On the fourth day of the fourth month of the year, we’re down to four teams in the 2026 NCAA Men’s Tournament. The No. 2-seeded UConn Huskies will face off against the No. 3-seeded Illinois Fighting Illini in the Final Four on Saturday night, while a pair of No. 1 seeds go up against each … Read more
It wasn’t all chalk to get to this point, but in the end, the four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Women’s College Basketball Tournament are the ones now set to play in the Final Four. All four are dominant squads, and it doesn’t take much imagination to see any of them as the 2026 … Read more
Tom Izzo is the Michigan State Spartans, but did he almost leave East Lansing for the NBA last year? “I’ve had more than a couple job offers in the NBA, and I looked at one last year with [the] Phoenix [Suns],” Izzo revealed in a Wednesday appearance on “The Dan Patrick Show.” “My former player, … Read more
The Sweet 16 was the end of the line for the Michigan State Spartans, but it won’t be the end for head coach Tom Izzo. “Trying to win a National Championship: plain and simple,” Izzo said in his postgame press conference when asked where he sees himself in five years after No. 3-seeded Michigan State’s … Read more
The opening weekend of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament started and ended with a thud for the Big Ten. In an instant, No. 8 Ohio State lost to No. 9 TCU in the very first game that tipped on Thursday afternoon. It wasn’t much later when No. 5 Wisconsin got upended by No. 12 High … Read more
Are college sports in a better or worse place than before the NIL boom? That question has hovered over this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, a postseason spectacle that hasn’t settled the debate, but rather intensified it. “College sports, it’s different now,” FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd said on Monday’s episode of “The Herd.” “I think … Read more
The first No. 1 seed succumbed around 9:35 p.m. ET on Sunday, by which time a last-ditch possession from Florida ended in a turnover by point guard Xaivian Lee as the final horn sounded, his wrap-around pass sailing fatefully awry. Moments earlier — before back-to-back timeouts that only amplified the searing tension at Benchmark International … Read more
Yaxel Lendeborg punctuated his 25-point outing with a massive dunk in transition, and the Midwest Region’s top-seeded Michigan advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 95-72 victory over Saint Louis in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. Morez Johnson Jr. had 15 and eight rebounds for Michigan (33-3), which matched a program … Read more
UCLA coach Mick Cronin didn’t mince words when asked about those being critical of his recent controversial in-game behavior. “It’s ridiculous,” he said bluntly. “Everybody needs to get a life. … C’mon, man. … We’re not coaching little league, buddy. Everybody doesn’t get an at-bat.” Recently, both Cronin and UConn head coach Dan Hurley have … 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