College Basketball

[ad_1] Hail, the Heels. I’ve got North Carolina winning it all. Even though the Tar Heels were the selection committee’s final and almost begrudging choice Sunday as a No. 1 seed and didn’t win the ACC Tournament, they have all the ingredients necessary to navigate a very tough West Regional and topple the giant that is UConn is. Hey, Carolina, …

[ad_1] For college basketball fans, months of anticipation are days away from ending. The NCAA Tournament starts on Thursday, and the Big Ten will be well represented. As teams around the country prepare for a national title run, the Big Ten teams competing in the madness are Purdue, Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan State, Northwestern, and Wisconsin. On that list, Purdue is …

[ad_1] UNC basketball, the No. 1 seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament, won’t know its first opponent until late Tuesday night. No. 16 Howard (18-16) and No. 16 Wagner (16-15) tip off March Madness on Tuesday (6:40 p.m., truTV) in the opening game of the First Four in Dayton, Ohio. The winner will play the Tar Heels …

[ad_1] The North Carolina Tar Heels earned a No. 1 seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, a record 18th in program history. With the final No. 1 seed, UNC is slotted in the West Region, lined up with No. 2 Arizona, No. 3 Baylor and No. 4 Alabama. There are also some big mid-major teams in that region as well. …

[ad_1] No. 12 seed Grand Canyon and No. 5 seed Saint Mary’s play Friday, March 22 in an NCAA Tournament first-round game in Spokane, Washington. The West Region game is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. PT and can be seen on truTV (stream with Sling TV). Who will win the March Madness game and advance to the second round? Check out …

[ad_1] March Madness is here. The NCAA tournament begins Tuesday, and perhaps with more relevance to the Texas Longhorns than usual. The Longhorns battle the winner of the No. 10 play-in game between the Virginia Cavaliers and the Colorado State Rams. The teams narrowly reached the tournament in a more competitive field than usual. Their contrasting styles will play a …

[ad_1] Tyon Grant-Foster (7) of the Grand Canyon Antelopes celebrates defeating the Seattle Redhawks 80-72 in the semifinal game of the Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena on March 15, 2024 in Las Vegas. In order to win now, like most college coaches these days, Grand Canyon men’s basketball coach Bryce Drew took a deep dive into …

[ad_1] Mar. 18—If coaching basketball doesn’t work out, McNeese State coach Will Wade and assistant Brandon Chambers might have a future in the prognostication business. Wade promised a quick turnaround in his first season at the Southland Conference school and delivered. The 12th-seeded Cowboys, who face No. 5 Gonzaga on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, won …

[ad_1] Gene Frenette’s 2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket picks. If a shooter can get benched for going into a prolonged slump, why not an NCAA Tournament prognosticator? Truth be told, my bosses have a right to wonder if my crystal ball projecting the last 16 March Madness outcomes for the Times-Union has lost its clairvoyant touch. It’s one thing to not …

[ad_1] The USC Trojans, after a disastrous men’s college basketball season, are going to look very different when they enter the Big Ten next fall. Kijani Wright, a backup big man who struggled to find a consistent and successful role at USC, is transferring out of the program, per 247Sports. Wright was part of a big man room which, USC …

[ad_1] The Rams and Cavaliers face off in the First Four Contact/Follow @J0shFr3d & @MWCwire Can the Rams move on? WHO: #10 Virginia Cavaliers (23-10) vs. #10 Colorado State Rams (24-10) WHEN: Wednesday, March 19th — 7:10 p.m. MST / 6:10 p.m. PST WHERE: UD Arena; Dayton, OH (13,409) TV: TruTV STREAM: Max will be carrying the entire NCAA Tournament SERIES RECORD: …

[ad_1] Watch: Kansas State Head Coach Jerome Tang Discusses Nit – Emawonline PGRpdiBjbGFzcz0ncmEtY29udGFpbmVyIGRpc3Ryb19hZCc+CjxkaXYgY2xh c3M9J3ZpZGVvLWFkLXdyYXBwZXInPgo8c2NyaXB0IGFzeW5jIHNyYz0nLy9j LmpzcmRuLmNvbS9zL2NzLmpzP3A9MjI1NDYnIHR5cGU9J3RleHQvamF2YXNj cmlwdCc+PC9zY3JpcHQ+CjxkaXYgY2xhc3M9J3ZpZGVvLWNvbnRhaW5lcicg aWQ9J2RzX2RlZmF1bHRfYW5jaG9yJz48L2Rpdj4KPC9kaXY+CjwvZGl2PgoK Kevin Fielder • EMAWOnline Publisher Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang met with the media via Zoom today to discuss their upcoming appearance in the NIT. Kansas State will play Iowa on the road to start the tournament. The game is scheduled for …

