College Basketball

[ad_1] Vanderbilt University’s men’s basketball program is hiring former James Madison University head coach Mark Byington as its next head coach. The news broke Monday, two days removed from the Dukes’ 72-61 victory over Wisconsin in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Byington led James Madison to a record-setting 32 wins and the program’s first bid to March …

[ad_1] After a First Round highlighted by a handful of upsets, the NCAA Tournament saw the favorites dominate Round 2. As a result, all the top two seeds remain along with a couple threes and fours. Here is a look at the matchups in the Sweet 16 including tip times, networks, and a couple questions whose answers will subsequently determine …

[ad_1] The 2023-2024 Oklahoma Sooners men’s basketball season went better than many expected. The Sooners worked their way into the top 10 and looked like a shoe-in for the NCAA Tournament until conference championship Saturday and Selection Sunday kept them out of the field of 68. But as the Sooners fell short of the tournament for the third straight year …

[ad_1] As Marquette advances in the men’s NCAA Tournament, a new television audience will arise and inevitably many will be asking, “Who is this guy with all the quick catchphrases calling the game?” College basketball fans will know the voice as former coach and longtime color commentator Bill Raftery. Wisconsin fans got a taste of Raftery in the first round. …

[ad_1] Marquette basketball was on a mission to avenge last year’s second-round NCAA Tournament loss. The Golden Eagles accomplished that and are in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2013. Now, Tyler Kolek, Kam Jones and Co. turn their attention to North Carolina State as the Golden Eagles continue their quest toward their first Final Four in 21 …

[ad_1] Alabama Crimson Tide guard Mark Sears (1) celebrates in the first half against the Grand Canyon Antelopes at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. No. 1 UNC will look to slow down No. 4 Alabama’s high-octane offense in this Thursday’s Sweet 16 matchup. As great as the Alabama offense is, it was their defense that dominated their Round of 32 game, …

[ad_1] Mar. 25—SALT LAKE CITY — Braden Huff had to sit and think about it. Resting against a locker at the Delta Center on Friday, between NCAA Tournament games against McNeese State and Kansas, Huff racked his brain trying to recall if Gonzaga had used its three freshmen in the same unit at any point this season. “Not that I …

[ad_1] STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn coach Geno Auriemma says his team will go as far in the NCAA Tournament as Paige Bueckers will take them. It will also help if the Huskies freshmen continue playing the way they did Monday. Bueckers tied her season high with 32 points, freshman Ashlynn Shade added 19 and No. 3 seed UConn held …

[ad_1] Clemson’s Chase Hunter (1) goes for a layup during the second round game between Clemson University and Baylor University in the 2024 NCAA Tournament at FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn., on Sunday, March 24, 2024. The No. 6 Clemson Tigers and No. 2 Arizona Wildcats will face off at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles Thursday. Clemson is fresh off one of the biggest …

[ad_1] GOPHERS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY 7 p.m. Tuesday vs. Pacific at Williams Arena in WNIT second round Streaming; radio: BTN+; 96.7-FM Opening bell: After getting a first-round bye, the Gophers (16-15) get a Pacific team that advanced to the second round with a 63-43 win over Cal Poly. The game should feature the return of Gophers leading scorer Mara Braun …

[ad_1] STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers tied her season high with 32 points, freshman Ashlynn Shade added 19 and No. 3 seed UConn held off Syracuse 72-64 on Monday night to earn a 30th straight trip to the Sweet 16. It was Bueckers’ fifth straight game with at least 25 points, and seventh in her last eight games. Dyaisha …

[ad_1] Mar. 25—One more time: Zach Edey, Gonzaga. Gonzaga, Zach Edey. Introductions aren’t really necessary since Edey, the most dominant player in college basketball the last two seasons, was the center of attention in Purdue’s 73-63 win over the Zags in November and an 84-66 thumping administered in Portland early in the 2022-23 season. The next encounter will be the …

[ad_1] The UNC men’s basketball team truly looks like a National Championship contender heading into the Sweet 16, dominating Wagner and largely Michigan State in its first two NCAA Tournament matchups. Alabama also looks hungry for revenge after bowing out early last year, as the Crimson Tide have scored 181 total points in their two victories. Both programs sport high-octane …

