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What’s next for Kentucky? How second-round March Madness exit impacts Mark Pope, Wildcats future originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Kentucky Wildcats remain one of the SEC’s many elite men’s basketball schools. But as they head into their offseason, fans may be growing a bit impatient for a …

Tennessee vs Virginia box score: Full stats from 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers battle the third-seeded Virginia Cavaliers in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Tennessee recently took out Cinderella with a 78-56 win over Miami (Ohio) …

St. John’s vs. Kansas box score: Full stats from 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The No. 5 St. John’s Red Storm will face the fourth-seeded Kansas Jayhawks in the second round of the NCAA Tournament East Region on Sunday. Advertisement Despite being …

For much of the first half, it looked like the Kentucky Wildcats had control of this game. They were making shots and playing tenaciously on defense. Then, Iowa State closed the first half on an 8-0 run in 89 seconds to turn a 30-23 deficit into a 31-30 lead. Kentucky never recovered. Advertisement Iowa State blitzed their way from there …

No. 7 Kentucky saw its season come to an end Sunday in St. Louis, falling to No. 2 Iowa State, 82-63 in the Round of 32 with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line. Kentucky came out firing, building an early 20-11 lead and controlling the pace of the game. However, Iowa State quickly responded with a 9-0 …

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – With just over a minute to go in Sunday’s NCAA Tournament second round action, North Carolina’s Nyla Brooks stepped into a 3-pointer and caught nothing but net, extending her team’s lead to six. It was the dagger in No. 5-seed Maryland women’s basketball’s 2025-26 season, which ended with a loss to No. 4-seed North Carolina, 74-66. …

After advancing through the first round, St. John’s faces Kansas on Sunday in the 2026 NCAA Tournament with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line. MORE: 5 bold March Madness predictions for 2026 NCAA Tournament How to Watch St. John’s vs Kansas Date: Sunday, March 22, 2026 Advertisement The NCAA Tournament continues on Sunday, as teams look to advance …

Follow all of Sunday’s NCAA Tournament second round games with USA TODAY Sports’ live updates. No. 1 seed Arizona made it look easy against No. 16 Long Island in the first round, even if Wildcats players said it wasn’t. Advertisement Arizona jumped out to a 27-point lead in the first half and got at least 14 points from three freshman …

For the third straight year, the No. 3 seed Purdue Boilermakers are through to the Sweet 16 with a 79-69 win over the No. 7 seed Miami Hurricanes in St. Louis on Saturday, advancing to face the No. 11 seed Texas Longhorns on Thursday at the SAP Center in San Jose. Tip time remains to be determined. Advertisement Purdue closed …

Syracuse expected to hire 23-win coach to save the program originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Syracuse Orange basketball program will soon have a new head coach. Advertisement Siena’s Gerry McNamara is expected to take over at his alma mater, according to multiple reports. The two-year head coach was …

After a pair of first-round matchups that went chalk in the Midwest Region, the No. 4 seed Alabama Crimson Tide will face the No. 5 Texas Tech Red Raiders in the second round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament in a late tipoff Sunday night in Tampa. Alabama (24-9), ranked No. 18 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and AP …

C.J. Cox and the Purdue Boilermakers celebrate after beating the Miami Hurricanes during the second round of the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. (Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) (Dilip Vishwanat via Getty Images) Purdue is back in the Sweet 16. The No. 2 Boilermakers advanced to the second week of the NCAA tournament for the third straight season with a 79-69 win …

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 20: The St. John's Red Storm mascot performs in the first half of the game against the Northern Iowa Panthers in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Viejas Arena at San Diego State University on March 20, 2026 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) | Getty …

NC State will attempt to pull off what would be the biggest upset in the Women’s NCAA Tournament so far this year without starting guard Zoe Brooks. Brooks has been ruled out for the No. 7 Wolfpack’s second-round matchup with No. 2 Michigan on the Wolverines’ home floor in Ann Arbor. The junior suffered a foot injury in the Wolfpack’s …

The 9-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes (22-12, 10-10) take on the 1-seeded, and defending national champions, Florida Gators (27-7, 16-2) this evening in Tampa, FL. It’s the first chance Iowa’s got of getting to the Sweet 16 since 2021 and it is a slim one. Team Rankings gives the Hawks about a 20% chance while KenPom has it at 25%. As has …

All five Big Ten teams survived Saturday—Sunday could have more chalk, and if it holds, only one B1G team will survive today. We had our best friends over yesterday, up from wisconsin, with their two boys in tow. Basically spent the whole day running around after the kids, though with drinks in hand—Cutwater margaritas and peach Whiteclaws for the gals, …

There was a lot of feel-good content for Michigan State basketball after the 3-seed Spartans’ Sweet 16 ticket was cliched Saturday afternoon in Buffalo, New York, with a workmanlike 77-69 win over 6-seed Louisville. Much of the content was emotional and centered around coach Tom Izzo, in his 28th straight March Madness tournament, who just earned a remarkable 17th Sweet …

There was a lot of feel-good content for Michigan State basketball after the 3-seed Spartans’ Sweet 16 ticket was cliched Saturday afternoon in Buffalo, New York, with a workmanlike 77-69 win over 6-seed Louisville. Much of the content was emotional and centered around coach Tom Izzo, in his 28th straight March Madness tournament, who just earned a remarkable 17th Sweet …

The Virginia Cavaliers took care of business on Friday, surviving 14-seeded Wright State behind a late surge, and now they will be faced with a much larger test to advance to the second weekend — 6-seeded Tennessee. The Volunteers are coming off of an impressive Round of 64 victory themselves, dominating 11-seeded Miami Ohio by a score of 78-56. As …

After a successful and chalky round of 64 in the NCAA Tournament and profitable Saturday in the round of 32, let’s turn our attention to the Sunday slate and who will earn a bid to the Sweet 16. All odds are courtesy of DraftKings. Miami vs Purdue (-7.5): O/U 147.5 Purdue and Miami kick off Sunday’s round of 32 slate …

The second round of the NCAA Tournament will continue on Sunday. No. 6 seed Tennessee (23-11) will face No. 3 seed Virginia (30-5) at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tipoff between the Vols and Cavaliers is scheduled for 6:10 p.m. EDT. TNT will televise the second-round basketball matchup with Andrew Catalon (play-by-play), Steve Lappas (analyst) and Evan Washburn (reporter) …

Most of Friday’s NCAA tournament games were not that close. Duke beat TCU by 23, Michigan took out Saint Louis by 23 also, Houston took out Texas A&M by 31, Michigan State handled Louisville by 18, and Illinois smacked Louisville by 21. Advertisement We’ll come back to those. The other three games were really good: Texas knocked off Gonzaga, 74-68, …

As I pack up my hotel room and prepare to head for the Arena for today’s matchup, I wanted to share the staff predictions for this one. So no preamble, let’s just get into it. Ledman: This Miami team has two Big Ten retreads with Malik Reneau and Tre Donaldson. I think that should give Purdue a bit of an …

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Saturday gave us three absolute thrillers and nearly one of the greatest March Madness moments of all-time. Let’s get to it. March Madness’ 3 best games of Day 3 1. (4) Nebraska 74, (5) Vanderbilt 72 (South) Nebraska-Vandy wasn’t just the best second round game of Saturday, it was one of the best second round games the tournament has ever …