College Basketball

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jon Scheyer shared somewhat of an update on Caleb Foster and Patrick Ngongba II following Duke basketball’s ACC Tournament championship win over Virginia on Saturday, March 14. Foster fractured his foot in Duke’s regular-season finale against UNC on March 7, while Ngongba missed the contest with foot soreness and has not played since Duke’s win over N.C. …

Duke basketball is a projected No. 1 seed heading into Selection Sunday. The Blue Devils, who finished the regular season 29-2 and as the nation’s top-ranked team, are coming off their second straight ACC Tournament title, taking down Virginia 74-40 to claim the league’s regular-season and tournament crown for back-to-back seasons. They did so without starting center Patrick Ngongba II …

When are March Madness brackets due? Here’s the date, time to fill out your 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. While many celebrate the holiday season in December each year, college basketball fans mark their calendars for March. The NCAA tournament is here. Advertisement Bracket …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Time and time again, Cameron Boozer attacked the paint with an Atlantic Coast Conference championship on the line. And Duke’s star freshman repeatedly found himself meeting an unusual outcome. Seeing his shots batted out of the air by Virginia’s Ugonna Onyenso. Advertisement “Well,” Boozer admitted, “I definitely got frustrated.” That battle between the 6-foot-10, 250-pound Boozer …

The Virginia Cavaliers lost an absolute heartbreaker on Saturday night, falling to the Duke Blue Devils, 74-70, in the ACC Tournament championship game. After a no-show performance in Durham on February 28th, the ’Hoos looked like an entirely different squad in round two against the Blue Devils, using the momentum of Friday night’s 22-point semifinal win over Miami to take …

UConn HC Dan Hurley reveals what’s next after Big East loss to St. John’s appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Dan Hurley explained the next steps for UConn after the No. 6 Huskies lost 72-52 to the No. 13 St. John’s Red Storm on Saturday night. Advertisement Hurley and UConn hoped to beat …

NIT selection show 2026 time, TV channel, live stream for college basketball tournament bracket reveal originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. March Madness goes beyond the NCAA Tournament, and the NIT is back to give more teams a shot at postseason basketball. Advertisement The 32-team event has long been …

Kentucky men’s basketball has won 32 SEC Tournament titles. People called it the “Kentucky Invitational.” Now you have punks like Dan Dakich taking pot shots at the program for being “irrelevant,“ and Todd Golden proving he is the most annoying winner in college basketball at the expense of the Cats. It’s not been a good run for Kentucky. Since 2020, …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brayden Burries scored 21 points, including a pair of free throws with 8.3 seconds left, and second-ranked Arizona held off No. 5 Houston 79-74 on Saturday night in a rematch of last year’s Big 12 Tournament title game won by the Cougars. Koa Peat also had 21 points and Jaden Bradley followed his semifinal game-winner …

PITTSBURGH – The final 30 seconds of Saturday afternoon’s Atlantic 10 Semifinal showdown between Saint Louis and Dayton played all the hits that only a conference tournament game in March can deliver. Dayton’s Amael L’Etang was the hero, tipping in a ball that seemed to hang in the air in slow motion with less than a second to go in …

Arizona men’s basketball has completed the Big 12 championship sweep with a 79-74 grind out win against Houston. Led by the freshman duo of Koa Peat and Brayden Burries, who both had 21-point performances, the Wildcats now ride a 9-game win streak into the NCAA tournament. After losing the regular season matchup and Big 12 tournament championship last season against …

NEW YORK (AP) — By the time Dan Hurley got called for a technical foul a little over seven minutes in, UConn had already given the ball away three times and committed another turnover by failing to get it inbounds. The situation only devolved from there, on the way to getting beat 72-52 by fellow Big East powerhouse St. John’s …

The 2026 NCAA tournament bracket will arrive in just a few hours. For now, all attention turns to the bubble, where teams either still find themselves playing for an automatic bid or waiting to see if their body of work is deserving of an at-large selection to March Madness. With conference tournaments wrapping up and Selection Sunday upon us, Yahoo …

