throughout the season, Purdue basketball guard Braden Smith has set records upon records. The All-American guard is one of the top point guards in the country. Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson feels the same way. Ahead of their Sweet 16 clash, Sampson raved about how elite Smith is. “Basketball IQ off the charts,” Sampson said […]

Arkansas men’s basketball enters its Sweet 16 game in the 2025 NCAA Tournament against Texas Tech as 5.5-point underdogs, but the Razorbacks got some good news on Tuesday. Leading scorer Adou Thiero will be available Thursday night when Arkansas faces the Red Raiders, head coach John Calipari has revealed. “Adou Theiro is available. He is […]

UConn women’s basketball is expected to lose Paige Bueckers to the 2025 WNBA Draft, but the program is set to have another star return next season. According to Alexa Philippou of ESPN, Fudd will return for the 2025-26 campaign. “Breaking: UConn Huskies star Azzi Fudd will return to college next season and forgo entering the […]

Every school claims to prioritize academics over athletics, but Saint Francis is making its commitment to that sentiment known. One week after its basketball team competed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, Saint Francis announced its transition from Division I to Division III. The school confirmed the decision, made by its Board of Trustees, on Tuesday […]

St. John’s basketball entered the NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed, riding the momentum of Big East regular season and tournament titles. With Rick Pitino at the helm, the Red Storm reclaimed relevance after years of struggles. However, their run ended in disappointment against Arkansas basketball, and Pitino later delivered even more bad news […]

The UConn women’s basketball team picked up a 91-57 win over the South Dakota State Jackrabbits to advance to the Sweet 16, and the contest marked Paige Bueckers’ last game at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs. UConn head coach Geno Auriemma was visibly emotional as Bueckers left the press conference after the game. UConn head coach […]

Basketball players become megastars during March Madness. Every year, unheralded players burst onto the scene with Cinderella runs, and they boost their NBA Draft stock in the process. However, playing in the spotlight of the NCAA Tournament can have the opposite effect, too. If a player struggles under the bright lights, some scouts might assume […]

West Virginia basketball’s search for a new head coach continues. The Mountaineers are missing out on Utah State coach Jerrod Calhoun as he is signing a deal to stay with the Aggies, per CBS Sports. Calhoun just won 26 games this season at Utah State. He led the Aggies to the NCAA tournament, where the […]

USC women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb addressed her players with an emotional and inspiring locker room speech following a dominant 96-59 second-round win over Mississippi State in the NCAA Tournament, a win that was overshadowed by a serious injury to star guard JuJu Watkins. Watkins, an Associated Press All-American and leading scorer for the top-seeded […]

Maryland women’s basketball survived a historic game from Alabama’s Sarah Ashlee Barker to win a 111-108 double-overtime thriller in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Monday night. Barker scored a program-record 45 points on 17-of-25 shooting, including 4-of-6 from three-point range. She added eight rebounds, three assists and three steals while playing nearly the […]

On Monday night, the powerhouse USC women’s basketball suffered a huge blow when their best player, JuJu Watkins, went down with what looked like a serious knee injury. And after taking care of business in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against the number nine Mississippi State Bulldogs, 96-59, the Trojans’ worst fears were […]

UConn women’s basketball guard Paige Bueckers had a stunning first-half performance on Monday night against South Dakota State. The Huskies were rolling into the NCAA Tournament as one of the favorites and now find themselves in the second weekend for the 31st straight year. Despite this unprecedented success, UConn has not won it all since […]

JuJu Watkins went down in agony on Monday during the women’s March Madness tournament. The USC star left with a horrific knee injury that left the Galen Center crowd gasped. Even Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky watched the gruesome scene unfold between USC and Mississippi State. Reese immediately reacted in three words on her […]

LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey and company advanced to the Sweet 16 after defeating Florida State 101-71. Another satisfying victory for LSU after they defeated San Diego State by 55 points in the first round. Both games were played before their home crowd in Baton Rouge. Despite back-to-back lopsided wins, Mulkey is not yet […]

UNLV basketball endured a zany Monday involving finding the replacement for Kevin Kruger. Bryan Hodgson looked like the next Rebels head coach, but instead pivoted to South Florida. UNLV, though, finds a former Atlantic Coast Conference coach in the end. The Rebels are bringing Josh Pastner back to coaching, per ESPN college basketball insider Pete […]

The No. 1 seed USC women’s basketball is playing against the No. 9 seed Mississippi State Bulldogs in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament Monday night. However, it seems that USC star sophomore JuJu Watkins will not be able to finish the contest after suffering an apparent lower-body injury in the first half […]

Maryland women’s basketball outlasted Alabama 111-108 in double overtime on Monday, advancing to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in the second-highest scoring game in women’s March Madness history. The fourth-seeded Terrapins (25-7) erased a 17-point deficit late in the third quarter and outscored Alabama in both overtime periods to clinch a spot in the regional […]

South Florida basketball and Arkansas State got involved in wild head coaching news Monday. With UNLV also in the center as the Rebels look for their own new head coach during March Madness. Bryan Hodgson appeared to be heading to UNLV Monday morning. The Rebels looked set on landing a past Nate Oats assistant from […]

No. 1-seed Texas women’s basketball advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament Monday night with a 65-48 win over No. 8 Illinois, and head coach Vic Schaefer made clear afterward that he believes this Longhorns team is special. “I’m excited to take this group to Birmingham,” Schaefer said, per reporter Chip […]

