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The top-seeded Purdue Boilermakers are heading to the Final Four as Zach Edey’s 40 points helped his squad take down No. 2 Tennessee on Sunday afternoon, 72-66. The stars for each team were on full display in this Elite Eight contest as Edey and the Volunteers’ Dalton Knecht traded buckets throughout the game. But while Knecht had 37 points on …

The Texas Longhorns and NC State Wolfpack women’s basketball teams experienced an odd discrepancy before their Elite Eight matchup on Sunday night. The NCAA was made aware that the distances of the three-point lines on each side of the Moda Center court in Portland, Oregon, were different. It was an issue that arose over the weekend via The Athletic, as …

LSU guard Hailey Van Lith came to the defense of her team on Sunday after a Los Angeles Times column described the Tigers women’s basketball team as “dirty debutantes,” saying that perception was “racist.” Before the Tigers faced UCLA on Saturday for their Sweet 16 matchup – they won 78-69 with Flau’Jae Johnson leading the way with 24 points – …

For the first time in school history, the UConn Huskies are in the Final Four in consecutive years. The top-seeded Huskies continued their March Madness dominance since their national championship last year with a 77-52 victory over third-seeded Illinois. With less than 90 seconds left in the first half, the game was tied at 23, and it looked like the …

After dominating March Madness last year, the UConn Huskies are doing much of the same this year. UConn won their fifth national title last year, and in their six games, they won each game by at least 13 points. They are halfway through going back-to-back, and in their first three games in this year’s tournament, they’ve beaten their opponents by …

Duke men’s basketball is back in the Elite Eight after outlasting a physical Houston with a 54-51 win in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament on Friday night. Houston’s top-ranked defense kept Duke at bay in the first half, but the Cougars suffered a tough blow when All-American guard Jamal Shead went down with an apparent …

Four-time NCAA Division I women’s basketball national champion Kim Mulkey presumably spent her Saturday morning putting the final touches on LSU’s game plan for their Sweet 16 matchup with the second-seeded UCLA Bruins. But just hours before tipoff, The Washington Post released its much anticipated profile of Mulkey. The longtime college basketball coach recently placed a spotlight on the article …

Louisville basketball fans are still celebrating Oakland’s upset of Kentucky, despite the Golden Grizzlies’ run coming to an end in the second round. The first real shock of March Madness came in the first round when Oakland topped the third-seeded Wildcats in an 80-76 victory behind Jack Gohlke’s career-high 32 points last week. Aaron Bradshaw, #2 of the Kentucky Wildcats, …

The Duke Blue Devils are in the Elite Eight, and Jared McCain has played a huge role. In the Round of 32, he went 8-for-11 from 3-point range en route to a 30-point performance. It was a record for most threes by a Blue Devil in tournament history. During the Blue Devils’ run, he scored an NIL deal. CLICK HERE …

Flau’jae Johnson, the 2023 SEC Freshman of the Year, delivered one of her best performances of the season Saturday when her team needed her most. Johnson’s team-best 24 points helped the defending national champion LSU Tigers pull away from the second-seeded UCLA Bruins for a 78-69 win in the Sweet 16. Angel Reese finished the game with 16 points and …