The final weekend before the NCAA tournament saw the last wave of conference tournaments. It became an especially big weekend of college basketball for CBS, which drew historic TV ratings for the Big Ten title game between Purdue and Michigan. Sunday’s Big Ten tournament championship was the most-watched game of championship week, topping the ACC title game, which aired Saturday …

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Millions around the nation are placing their predictions, and some bets, on who they believe is going to advance, and win the 2026 Men’s NCAA Tournament. Former President Barack Obama is also in on the fun. If you haven’t already filled out your brackets for this year’s March Madness, you might want to get yours finished. All the fun begins …

Happy Madness Eve, TOC Nation. This week we asked for your predictions on the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams results for the opening weekend of their respective tournaments. Ladies first, even though they will start tournament play a day later. Impressively, 58% believe Robyn Fralick’s squad will pick up two wins, the second of which will presumably be against Oklahoma …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi has reached another milestone, getting his 900th career goal in the opening minutes of Inter Miami’s CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 match against Nashville on Wednesday night. The back-to-back Major League Soccer MVP, eight-time Ballon d’Or winner and World Cup champion got it as would be expected — with his left foot, …

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bulls guard Collin Sexton returned to the lineup on Wednesday night after being sidelined for four games because of a lower left leg contusion. Coach Billy Donovan said Sexton was available for the team’s game against Toronto. Sexton got hurt during a 126-110 loss at Sacramento on March 8. Advertisement Fellow guard Isaac Okoro was ruled …

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ road trip through the Central Time Zone continues as they travel to Illinois to take on the Chicago Bulls. We’ll see if the Cavs can get some momentum going as they take on a Bulls team that will be on the second night of a back-to-back. Anything bought from the links helps support Fear the Sword. You …

As the title of the article states, Drew Scharnowski, a 6’9”, 230-pound rising redshirt-junior forward for the Belmont Bruins, recently entered the transfer portal. Joining his teammate, reigning MVC Player of the Year Tyler Lundblade (who I wrote about here). This is obviously pertinent to Kansas State because its new head coach, Casey Alexander, was at Belmont last season. Scharnowski …

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Shohei Ohtani reached back for the heater and found it, blazing a 99-mph fastball past Willy Adames for his first strikeout of the afternoon on Wednesday. For a guy who hasn’t spent much time on the mound over the past 2 1/2 years, he doesn’t seem remotely rusty. Advertisement The Japanese two-way …

We are just one day away from the start of March Madness, as the No. 5 seed Wisconsin Badgers will take on the No. 12 seed High Point Panthers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, with tip-off slated for 12:50 p.m. CT. The Badgers are riding hot heading into the tournament, thanks to strong final six …

BUFFALO, NY – South Florida’s NCAA Tournament opener against Louisville marks a homecoming for first-year coach Bryan Hodgson, who was born in western New York, went to college in western New York and started his coaching career in western New York, eventually working under current Alabama coach Nate Oats at Buffalo from 2015-19. An Olean, New York native who attended Jamestown …

The history books will rightfully remember last year’s March Madness as a chalk, with four No. 1 seeds in the Final Four and three No. 2 seeds in the Elite Eight. But as the first round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament first round gets set to begin on Thursday, March 19, it’s perhaps worth noting what happened to the bracket …

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Jaylen Waddle and Pat Surtain II are gearing up for some fierce training camp competitions now that the former Alabama stars have been reunited in Denver. “He was one of the first calls that I made,” Waddle said on a conference call Wednesday after his trade to the Broncos from the Miami Dolphins was finalized. “We …

The Michigan Wolverines will take on Howard in the Round of 64 on Thursday in Buffalo, New York, officially kicking off the 2026 NCAA Tournament. They opened as the clear favorites to make it to Indianapolis out of the Midwest region (-130 on FanDuel), and they are now the co-favorites to win the National Championship Game (+360) along with Arizona, …

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Duke coach Jon Scheyer says starting big man Patrick Ngongba II is “very unlikely” to play Thursday’s first-round game against Siena in March Madness because of soreness in his right foot. The 6-foot-11, 250-pound sophomore has missed four straight games for the Blue Devils (32-2), first as a game-time decision for the regular-season finale against rival …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When Colin Dorgan takes the ice Wednesday to compete in the Rhode Island Division 2 boys’ state championship, three seats will be noticeably empty in the crowded arena. The high school senior’s mother, brother and grandfather should be there to celebrate one of the most exciting moments in his hockey career, but that opportunity was robbed …

A Division II men’s basketball coach removed from the court in handcuffs earlier this season is planning to file a lawsuit against Morehouse College and two of its campus police officers, according to the coach’s attorneys. Tuskegee University coach Benjy Taylor was never charged with a crime despite being escorted off the floor after a 77-69 loss at rival Morehouse …

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Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden is the best pick-and-roll player of this generation. He’s developed seemingly instant chemistry with his various pick-and-roll partners throughout his career. The key to Harden’s success is two-fold. First, he’s incredibly skilled. Harden can make every pass on the court, creates space with his lateral quickness, has excellent touch, and has the strength to initiate …

No team has made more 3-pointers, nor launched more, than Alabama in the past four seasons. And nothing will shake coach Nate Oats from believing they’re at the core of building a winner in modern basketball. Teams might struggle to match the Crimson Tide’s sheer volume heading into March Madness, but they’re leaning into those long-distance shots, too. Advertisement “Finding …

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MIAMI (AP) — Having set attendance and broadcast viewer records, the World Baseball Classic will return in 2029 or 2030 and at some future point could be moved to midseason, when clubs would be less likely to restrict players. Since the WBC’s inception in 2006, it has been played during spring training. Tournament rules include pitch count restrictions, and teams …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The first round of the NCAA Tournament is chaotic as 64 of the best college basketball teams in the nation clash in a win-or-go-home scenario over two days. Advertisement Trying to make a perfect March Madness bracket is practically impossible, and trying to …