Texas women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer was emotional following the Longhorns’ 65-48 NCAA Tournament win over Illinois on Monday night, calling the March Madness victory “bittersweet” as guard Shay Holle played her final game in Austin. “A little bit sweet today, Shay, it’s her last game in Austin. Been here five years,” Schaefer said in […]

Colorado State basketball lost in heartbreaking fashion to Maryland on Sunday. The Rams now lose head coach Niko Medved nearly 24 hours after their March Madness exit. Medved is returning to his alma mater Minnesota, with Jeff Borzello and Pete Thamel of ESPN reporting the move Monday morning. The departure comes following Derik Queen hitting […]

March Madness is the best time for NBA hopefuls to boost their draft stock. Every year, fans see star players cement their cases as future draftees, while other unheralded players come out of nowhere to shoot up draft boards. While there haven’t been as many Cinderella runs or NCAA Tournament darlings this year as there […]

Jeff Teague gave a harsh critique of Arkansas basketball head coach John Calipari in a statement that was meant as a compliment. The Razorbacks’ head coach is receiving some newfound appreciation from doubters after leading the program back to the Sweet 16. In the clash of the Hall of Famers, 10-seeded Arkansas notched an impressive […]

The Colorado State Rams received tough news when head coach Niko Medved revealed he will leave to join the Minnesota Golden Gophers for the same position. The news arrived after the Rams’ heartbreaking loss to the 4-seed Maryland Terrapins in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. It ended a potential Cinderella run for the […]

Dan Hurley and the UConn Huskies found themselves in controversy following their season-ending loss to the Florida Gators in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. After the game, Hurley made comments to the Baylor coaching staff, preparing for their game against Duke. Charlotte Sports Live reporter Joey Ellis recorded the now-viral video with […]

The Kansas State Wildcats are in the NCAA women’s basketball Sweet 16 for the first time since 2002 and they have senior Temira Poindexter to thank. Not only was Poindexter the game’s leading scorer (24 points) in Kansas State’s Second Round win over Kentucky on Sunday, but she made some history along the way. Her […]

Sports analyst Stephen A. Smith criticized Rick Pitino for benching RJ Luis Jr. in St. John’s season-ending loss to Arkansas in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Luis Jr. had a tough shooting night in Saturday’s loss. He had nine points and seven rebounds but shot 3-of-17 from the field, hurting the Red […]

Safe to say, Stephen A Smith doesn’t like the dominance within college basketball and March Madness. While there haven’t been any Cinderella teams, it hasn’t made Smith happy in the slightest. On First Take, he simply said what he feels about the state of college basketball. “If this continues, it will be the death of […]

The Michigan Wolverines are headed to the Sweet 16 in Atlanta where they will take on No. 1 overall seed Auburn on Friday. Justin Pippen, Michigan basketball guard and son of Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen, won’t be with them. Pippen, who averaged 1.6 points per game in his freshman season, has entered the transfer […]

Maryland basketball freshman center Derik Queen stole the spotlight in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Sunday night—first with a clutch shot, then with a memorable postgame remark. The prized recruit from Baltimore banked in a running fadeaway at the buzzer, propelling the fourth-seeded Terrapins to a dramatic 72-71 win over 12th-seeded Colorado State in Seattle. […]

The madness may have arrived a few days late at this NCAA Tournament, but it got here all the same. The Round of 32 of March Madness was full of drama, close games that went down to the wire, and even a buzzer-beater. Derik Queen sent the final Cinderella hope, No. 12 seed Colorado State […]

The opening two rounds of the 2025 NCAA Tournament have come and gone, and now as we fast approach the second weekend of the Big Dance, only 16 teams remain out of a tournament field that once consisted of 68 schools that dreamed of cutting down the nets in San Antonio, Texas on Monday April […]

TCU women’s basketball has had massive success with Hailey Van Lith. For starters, they won the Big 12 regular season and conference tournament. Then, Van Lith helped TCU women’s basketball reach its first-ever Sweet 16. They took down Louisville in a rematch against her former school. Regardless of that game, there’s a different approach she […]

Brad Underwood and the No. 6 seed Illinois basketball are no longer in contention for the 2025 NCAA Tournament title after getting bounced out of the Big Dance by the No. 3 seed Kentucky Wildcats on Sunday in a second-round showdown at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. The early exit from the tourney meant that Illinois […]

The Florida Gators were on the verge of elimination against the back-to-back NCAA champion UConn Huskies in the second round of the 2025 March Madness tournament on Sunday afternoon. And while they did escape with a two-point win, how different would the outcome of the game or their overall performance in the 2025 NCAA Tournament […]

For the first time in program history, TCU women’s basketball is headed to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. The No. 2-seeded Horned Frogs defeated No. 7 Louisville 85-70 in front of a record-setting home crowd of 7,494 at Schollmaier Arena on Monday night, extending their undefeated home record to 21-0 and continuing a […]

Caleb Love knows what it takes to beat Duke basketball in a huge game. He played a major role in arguably the program’s most agonizing loss in modern history, scoring a game-high 28 points on 11-of-20 shooting for North Carolina in a 2022 Final Four victory over the Blue Devils. Because of his win-clinching 3-pointer […]

The Iowa State basketball team’s March Madness run is over. The No. 3 Cyclones were bested by No. 6 Ole Miss on Sunday night, as head coach TJ Otzelberger’s squad couldn’t erase a 40-29 halftime deficit in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Iowa State finished the regular season at 25-10 and fifth in […]