ESPN’s Mike Greenberg made the hot-take rounds on Monday when he said that the UConn men’s basketball team are “an NBA team.” Greenberg even asked his “Get Up” cohosts Jay Williams and Seth Greenberg if the defending national champs could make the NBA playoffs (he has since said he was joking). The Huskies have obliterated their March Madness competition dating …
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UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma put the rest of the teams left in the NCAA Tournament on notice Monday night following the Huskies’ 72-64 victory over Syracuse. Paige Bueckers scored 32 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had six assists in the win. With that performance, Auriemma reminded the country who he thought the best women’s basketball player in the …
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Utah women’s basketball team members were on the receiving end of racial slurs as they were walking from their hotel to a restaurant, an Idaho official said Tuesday. Tony Stewart, who was with the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations, said at a news conference that a truck with a Confederate flag drove up near the members and used …
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The lady Hawkeyes are off to the Sweet 16, but many think they got plenty of help from referees. Caitlin Clark dropped 32 points in the 64-54 victory, pulling away from a No. 8 West Virginia team that had the game tied at 52 with 2:58 to go. Iowa outscored the Mountaineers, 12-2, in the final to earn the victory, …
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The UConn Huskies started the 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament hot out of the gate. The Huskies made quick work of the No. 16-seeded Stetson Hatters and made it look easy against No. 8 Northwestern in the round of 32. The Huskies will now have a national championship rematch against No. 5 San Diego State in the Sweet 16. CLICK …
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Utah women’s basketball coach Lynne Roberts said Monday her team was forced to change hotels upon arriving for the NCAA Tournament over “racial hate crimes.” Roberts made the revelation after the team lost to Gonzaga in the second round of the tournament. She said the incidents occurred Thursday night after the team arrived in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, for the games …
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NEW YORK – Dan Hurley wants everyone to know that the Big East was robbed. On Sunday, after seeing the performances of his conference as opposed to others, the UConn head coach said he wasn’t pleased with the committee’s decision to exclude Big East teams, notably St. John’s and Seton Hall. “Look what we’ve done in non-conference games. Seton Hall …
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West Virginia women’s basketball coach Mark Kellogg toned down some of the trash talk about Iowa and Caitlin Clark, as the No. 8-seeded Mountaineers are set to take on the Hawkeyes in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Kellogg was heard telling players and their families at a Selection Sunday watch party they were looking to send Clark “packing” …
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West Virginia tapped Drake basketball coach Darian DeVries on Sunday to move the Mountaineers past one of the ugliest years in school history. DeVries signed a five-year contract, athletic director Wren Baker said. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. DeVries’ hiring came three days after Drake bowed out of the NCAA Tournament with a first-round loss to Washington State. “Coach …
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The biggest story about the LSU women’s basketball team as March Madness is well underway has not been about their performance on the court, but rather comments made by their head coach, Kim Mulkey, regarding a rumored hit piece that she expects to be published. Mulkey made waves during her opening statement at a press conference before the Tigers’ second …
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