Sometime before 6 p.m. EST on Sunday evening, the NCAA men’s basketball selection committee will provide a completed bracket to CBS to unveil on the selection show. Here’s our annual look at some of the most difficult decisions that the committee must make between now and then: 1. Who will secure the final No. 1 seed?  The big question after …

NCAA Tournament Cinderella goes viral with social media jab at Alabama Football originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The UMBC Retrievers are headed back to the NCAA Tournament, and they wasted little time reviving one of college sports’ favorite traditions by trolling the Alabama Crimson Tide on social media. …

Selection Sunday is almost upon us. The 68-team field on the men’s basketball side will be revealed on CBS at 3 p.m. PT on Sunday, March 15. The women’s basketball bracket will be publicized on ESPN at 5 p.m. PT later the same day. Both bracket releases can also be viewed on all streaming platforms, such as YouTube TV, Fubo, etc. …

Duke clinched the top seed in the ACC Tournament with a 77-51 victory over Virginia on Feb. 28, a massive victory that helped lead the Blue Devils to the regular-season conference title. Now, the two match up against each other with the ACC Tournament title on the line, and both teams are coming into the game after routs of their …

The Duke Blue Devils and Virginia Cavaliers meet in a high-stakes ACC showdown as No. 1 seed Duke (31–2) takes on Virginia (29–4) with the conference championship and major momentum heading into the NCAA Tournament on the line. MORE: Bold predictions for the College Basketball conference tournaments Mar 13, 2026; Charlotte, NC, USA; Virginia Cavaliers guard Dallin Hall (30) brings …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Darius Acuff Jr. scored five of his 24 points in overtime and No. 17 Arkansas held off Mississippi 93-90 Saturday to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game for the eighth time and first since winning the 2020 title. The third-seeded Razorbacks (25-8) will play No. 22 Vanderbilt, which routed No. 4 Florida earlier Saturday. Advertisement Acuff, …

Oscar Cluff had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 18 Purdue beat short-handed UCLA 73-66 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship game. Cluff scored eight points as Purdue (26-8) outscored UCLA (23-11) 11-4 over the final 3:41. Fletcher Loyer scored 14. Braden Smith contributed nine more assists, giving him 1,064 in his career. He needs …

CHICAGO (AP) — Oscar Cluff had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 18 Purdue beat short-handed UCLA 73-66 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship game. Cluff scored eight points as Purdue (26-8) outscored UCLA (23-11) 11-4 over the final 3:41. Fletcher Loyer scored 14. Braden Smith contributed nine more assists, giving him 1,064 in his …

The UConn Huskies face the St. John’s Red Storm in the Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship with the conference title on the line in one of the biggest matchups of championship week. MORE: Bold predictions for the College Basketball conference tournaments Mar 13, 2026; New York, NY, USA; St. John’s Red Storm guard Oziyah Sellers (4) reacts during the …

The Arizona Wildcats and Houston Cougars meet in the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship with the conference title on the line, as Arizona’s high-powered offense clashes with Houston’s elite defense in a marquee showdown. MORE: Bold predictions for the College Basketball conference tournaments Mar 7, 2026; Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA; Houston Cougars guard Emanuel Sharp (21) shoots a free throw …

The University of Dayton men’s basketball team needed 40 minutes to upset the No. 1 Seed Saint Louis Billikens in the Atlantic 10 Championship. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Sophomore center Amael L’Etang’s tip-in with 0.6 seconds left helped Dayton to a 70-69 win over rival Saint Louis. Advertisement They advanced to Sunday’s Atlantic 10 …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tyler Tanner scored 20 points as No. 22 Vanderbilt beat fourth-ranked Florida 91-74 on Saturday, ending the defending national champion’s bid to win a second straight Southeastern Conference Tournament title and possibly hurt the Gators’ bid for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The fourth-seeded Commodores won their fourth straight game. Vanderbilt (26-7) will play …