Michigan is the No. 1 overall seed in the preliminary rankings by the committee that will select the 68-team men’s field for the NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines, who headline the AP Top 25, were joined by Duke, Arizona and Iowa State as the 1-seeds in Saturday’s reveal show on CBS. Selection committee chairman Keith Gill, … Read more
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 20 points and Braden Smith added 15 points and eight assists Friday night, helping No. 7 Purdue produce a historic rout over rival Indiana 93-64 to earn a split in this season’s series. The Boilermakers emphatically ended their two-game losing streak against the Hoosiers by producing their highest point total in the … Read more
Meet Trey Kaufman-Renn, the Purdue big man who brings nostalgia to 1990s basketball with his game. The men’s college basketball season is ramping up with high-stakes games every night and the NCAA Tournament just around the corner. In those key regular-season games, March Madness stars introduce themselves to the nation with magical moments and Cinderella … Read more
The game of the year in college basketball takes place Saturday night in Washington, D.C. It will be the top-ranked Michigan Wolverines (-2.5, 148.5) taking on the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils, and this game could be an early preview of a Final Four matchup that we end up seeing in early spring. Michigan is … Read more
Don’t miss an entire Final Four preview, and a rematch of the Battle for Indiana on the men’s side of college basketball, while the hottest team in women’s basketball, a potential Big Ten sleeper, is going for a 10th consecutive win. The big college basketball games this weekend will impact conference standings and NCAA Tournament … Read more
The NCAA won’t discuss expanding the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments until after this year’s version of March Madness finishes, senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt said Thursday. Gavitt told that to a group of reporters who were attending an NCAA event in Indianapolis. There has been talk for the past few months that … Read more
What is happening with Kansas star Darryn Peterson, arguably the nation’s best college basketball player? How can a player so talented be so averse to showcasing those skills? “He’s getting terrible advice,” Danny Parkins said on “First Things First.” “He’s making millions of dollars to play basketball. He has an agent who reps NBA people … Read more
You know all about the Power 6 conferences in college basketball. You hear about those more than any other, and those groups often dominate the March Madness conversation. There are 31 other conferences out there, however, and our goal is to get you up to speed on the teams, players and fights in the standings … Read more
Dan Hurley was displeased with UConn’s effort on defense in his team’s 91-84 loss to Creighton on Wednedsay. “The defense has been a joke,” Hurley said in the postgame press conference. “It was a game of just really bad individual defense. “Our defense has been so bad. We’ve been playing with fire. Obvioulsy, overall defense … Read more
What an incredible few weeks this has been in men’s college basketball, where one of the most fascinating seasons in recent memory continues building toward what could be an unforgettable NCAA Tournament. Earlier this month, teams ranked Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5 in the AP poll all lost in the span of four days, … Read more