It’s probably not going to happen. But unlike the first 38 years of the NCAA Tournament having No. 16 seeds, it’s not impossible. No No. 1 seed lost their first game from 1985-2017 in the NCAA Tournament, and until we saw it actually happen it seemed almost impossible. And when No. 1 Virginia went down […]
March 20, 2024
Tony Bennett seems like a mensch of a human being. The grace with which he handled being the first team to lose as a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament in 2018 made the world root so much harder for him when he won the national championship the following season. You’d want your kid […]
March 19, 2024
The Selection Committee has done its job, and 68 teams have been placed into four regions to begin March Madness 2024. The action begins with the First Four play-in games starting on Tuesday, March 19 in Dayton, Ohio, and then continues with the First Round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at eight sites across the […]
March 17, 2024
Update 1:38 p.m. Handlogten is on his way to the hospital, but that’s all we know for now. Florida Gators center Micah Handlogten suffered a severe lower leg injury early in the first half of the SEC Championship Game against Auburn on Sunday. ESPN’s Marty Smith said Handlogten’s lower left leg was placed in an […]
March 17, 2024
In a raucous atmosphere on the campus of conference foe UNLV, the No. 7 New Mexico Lobos defeated the No. 6 Colorado State Rams in the Mountain West Conference semifinal from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Friday night. With the win, UNM will face the San Diego State Aztecs at 6 […]
March 16, 2024
The final weekend of the 2023-24 college basketball regular season is here, and the NCAA Tournament bracket looms large for every team remaining. While most of the 36 at-large teams have effectively locked in a spot come March, others are right on the bubble. And when every game matters, it’s just a bounce or two […]
March 15, 2024
The No. 1 East Tennessee State Buccaneers have a proud hoops history with 10 NCAA Tournament appearances. But no one expected them to be 40 minutes away from an 11th, as they’ll face the No. 1 Samford Bulldogs in the final of the 2024 Southern Conference Tournament on Monday at 7:00 p.m. ET from Asheville, […]
March 11, 2024
In the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Game between No. 2 LSU and No. 1 South Carolina, a fight broke out at midcourt that saw relatives of players jumping over the scorers table to get on the floor. You can see in this clip last night’s USCe 6’7 hero Kamilla Cardoso taking out star Flau’jae […]
March 10, 2024
It’s the last Saturday of the regular season, and yes the ACC and Big East still hate NCAA Tournament units apparently. But we’ve got the best-case scenario for the MWC playing in the Arch Madness Final. The winner is in, and potentially if you love mid-major hoops, the loser is as well. With Tennessee and […]
March 10, 2024
When you think of Tennessee women’s basketball, your mind automatically goes to Candace Parker. She has had an illustrious career in Tennessee and continued that momentum to dominate the WNBA. Most recently, she joined the Las Vegas Aces and South Carolina Gamecocks standout A’Ja Wilson. And when the tandem’s alma mater’s matched up in the […]
March 9, 2024
Kansas Jayhawks center Hunter Dickinson suffered a shoulder injury in Saturday’s game against the Houston Cougars, going back to the locker room for further evaluation. Dickinson is one of the top players in the country and the engine for the Jayhawks on both ends of the floor, so this is a potentially massive development late […]
March 9, 2024