As the Most Outstanding Player of the 1998 NCAA tournament shuffled toward the KFC YUM! Center for his alma mater’s matchup at Louisville, dozens of Kentucky fans pulled him aside and held up their phones. “Hey, look at that, son!” one father told his child after he snapped a selfie. “You just took a picture […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Check out the highlights of a wild week in college basketball, as several teams in the top 10 fall to unranked opponents. (2:13) Each year, college basketball regains national prominence just as the college football season ends and the NFL playoffs wind down. While the die-hards have been following the sport […]
Continue readingFour of the top five teams in the Power Rankings (and in the AP poll) lost to unranked opponents. By the time Sunday ended, eight top-10 teams had lost to unranked opponents, and top-10 teams finished 9-10 on the week — with nine of the losses coming to unranked opponents. Top-10 teams finished 3-9 in […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Purdue puts the ball in play to Zach Edey for a dunk. (0:21) Purdue star Zach Edey, the reigning Wooden Award winner leading the No. 1-ranked Boilermakers, topped the award’s Midseason Top 25 list announced Wednesday. Edey, a 7-foot-4 center, is looking to become only the second two-time winner in Wooden […]
Continue readingOnce again ESPN’s Jeff Borzello, Myron Medcalf and John Gasaway are out to build their very best fantasy rosters with eight picks and one coach. As always, our would-be GMs chose a draft method (snake) and an order (determined by the day of the month of their birthdays). Each roster can have no more than […]
Continue readingThe 2023 Champions Classic at the United Center in Chicago had all the pageantry of a major moment for men’s college basketball. Magic Johnson smiled when the cameras showed him on the giant screen during Duke’s 74-65 win over Michigan State. Rich Paul, the mega agent for LeBron James and other NBA All-Stars, sat courtside. […]
Continue readingEdey, a 7-foot-4 center from Toronto, withdrew from the NBA draft on deadline day last May to return to the Boilermakers for his senior season. He was the perceived front-runner a year ago for essentially the entire season, establishing his candidacy at the Phil Knight Legacy in late November and finishing the season averaging 22.3 […]
Continue readingBut Scheyer has put his stamp on Duke’s program in his second season as head coach. With a recent commitment from five-star prospect Cooper Flagg, a potential No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft, the 36-year-old head coach showed he can position Duke to continue competing for more national titles. That’s significant. With an […]
Continue readingA top-five team (Michigan State) loses at home to the Sun Belt favorite (James Madison) in overtime A matchup between two top-12 teams (Duke and Arizona), a game that went down to the final seconds A battle between a top-25 team (Baylor) and a borderline top-25 team (Auburn) that went down to the final minute […]
Continue readingBaylor’s Ja’Kobe Walter took control in the second half of his team’s 88-82 win over Auburn in South Dakota on Tuesday. Michigan transfer Hunter Dickinson scored 21 points in his debut with Kansas during the Jayhawks’ 99-56 win over the North Carolina Central Eagles on Monday. And John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats team showcased the young […]
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