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Houston vs Texas A&M – 032126 Illinois vs Houston live score, updates, highlights from March Madness Sweet 16 game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The third-seeded Illinois Fighting Illini take on the second-seeded Houston Cougars in a 2026 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup. Illinois is coming off a 76-55-88 …

The Iowa Hawkeyes (24-12) are heading to the Elite 8 after a 9-0 run with under 5:00 left to get their first lead of the game and keep it against the rival Nebraska Cornhuskers, winning 77-71. It’s the first time they’ve made the Elite 8 since the 1987 team in Tom Davis’ first season. They’re also the lowest ranked Big …

HOUSTON (AP) — Alvaro Folgueiras converted a critical three-point play when Nebraska only had four defenders on the floor, and ninth-seeded Iowa continued its unpredictable NCAA Tournament run under first-year coach Ben McCollum, beating Nebraska 77-71 in a South Region semifinal on Thursday night. Bennett Stirtz scored 20 points and Folgueiras had 16 for the Hawkeyes (24-12), who knocked off …

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (AP) — Boston College hired UConn assistant Luke Murray on Thursday as coach of a slumping men’s basketball program that has gone 17 years without an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Murray, the son of actor Bill Murray, will be a first-time head coach. He replaces Earl Grant, who was fired earlier this month after the Eagles …

For the first time in nearly four decades, Iowa is just a win away from the Final Four. The Hawkeyes rallied out of a double-digit hole to knock off Nebraska in a Big Ten Sweet 16 battle on Thursday night in Houston. Iowa used a late 14-3 run down the stretch, and took advantage of a brutal defensive blunder by …

‘Viral jacked Florida fan’ becomes ‘viral jacked Nebraska fan’ in stunning change of allegiance originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. After first breaking out during No. 1 Florida’s Round of 64 game against No. 16 Prairie A&M, the man nicknamed the “Florida Final Boss” has reemerged. This time, he …

Duke basketball’s Caleb Foster ‘in position’ to make Sweet 16 return vs. St. John’s appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. With the Duke basketball team dealing with injuries before the Sweet 16 matchup against St. John’s on Friday night, one player who could make their return is Caleb Foster. While the Duke basketball …

After some thrilling contests and viral moments from the first two rounds, we’ve reached the Sweet 16 in 2026 men’s March Madness, with eight games to decide who’s in the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament. The third game up on Thursday night? It’s No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 1 Arizona. And if you’re here, you might be wondering: Who’s …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The No. 4 seed Arkansas Razorbacks face the No. 1 seed Arizona Wildcats in the Sweet 16 tonight. Razorbacks guard Meleek Thomas has been filling up the hoop in the NCAA Tournament, and my Arkansas vs Arizona predictions expect that to continue. Advertisement …

Iowa vs. Nebraska live score, updates, highlights from March Madness Sweet 16 game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The rivalry between the Iowa Hawkeyes (23-12, 11-11 Big Ten) and Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-6, 15-6 Big Ten) hit the hardwood in March Madness. One of the initial matchups on Thursday night …

UNC’s coaching search at this time focuses heavily on coaches still coaching. While these coaches remain focused on winning at their current schools, UNC fans can watch some these games with extra interest as an audition of sorts. Who handles the pressure situations the best? Who comes up with the right adjustments at halftime? Whose team rises to the moment, …

One of the top assistant coaches in men’s college basketball will now get the chance to lead a program of his own. Connecticut assistant Luke Murray has been hired as the new head coach at Boston College, according to multiple reports on Thursday, March 26. Advertisement Murray is the son of actor Bill Murray, who has regularly been spotted sitting …

The Sweet 16 tips off tonight in San Jose and Houston. Does Texas have another upset in it? Iowa upset the defending champs, can they take down their neighbors? Will Illinois be able to overcome Houston’s home-cooking? And which freshmen will get the better of each other in the Arkansas vs. Arizona game? Advertisement March Madness: Sweet 16 games ranked …

