College Basketball

[ad_1] Another flameout in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament prompted questions about John Calipari’s future leading the Wildcats. But the longtime Kentucky coach will be returning for a 16th season in Lexington, Wildcats athletic director Mitch Barnhart announced Tuesday night on social media. “As we normally do at the end of every season, Coach Calipari and I have had conversations …

[ad_1] Mar. 26—From staff reports Washington State women’s volleyball head coach Korey Schroeder announced the final addition to his 2024 coaching staff with the hiring of assistant coach Kristin Watson, who makes the move to Pullman following two seasons with Texas A&M Corpus Christi. “Kristin has put herself in a position to learn from high-level coaches and programs in her …

[ad_1] The Cincinnati Bearcats will try to rally around freshman point guard Jizzle James (2) as they face top seed Indiana State in Terre Haute in the NIT quarterfinals. James started the last game vs. Bradley as junior Day Day Thomas suffered a broken foot in UC’s NIT opener with San Francisco. HALF UC leads Indiana State 36-32 Jamille Reynolds …

[ad_1] LEXINGTON — Kentucky coach John Calipari reportedly will embark on his 16th season with the program in 2024-25. Calipari sat down with UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart for an end-of-season meeting Tuesday. The result of that is Calipari returning next season, according to Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio. The news came one day after Calipari hinted that he’d …

[ad_1] The UNC men’s basketball program has had a fruitful March Madness thus far, taking down Michigan State to advance to the Sweet 16. One of the players leading the charge is Armando Bacot, who played a significant role in the Tar Heels March Madness run two seasons ago. In the win against Michigan State, Bacot poured in 18 points, …

[ad_1] Xavier Musketeers forward Gytis Nemeiksa (50) and Georgetown Hoyas guard Jay Heath (5) chase a loose ball out of bounds in the first half of the NCAA Big East game between the Xavier Musketeers and the Georgetown Hoyas at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. Names continue to be added into the NCAA’s transfer portal …

[ad_1] The Texas Tech basketball team had a successful debut season under coach Grant McCasland, who will now try to achieve even more in Year 2. The Red Raiders are coming off a 23-11 overall season that saw the team go 11-7 in Big 12 play to finish third in the conference standings, earning a No. 6 seed in the …

[ad_1] Mar. 26—HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Odessa College men’s basketball team knocked off No. 4 seed Vincennes 58-56 in the second round of the NJCAA Tournament Tuesday at Hutch Sports Arena. With the victory, Odessa College will advance to the quarterfinals where the Wranglers will face the winner of Indian Hills at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Vincennes led 28-27 at the …

[ad_1] New Mexico men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino, the son of former Louisville coach Rick Pitino, is a candidate for U of L’s coaching vacancy, The Courier Journal confirmed Tuesday afternoon. Richard Pitino just finished his third season with the Lobos. His team lost to Clemson in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Mountain West champions made their …

[ad_1] Who is going to be calling each Sweet 16 game of the NCAA Tournament? Check out all the announcers, channels and times for the men’s basketball March Madness regional semifinal games, starting with the No. 6 Clemson Tigers vs. No. 2 Arizona Wildcats on Thursday and concluding with the No. 3 Creighton Bluejays vs. No. 2 Tennessee Volunteers on …

[ad_1] North Carolina was able to punch its ticket to the Sweet 16 with a big win over Michigan State on Saturday. Going into the game, the Spartans were considered a threat to upset the No. 1 seed in the West Region. But even after a shaky first 10 minutes, the Tar Heels took control and ended up getting a …

[ad_1] If you’ve followed Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology on ESPN over the 2023-24 college basketball season, you would know he wasn’t high on the Atlantic Coast Conference. He consistently had ACC teams on the bubble and at one point it was just a ‘two-bid’ league for Lunardi. Counting Virginia who was in the play-in and NC State who won the ACC …

[ad_1] Every single No. 1 and No. 2 seed advanced to the Sweet 16 for the fifth time since the tournament expanded to 64 teams and first time since the 2019 NCAA Tournament. But you know what? Brackets being busted happens to the best of us. Even in a relatively chalky year. So we’re giving ourselves one more bite at …

