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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 […]
Continue readingMarch 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 […]
Continue readingPurdue’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 […]
Continue readingHouston’s Kelvin Sampson named AP Coach of the Year
It was late in the game, and Mylik Wilson was late closing out on the Lancers’ DA Houston, who buried a 3-pointer over him. “They were up 30,” Longwood coach Griff Aldrich recalled, “and I thought DA barely got the shot off. And Sampson’s screaming at Wilson like that’s an emergency. ‘Get out there!’ It’s […]
Continue readingEven in defeat, Kelvin Sampson finds redemption in Houston
His top-seeded Houston team fell to the blue-blooded 4-seed Duke on Friday, 54-51. The Cougars were without their star guard and leading scorer Jamal Shead — who went down while driving the lane with an ankle sprain late in the first half — for most of the game. Even without its star, Houston proved to […]
Continue readingDick Vitale picks the men’s Sweet 16, Elite Eight and Final Four winners
It’s no surprise to see All-Stars like the Houston Cougars’ Jamal Shead and the Illinois Fighting Illini’s Terrence Shannon Jr. put on magnificent performances. After reviewing all the action, my VBDI (Vitale Bald Dome Index) says these are teams that will battle through to next week’s Final Four. EAST UConn vs. San Diego State (UConn) […]
Continue readingHouston outlasts Texas A&M in OT, advances in NCAA tournament
And yet the Cougars, the South Region’s No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, had just enough for just long enough to survive with a 100-95 overtime victory versus 9-seed Texas A&M at FedExForum. It means the Cougars (32-4) now move on to the Sweet 16 to face Duke on Friday in Dallas. “[It is […]
Continue readingMen’s March Madness: Round-of-32 Day 2 tournament updates
Just ask 2-seed Marquette, which had to battle 10-seed Colorado until the final seconds of an 81-77 win. Duke will face a James Madison squad that has multiple wins over major-conference teams this season, and the Purdue Boilermakers will need a win over Utah State, the Mountain West champion, to advance to the Sweet 16 […]
Continue readingPurdue’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 […]
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 — […]
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