[ad_1] Can you believe that the first weekend of March Madness has already come and gone? While the Rounds of 64 and 32 saw a few upsets (Oakland over Kentucky, Grand Canyon over Saint Mary’s, NC State over Texas Tech), a lot of the favorites in this year’s NCAA Tournament have performed fairly well. One of those favorites who’s been …

[ad_1] The Oklahoma Sooners and the Indiana Hoosiers played a tough back-and-forth game throughout their second-round matchup in the NCAA Tournament. The Sooners held a seven-point lead in the third quarter and a four-point lead with just over two minutes to play, but couldn’t make the advantages hold up. Turnovers down the stretch gave Indiana an opportunity to take the …

[ad_1] 1 Out: Jared Grasso | In : Phil Martelli Jr. Martelli won the full-time job near the beginning of the season. Bryant’s big win came in November at FAU. The 19-12 Bulldogs finished third in the America East.2 Out: John Smith Smith only managed 30 wins in five seasons. This is a bottom-tier Big West job.3 Out : Reggie …

[ad_1] IOWA CITY, Iowa — Caitlin Clark scored 32 points and No. 1 seed Iowa survived one of its worst offensive performances of the season to beat No. 8 seed West Virginia 64-54 on Monday night in a women’s NCAA Tournament second-round game. The Hawkeyes (31-4) advanced to play No. 5 seed Colorado in Saturday’s Albany 2 Regional semifinal. Sydney …

[ad_1] Shortly after his team’s stunning first-round NCAA tournament loss to Oakland last Thursday, embattled Kentucky coach John Calipari turned off his phone for a couple days and secluded himself from the outside world. Calipari needed that time, he says, to get his “mind back right,” to regroup from a setback that still makes him “physically ill” to think about …

[ad_1] Shortly after his team’s stunning first-round NCAA tournament loss to Oakland last Thursday, embattled Kentucky coach John Calipari turned off his phone for a couple days and secluded himself from the outside world. Calipari needed that time, he says, to get his “mind back right,” to regroup from a setback that still makes him “physically ill” to think about …

[ad_1] Marquette Golden Eagles forward David Joplin (23) and Marquette Golden Eagles guard Tyler Kolek (11) celebrate after NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game against the Colorado Buffaloes, Sunday, March 24, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. No. 11 North Carolina State will play No. 2 Marquette in the Sweet 16 of this year’s men’s March Madness tournament. The Wolfpack have …

[ad_1] SAINT JOSEPH, Mo. – Malia Mastora buried a late 3-pointer to break the hearts of the Gannon women’s basketball team as Cal State-San Marcos rallied to beat the Golden Knights 85-80 in overtime in the NCAA Division II quarterfinals at the St. Joseph Civic Arena on Monday. Gannon (35-3) led by double digits in the second half before the …

[ad_1] Duke Blue Devils center Kyle Filipowski (30) grabs a rebound against the Vermont Catamounts in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at the Barclays Center. The No. 4 Duke Blue Devils and No. 1 Houston Cougars play Friday, March 29, in a Sweet 16 matchup. This is a showdown between an absolute powerhouse and one of college …

[ad_1] A roller-coaster game fittingly ended an up-and-down season. Monday closed the book on the Evansville Purple Aces’ campaign as they lost 71-57 to Seattle in the College Basketball Invitational quarterfinals in Daytona Beach, Florida. No. 11 seeded UE was in the lead for the majority of the game, but the No. 3 Redhawks stormed back in the second half …

[ad_1] If there’s one upside to the Pac-12’s demise cited most frequently around the Arizona basketball program, it’s that the Big 12 will beat up and prepare the Wildcats for the rigors of the NCAA Tournament every season. But if the tournament’s first weekend this season was any indication, well, let’s just say that Cal and Stanford might be getting …

[ad_1] There’s a lot we don’t know yet about next season’s Michigan State basketball roster. Is everyone who’s expected back coming back? Does that include Mady Sissoko? It’s likely MSU will add a big man in the transfer portal? And, if so, will that impact the decisions of MSU’s other big guys? They could use some size on the wing, …