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When March Madness meets the transfer portal, the world’s biggest scouting combine erupts
DENVER — They are playing for more than trips to the Final Four and a chance to cut down the nets at March Madness. It is also a chance to see and be seen by other teams. The transfer portal opened Monday, giving basketball players a 30-day window to switch...
Power conferences fill this year’s Sweet 16 for the first time ever
Years of bracket chaos have given way to the year of the power conference. Cinderella is staying home this time. The Sweet 16, a popular destination for bracket-busting mid-majors, will be made up entirely of teams from power conferences, a first since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985....
NCAA Tournament roundup: Duke rolls past Baylor; Maryland beats Colorado St. at buzzerVideo
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tyrese Proctor couldn’t miss. And top-seeded Duke showed the toughness to push back when pushed. Proctor had career highs of seven 3-pointers and 25 points to continue his recent tear, helping Duke beat Baylor, 89-66, on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Freshman star...
No March Madness brackets remain perfect but 1 bracket won $1 million at Warren Buffett’s company
Brackets, busted. The handful of remaining perfect brackets in the NCAA Tournament busted out on Sunday, ending the hopes of millions against exceptionally long odds. The final perfect brackets on Yahoo Sports and CBS Sports were shredded with Saturday’s games. Top-seeded Florida’s 77-75 win over two-time reigning national champion UConn...
Florida ends UConn’s bid for 3rd straight national title with 77-75 March Madness winVideo
RALEIGH, N.C. — For 30 minutes, UConn showed the mettle and toughness that delivered back-to-back national championships for Dan Hurley, outplaying top-seeded Florida in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. And then Walter Clayton Jr. took over. The Gators’ first-team All-America guard scored 13 of his 23 points in...
N.C. State officially announces hiring of McNeese’s Will Wade as new Wolfpack men’s basketball coach
RALEIGH, N.C. — N.C. State has made it official: McNeese’s Will Wade is the Wolfpack’s new men’s basketball coach. The school announced the hiring Sunday, coming a day after Wade’s McNeese team lost to Purdue in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. An introductory news conference for Wade is...
Penn State, Carter Starocci celebrate titles, Gable Steveson upset at NCAA wrestling
PHILADELPHIA — Penn State’s Carter Starocci won an unprecedented fifth national title and Oklahoma State’s Wyatt Hendrickson stunned Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson in the heavyweight final Saturday night at the NCAA men’s wrestling championships with President Donald Trump in attendance. Hendrickson, a transfer from Air Force, trailed in the...
NCAA Tournament roundup: John Calipari, Arkansas beat Rick Pitino, St. John’sVideo
Moon native John Calipari is heading to the Sweet 16 for the 16th time, and this one could be the sweetest of all. Calipari’s Arkansas Razorbacks beat longtime nemesis Rick Pitino and No. 2 seed St. John’s, 75-66, on Saturday, sending their itinerant coach to the second weekend of the...
NCAA Tournament roundup: Favored No. 12 seed Colorado St. beats short-handed MemphisVideo
Kyan Evans made a career-high six 3-pointers and scored 23 points to lead No. 12 seed Colorado State past fifth-seeded Memphis, 78-70, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Nique Clifford, the Mountain West Tournament MVP, had his quietest scoring night in a month, finishing with 14...
Tobacco Road is front and center of March Madness
DURHAM, N.C. — Oregon women’s basketball coach Kelly Graves was excited when he saw his team was headed to Duke to play in the NCAA Tournament. The Ducks had success there when they played in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, advancing also as a 10 seed. But more importantly, it meant...
Penn State goes 20-0, Mt. Lebanon’s Stout brothers square off on 1st day of NCAA wrestling
Three-time defending national champion Penn State went 20-0 and a pair of brothers from Mt. Lebanon stole the show on the first day of the NCAA wrestling championships Thursday in Philadelphia. The undefeated day for the Nittany Lions included the 100th career victory for 174-pounder Carter Starocci, an 18-2 technical...
No. 11 seed Drake holds on after blowing big lead, stuns MissouriVideo
WICHITA, Kan. — Bennett Stirtz scored 21 points, and No. 11 seed Drake, a team relying heavily on Division II transfers, held on after blowing most of a 15-point lead to beat sixth-seeded Missouri 67-57 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Tavion Banks added 15...
NCAA Tournament roundup: Creighton tops Louisville for 5th straight opening-round winVideo
Jamiya Neal scored a career-high 29 points and had 12 rebounds, Steven Ashworth connected from well beyond the arc on the way to 22 points, and ninth-seeded Creighton beat No. 8 seed Louisville, 89-75, on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Coach Greg McDermott’s Bluejays (25-10) won...