[ad_1] Keytron Jordan, CBS Sports The bracket for the 2024 NCAA Tournament is set. Broadly speaking, I think the selection committee did a fine-enough job selecting the teams because that truly was a difficult job after five bid-stealers shrunk the bubble. But the seeding? The seeding was ridiculous — most obviously with how the committee made Iowa State the fourth …

[ad_1] With five national titles over the last 25 years, UConn has cemented itself as a blue blood college basketball program. However, many still see it as a notch below the likes of Kentucky, Kansas, Duke and North Carolina. Perhaps, that’s because the Huskies haven’t had the staying power of being a contender year after year, a notion Dan Hurley …

[ad_1] Though they don’t always translate as elite NBA prospects, big men still played a major role for some of the top teams in the 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket. Donovan Clingan of UConn and Zach Edey of Purdue both top the 7-foot mark and were key factors in leading their teams to top seeds in the 2024 NCAA bracket this …

[ad_1] With first-round action beginning on Thursday at 12:15 p.m. ET, you’re already running out of time to submit your 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket. With more data available to make 2024 March Madness picks, understanding how your friends, family, and coworkers will pick can help you make more informed decisions and give you a better chance of winning your NCAA …

[ad_1] There have been 11 upsets by No. 15 seeds in the history of the NCAA Tournament, with seven of those coming in the past 11 seasons. Coincidentally, a No. 15 seed has pulled a first-round upset in three consecutive seasons and last year’s victim, Arizona, finds itself as a No. 2 seed again in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Moreover, …

[ad_1] No. 13 seed College of Charleston and No. 4 seed Alabama play Friday, March 22 in an NCAA Tournament first-round game in Spokane, Washington. The West Region game is scheduled for 4:35 p.m. PT and can be seen on truTV (stream with Sling TV). Who will win the March Madness game and advance to the second round? Check out …

[ad_1] The Burlington Free Press has you covered for March Madness 2024. We will be bringing you stories and photos throughout the week on Vermont-Duke basketball during their NCAA Tournament appearance in the South Region bracket held in Brooklyn, New York. The No. 13 Vermont Catamounts (28-6) and fourth-seeded Duke Blue Devils (24-8) square off in a first-round contest Friday …

[ad_1] It’s bracket season. The 68 teams that will compete in the 2024 NCAA Tournament are set, and now the onus is on you to figure out which team will emerge from the rubble as champion. But let’s not twist what ultimately matters most. In an ideal world, you want to emerge as the champion of your bracket pool. How …

[ad_1] With the field for the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament now official, we’re breaking down each team in the bracket in the lead-up to March Madness. Here’s what you need to know about the West region. No. 1 North Carolina (+1300 to win national title) 27-7, at-large In All-ACC center Armando Bacot and ACC Player of the Year RJ Davis, …

[ad_1] The 2023 NCAA Tournament provided us with one of the best Cinderella stories in the event’s history, when No. 16 seed FDU captured the hearts of the nation by slaying No. 1 seed Purdue. Not only did the Knights become the second-ever No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1 seed, but they did it with the nation’s smallest …

[ad_1] Nique Clifford (10) and the Colorado State Rams play the Virginia Cavaliers this Tuesday. (Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) It’s time for March Madness! 68 teams in both the men’s and women’s divisions will play a combined 135 games across the next three weeks. The men’s NCAA tournament tips off this Tuesday, Mar. 19 with the First Four games, where …

[ad_1] As you do your homework on the NCAA Tournament and are taking a moment to google things like “Where is McNeese?” and “What is Morehead State’s nickname?” let’s look at the most popular bets for the First Round courtesy of BetMGM. The answers may surprise you. The most popular games being bet are: 1. Colorado State vs. Virginia – …

[ad_1] College basketball fans: Your Super Bowl is finally here. March Madness kicks off this week with the First Four games hosted in Dayton. The tournament will continue through to the national championship game April 8 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The 68-team bracket was finalized on Selection Sunday. So for the next three weeks, college basketball will take …