College Basketball

[ad_1] How sweet it is for 16 teams left in the 2024 men’s NCAA Tournament. March Madness is hitting its fever pitch, as the 68-team field has been dwindled to just 16. The 2024 Sweet 16 gets underway Thursday, and there’s a bit of conference diversity happening among the field — with a small twist. Of the remaining teams, four …

[ad_1] After helping Stony Point reach the UIL state basketball tournament for the first time, Tigers senior Josiah Moseley is beginning to rack up individual accolades. The 6-foot-8 Villanova-bound forward was chosen the Gatorade Texas boys basketball player of the year. Moseley was a dominating presence for Stony Point (38-2), which reached the Class 6A state finals before losing to …

[ad_1] The Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team is in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in nearly 20 years. Can the Illini hang with Iowa State? Can anyone beat defending champion UConn? What about other No. 1 seeds Purdue, North Carolina and Houston? STREAM: March Madness on Sling TV and Fubo As we prep …

[ad_1] DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Arkansas State men’s basketball team earned a 74-61 win over Montana and advanced to the semifinals of the 2024 Ro College Basketball Invitational (CBI) on Monday afternoon at the Ocean Center. Seeded fourth, Arkansas State (20-16) moves on to battle top-seeded High Point (26-8) in Tuesday’s first semifinal contest which will be televised nationally …

[ad_1] The No. 5 Gonzaga Bulldogs will face the No. 1 Purdue Boilermakers in the Sweet 16 this Friday. This isn’t the first time these teams have faced each other this season, with Purdue coming out victorious 73-63 during the Maui Invitational toward the beginning of the year. Despite the Boilermakers having won two games already during the NCAA Tournament, …

[ad_1] Vanderbilt basketball announced the hiring of James Madison coach Mark Byington on Monday. Byington will officially be introduced at a press conference Thursday at 4 p.m. The press conference will be open to the public and will be livestreamed on SEC Network+ and on the Vanderbilt athletics YouTube channel. “Vanderbilt is getting an extraordinary coach and person in Mark …

[ad_1] Inside Nebraska has confirmed with a source that Husker guard Eli Rice has entered the transfer portal. Rice, a 6-foot-8, 213-pounder, played in 17 games as a true freshman before a high-ankle sprain at practice following the Maryland game on Jan. 27 sidelined him for the rest of the season. Rice averaged 4.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game …

[ad_1] Dusty May’s farewell from Boca Raton included a final radio address to the South Florida basketball community addressing his departure from FAU, aspirations at Michigan and the future of Owls men’s basketball. May appeared Monday morning on ESPN 106.3 FM with Ken LaVicka, the lead play-by-play broadcaster for FAU athletics, in a wide-ranging half-hour interview before the head coach …

[ad_1] BYU players circle up on the court during first-round NCAA Tournament game Duquesne at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Thursday, March 21, 2024. With every passing BYU failure in the NCAA Tournament, the respective legends of Danny Ainge and Jimmer Fredette only grow larger in Cougar lore. Ainge led the Cougars to the 1981 Elite Eight and …

[ad_1] Kevin Keatts and North Carolina State reached the NCAA Tournament the old-fashioned way. The way that existed before the bubble. Before bracketology. Before NET rankings, KenPom, the transfer portal, name, image and likeness and all the rest. Before the tournament field grew (and grew some more), when the only way to punch your ticket into March Madness was by …

[ad_1] The 2024 NCAA Tournament is down to the Sweet 16. Six incredible days of college basketball — filled with a variety of dominant victories, shocking upsets and shining moments — are in the books with the first 36 games of March Madness leaving us only wanting more. Don’t worry … that will come soon enough. Thursday kicks off four …

[ad_1] LEXINGTON — Seated at a table above assembled media members following his team’s 80-76 loss to Oakland last week, Kentucky coach John Calipari didn’t sound like a man planning to walk away from the program. Instead, while lamenting the season-capping setback, he already had begun looking toward the 2024-25 campaign. “We’ve gotta figure out who’s coming back and who’s …

