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UConn center Donovan Clingan entering NBA draft
UConn 7-foot-2 sophomore Donovan Clingan — one of the cornerstones of the Huskies’ back-to-back NCAA championship teams — will enter the 2024 NBA draft. The No. 3 prospect in ESPN’s Top 100 list, Clingan is expected to be in the running to become the No. 1 pick in the June draft after a dominant late-season […]
Continue readingBack-to-back champion UConn sits atop season’s final AP poll
UConn finished atop the first Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll to be released after March Madness following its run to the first back-to-back national championship in 17 years. The Huskies (37-3) topped all 58 ballots Tuesday, coming roughly 12 hours after they beat Purdue 75-60 in the title game. That win allowed […]
Continue readingThe 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 readingUConn beats Purdue and cruises to sixth NCAA championship
GLENDALE, Ariz. — On paper, the plan wasn’t working. Zach Edey had 14 points, the reigning Wooden Award winner was talking trash to Dan Hurley and the UConn bench, and Purdue led the Huskies with 8 minutes left in the first half. UConn had elected to guard Edey one-on-one with Donovan Clingan, essentially allowing him […]
Continue reading2024 men’s Final Four: Last season ended in a nightmare for Purdue — now it’s living the dream
Following Saturday’s 63-50 win over NC State in the Final Four, the upset loss to 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson in last year’s NCAA tournament is a footnote for the program. These Boilermakers find themselves a win away from the university’s first men’s basketball national title on Monday night. NC State, a team that finished 2-7 in […]
Continue readingPurdue, Zach Edey top NC State, reach NCAA championship game
He could not identify the culprit. “The scar? No idea,” said Gillis, who finished with eight points. “Somebody scratched me.” It had been that kind of a game for the Boilermakers. There were too many turnovers and missed shots. But NC State couldn’t find the rim, either, due to Purdue’s renewed vigor on defense in […]
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 readingPurdue ‘very familiar’ with challenge UConn will present
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Matt Painter is not naive about the task his Purdue team will face when it plays UConn on Monday night in the national championship game at State Farm Stadium. The Huskies have accrued a plus-125 point differential in the NCAA tournament, the second-best margin in NCAA tournament history behind the 1998-99 Duke […]
Continue readingZach Edey: Underdog Purdue has nothing to lose vs. UConn
GLENDALE, Ariz. — No. 1 seed Purdue spent five weeks as the top-ranked team in the Associated Press poll this season and never dipped lower than No. 4. Just twice during the regular season they were underdogs entering a game. But the Boilermakers head into Monday night’s men’s title game as 6.5-point underdogs to No. […]
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