College Basketball

The momentum Iowa State gained from a dominant 108–74 victory over Tennessee State in the First Round, is tempered by the uncertain status of Second-Team All-American Joshua Jefferson as the Cyclones prepare for a Second Round game against the Kentucky Wildcats. Jefferson suffered an ankle injury in the opening minutes of the game against the Tigers and did not return. …

It’s a battle of blue bloods in Philadelphia on Sunday night, as the 2-seed UConn men’s basketball team takes on Mick Cronin and the 7-seed UCLA Bruins for a spot in the Sweet 16. UConn survived 15-seed Furman’s best punch Friday night for an 82-71 win to make it to the second round, while UCLA fought off a late comeback …

Texas vs. Gonzaga 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. 11 Texas Longhorns face the 3-seed Gonzaga Bulldogs in the second round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament West Region on Saturday. Advertisement Texas was a First Four …

The dream of a perfect bracket, at least on the men’s side of things, is just about over. After starting the second round with six Yahoo Sports users still undefeated so far in the NCAA tournament, only five brackets were still left standing just two games into play on Saturday. Advertisement All six users had Michigan rolling into the Sweet …

Star Iowa State forward Joshua Jefferson is unlikely to play in the No. 2 Cyclones’ second-round NCAA tournament game against No. 7 Kentucky on Sunday. Jefferson left Iowa State’s win over No. 15 Tennessee State on Friday just minutes into the first half after he severely rolled his left ankle. He was unable to put any weight on his left …

Coen Carr’s best dunks: Ranking Michigan State star’s greatest jams, from Alcorn State poster to Louisville slam originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. There’s a rising tide developing in the world of college basketball. He goes by a simple, alliterative name: Coen Carr. Advertisement The Michigan State standout may …

If you watched Saturday’s CBS Sports March Madness coverage, you might have witnessed a horrid creation from the place where time and space collide in agony. A talking basketball with a man’s face, including a realistic nose for some reason, named “OB” stopped by the CBS Sports dais to entertain the folks at home. Have you seen this monstrosity? Is …

Follow all of Saturday’s NCAA Tournament second round games with USA TODAY Sports’ live updates. The NCAA Tournament’s overall top seed Duke was in a first-round dogfight against No. 16 seed Siena on Thursday. Advertisement Afterward, Blue Devils coach Jon Scheyer called it his toughest March Madness moment. “Toughest one,” he told reporters after the 71-65 win. “Not close. Toughest …

The Kentucky Wildcats got an NCAA Tournament opening round win over Santa Clara on Friday, but it wasn’t the win itself that had people talking. Otega Oweh had the best game of his career, pouring in 35 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists, but when his name came up, those weren’t the focus. Round one was filled with exciting games, …

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The No. 1 seed Michigan Wolverines took down the No. 9 seed Saint Louis Billikens, 95-72, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at KeyBank Center on Saturday in Buffalo, New York. Here are some takeaways from the NCAA Tournament win. Advertisement Michigan reaches Sweet Sixteen in consecutive years After missing the NCAA Tournament in the final two years …

SAN DIEGO—Getting into March Madness is nothing new for Utah State, which is in the NCAA Tournament for the 26th time including six of the last seven tourneys. But winning a game has been far more rare. Friday’s victory over Villanova was just the third time in the last 50 years the 9th-seeded Aggies (29-6) made the second round. Their …

The TCU Horned Frogs get their shot at the top when they take on the No. 1 overall seed Duke with a berth in the Sweet 16 on the line. TCU blew a big lead against Ohio State in the first round but pulled that game out and have now won seven of its last eight. It will need all …

The North Carolina Tar Heels’ men’s basketball season didn’t end as expected. Now, changes might be on the horizon. After blowing a 19-point lead to the VCU Rams in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the biggest blown lead that the tournament has seen since 2018, the No. 6-seed Tar Heels are going home rather than moving on to …

NEED TO KNOW Florida Gators basketball player Olivier Rioux, who is 7 feet, 9 inches tall, became the tallest player to appear in a NCAA game on Friday, March 20 He stepped on the court in the last few minutes of the game and further widened his team’s lead over the Prairie View A&M Panthers with a put-back dunk Rioux …

On Thursday, Northern Michigan sophomore Cal Klesmit entered the D2 Transfer Portal. Not only did that raise eyebrows because he is former Wisconsin guard Max Klesmit’s brother, but also because of the season he had shooting the basketball. Klesmit earned first-team All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) honors this season. He is a 6-foot-2 guard out of Neenah, Wisconsin. He …

At halftime of its first-round matchup against Ohio State, it looked like TCU would waltz into the second round with an easy win over the Buckeyes, holding a 15-point lead as the Horned Frogs entered the locker room. Instead, it took a basket by Xavier Edmonds with four seconds left to help Jamie Dixon’s squad escape with a two-point win …

After a successful and chalky round of 64 in the NCAA Tournament, let’s turn our attention to the Saturday slate for the round of 32 and potential underdogs to pull the upset. All odds are courtesy of DraftKings. Saint Louis vs Michigan (-12.5): O/U 161.5 Saturday starts off with an anticipated track meet between Michigan and Saint Louis. Michigan scored …

The NCAA basketball action continues today with more March Madness in the second round of the men’s NCAA tournament. Today, Duke faces TCU. The game tips off at 5:15 on CBS (and streaming live on Paramount+ Premium). For a list of key dates, teams, and how to watch every March Madness game, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a look at …

The Wisconsin Badgers saw their season come to an end on the first day of the NCAA Tournament, marking the second time in three years that they were a first-round exit as a No. 5 seed. The abrupt departure came after the Badgers were riding hot heading into March Madness, knocking off the Purdue Boilermakers and the Illinois Fighting Illini …

The NCAA basketball action continues today with more March Madness in the second round of the men’s NCAA tournament. Up next: Michigan State vs. Louisville. The game tips off at 2:45 on CBS (and streaming live on Paramount+ Premium). For a list of key dates, teams, and how to watch every March Madness game, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a …

TAMPA − The University of Florida men’s basketball team rolled to a record-setting 114-56 win over Prairie View A&M before an orange-and-blue clad, pro-Gator crowd at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa on Friday, March 20. The Gators’ March Madness run is in full gear as the Gators have advanced to the Round of 32. Advertisement Top-seeded UF (27-7) will now …

The first two days of March Madness 2026 are in the books! Only 32 teams are left standing, and half of them are going to be gone by Monday morning. This weekend will separate the contenders from the pretenders. Here are our game picks for Saturday’s Round of 32 action. Enjoy what promises to be an incredible weekend of college …

March Madness odds, lines, predictions: Expert picks for 2026 NCAA Tournament games on Day 3 (March 21) originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Four double-digit seeds and a pair of No. 9 seeds have a chance to make the Sweet 16 on Saturday. How much chaos is in store …

The NCAA basketball action continues today with more March Madness. Up next: Michigan vs. Saint Louis. The game tips off at 12:15 on CBS (and streaming live on Paramount+ Premium). For a list of key dates, teams, and how to watch every March Madness game, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a look at how to watch the entire NCAA tournament, …