College Basketball

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, …

In a game like the one Kentucky won on Friday in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament, everyone will remember the miraculously incredible three-point shot from Otega Oweh that sent the game into overtime. Kentucky’s 89-84 overtime win on Friday was the culmination of a game that featured 12 ties and 20 lead changes. In the final 24 seconds, …

PORTLAND, OR – As the mid-majors continue to succeed in the NCAA Tournament, the noise around the difficulty in getting opportunities to prove themselves gets louder. After No. 12 seed High Point knocked off No. 5 Wisconsin in the first round, coach Flynn Clayman drew attention when he said his team couldn’t get games against major opponents. Advertisement “It’s pretty …

PHILADELPHIA – Travis Steele tried to warn everyone Wednesday night. “This is not an upset,” the Miami of Ohio coach said after his team crushed SMU in the First Four. “There’s some really good mid-major teams – really good.” Advertisement Like High Point, which took down Wisconsin. Like VCU, which rallied from 19 points down to stun North Carolina. VCU …

This year’s edition of March Madness has some of the top scorers in the country, highlighted by a star-studded freshman class that includes names that will dominate the 2026 NBA Draft. Duke’s Cameron Boozer, Kansas’ Darryn Peterson, and BYU’s AJ Dybantsa figure to go in the top 3 of the draft, but other freshmen like Arizona’s Koa Peat and Brayden …

Welcome to Saturday of the first weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament! I’ve got good news and bad news for you. The bad news is that because this is the Round of 32 for the men’s basketball tournament, there is only one game on at a time between 11am and 5:10pm when TNT gets Houston/Texas A&M on the board right …

Utah State HC Jerrod Calhoun doesn’t hold back after win over Villanova: ‘I dreamed of this’ appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Jerrod Calhoun was sentimental after earning his first NCAA Tournament win in the Utah State Aggies’ victory over Villanova on Friday night. Advertisement Calhoun is going through his second season as …

What channel is Gonzaga vs. Texas on? Time, TV schedule, live stream to watch March Madness Round 2 game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The second round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament continues on Saturday, March 21, as No. 3 Gonzaga takes on No. 11 Texas. Advertisement Gonzaga …

What channel is Illinois vs. VCU on? Time, TV schedule, live stream to watch March Madness Round 2 game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. No. 3 Illinois and No. 11 VCU will clash in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a spot in the Sweet 16 …

94.91 percent of the NCAA Tournament brackets picked the No. 3-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs (31-3, 16-2 WCC) s to advance into the Round of 32 in the West region. The Zags did exactly that against the No. 14-seeded Kennesaw State Owls out of the Conference USA in Portland, Oregon, 73-64. Although, it was far from pretty. Survive and advance is the …

How old is Chase Johnston? Where High Point 3-point specialist ranks among oldest March Madness players originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. In this era of college basketball, winning without the 3-pointer is impossible. High Point seems to have figured that out. Advertisement While the Panthers have plenty of …

It’s been a month to remember for the Oweh family. First, Odafe Oweh signed a four-year, $100 million contract with the NFL’s Washington Commanders. On Thursday, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, Odafe’s younger brother, Otega, a 6-foot-4 senior guard, saved his Kentucky Wildcats with a thrilling, last-second 3-pointer to tie the game vs. Santa Clara and send …

PHILADELPHIA — Trent Perry stayed at UCLA for moments like these. After averaging just more than 11 minutes, three points and logging zero starts for the Bruins last season, he could have left. And he wouldn’t have been criticized for it. But he stayed. Advertisement The sophomore guard, standing at the free throw line, glanced at Mick Cronin after the …

Tarris Reed Jr. stats today: UConn big man posts stat line not seen since 1968 tournament to save Huskies originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. In order to fend off 15th-seeded Furman on Friday night, the UConn Huskies needed a historic performance. Advertisement Center Tarris Reed Jr. guided Dan …

The first round of the NCAA tournament is now behind us. Another 16 teams punched their tickets into the next round on Friday, and both No. 1 teams who played didn’t have any issue whatsoever. Both Florida and Michigan cruised into the second round with blowout wins, unlike the scare that Duke had the day before. Advertisement There weren’t really …

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Darryn Peterson made four 3-pointers and scored 28 points, and fourth-seeded Kansas squandered most of a 26-point lead before holding off scrappy NCAA Tournament newcomer Cal Baptist 68-60 on Friday night. Kansas (24-10) advances to face St. John’s in the second round on Sunday in a matchup between Hall of Fame coaches Bill Self of the …

TAMPA — For about seven minutes, Prairie View A&M enjoyed its March Madness matchup against Florida basketball. The No. 16 seeded Panthers (19-18) knocked five straight 3-pointers to open the game and tied the Gators early on at 15-15. Advertisement The fun didn’t last long as Florida erupted for a 43-6 run to close out the half and build its …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Bailey Maupin scored seven of her 17 points in the final three minutes, and No. 7 seed Texas Tech held on to defeat 10th seed Villanova 57-52 on Friday night in the first round of March Madness. Denae Fritz scored 13 points for Texas Tech (26-7), which went 7 of 15 from 3-point range, outshot …

PORTLAND, Ore. — Of all the interesting stats that emerged out of BYU’s ultimately disappointing 2025-26 college basketball season, a season that ended Thursday night with a discouraging 79-71 upset loss to the Texas Longhorns in an NCAA Tournament first-round game, perhaps the most telling was the difference in halves. BYU outscored its opponents by just 15 overall points in …

PHILADELPHIA — There was no buzzer-beater, no bracket-buster or March Madness miracle. Nothing that will steal away from this year’s One Shining Moment montage. Quite simply, UCF found itself in an all-too-familiar situation: late offensive woes led to the Knights trailing by double digits throughout much of the game before losing to UCLA, 75-71, in the first round of the …

Who says basketball’s not a collision sport? UCLA guard Skyy Clark sported a gap-toothed smile on Friday that would make a hockey player proud. Clark dove to the court to fight for a loose ball late in UCLA’s 75-71 win over UCF. As he was on his back, UCF Themus Fulks inadvertently elbowed him in the mouth. Out flying came …

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Zuby Ejiofor had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Bryce Hopkins added 13 points and fifth-seeded St. John’s beat Northern Iowa 79-53 on Friday night for its second NCAA Tournament victory since 2000. Oziyah Sellers scored 11 points for Rick Pitino’s gathering Red Storm (29-6), who have won 20 of 21 since early January in increasingly impressive …

North Carolina lost to VCU in one of the biggest collapses in NCAA Tournament history. The Tar Heels led for more than three-quarters of the game and were up by 19 with just over 14 minutes left, but the Rams stormed back to win in overtime. It’s now the largest comeback in a first-round game in NCAA Tournament history and the …