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Men’s Final Four 2024: Storylines, picks, predictions
Sure, most of the sports world expected UConn to return to this stage a year after a national title run, even though some of the stars from that team are gone. But Donovan Clingan, Stephon Castle and Tristen Newton are also up against history: there hasn’t been a back-to-back champion in 17 years, and the […]
Continue readingJohn Calipari to return as Kentucky men’s basketball coach
Despite another early exit from the NCAA tournament, Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari will return for his 16th season in 2024-25, according to athletic director Mitch Barnhart. Calipari’s future seemed cloudy following the Wildcats’ first-round loss to Oakland, a 14-seed, in the NCAA tournament last week. It was the latest upset on the program’s […]
Continue readingNorth Carolina State continues run, downs Oakland in OT
Powered by their versatile 6-foot-9, 275-pound forward, the Wolfpack (24-14) advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2015 by finally pulling away from 3-point specialist Jack Gohlke and the Golden Grizzlies (24-12) in the extra period. NC State will face either second-seeded Marquette and 10th-seeded Colorado in Dallas on Friday in the […]
Continue readingWhat another NCAA tournament first-round exit means for Kentucky and Calipari
The No. 3 seed Wildcats’ 80-76 loss to 14-seed Oakland in the first round of the men’s NCAA tournament Thursday night extended an ongoing trend for blue-blood program that continues to recruit some of the best players in America but has failed to translate that talent into significant postseason wins over the past decade. Give […]
Continue readingOakland embracing newfound attention: ‘Definitely been crazy’
PITTSBURGH — Wearing a yellow hat embroidered with a four-leaf clover from Black Clover’s “Live Lucky” line, Oakland coach Greg Kampe admitted he hadn’t slept since his No. 14 seed Grizzlies upset No. 3 seed Kentucky in the first round of the men’s NCAA tournament Thursday night. “I have not been asleep yet,” Kampe said […]
Continue readingMen’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 — […]
Continue readingTrey Townsend leads Oakland to Horizon title game win, NCAA bid
INDIANAPOLIS — Trey Townsend scored a career-high 38 points and made a number of key plays down the stretch as Oakland earned its first NCAA tournament bid since 2011 with an 83-76 win over Milwaukee in the Horizon League championship game Tuesday night. Townsend had 27 points in the second half, 16 in the last […]
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