[ad_1] Mar. 26—Niagara now has three starters and its top reserve in the transfer portal. Sophomore Harlan Obioha confirmed to the Gazette that he entered the portal Tuesday, as did top-two scorers Braxton Bayless and Ahmad Henderson II. They join Dre Bullock, who entered the portal last week. The 7-foot Obioha had a strong showing in his first year as …

[ad_1] CLEMSON — Clemson basketball coach Brad Brownell faced mounting pressure from fans and athletic director Graham Neff to make the NCAA Tournament after missing March Madness in back-to-back seasons. The 14-year Tigers coach, who has the most wins in Clemson’s men’s basketball history, entered this season with a 241-177 record but only three NCAA Tournament appearances and no ACC …

[ad_1] Former Georgia Bulldogs guard K.D. Johnson plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal. Johnson has played the past three seasons with the Auburn Tigers. Johnson transferred to Auburn after playing the 2020-2021 season with Georgia. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound guard has averaged less points per game in every season after averaging 13.5 points as a freshman at Georgia. In 2023-2024. …

[ad_1] The NCAA Tournament is down to 16 teams, eight of which consist of 1 and 2 seeds. The top-seeded teams have taken care of business so far in March Madness, with 11 seed North Carolina State as the lone double-digit seeded still alive for the Sweet 16. Elsewhere, 1 seeds in UConn, Houston, Purdue and North Carolina, along with …

[ad_1] getty images Washington is set to hire Washington State athletic director Pat Chun to the same position, according to 247Sports. Chun replaces Troy Dannen, who left just months after accepting the job to take the open AD position at Nebraska. It’s a six-year deal for Chun to leave the Cougars for the rival Huskies, according to multiple reports.  Chun …

[ad_1] Kansas State traveled to the Lone Star State to take on the Houston Cougars for the first time as baseball conference opponents. The Wildcats, who had played well up to this series, continued their hot steak. The series marked their second consecutive sweep, as K-State swept Missouri State the week prior. Here are some highlights from the series, and …

[ad_1] EVANSVILLE, Indiana — Cal State-San Bernardino dominated in the paint and Gannon struggled shooting the ball as the historic turnaround season ended for the Golden Knights with a 99-65 loss on Tuesday in the NCAA Division II men’s basketball Elite Eight. Gannon ended the season 32-3 after winning three games last year, while CSUSB (27-7) moves on to the …

[ad_1] The opening weekend of the 2024 NCAA Tournament has come and gone, and if you love upsets and Cinderella stories, you didn’t have the best time. Sure, you saw Yale knock off analytical darling and national title dark horse Auburn, and you’ll always remember Jack Gohlke flame-throwing Kentucky into oblivion. But, for the most part, the first four days …

[ad_1] The 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket has reached the Sweet 16 and it’s been a somewhat chalky year by March Madness standards. After no team seeded higher than No. 4 made the Final Four in 2023, 10 of the 12 teams seeded No. 3 or better are still alive in the 2024 March Madness bracket. The only time that all …

[ad_1] We entered the 2024 NCAA tournament hearing that the men’s game had no name stars and few blue bloods among the legitimate national title favorites. Meanwhile, the powers that be in college athletics — commissioners and athletic directors attached to major football — were discussing expanding the tournament, at least when they weren’t busy raiding each other’s leagues, filing …

[ad_1] 2004.0319.10.1–XAVIER VS. LOUISVILLE–Xavier’s Dedrick Finn screams out as he hugged by Lionel Chalmers after Finn made a 3-point shot and was fouled as Xavier beggan to destroy Louisville in the second half Friday, March 19, 2004, in the 1st round of the NCCA championship in Orlando Florida at the T. D. Waterhouse Centre. A middling team in January, the …

[ad_1] Lynne Roberts SPOKANE, Wash. — Utah coach Lynne Roberts said her team experienced a series of “racial hate crimes” after arriving at its first NCAA Tournament hotel and was forced to change hotels during the event for safety concerns. Roberts revealed what happened after Utah lost to Gonzaga in the second round of the NCAAs. Roberts didn’t go into …