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2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Invitational Tournament: How to watch
The 2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament is down to four teams. Kansas and BYU will face off in one semifinal, while Columbia and Wisconsin will clash in the other. Monday's semifinal matchups and Wednesday's championship game will…
A college basketball coach made 418 mistakes his first year. He kept track of all of them
Peak newsletter | A version of this story first appeared in The Athletic's weekly newsletter covering the mental side of sports. Sign up here to receive the Peak newsletter directly in your inbox. Thirteen years ago, a college basketball coach…
NCAA men's tournament: Rick Pitino's case for best men's college basketball coach ever
This St. John's team can't shoot. The Red Storm are 182nd nationally in field goal percentage (45.2) and 225th from 3-point range (33.2). It doesn't seem to matter. Rick Pitino's team (30-6) has been opportunistic, physical and fearless in reaching…
Iowa State Basketball Fans Will Love This Sweet 16 Bold Prediction
The Iowa State Cyclones are in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament for the third time in five years under head coach T.J. Otzelberger. They will be looking to advance beyond the Regional Semifinal into the Elite Eight for the first time. Standing…
Iowa State Basketball vs Tennessee Sweet 16 Bold Predictions
The Iowa State Cyclones have passed every test they have faced thus far in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Despite having their star Joshua Jefferson for less than three minutes, they defeated the Tennessee State Tigers in the Round of 64. Without him…
What Ronald Nored wants his Butler brand of basketball to be
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A new head coach for Butler basketball is in town, and it's former Bulldog guard Ronald Nored. Nored played for the Bulldogs from 2008-2012, and made back-to-back NCAA national championship games in 2010 and 2011.
What Labaron Philon Jr. Meant to Alabama Basketball This Season
CHICAGO–– Labaron Philon Jr. had a decision to make last offseason. If he remained in the NBA draft, there was a good chance that Philon would get drafted. However, he got feedback from NBA teams about things he could improve upon in…
Duke Basketball Makes Announcement Before St. John's Game
Duke basketball is a No. 1 seed in March Madness and a favorite to go all the way, so plenty of brackets will be busted if the team falls to No. 5 seed St. John's on Friday, March 27. The Duke Blue Devils go up against the St. John's Red Storm on…
Exclusive: Duke Miles Reflects on Vanderbilt Basketball Career
It wasn't as if Duke Miles was overly upbeat or entirely unbothered as he sat at his locker following Vanderbilt basketball's greatest heartbreak, but he appeared to be at peace. Miles wasn't tearing up or lost for words. Perhaps it ended more…
Robin Harmony Determined to Win With Pitt Women's Basketball
Robin Harmony, the new head coach of Pitt women's basketball, held her introductory press conference on March 27. Harmony was hired on March 23, 20 days after Pitt let go of the previous head coach, Tory Verdi. Verdi's final season with Pitt almost…
Iowa's Ben McCollum Could Be College Basketball's Curt Cignetti
Is Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Ben McCollum becoming the college basketball equivalent of Indiana's Curt Cignetti? That's a particularly bold query. For one, Cignetti is coming off an extraordinary run to a national championship at a school that had…
Everything Dusty May, Michigan Basketball Said after Eliminating Alabama
CHICAGO–– No. 1 Michigan is still dancing into the Elite 8 after blowing out No. 4 Alabama in the second half on the way to a 90-77 victory. Head coach Dusty May plus players Yaxel Lendenborg, Trey McKenney and Roddy Gayle Jr. spoke…
How to Watch Iowa State Basketball vs Tennessee in Sweet 16
The Iowa State Cyclones will be set to play their second SEC team in the NCAA Tournament, with a looming Sweet 16 matchup coming against the Tennessee Volunteers. Following a strong showing in the Big 12 tournament, the Cyclones have been able to…
Utah basketball loses another guard to the transfer portal
The slow trickle of players exiting the Utah men's basketball program continued Friday, as Alvin Jackson III announced his intentions of entering the transfer portal once it opens in April. Jackson, who signed with the Runnin' Utes in November…
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