CHICAGO – Tennessee basketball’s Men’s NCAA Tournament run is full of delayed decisions. The Vols had to wait extra days for the First Four to reveal their first-round opponent, Miami (Ohio). Now in the Sweet 16, No. 6 seed Tennessee (24-11) has to gameplan for Iowa State with or without one of its best players. Advertisement All-Big 12 forward Joshua …

After some thrilling contests and moments from the first couple of rounds, we’ve reached the Sweet 16 in 2026 men’s March Madness, with eight games to decide who’s in the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament. The first game up on Thursday night? It’s No. 11 Texas vs. No. 2 Purdue. And if you’re here, you might be wondering: Who’s …

The résumés of St. John’s star Zuby Ejiofor and Duke phenom Cameron Boozer read quite similarly. Both lead their teams in scoring, rebounding and assists. Both won Player of the Year in their respective conferences. Advertisement They are two of only four players to be named a semifinalist for both Naismith Player of the Year and Naismith Defensive Player of …

Penn State men’s basketball started off the 2025-26 season scorching hot, winning eight of their first nine games. However, things went downhill in a hurry once they got to conference play, which is exactly how freshman guard Melih Tunca’s season went. He scored in double figures in nine of the Nittany Lions’ first 10 games, but hit that mark just …

As the Sweet 16 teams are set for this year’s March Madness tournament, most can agree that this has been an entertaining tourney to say the least.  Overall, there’s been high-seeded dominance, but there also have been a few classic, major upsets baked in. Advertisement With the Sweet 16 tipping off tonight, these are the top superlatives defining this year’s …

• What: 3-seed Michigan State vs. 2-seed Connecticut, NCAA tournament East Regional semifinal • When: Approx. 9:45 p.m. Friday • Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, D.C. • TV/Radio: CBS/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; SiriusXM Ch. 201 Advertisement • Records/Rankings: MSU is 27-7 overall, finishing second in the Big Ten at 15-5, before falling in the first …

WASHINGTON — Duke coach Jon Scheyer said point guard Caleb Foster will try to play in the Sweet 16 matchup against St. John’s. Foster broke his right foot in Duke’s regular-season finale and missed the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament for the top-seeded Blue Devils. He was on the court Thursday during the portion of practice open to …

Florida’s Boogie Fland was driving to the basket with 1:10 remaining and a three-point lead over Iowa when Hawkeyes forward Cooper Koch stepped into the lane, swatted at the ball and it sailed out of bounds. Officials ruled it Florida’s ball. Iowa coach Ben McCollum quickly consulted video coordinator Jace Smith, who checked his iPad and nodded yes — go …

TAMPA, Fla. — South Florida hired Chris Mack as its basketball coach. Mack leaves the College of Charleston, where he went 45-20 over the past two seasons. He has a career record of 323-153 over 15 seasons, including a dozen 20-win seasons and nine NCAA Tournament appearances. Advertisement Mack replaces Bryan Hodgson, who led USF to the NCAA Tournament this …

When St. John’s takes on Duke in the Sweet 16 on Friday night in Washington, DC., Red Storm head coach Rick Pitino faces a conundrum: he needs his team to shoot the three-pointer well to win, while also realizing the truth. “We’re not a three-point shooting team,” Pitino said on Thursday. “That may be ironic I’m saying it that way. …

I stood across from an 18-year-old Karl-Anthony Towns before the 2014 McDonald’s All-American Game, and asked him what made John Calipari different. Towns was the crown jewel of Calipari’s recruiting class at Kentucky that season as one of four Burger Boys headed to Lexington. This was almost an underwhelming blue chip haul by Calipari’s lofty standards at the time after …

This year’s Sweet 16, which is now underway, is unlike any other in the last 72 years of college basketball. This is the first Sweet 16 since 1954 that does not include Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, or UCLA. Advertisement It was a rough year for those four blue-blood college basketball programs, with a lot of ups and downs throughout the …