Walter Clayton Jr. – Sport Blog

Tag Archive

Tag Archives for " Walter Clayton Jr. "

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 […]

Colorado’s KJ Simpson says defender slipped on winning shot

On one end of the court at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, it looked like a shove. On the other, the defender fell. What isn’t up for debate is how the game ended. With Florida guard Zyon Pullin defending him, Colorado’s KJ Simpson rattled in a baseline jumper to give the Buffaloes a 102-100 win over 7-seed Florida. […]

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 — […]

Auburn wins third Southeastern Conference tournament title

The Tigers (27-7) avoided the upset bug that took out the SEC’s top three seeds in Friday’s quarterfinals, leaving them as the highest seed still standing. They never trailed in the final, adding titles to those won in 1985 and 2019 and earning a second under coach Bruce Pearl. Denver Jones scored 11 points for […]

College basketball betting: Dalen Cuff’s bets to make for Champ Week

I prefer the madness of the NCAA tournament where everything is on the line every time out. But Champ Week has so many great matchups, more than 12 hours per day, and hardware is on the line — also phenomenal. Picking winners here is not easy. Going chalk across the board is not smart money. […]

Dalton Knecht goes off again, has 39 in Volunteers win

More Teams. More Games. Dalton Knecht makes two 3-pointers at the end of the half to give Tennessee a 12-point lead over Florida. (0:45) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dalton Knecht scored a career-high 39 points and had eight rebounds to lead No. 6 Tennessee past Florida 85-66 on Tuesday. Jonas Aidoo had 19 points and a […]

Weekend preview: The first conference weekend is here with Illinois-Purdue, Kentucky-Florida, more

But this weekend marks the first true weekend of conference play, and you can’t hide in conference play. That conversation will begin in Clemson, South Carolina, where North Carolina hopes to extend its three-game winning streak. If Clemson beats UNC, it will remove any doubt that it’s a real ACC contender, maybe more. The SEC? […]

Florida lands UC Riverside transfer point guard Zyon Pullin

Pullin chose the Gators over LSU after visiting both schools in the past week. “Ultimately, I saw it as the best fit for me moving forward,” he said. “It was a system that fit me and catered toward the style of play [I wanted]. They expressed needing a point guard, a playmaking kind of point […]