[ad_1] Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the last meeting between North Carolina State and Marquette in the NCAA Tournament, a clash that decided the 1974 NCAA championship. The two programs will renew acquaintances in the Sweet 16 on Friday in Dallas. The 76-64 win for the Wolfpack on March 25, 1974, nonetheless marked a big step forward for MU, …

[ad_1] The NCAA tournament heats up on Monday. Two teams ready to ramp up March Madness with an eye on the Sweet 16 are the No. 8 West Virginia Mountaineers and the No. 1 Iowa Hawkeyes. While the nation will be no doubt tuning in to see Caitlin Clark’s latest masterful chapter, they will be getting one of the better …

[ad_1] INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – MARCH 24: Head coach Danny Sprinkle of the Utah State Aggies looks on against the Purdue Boilermakers during the first half in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 24, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) A day after being bounced from the NCAA tournament, Danny …

[ad_1] Getty Images A crazy coaching carousel Monday keeps spinning. First it was Kyle Smith to Stanford, then it was Danny Sprinkle to Washington, and now it’s Vanderbilt hiring James Madison coach Mark Byington, sources familiar with the deal confirmed to CBS Sports. The hire was a swift decision, coming in less than 18 hours after Byington’s 12th-seeded James Madison …

[ad_1] Which NCAA Tournament teams have the best chances of winning their Sweet 16 games of March Madness on Thursday and Friday? ESPN Analytics has revealed its Matchup Predictor numbers for the four NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchups on Thursday, March 28 and the four games on Friday, March 29 and they offer some interesting win probabilities. Take a look …

[ad_1] Washington is finalizing a deal to hire Utah State’s Danny Sprinkle as its next men’s basketball coach, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the school has not announced the hiring. Field of 68 and The Seattle Times first reported the expected hire. The Huskies are hoping …

[ad_1] MEMPHIS, TENN. —- Two minutes into overtime of an unhinged second-round NCAA Tournament barnburner with Texas A&M, Houston guard Emanuel Sharp looked at walk-on Ryan Elvin and delivered a message. “Stay ready,” Sharp told Elvin.  Sharp had just become the third Houston starter to foul out after scoring a career-high 30 points. Star point guard Jamal Shead then became …

[ad_1] getty images Utah State coach Danny Sprinkle has agreed to become the next men’s head basketball coach at Washington, sources told CBS Sports. The decision has been long anticipated by those in college basketball circles for the past few weeks, as Sprinkle has longstanding West Coast ties in addition to having a direct link to the Huskies. His father …

[ad_1] The first week of March Madness is over, and 16 teams remain after the first two rounds. Two of those teams are the No. 3 Illinois Fighting Illini and No. 2 Iowa State Cyclones, who will face off in the Sweet Sixteen. The Illini took down No. 14 Morehead State in the first round and the No. 11 Duquesne …

[ad_1] No. 4 seed Duke entered the 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket on a two-game losing skid after falling to North Carolina in the regular season and NC State in the ACC Tournament. The Blue Devils have put that skid in the past, blowing out No. 13 seed Vermont and No. 12 seed James Madison during the first weekend of the Big …

[ad_1] getty images Stanford has hired Washington State’s Kyle Smith as its next men’s head basketball coach, the school announced on Monday. Smith just led WSU to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2008 and will replace Jerod Haase, who was fired after his eighth season at the helm. Smith has been Stanford’s top target for weeks, sources confirmed to CBS Sports’ …

[ad_1] Can anyone beat UConn? The NCAA Tournament for men continues with Sweet 16 games starting at 6:30 p.m. ET Thursday. Sure, there were plenty of upsets the first weekend of the tournament, but the favorites still turned in powerhouse performances. We see you No. 1 seeds, Connecticut and Purdue. If the Huskies breeze past No. 5 San Diego State, …

[ad_1] After suffering another NCAA men’s tournament loss to a mid-major school with a double-digit seed, Kentucky coach John Calipari’s future with the program is uncertain. Since UK’s season-ending, 80-76 defeat to Oakland — a 14-seed from the Horizon League — athletics director Mitch Barnhart has not issued any clarity on Calipari’s status. Still, there are many in Kentucky’s fervent …