Eight teams. Two world-class arenas. An NIL prize pool of $500,000 on the line. The 2026 College Basketball Crown bracket was revealed Monday afternoon on FS1’s “First Things First.” The second-year tournament features a loaded field made up of teams from the nation’s top basketball conferences. FOX Sports college basketball analyst LaPhonso Ellis joined Danny … Read more
Over the next three weekends, there will be no shortage of wild March Madness bets — winners and, to be sure, a fair number of losers. But one bettor kicked off the madness early, landing a quarter-million dollars in the process. More on that winning wager, a golf winner of nearly $500,000, notable parlay hits … 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
Truth is, it’s anybody’s guess as to who wins this year’s men’s NCAA Tournament. There really isn’t an overwhelming favorite. At the top of the oddsboard are more than a few familiar faces. Duke is favored to win it all at nearly every major sportsbook, and in the mix is Michigan, Arizona, Florida, Houston and … Read more
Oscar Cluff scored 21 points, Trey Kaufman-Renn had 20 and No. 7 seed Purdue topped top-seeded Michigan on Sunday for the Big Ten Tournament championship, 80-72. Braden Smith had 14 points, 11 assists and three steals as Purdue (27-8) added to an impressive turnaround after closing the regular season with four losses in six games. … Read more
Buzzer beating is just a part of the equation come March Madness. In fact, 47 buzzer-beaters have taken place in the men’s NCAA Tournament dating back to 1944. So, will there be a buzzer-beating finish this time around? Let’s check out the odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of March 15. This page may contain affiliate … Read more
Unsurprisingly, the quote that reverberated around social media following UConn’s comfortable victory over Georgetown in the Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament semifinals on Friday night came from head coach Dan Hurley. He was asked to share his thoughts on an impending matchup with top-seeded St. John’s, an opponent with whom the Huskies split their regular … Read more
St. John’s is most definitely “back” under Rick Pitino, but the head coach of the No. 13 team in the country wants his players to grasp the magnitude of their success. “What they [my players] don’t understand because they’re young — they’re very proud of their accomplishments — but what they don’t realize is that … Read more
No. 8 Michigan State had its way with UCLA in East Lansing last month, but that wasn’t the case on Friday night, as the Bruins got the better of the Spartans in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament. What happened to Tom Izzo’s squad? “I was really disappointed in how we played,” Izzo … Read more
Braylon Mullins scored 15 of his 21 points in the first half, Jayden Ross hit a couple of momentum-stunting 3-pointers in the second, and sixth-ranked UConn defeated Georgetown on Friday night, 67-51, to set up a showdown of the top two seeds in the Big East Tournament final. The second-seeded Huskies (29-4) will face regular-season … Read more