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WNBA TV slate focuses on Fever, likely No. 1 Caitlin Clark

The Indiana Fever, expected to draft Iowa star Caitlin Clark with the No. 1 pick, will have peak visibility this WNBA season, with 36 of their 40 games featured by the league’s national broadcast and streaming partners. The WNBA on Wednesday released its 2024 national broadcast schedule, which includes 25 regular-season games and the entirety […]

2024-25 men’s NCAA basketball rankings: Way-Too-Early Top 25

History was made Monday night, as UConn became the first back-to-back national champions since Florida in 2006 and 2007. Is a three-peat “in Storrs” for the Huskies next season? Or will Dan Hurley and UConn finally be knocked from their perch? As the title game fades from memory and the transfer portal — and the […]

March Madness Pain Index: Ranking every 2024 tournament loss

But on the other side of every upset is a fan base with high expectations whose team left far too soon. On the receiving end of every buzzer-beater is a team left walking off the court stunned, with jerseys covering their faces. Is it possible to truly measure the level of heartbreak a team and […]

Purdue’s Zach Edey wins 2nd straight AP Player of the Year award

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The child who wanted Zach Edey‘s autograph during his Purdue recruiting trip apparently saw something others missed. Big Maple was destined to be a basketball star. While many college coaches passed on the unpolished Canadian prospect as the basketball world became enamored with perimeter play and 3-point shooting, Purdue coach Matt […]

LeBron James: ‘Icons’ like Reese, Clark lifting women’s hoops

WASHINGTON — Count LeBron James among the scores of viewers tuning into the women’s NCAA tournament this spring. The Los Angeles Lakers forward, considered by many to be the face of the NBA, has a theory on why women’s college hoops is having such a moment: the star power. “I don’t think there’s much difference […]

Zach Edey: Final Four bid more important than 2nd Wooden Award

But the reigning Wooden Award winner and the favorite to win the honor again this season is focused only on Sunday’s matchup against Tennessee and the chance to lead Purdue to its third Final Four appearance in school history. “If you give me the choice between the Final Four and two-time national player of the […]

Purdue’s Zach Edey unanimously tops AP All-America teams

For the second straight year, Purdue’s Zach Edey is the unanimous headliner for the Associated Press men’s college basketball All-America team. The 7-foot-4, 300-pound senior topped all 62 ballots from AP Top 25 poll voters in results released Tuesday. The reigning AP national player of the year claimed all 58 votes last year. Tennessee’s Dalton […]

2024 March Madness predictions roundtable: How to bet the men’s games on Saturday

The first round brought immediate madness and some memorable upsets, but how should you bet Saturday’s games? Here are our experts Dalen Cuff, Jeff Borzello and Tyler Fulghum to explain which games they’re making their picks on. Dayton +9.5 v. Arizona, 12:45 p.m. The Flyers play a slow tempo and are efficient on both ends. […]

Men’s March Madness 2024: First-round tournament takeaways

If Jack Gohlke was the NCAA tournament legend from Thursday, Yale’s John Poulakidas took the throne on Friday after scoring 28 points in an upset win over Auburn. There was arguably the game of the tournament, Colorado’s 102-100 win over Florida featuring KJ Simpson‘s winner in the final seconds. There was upset after upset — […]

Topps announces first ever March Madness trading cards

The cards retail at $139.99 a pack and each include six base cards, one autograph and one parallel card. The NCAA women’s players included in the set are: Iowa Hawkeyes’ Caitlin Clark, Stanford Cardinals’ Cameron Brink, UConn Huskies’ Paige Bueckers and Aaliyah Edwards, LSU Tigers’ Angel Reese, Hailey Van Lith and Mikaylah Williams, Virginia Tech […]

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