College Basketball

[ad_1] The Sweet 16 stage of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is now set, featuring expected teams like the UConn Huskies and the Purdue Boilermakers as well as a few underdogs such as NC State Wolfpack and the Clemson Tigers. If we learned anything from the first two rounds of March Madness, seeding means nothing, and upsets are handed out …

[ad_1] After a hard fought 72-64 win over Syracuse on Monday, the UConn women’s basketball team has moved on to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies were up by 11 points at halftime, but Syracuse stuck with UConn in the second half, outscoring them in both the third and fourth quarters. UConn was able to hold on …

[ad_1] The first two rounds of the NCAA tournament are over and NBA scouts and executives traveled to each region to get extended looks at players projected in the upcoming NBA Draft. The tournament can help boost a player’s draft stock with how well they play, and this year a number of players have had strong showings in their first …

[ad_1] With Kel’el Ware announcing his pro plans and Zach Edey showing the nation what he can do in March Madness, it’s time to look at where these big men are viewed in NBA mock drafts. Ware, a wiry 7-foot sophomore, played one season for Indiana basketball, averaging a team-leading 15.9 points, 42.5% 3-point shooting, 9.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocked …

[ad_1] Jack Robison, a Wisconsin men’s basketball signee, moved up to third on Lakeville North Basketball’s all-time scoring list following his senior season. The 247Sports three-star committed to the Badgers’ program on Nov. 11, 2023, after being recruited by head coach Greg Gard and assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft. The 6-foot-6 small forward visited UW five times from October 2021 to …

[ad_1] The Cincinnati Bearcats and the Indiana State Sycamores are set to clash at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday at the Hulman Center in a 2024 NIT quarterfinal matchup. Indiana State is 30-6 overall this season while Cincinnati is now 22-14. The Sycamores won the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title but came up short in the MVC tournament and missed …

[ad_1] March Madness is only as memorable as the individual performances delivered within. For instance, we remember legendary March showings from the likes of Jimmer Fredette, Kemba Walker and Danny Manning just as much as we remember those BYU, UConn or Kansas teams on which they played.  Not only has the 2024 NCAA Tournament delivered big upsets, shocking moments and …

[ad_1] The Ohio State Buckeyes and Georgia Bulldogs are set to clash in the NIT at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday at Value City Arena. The winner of this matchup will advance to the NIT semifinals. The Buckeyes enter Tuesday’s contest full of confidence after winning seven of their last eight games. Georgia, meanwhile, is coming off an impressive 72-66 …

[ad_1] MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When the dust settled on Selection Sunday, two of college basketball’s “Big Six” conferences were left with more significant gripes than the rest. Those leagues — the Big East and ACC — finished the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament with a combined record of 14-1. All seven teams from the two conferences that were part …

[ad_1] Jimmer Fredette, the 2011 NCAA Player of the Year, plus Canyon Barry (son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry), Kareem Maddox and Dylan Travis make up the first U.S. Olympic men’s 3×3 basketball team. A USA Basketball committee chose the team for the Paris Games, deciding to keep in tact the quartet that took silver at the 2023 FIBA …

[ad_1] Mar. 26—Two days after the Cougars’ improbable season ended in the Round of 32 in the NCAA tournament, Washington State men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith traded in his crimson attire for Cardinal red. After five seasons in Pullman, Smith will take over as the new head coach at Stanford. “It is with a humble heart that I want people …

[ad_1] Who’s Playing Fairfield Stags @ Seattle Redhawks Current Records: Fairfield 20-11, Seattle 18-13 How To Watch What to Know The Seattle Redhawks and the Fairfield Stags are set to clash at 9:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday at Ocean Center in a WAC postseason contest. The stakes are high as both teams are all in, both fighting to extend their …

[ad_1] Who’s Playing Cincinnati Bearcats @ Indiana State Sycamores Current Records: Cincinnati 18-13, Indiana State 26-5 How To Watch When: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 9 p.m. ETWhere: Hulman Center — Terre Haute, IndianaTV: ESPNFollow: CBS Sports AppOnline streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.) What to Know Cincinnati has enjoyed a two-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They and …