Jeannette grad Ciara Gregory heads to NCAA Tournament with Kentucky
Ciara Gregory didn’t make the NCAA Tournament when she played at Charlotte. She will make her second appearance in the Big Dance as a coach. The all-time leading girls scorer at Jeannette is a first-year assistant at Kentucky, which opens the tournament noon Friday against Liberty in the Spokane Region....
Former NFL, Michigan assistant coach Matt Weiss charged with hacking for athlete’s intimate photos
DETROIT — Former NFL and University of Michigan assistant football coach Matt Weiss hacked into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes seeking intimate photos and videos, according to an indictment filed Thursday. Weiss, who worked for the Baltimore Ravens before joining the University of Michigan in 2021, was...
LSU ‘walking double-double’ Aneesah Morrow is closing out her prolific career in March Madness
BATON ROUGE, La. — When Aneesah Morrow, LSU’s prolific forward, is around her family, she’ll sometimes be teased about her prodigious appetite. “She can probably outeat my sons,” Morrow’s mother, Nafeesah, said with a laugh this week as she also recalled telling LSU’s basketball staff, “you won’t have a problem...
Freshman star Cooper Flagg is ready to go for No. 1 seed Duke in NCAA’s East Region bracket
RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke freshman star Cooper Flagg says he’s good to go after spraining his left ankle last week, just in time for March Madness. The top-seeded Blue Devils said Flagg will be active for Friday’s first-round game against Mount St. Mary’s in the NCAA Tournament’s East Region. Meanwhile,...
Skipping this year’s March Madness brackets? It’s not just you
WASHINGTON — In East Lansing, Michigan, college sports often dominate conversations — especially in March, when everyone seems to be filling out their NCAA brackets. Jessica Caruss would know; she has lived in the area for most of her life. She loves sports, and she’s a Michigan State fan, but...
March Madness: Xavier rallies to beat Texas 86-80 in First FourVideo
DAYTON, Ohio — Marcus Foster scored 22 points and Zach Freemantle added 15 while overcoming foul trouble as Xavier rallied past Texas, 86-80, in the First Four on Wednesday night. The Musketeers (22-11) erased a 13-point deficit in their biggest comeback win this season and advanced to play No. 6...
March Madness: Mount St. Mary’s beats American 83-72 in First Four to earn date with No. 1 DukeVideo
DAYTON, Ohio — Dola Adebayo and Jedy Cordilla scored 22 points each as Mount St. Mary’s defeated American University, 83-72, in an NCAA Tournament matchup of No. 16 seeds at the First Four on Wednesday night. The Mountaineers (23-12) earned a date with No. 1 seed Duke on Friday in...
Struggling with free throws, Wofford’s Filewich turns to granny-style — with help from Rick BarryVideo
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kyler Filewich doesn’t go to the free-throw line looking for style points, just those that count on the scoreboard for Wofford. That’s why the 6-foot-9 center from Winnipeg, Manitoba, asked coaches for tips, leading him to switch from the traditional shot attempt to a throwback style. Granny-style....
After a challenging season, UConn is hoping to make a run at 3rd straight national title
STORRS, Conn. — Not long after seeing the path ahead in UConn’s quest for a third consecutive national title, coach Dan Hurley was determined not to repeat the error of his ways. The last time the Huskies lost an NCAA Tournament game they had not gotten over a loss in...
Cooper Flagg has seized the spotlight all year, and he’s the biggest star heading into March Madness
A hobbled Cooper Flagg was determined to celebrate top-ranked Duke’s latest Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title by snipping a piece of the net, even after missing two straight games. So he crossed a sea of scattered confetti and began climbing a ladder, with fans, teammates and media members closely watching...
March Madness: Rick Pitino has No. 2 seed St. John’s back in NCAAs after latest coaching revival
NEW YORK — Standing in the middle of a sold-out Madison Square Garden, confetti sticking to his suit, Rick Pitino was asked about his remarkable basketball odyssey and latest Big East championship. “I saved the best for last,” the 72-year-old Hall of Fame coach pronounced, bringing a March Madness roar...
Last-second layup lifts Alabama State over Saint Francis in First Four
DAYTON, Ohio — Amarr Knox’s layup with a second left lifted Alabama State to its first NCAA Tournament win Tuesday night, 70-68 over Saint Francis in a matchup of No. 16 seeds at the First Four. Knox scored 16 points to help the Hornets (20-15) earn a date with No....
