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Few unhappy with Oakland-UK on big screens during Zags’ game

It got to a point where Few addressed it with tournament officials courtside. “I appreciate you saying ‘talked’ to them about it,” Few said after Gonzaga’s 86-65 win in the first round. “Let’s go with that description because, yeah, I just thought — I know, I guess, it’s protocol. We don’t need that. It’s the […]

McNeese wins Southland, gets 1st NCAA bid since 2002

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Shahada Wells scored 27 points and McNeese beat Nicholls 92-76 on Wednesday to win the Southland Conference tournament and advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2002 with its 30th victory this season. Wells, the conference player of the year, had three 3-pointers and was 12-of-13 from the […]

32 men’s basketball players who could become breakout stars of the postseason

And then the NCAA tournament began. By the time Kansas State got to its Elite Eight matchup against Florida Atlantic, Nowell — who would score 30 points in a Wildcats loss — had become a must-see player. That’s how quickly everything can change in the college basketball postseason. While this regular season failed to produce […]

Key storylines for all 32 D-I conferences ahead of 2023-24

The past six months of men’s college basketball have been eventful. Some of the game’s prominent coaches have moved to other schools — Ed Cooley to Georgetown and Rick Pitino to St. John’s were two of the most intriguing moves of the offseason. Reigning Wooden Award winner Zach Edey is back at Purdue after the […]

Edey vs. Shannon, Dickinson vs. Abmas and more league player of the year battles

All of that and we haven’t even discussed the nearly 2,000 players who entered the transfer portal. The change and volatility have made it even more difficult to project who will win conference player of the year honors in each of the 32 Division I men’s leagues. But we’ll give it a shot. Some of […]