College Basketball

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The 2026 Men’s Final Four goes down tonight at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The first matchup features the No. 3 Illinois Fighting Illini and the No. 2 UConn Huskies, followed by the heavyweight showdown of the No. 1 Michigan Wolverines and the …

If the showdown with Duke in D.C. was one of the biggest regular-season matchups this century, Saturday’s battle has the same argument for the postseason. Kenpom ranks the Michigan Wolverines and the Arizona Wildcats as two of the best teams ever, and it is only fitting they will meet with everything on the line. Nearly every metric has this game …

Alas, the college basketball season will come to its conclusion this weekend, as the Michigan Wolverines hope to be crowned national champions on Monday night. In their way is a battle with the Arizona Wildcats, and then if they advance, the winner of No. 2 UConn and No. 3 Illinois. Four left today, one still standing by Monday, here are …

Kansas Jayhawks News Through the Phog wrote about three possible destinations for Flory Bidunga that would get under KU fans’ skin Through the Phog also wrote about the opportunity Bidunga’s departure would open up for one Kansas player Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Through the Phog is a content machine! Here’s a look at what Bill Self may have in store for …

The North Carolina basketball job opening is still open heading into the Final Four, and only one Final Four coach is still a potential target. Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd, one of the coaches tied most prominently to the job, publicly announced he’s returning to the Wildcats next season after signing a new contract. That leaves Michigan coach Dusty May as …

UConn 30-0 run vs. Illinois: Revisiting Huskies’ unreal March Madness streak in 2024 Elite Eight matchup originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. On their way to a pair of national titles, and now a Final Four run in 2026, the UConn Huskies have embarrassed a lot of opponents in …

NIL has forever changed the landscape of college athletics. The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball program will try to be active in the transfer portal, but bringing top players to Madison isn’t going to be easy. Advertisement In a new report from On3’s Pete Nakos, numerous teams are “gearing up to spend $10M+” in the transfer portal. Rivals’ Joe Tipton chimed …

UConn men’s basketball (33-5) will look to get to its seventh national title game in program history as the Huskies are set to take on 3-seed Illinois (28-8) in the Final Four on Saturday evening at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the eighth Final Four appearance for the team since 1999. The Fighting Illini came out of the South Region …

1-seed Michigan basketball takes on 1-seed Arizona on Saturday, April 4 (8:49 p.m., TBS), in the 2026 NCAA Tournament national semifinal at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Wolverines opened as 1½-point favorites and have stayed there throughout the week. Here’s how three Free Press sports writers see the game going down, as well as the rest of the weekend’s …

Free Press sports writer Ryan Ford previews the Final Four matchup between Michigan basketball and Arizona, set for Saturday, April 4, in Indianapolis. Fast facts Matchup: Midwest 1-seed Michigan (35-3) vs. West 1-seed Arizona (36-2); NCAA Tournament national semifinal. Tipoff: 8:49 p.m., Saturday, April 4; Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. At stake: Winner faces Saturday’s winner between 3-seed Illinois or 2-seed UConn for the …

Final Four announcers 2026: Meet the TBS broadcasters, from Ian Eagle to Grant Hill originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. It feels like the 2026 NCAA Tournament just began, but all of a sudden, there are just three games left before a champion is crowned. Advertisement The 2026 Final …

Kentucky Wildcats guard makes big transfer portal decision appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Kentucky Wildcats freshman guard Jasper Johnson plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal when it opens on April 7, Jonathan Givony of Draft Express reported on Friday. The move will end a one-season stay in Lexington that fell short …

International players in Final Four: How Illinois, Michigan, Arizona, UConn used global influence for rosters originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The 2026 Final Four teams have been set. Illinois, Michigan, Arizona and UConn have advanced to the 2026 NCAA Tournament semifinals with one win standing between them and …

Who is Dan Hurley’s mom? Meet Christine Hurley, mother of UConn coach going viral for NSFW reactions originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. UConn was on the ropes in the 2026 Elite Eight. The Huskies went into halftime trailing No. 1 Duke 44-29. Head coach Dan Hurley must have …

Illinois would happily welcome – and, frankly, would be over the moon – to face Michigan or Arizona one game from now. Simply because that would mean the Illini are still alive on Monday, college basketball’s final day of the season. To play for a national championship, though, Illinois must first take care of business against UConn – which is …

With a 19-point lead against UConn, many fans believed Duke was on its way to back-to-back Final Four appearances. That unfortunately did not happen, as UConn freshman guard Braylon Mullins broke Blue Devil hearts with a logo three at the buzzer. Now, Jon Scheyer will have a significantly different roster heading into next season. Cameron Boozer, Isaiah Evans, and Patrick …

Wisconsin men’s basketball’s 2026-27 nonconference schedule will include at least one marquee SEC opponent. The Badgers will play Auburn on Dec. 19 in Nashville, a team source confirmed to the Journal Sentinel. It will be at Bridgestone Arena, where the NHL’s Nashville Predators play their home games. Advertisement Auburn has gone 21-16 so far this season. The Steven Pearl-coached Tigers …

There aren’t many sportscasters as beloved as Bill Raftery. Fans have grown to love his infectious energy over the past four decades. Raftery joined CBS Sports’ college basketball crew in 1993. He has worked with James Brown, Sean McDonough, Jim Nantz and Verne Lundquist among other notable broadcasters. On Saturday night, Raftery will call both Final Four games alongside Ian …

INDIANAPOLIS — It feels like a misprint — some kind of mistake. Connecticut an underdog? The same Huskies, who own the most national championships (six) since 1999, and have won it all two of the previous three seasons? Advertisement And, yet, that’s their narrative in this Final Four. They are a 1.5-point underdog to third-seeded Illinois Saturday night. If the …

Where to watch NCAA Final Four in Canada: Times, TV channels, live streams for March Madness basketball originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The college basketball season has reached its final stage with the NCAA Final Four set for this weekend in Indiana. Advertisement Arizona, Michigan, Connecticut and Illinois …

INDIANAPOLIS — Yaxel Lendeborg accepted his fate. College wasn’t for him. “I was working at a warehouse,” Michigan’s star forward said on Friday. “I was getting used to that lifestyle, this is going to be [my life]. I didn’t have any other aspirations or goals in mind.” Advertisement His mother, Yissel Raposo, wouldn’t accept it. She forced him to go to …

PHOENIX (AP) — Madison Booker has led Texas’ offense all season, so it was little surprise that she hit a jumper less than a minute into the game to give the Longhorns an early two-point lead. It was the last shot she would make for more than three quarters. Advertisement The AP All-America forward missed her next 17 attempts from …

The Brief Tampa Catholic assistant basketball coach Thomas Dziagwa played his college hoops at Oklahoma State. Dziagwa’s two head coaches in Stillwater — Brad Underwood and Mike Boynton — are now coaching in this year’s Final Four. Underwood is the head coach at Illinois while Boynton is an assistant at Michigan. TAMPA, Fla. – If you’ve attended any Tampa Catholic …

The NCAA transfer portal doesn’t open until next week, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been busy. For the fourth time since a disappointing 19-13 season ended last month, the Virginia Tech Hokies saw a fourth player reveal his intention to enter the portal. On Friday, junior guard Jaden Schutt became the latest Hokie expected to depart. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound …

Coming out of high school, Terrence Hill Jr. was an unranked prospect out of Roosevelt High School in Portland, OR. He committed to the VCU Rams, seeing little run as a freshman. But he burst onto the scene during the 2025-26 season, averaging 15.0 points, 2.8 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game on 46.6% from the field. He was named …