College Basketball

Mo Williams speaks on leaving Jackson State for Kentucky appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Following his departure to become a head coach at Kentucky, former Jackson State head coach Mo Williams has released a statement. He officially confirmed his departure and reflected on his tenure at the institution. Advertisement The full statement …

Epic UConn-Braylon Mullins shot clinches March Madness history for East Region appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Riveting underdog stories transformed the NCAA Tournament from a sporting competition to the cultural phenomenon known as March Madness. The absence of “Cinderellas” has caused many Americans to lose interest, but diehard college basketball fans were …

Jon Scheyer vs Louisville – 010626 Jon Scheyer prepared Duke for the exact losing moment against UConn originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. After the fallout of Duke’s upset loss to UConn, more details were bound to surface. In the final ten seconds of the game, Jon Scheyer’s team …

The NCAA Tournament is almost over. Michigan, Arizona, Illinois and UConn will compete for a National Championship over Easter weekend. UNC blew a 19-point lead to VCU back in its NCAA Tournament opener, leading to Hubert Davis’ firing five days later. On Sunday, North Carolina’s archrival blew a 19-point lead to UConn, but Jon Scheyer is still head coach. Advertisement …

Former Walsh University men’s basketball player Quinn Barnett has found a new home. Barnett posted on social media on March 29 he has committed to play at Middle Tennessee State. He will have two years of eligibility remaining. Walsh’s Quinn Barnett shoots from the corner during Sunday’s NCAA Division II Tournament game against Northern Michigan. Middle Tennessee State is an …

If the Final Four ever had only one home, Mike Krzyzewski knows where he’d want it. The retired Duke coach who led the Blue Devils to the 2010 and ’15 championships at Lucas Oil Stadium told Pat McAfee: “It’s as good a place to play the Final Four as there is.” Advertisement “I can remember walking up for the championship …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A couple of days ago, Braylon Mullins was a UConn freshman whose name carried weight mostly among the true diehards — college basketball junkies and Indiana high school hoops enthusiasts. Now he’s a part of NCAA Tournament lore. That’s what can happen at this time of year. Advertisement “One of the most brilliant shooters you’ll ever see …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. No disrespect to the other side of the bracket, but this Final Four matchup between the Arizona Wildcats and Michigan Wolverines is a banger. Advertisement Tabbed as the “Real National Championship” by many, this showdown of No. 1 seeds is a toss-up in …

Florida State freshman point guard Cam Miles plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal after one season with the Seminoles, first reported by On3. Miles appeared in 25 games for FSU, averaging 5.4 points, 1.0 rebound and 1.7 assists per game. He shot 36.1% from the field and 21.6% from 3-point range during his lone season in Tallahassee. Advertisement A …

Missouri point guard Anthony Robinson II plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned. He spent three years with the program. In 33 games this season, Robinson put up 8.9 points per game, 3.1 rebounds per game, three assists per game, shot 41% from the floor and 31.4% from three-point range. They were above his career averages through …

Offense had stood out all season for Illinois, only for the defense to step up in March Madness. Arizona and Michigan have been part of college basketball’s top tier all year with elite play at both ends of the court, and they’ve been even sharper at the offensive end in the NCAA Tournament. Advertisement Now that trio joins UConn for …

Duke fans are in pain. To be upset in the NCAA Tournament is always agonizing. An upset loss with the game seemingly in hand hurts all the more. But to be upset in a game that was in your control on a miraculous buzzer beater that required so many things to go wrong in succession—both out of Duke’s control (a …

We’ve got a Final Four. It seems like it’s going to be tremendous. Let’s predict how it all plays out. FINAL FOUR: Illinois vs. UConn It’s a classic matchup of the best offensive team in college basketball (Illinois) against a team (UConn) that has mostly relied on its defense to get to this point. Advertisement The Illini have already gone …

Ranking 5 greatest March Madness buzzer-beaters, including UConn’s Braylon Mullins and Duke’s Christian Laettner originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Was it a buzzer-beater or clutch shot? Advertisement Freshman guard Braylon Mullins entered NCAA Tournament lore with a 3-point buzzer-beater that gave No. 2 UConn a 73-72 victory against …

The Colorado men’s basketball program has undergone plenty of changes over the past few days. Star freshman Isaiah Johnson entered the transfer portal along with forward Bangot Dak. Those departures were made more manageable by Barrington Hargress return. On Monday, the bad news continued as sophomore forward Sebastian Rancik entered the transfer portal. Rancik averaged 12.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and …

Ohio State’s men’s basketball season ended last week when the Buckeyes were defeated by TCU 66-64 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The appearance in the tournament was the first for the program since 2022, and the first under head coach Jake Diebler, who took over for Chris Holtmann in February 2024. After talk of Diebler possibly not …

Grant Hill, Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley March Madness 2026: As retirement from Sporting News approaches, here’s my Top 10 Final Four memories originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Advertisement My press pass for the Kentucky-Syracuse NCAA Championship game in 1996, a purple piece of cardboard still buried in one …

After an embarrassing collapse vs. UConn, Duke coach Jon Scheyer discussed the final possession that led to the Blue Devils’ 73-72 loss to the Huskies. “Yeah, we just have to secure it, right?” Scheyer said postgame. “We got it. They had a foul. I was ready for a timeout. We’ve just got to hold on. Advertisement “It’s easy to look …

Picture this: your team is up 5 points with a minute left, and the other team gets a technical foul called on them. Or this: you go up 15 at the halftime break, a mark that 1-seeds were 134-0 from. After a second-half rally, you then get to a point where you’re up 2 points, with possession of the ball, …

There’s not a whole lot to say about Sunday’s loss to UConn, but we did want to mention a few things. First, we feel terrible for Cayden Boozer. If you’ll remember back when Caleb Foster was hurt, Boozer really stepped up. And it’s more than that, because that guy made winning plays over and over. Duke would not be in …

Arizona, Michigan and Duke had looked like a clear top tier in college basketball as conference play began. All three spent time atop the AP Top 25 and went on to claim a No. 1 seed in March Madness. Yet only the Wildcats and Wolverines have reached the sport’s biggest stage. Advertisement The Blue Devils’ stunning loss to UConn on …

I spent much of this weekend camping with my son’s Scout troop. For the sixth time in my life Purdue was a single win away from reaching the Final Four. For the third time, that Final Four was right in our own backyard in Indianapolis where I would easily be able to attend. In 1980 I was still a baby. …

No. 1 seed BYU (25-11) vs. No. 2 seed Kansas (22-13) Venue: Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas Series: Kansas leads 5-0 (most recent meeting: 2026) The trends For BYU: 8-9 record in Quad 1/2 games, No. 56 in NET, averaging 70.8 points scored and 63.9 points allowed per game Most recent game: 76-61 win over Stanford in WBIT quarterfinal For Kansas: 4-11 …

North Carolina A&T forward Lewis Walker plans to enter the Transfer Portal, Antonio Lowe tells On3. Walker is a 6-foot-6 redshirt freshman who averaged 18.9 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game this season. He shot 50.8 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from three. Advertisement Walker’s output earned him Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) All-Rookie honors as well …

Michigan Final Four history: Wolverines one step closer to winning first championship since 1989 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Advertisement It was clear from the first few weeks of the season that this Michigan team was different. With two more wins, the Wolverines will prove it. Final Fours …