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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 — […]
Continue readingUConn-North Carolina, FAU-Illinois to meet in Jimmy V Classic
Reigning national champion UConn will take on North Carolina in this season’s Jimmy V Classic, with Final Four participant Florida Atlantic battling Illinois in the other matchup. The two matchups for the 29th annual doubleheader were announced Monday and will take place on Dec. 5 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Both games will […]
Continue readingCollege basketball Power Rankings: Virginia, Texas oust Gonzaga, Kentucky in top 4
All the complaints about a quiet first week of the 2022-23 men’s college basketball season quickly disappeared over the past seven days, with blockbuster games seemingly every night, including the Champions Classic, Gonzaga at Texas and the Continental Tire Classic. And can you remember a Sunday quadruple-header featuring games like Virginia vs. Illinois, Baylor vs. […]
Continue readingDick Vitale’s dazzling dozen college basketball rankings after the NBA draft deadline
It’s great to have an All-American in Armando Bacot returning up front. Having Caleb Love, Leaky Black and R.J. Davis provides continuity and experience. The Tar Heels also bring in 6-9 recruit Jalen Washington and point guard Seth Trimble, providing lots of depth. Hubert Davis has a reason to smile and the Heels may add […]
Continue readingNCAA Division I men’s college basketball rosters, departures, newcomers for 2022-23
Between the one-time transfer waiver and the extra year of eligibility due to the pandemic-impacted 2020-21 season, keeping track of the comings and goings has become borderline impossible. As one coach said to me recently, it feels like every player in the country can find a year of eligibility if they really try. But keeping […]
Continue readingWill the North Carolina Tar Heels end Saint Peter’s run, how far can Duke and Villanova go and other Elite Eight storylines
Two Elite Eight games down, two to go. And at least one of Sunday’s 2022 NCAA tournament meetings is what March Madness is about for a great many viewers. The Saint Peter’s Peacocks have been the story of the tourney to date, becoming the first No. 15 team in NCAA tournament history to reach the […]
Continue readingMarch Madness 2022: Best social media trolls of the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments
March Madness 2022 is already pretty wild. Brackets, Cinderellas, a little trolling? The men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments have it all, and we’re just a few days into the fun. The conference tournaments and the Big Dance have already elicited numerous reactions from celebrities, school alumni and more. With them have come a healthy […]
Continue readingACC 2021-22 basketball predictions: How big will Duke win in Coach K’s farewell tour?
The Duke Blue Devils are destined to endure as one of college basketball’s top stories in 2021-22 thanks to the imminent retirement of Mike Krzyzewski, but Coach K’s victory lap is far from the only story in the game — or in the ACC. Freshman phenom Paolo Banchero leads a star-studded class intent on delivering […]
Continue readingNCAA Division I men’s college basketball rosters, departures, newcomers for 2021-22
Because it has been nearly impossible to keep track of rosters this offseason, we’ve decided to share a cleaner version of my roster changes research. (The actual one has cross-outs and underlines and capitalized names; it’s unreasonable to think anyone besides me can read it.) First, some guidelines. “Departed or expected to depart” players include […]
Continue readingBiggest surprises and disappointments of the 2020-21 college basketball season
At this point in a normal season, college basketball fans would be looking ahead with excitement about all the action that will lead up to Selection Sunday. But in this season, staged during a pandemic, most just hope we get to Selection Sunday. The postponements and cancellations caused by the coronavirus have cast an undeniable […]
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