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Twelve men's basketball teams with the best chance of winning their first championship
Every trophy lift and banner drop brings tremendous joy to a given fan base. The first one tends to hit hardest, though. A program's inaugural championship takes on romantic and mythic qualities. It vindicates all that came before it. This is true…
History-making college basketball coach makes shock retirement choice
Butler University basketball coach Thad Matta has announced his retirement two days after it was reported that he would be staying for another season. The school revealed the decision on Monday morning, with a statement from Matta following shortly…
Butler men's basketball coach Thad Matt announces retirement
March 16 (UPI) -- Butler men's basketball coach Thad Matta announced his retirement Monday, ending a career marked by more than 500 victories and two Final Four appearances. Matta compiled a 502-223 record over 21 seasons, including an 87-77 mark…
Butler basketball coach Thad Matta announces retirement
Butler basketball coach Thad Matta, who won 502 games and made 13 NCAA tournament appearances in a career that also included stints at Xavier and Ohio State, announced his retirement from coaching Monday. Matta, 58, will remain with Butler as…
Women's NCAA basketball tournament betting: Odds, spreads, totals for every game
The 2026 NCAA women's tournament brackets have been revealed to the world, and game lines for the round of 64 and First Four matchups have been published as well. The defending champion UConn has opened as the odds-on favorite to win the NCAA…
March Madness: UMBC, Howard to tip off 2026 men's basketball tourney
March 16 (UPI) -- The UMBC Retrievers and Howard Bison will meet Tuesday in a First Four matchup, tipping off the 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The 68-team tournament's progress will unfold over the next three weeks, culminating…
What to make of Timberwolves' latest sorry stretch of basketball
No, the Minnesota Timberwolves are not tanking – at least not intentionally. Although someone unaware of the context of their past five games – they were crucial in helping determine the Wolves' spot in the playoff race, not the draft…
March Madness 2026 - How to watch in SA, start time, schedule, TV channel for NCAA championship basketball tournament
It's one of the most exciting times of year again as March Madness returns. One of the biggest annual sporting events is back, featuring 134 games across the men's & women's full tournament. This time around it's all on Disney+ too! That's right…
D-I men's basketball teams that have never made NCAA tournament
Since the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament began with only eight teams in 1939, there have been thousands of total bids - both automatic and at-large. Yet, several programs still await their first NCAA tournament appearance. For the 2026…
Rested and renewed, UCLA men's basketball readies for deep March run
Mick Cronin dispersed his team on Selection Sunday. “Go home,” the UCLA basketball coach told his players. “Get some sun. Relax.” The Bruins didn't get back to campus until a few hours before the NCAA Tournament bracket…
March Madness 2026 bracket: NCAA Tournament picks, predictions by top-tier college basketball model
The last time Tom Izzo and Michigan State missed the NCAA Tournament was 1997, so it comes as little surprise that the Spartans are included in the 2026 March Madness bracket. The Spartans are the No. 3 seed in the East Region and will begin their…
Multiple Future Duke Basketball Players Cement All-American Hardware
The Naismith Awards announced its Boys' High School All-America Teams on Monday. And three members of the Duke basketball staff's four-deep 2026 recruiting collection made the list. One such future Blue Devil, Blair Academy (N.J.) five-star point…
LISTEN: The Mecca of Basketball Is Back
Can former Mayor Mike Bloomberg's fortune help his former staffer, Micah Lasher, prevail in the wide open race for a rare open NYC Congressional seat, and mark an inglorious end to the Kennedy dynasty in the process? Does America's attack on Iran…
Oregon State introduces Justin Joyner as men's basketball head coach
Oregon State University president Jayathi Murthy and athletics director Scott Barnes introduced Justin Joyner as the men's basketball program's 23rd head coach on Monday, March 16 in Corvallis. A native of Northern California, Joyner, 38, is a…
My research on wheelchair basketball challenges one of the biggest assumptions about sex differences in sports
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Every March, millions of Americans fill out brackets and tune in to watch the NCAA college basketball tournaments…
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