College Basketball

Oldest coaches remaining in March Madness: Where Rick Pitino, Tom Izzo, more rank in 2026 tournament originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The 2026 Sweet 16 is star-studded and full of big names across the four power conferences. Advertisement While the East Region has gotten notoriety for being a …

Whatever happened to the 2-seed/3-seed Sweet 16 matchup? Over the past 10 NCAA tournaments (2016-25), just 14 of the 40 potential regions have featured a 2-3 matchup.  That might have seemed like bad news for East 3-seed Michigan State basketball before March Madness tipped off. But hey! – The Spartans made it, as did 2-seed Connecticut, as they match up …

Is Braylon Mullins related to Chris Mullin? What to know about connection between UConn star, former NBA All-Star originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. For years, the UConn Huskies have been producing elite college basketball talent, both in their men’s and women’s programs. Thanks to top-tier coaches and young …

Last time Big Ten won March Madness: Revisiting 2000 Michigan State and the 26-year drought since originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. When discussing collegiate sports, the term “Power 4” is often used. It refers to the four dominant, most prominent conferences that feature the best teams across most …

Last time St. John’s made Sweet 16: Revisiting 1999 March Madness run led by Ron Artest originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Rick Pitino came to St. John’s to bring a once-prominent New York program back to relevance. That part of his job is done. Advertisement Not only did …

Rick Pitino vs. Jon Scheyer age difference: How much older is St. John’s coach compared to Duke counterpart? originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Age is but a number as far as college basketball is concerned. Advertisement The sport is filled with aging talent, both on the floor and …

Ranking Rick Pitino’s best looks, from iconic all-white suit to Lou Carnesecca sweater originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Basketball gyms hardly resemble runways. For all the desire for athletes and coaches alike to sport the finest furs, they typically save their best looks for outside of the spotlight. …

Arizona got over the Sweet 16 hurdle, winning in that round for the first time in 11 years. Now comes an even bigger obstacle in the Elite Eight, where it has fallen short the last time trips to a regional final. But none of those Wildcat teams were this big a favorite. Advertisement Top-seeded Arizona (35-2) has opened as a …

HOUSTON (AP) — Playing in the NCAA Tournament just two miles from campus, the stage was set for the Houston Cougars to have an advantage over Illinois on Thursday night. Problem was, they couldn’t get their shots to fall. Advertisement Houston was limited to its lowest point total of the season in a 65-55 loss to Illinois in the South …

Rick Pitino’s record in Sweet 16: Inside St. John’s coach’s history of success in second weekend of March Madness originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Rick Pitino has won a national championship at two schools and been to a Final Four at three, but the job he has done …

SAN JOSE—There have been plenty of games this season when Arizona jumped out to a big lead early, only to see it get chipped away by the opponent. The win at BYU in January comes to mind, as does the Big 12 final when Houston turned a 15-point deficit into a 1-point game. The Wildcats bucked that trend on Thursday, …

When Arizona celebrated the 25th anniversary of its most recent Final Four team at halftime of a home game last month, Richard Jefferson addressed the crowd with a videotaped message that aired on the McKale Center jumbotron. Jefferson apologized for not being able to attend the ceremony in person, spoke glowingly of the bond his 2001 Arizona team had and …

HOUSTON — David Mirkovic had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and third-seeded Illinois flexed its defensive muscles to eliminate last year’s national runner-up from the NCAA Tournament, beating Houston 65-55 in the South Region semifinals on Thursday night. Next up is a meeting Saturday with ninth-seeded Iowa to see which Big Ten team will advance to the Final Four. It …

Just how we all drew it up. For Illinois to advance to its first Final Four in two decades and have a shot at a national championship, the team standing in its way will be the… Iowa Hawkeyes. Yep. We wouldn’t want it any other way. Advertisement So what does Illinois — which opened as a 5.5-point favorite over the …

HOUSTON —  Three minutes into Iowa’s Sweet 16 game against Nebraska on Thursday night, a casualty occurred on the Hawkeyes’ sideline. Iowa coach Ben McCollum, already red-cheeked and furious at his team’s passive start in a game they trailed by 10 points, snapped a dry erase marker into two pieces in the timeout huddle. Ink went everywhere. Advertisement “We called …

Well, we’re halfway through the Elite Eight. While the other two regions will battle it out on Friday night, four teams are now just a single win away from securing a trip to Indianapolis this spring. No. 9 Iowa rallied back from an early double-digit hole and used a massive run late to get past Nebraska first on Thursday night. …

With 58 seconds standing between Iowa and the Elite Eight, the pressure was on to execute an inbounds play at the highest level. And they did just that, with some help from Nebraska. The Hawkeyes led 71-68 and were inbounding the ball from underneath their own basket following a Braden Frager 3-pointer. The Cornhuskers had just called a timeout to …

Purdue players celebrate after their last-second win over Texas on Thursday. – Kelley L Cox/AP For the last few days, the fans of 16 men’s college basketball teams haven’t been able to get one thought out of their heads: Two more wins until the Final Four. After surviving the gauntlet that is the opening rounds of March Madness, the Sweet …

Iowa might not be an NCAA Tournament Cinderella, but the Hawkeyes’ Elite Eight trip is quite a tale originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Two years ago, Ben McCollum was the head coach and Bennett Stirtz was the star player for an institution known as Northwest Missouri State. It’s …

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 …