[ad_1] The Nebraska Cornhuskers have targeted a first-team all-conference guard in the transfer portal. Furman transfer JP Pegues has also heard from Oklahoma, Clemson, Seton Hall, Davidson, Miami, and more. Pegues averaged 18.4 points per game and 4.8 assists. For the second year in a row, he was first-team All-SoCon. He is the third Furman player to enter the transfer …

[ad_1] Mar. 26—Two days after the Cougars’ improbable season ended in the Round of 32 in the NCAA tournament, Washington State men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith traded in his crimson attire for Cardinal red. After five seasons in Pullman, Smith will take over as the new head coach at Stanford. “It is with a humble heart that I want people …

[ad_1] The headline is sure to cause angst among Wisconsin Badgers fans. But hear me out. Wisconsin basketball’s 2023-24 season came to a crashing end with a 72-61 NCAA Tournament first-round loss to No. 12-seed James Madison. The loss ensured the program’s Sweet Sixteen drought would extend to seven years, and cast a dark cloud on an otherwise successful season. …

[ad_1] Who’s Playing Georgia Bulldogs @ Ohio State Buckeyes Current Records: Georgia 16-15, Ohio State 19-12 How To Watch What to Know The Georgia Bulldogs and the Ohio State Buckeyes are set to clash at 7:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday at Value City Arena in an SEC postseason contest. The Bulldogs pulled off an upset win in their last outing, …

[ad_1] The NCAA basketball tournament is a win-or-go-home event. That can produce human stories as inspirational as they are dramatic. Point guard Boo Buie’s final game as a Northwestern Wildcat qualified as one of those. With a little over a minute left, coach Chris Collins took Buie out of a second-round game in which NU was overmatched against the top-ranked …

[ad_1] With news that Connor Essegian would be entering the transfer portal, the Wisconsin Badgers will bid adieu to a popular player who made the all-freshman team last season in the Big Ten, although he saw a dramatic decrease in playing time this year. Typically, a player who transfers out of Wisconsin doesn’t wind up making a major impact on …

[ad_1] Midnight has come early this year as all the carriages have turned back into pumpkins and the March Madness Cinderellas in the men’s NCAA Tournament have gone home. Usually, there’s at least one men’s hoops team from a non-traditional league that reaches the second weekend. Not this time. With the exceptions of Sweet 16 fixture Gonzaga and San Diego …

[ad_1] You will find little evidence of the NCAA Tournament’s upsetting nature in Detroit this weekend. Tennessee basketball and three of the other top five seeds in the Midwest Region have advanced to the Sweet 16. But those programs all can attest to how troubling March Madness can be for higher seeds. They too often have experienced it firsthand. Let’s …

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — Clemson basketball narrowly escaped No. 3 seed Baylor in its 72-64 win Sunday at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee, to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018. After losing in the ACC tournament second round to Boston College, the sixth-seeded Tigers (23-11) used the defeat to fuel their March Madness run, beating …

[ad_1] Otega Oweh, who spent two seasons at Oklahoma, will enter the transfer portal, marking the end of his tenure with the Sooners. Hailing from Somerset, New Jersey, Oweh arrived at Oklahoma as a highly regarded four-star recruit, ranked No. 59 nationally. During his freshman year, Oweh played in 28 out of 32 games and emerged as a key contributor, …

[ad_1] It’ll be Duke basketball, NC State, Houston and Marquette at the 2024 NCAA Tournament’s South Regional in Dallas. The 11th-seeded Wolfpack (24-14) and second-seeded Golden Eagles (27-9) will tip off at 7:09 p.m. ET (CBS) on Friday from the American Airlines Center. After that game, around 9:39 p.m., the fourth-seeded Blue Devils (26-8) will try to knock off the top-seeded …

[ad_1] Bradley’s Duke Deen high-fives fans at courtside as the Braves defeat Loyola Chicago 74-62 in the first-round of the NIT on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at Carver Arena. PEORIA — The 2023-24 season is over for the Bradley Braves, but the NCAA transfer portal and roster retooling season is just beginning. The Braves were 23-12, finished third in the …