After nearly two weeks of waiting, the UNC women’s basketball team will finally take the court on Friday evening. In their NCAA Tournament opener, the 4-seed Tar Heels will host 13-seed Western Illinois at 5:30 p.m. – in Carmichael Arena. North Carolina (26-7, 14-4 ACC) began its ACC Tournament run by beating Virginia Tech for a second time this season, …

If you ask the oddsmakers, Arizona is a runaway favorite to reach the Final Four. The Wildcats enter the NCAA Tournament with -125 odds of winning the West Region. The next best team, Purdue, comes in at +360. But Arizona fans know it’s not so simple. Since 2001, the Wildcats have earned a No. 1 seed thrice and a No. …

It seemed so innocuous at the moment: just a bit of backcourt pressure early in a sleepy mid-March game between two teams on diametrically opposed ends of the Eastern Conference standings. Cade Cunningham forces Tre Johnson to turn — Job No. 1 for any pressing defender trying to make a ball-handler uncomfortable. Johnson loses the ball and his balance as …

The best time of year is here. For the next couple weeks, college basketball fans across the world will have their eyes glued to the NCAA Tournament. The UNC men’s basketball team, which earned the South Region’s 6-seed, will battle 11-seed VCU on Thursday, March 19 at 6:50 p.m. in both team’s NCAA Tournament opener. The winner of this matchup …

Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham has suffered a collapsed lung and will miss at least two weeks with less than a month remaining in the NBA’s regular season, the team announced Thursday. Cunningham was injured Tuesday night when he collided with Washington’s Tre Johnson while diving for a loose ball during the first quarter of the Pistons’ 130-117 victory over …

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Cameron Boozer has lived up to all the hype — and then some — that surrounded his name as one of the top players in college basketball this season. The Duke basketball freshman has been one of the more impactful players in the country this season, as he has led the Blue Devils to back-to-back ACC tournament championship titles while …

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Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Milwaukee Bucks are in Salt Lake City tonight to take on the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center, with tip-off scheduled for 9 p.m. ET. Advertisement With numerous key pieces out, my Bucks vs. Jazz predictions are eyeing the Under here. Read …

Continuing something that we’ve done in the past and posting this fan discussion for everyone who is able to watch the games during the afternoon slate. I know that a lot of you will be working, but I also know that a lot of you will be “working”. I took the day off so I’ve got all day to sit …

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Major League Baseball is entering an official partnership with Polymarket and has an agreement with the federal commission overseeing prediction markets to collaborate on integrity concerns. MLB said in a statement Thursday it has a memorandum of understanding with Michael S. Selig, the chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to “further protect the integrity of baseball by ensuring swift …

The Alabama Crimson Tide are set to enter their latest chapter of March Madness with an extensive amount of prior NCAA Tournament experience scattered across both the 2025-26 roster and coaching staff. Something that will only benefit the Crimson Tide on the big stage that is March Madness, Alabama has four players with prior experience playing in NCAA Tournament games, …

With tipoff looming, the matchup between Clemson men’s basketball and Iowa men’s basketball is shaping up to be one of the most evenly projected games on the board. Vegas has Iowa as a slight favorite at -2.5, while Clemson comes in as a +2.5 underdog despite holding the stronger overall record. ESPN’s matchup predictor leans narrowly toward Clemson at 50.6 …

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The 2026 NCAA Tournament is set to begin on Thursday afternoon. Villanova will watch day one and prepare for its first-round matchup with Utah State on Friday. This week, the players and coaches have been getting ready for the Wildcats’ return to tournament play. During an interview post practice, share originally by Jeff Neiburg of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Willard sent …

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I might have lost some friends this week. I hate that for them, but it had to be done. A man’s got to have a creed, and all that. A line in the sand. Some wrongs are just too much to stomach. It’s not that I cannot forgive. Advertisement Toppmeyer: Arizona ‘built for’ March Madness, says one expert. Call it …

North Carolina will open NCAA Tournament play on Thursday, taking on VCU at 6:50 p.m. in the first round. Before and after the Tar Heels tip off, there will be wall-to-wall basketball, including several matchups from the South Region — the same region North Carolina occupies as a top seed. As the bracket unfolds, there is a strong chance UNC …

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When Eric Collins and Dell Curry sat down for what appeared to be the first installment of an interview series about Charlotte Hornets history, Curry wasn’t expecting much. The two had talked before about the possibility of his No. 30 being retired by the Hornets — and Curry had largely let the idea go. So when Collins told him his …

March Madness kicks into full swing on Thursday, March 19, with the Round of 64 in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. It’s wall-to-wall action throughout the day, with the first game set to tip off at 12:00 p.m. ET. The 64-team field was officially set on Wednesday night, with the final First Four games wrapping up. Advertisement Howard, Texas, Prairie View, …

Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham is reportedly expected to miss an “extended period of time” after sustaining a collapsed lung, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. It’s unclear exactly when Cunningham sustained the injury, though he had to leave Tuesday’s game after falling to the floor trying to pick up a loose ball. Cunningham was originally diagnosed with back spasms when …

March Madness is here once again, and that means millions of college basketball fans across the world have been spending hours putting together their brackets for the 2026 edition of the NCAA men’s tournament. For most, it will prove to have been a failed task. Every spring, this competition delivers chaos, shattering even the most carefully constructed brackets. While historic …

March Madness is underway and today’s college stars have a chance to cement themselves in this summer’s NBA draft class. The 2026 draft is expected to take place in late June. In USA TODAY’s latest mock draft, Arkansas’s Darius Acuff Jr.  is expected to go in the first round. Here’s how USA TODAY currently projects the guard’s draft night will …