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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 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 readingMarquette advances to Sweet 16 for first time since 2013
The Golden Eagles hadn’t made it out of the first weekend of the men’s NCAA tournament since 2013. Kolek was determined to change that, and delivered in an 81-77 win over Colorado on Sunday. The senior had 21 points and 11 assists against the No. 10-seeded Buffaloes — his second double-double in as many games […]
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 readingUConn wins 8th Big East tournament title, first since 2011
NEW YORK — UConn Huskies coach Dan Hurley climbed the ladder with “New York, New York” playing in Madison Square Garden — or as he calls it, “Storrs South.” Hurley, who’s from New Jersey, clipped the last piece of net off the rim, let out a “Wooooo!” as he whirled it over his head and […]
Continue readingMen’s Power Rankings: The race for the fourth 1-seed is on
After a short stretch that featured fewer top-10 upsets than we’ve become used to seeing this season, this past week upended the 1-seed discussion and left plenty at stake entering the week before Selection Sunday. Tennessee had the inside track for the final 1-seed at the start of the week, but the Volunteers saw their […]
Continue readingMarquette falls to Creighton with guard Tyler Kolek sidelined
Scheierman, a Big East player of the year candidate who was playing his final game at CHI Health Center, had 16 rebounds for his eighth double-double in 10 games and 14th of the season. Scheierman’s run of three 3s in less than two minutes broke open what had been a two-point game. He was in […]
Continue readingMen’s Power Rankings: Houston joins Purdue, UConn for the No. 1 debate
The Huskies’ metrics aren’t quite as strong as the other two programs’, but they own double-digit wins over North Carolina, Marquette and Creighton and had looked utterly dominant with a healthy Donovan Clingan before the road loss to the Bluejays. They’re 9-3 against Quadrant 1 opponents (tied for the most Q1 wins in the country), […]
Continue readingTyler Kolek dishes school-record 18 assists to help Marquette rebound
Kolek got it with plenty of time to spare. The reigning Big East player of the year had 18 assists, Kam Jones scored a career-high 34 points, and No. 7 Marquette bounced back from its most-lopsided loss with a 105-71 runaway triumph Wednesday night. Tony Miller set the previous school record with 17 assists against […]
Continue readingNo. 1 UConn tops Marquette in historic blowout of Top-5 team
More Teams. More Games. UConn coach Dan Hurley says he respects Marquette’s program after Huskies’ dominant 81-53 win. (0:36) STORRS, Conn. — UConn is the No.1 team in the nation and the defending national champion, yet the Huskies went into Saturday’s matchup with No. 4 Marquette coveting something the Golden Eagles won a year ago: […]
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