UCLA finished the season at No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 on Monday after routing South Carolina to win its first NCAA championship. The Bruins were a unanimous choice from the 31-member national media panel, ending the season as the top choice for the first time in school history. Their first … Read more
Duke is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 of the regular season. The Blue Devils received 50 first-place votes from a 57-person media panel in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll released Monday, a day after they were named the top overall seed in … Read more
Conference tournaments are underway, the first sign that March Madness has arrived! Each of men’s college basketball’s 31 conference tournament champions earns an automatic berth to the 2026 NCAA Tournament, while the other 37 spots are awarded to at-large participants by the tournament’s selection committee. Follow along to see which teams have locked up an … Read more
The final regular-season rankings are in, just in time for the best stretch of the college basketball calendar. It’s time for conference championship week, with Selection Sunday right around the corner. My top three teams remain unchanged, but UConn’s shocking loss to Marquette could shake up the 1-seed picture and open the door for Florida, … Read more
The top conference races are coming to a clear end: Duke flexed its muscle on Virginia, Michigan dominated Illinois in Champaign, Florida beat Arkansas by a million points, and Arizona blew out Kansas to pretty much seal regular-season titles. The Big East and West Coast Conference are still up for grabs, though! And there is … Read more
Virginia quarterback Chandler Morris continued his fight for a seventh season of eligibility by filing a lawsuit against the NCAA, his agent, Simon Pflum, confirmed Tuesday. The NCAA denied Morris’ medical redshirt waiver and appeal last month, and he is seeking a preliminary injunction in Charlottesville Circuit Court. The NCAA did not immediately respond to … Read more
Men’s college basketball delivered its loudest week of the season, especially at the top. Duke earned a gritty win over Michigan on Saturday, proving the Blue Devils’ defense is on another level. If March gives us a rematch between these two programs, no one would complain. But as contenders surged, the other storyline that took … Read more
Geno Auriemma tied Tara VanDerveer for most appearances in the AP women’s basketball Top 25 poll when UConn remained No. 1 on Monday. Auriemma has led the Huskies to 654 appearances in the poll during his 41-year Hall of Fame career to match VanDerveer, who retired from Stanford in 2024. UConn has been ranked for … Read more
Every week, we have incredible storylines this season in men’s college basketball. This week, previously undefeated and top-ranked Arizona lost back-to-back games to bring the Wildcats back down to Earth a bit. Miami (Ohio) now remains the lone unbeaten team, so I need to address why I still don’t have them ranked in my rankings. … Read more
As Kansas climbs to a projected No. 2 seed in Mike DeCourcy’s latest NCAA Tournament projections, the loudest conversation around the program has centered on freshman guard Darryn Peterson’s availability, a narrative coach Bill Self called “not remotely true.” The noise followed Peterson’s absence Monday night, when he missed his 11th game of the season, … Read more