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The keys that won UConn the 2024 men’s national championship
The much anticipated clash of the big men lived up to its billing. Zach Edey put up his usual impressive numbers for the Boilermakers: 37 points to go with 10 rebounds. Even so, Donovan Clingan guarded Edey straight up and enabled his teammates to stay on Purdue’s perimeter shooters. With this loss for the Boilermakers, […]
Continue reading2024-25 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 readingRepeat that again: UConn in rare company with back-to-back national championships
GLENDALE, Ariz. — UConn’s national title game blowout of Purdue on Monday night didn’t unfold with a thunderclap run, a singular Herculean effort or a defining moment. It unfolded as a fitting tribute to the historic team that executed it — a suffocating defense that gradually cut off the oxygen from the Boilermakers’ backcourt, a […]
Continue readingHow the men’s 2024 NCAA championship game will play out
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The UConn Huskies and the Purdue Boilermakers. After playing 66 games, we’ve gone from 68 teams to two teams that stood out as the best in the country for the balance of the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season. Their combined record is 70-7. They rank as Nos. 1 and 2 at KenPom, […]
Continue readingHow UConn (and Purdue, Alabama and NC State) could win the national championship
It wouldn’t be an NCAA tournament without a Cinderella, right? Now we head to Phoenix with a Final Four filled with plenty of star power — both on the floor and on the sideline. UConn is looking to go back-to-back for the first time since Florida in 2007, Purdue is attempting to pull off a […]
Continue readingMen’s Power Rankings: Every team’s needs going forward
Then the Huskies got dropped at Seton Hall by 15 points, and Arizona lost to Florida Atlantic in Las Vegas. How far do both squads drop? Well, not that far. Arizona’s defeat by one point in double overtime did more to help FAU than it did to hurt the Wildcats. UConn is a more intriguing […]
Continue readingUConn center Donovan Clingan out 3-4 weeks with foot injury
UConn sophomore Donovan Clingan will miss 3-4 weeks with an injury to a tendon in his right foot, the school announced Saturday. Clingan suffered the injury early in the second half of the Huskies’ loss to Seton Hall on Wednesday, going back to the locker room and not returning. UConn coach Dan Hurley said after […]
Continue readingUConn’s nonconference streak of double-digit wins now at 22
More Teams. More Games. UConn’s Alex Karaban beats the shot clock again with a jumper to extend the Huskies’ lead late. (0:25) NEW YORK — The outcome of Monday’s Empire Classic title game between No. 5 UConn and No. 15 Texas wasn’t in doubt when Cam Spencer stepped to the line with 41 seconds left […]
Continue readingWhat to watch: Who is the hottest team right now? Purdue? Marquette? UConn?
The conversation about the best team in America took a turn this week when UConn skated through the Empire Classic in New York with wins over Indiana and Texas. The latter was particularly impressive because Donovan Clingan, the projected first-round pick in the 2024 NBA draft, struggled with foul trouble, so Dan Hurley had to […]
Continue readingMen’s college basketball Power Rankings: Arizona rises; MSU, Duke fall
A 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 […]
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