Big East Men’s Basketball
NCAA tourney star Braylon Mullins decides to chase national title at UConn instead of heading to NBA
The 6-foot-6 shooting guard made his announcement Saturday, April 19 on his Instagram account with highlight clips of his biggest shots and the words “unfinished business.”
Notre Dame and Villanova will play a men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader to open the season in Rome, Italy, a matchup the Catholic schools are promoting as a chance to celebrate their shared mission and heritage.
The blue-and-maize confetti was still flying around the stadium when a new tradition in college basketball kicked off without much fanfare. The transfer portal opened.
Dusty May cultivated a roster with few weaknesses in quick succession, bringing glory to the Maize and Blue.
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Arsenal are now just 270 minutes from lifting the UEFA Champions League trophy, but the Gunners must first scrape and claw their way past Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid in the semifinals beginning on Wednesday.
The situation involving Patriots coach Mike Vrabel has taken on a life of its own, due in large part to a string of questionable P.R. moves from the inception of the controversy.
Lester T. Jones Jr. had worked in the finance department and financed a luxury lifestyle through abulse of team credit cards.
The Lions added a couple of veterans on the defensive side of the ball on Wednesday.
March Madness 2026
The Wolverines survive a major scare from the Huskies but scrape by to capture the Big Ten’s first title since 2000.
Follow along for live updates from UConn-Michigan in the 2026 Men’s NCAA tournament final on Monday, April 6, including real-time highlights, scores, results, stats and more as it happens.
Cori Close and her Bruins etched their names in history with the program’s first national championship.
Follow live for updates from the South Carolina-UCLA Women’s NCAA Tournament Championship on Sunday, April 5, including real-time highlights, scores, results, stats and more as it happens.
Play-by-play commentator Ian Eagle joins the Dan Patrick Show to preview the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship match between Michigan and UConn.
Michigan overpowered Arizona early and humbled the ’Cats all night long, turning the Final Four meeting billed as the Game of the Year into a 91-73 Wolverines highlight reel Saturday night.
Tarris Reed Jr. had 17 points and 11 rebounds, while the fabulous freshman Mullins scored 15 for the Huskies.
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Michigan pointed the way on how to build a champion through the portal. Which teams will take advantage this offseason?
UConn guard Solo Ball will undergo wrist surgery and won’t return to the Huskies until 2027-28, the school announced Monday.
Val Ackerman, 66, has served in the role since 2013, presiding over the rebirth of the conference following the decision a year earlier for the Big East to split.
Staley released a statement on South Carolina’s X account on Tuesday in which she expressed her respect for Auriemma and said the two have spoken since South Carolina’s 62-48 victory on Friday night. The season ended with UCLA’s runaway 79-51 win over South Carolina in Sunday’s national championship game.
The big shots that propelled them to the cusp of a third national championship in four seasons simply didn’t fall.
Maybe a school really can build an ideal college basketball roster amid the topsy-turvy chaos of the transfer portal, paying players and top-to-bottom overhauls.
Michigan has been scoring over and swatting down opponents at a record rate during March Madness. For the Wolverines to go down as one of college basketball’s best ever, they’ll have to do it one more time by taking down a UConn program seeking its third national title in four seasons.
Two years after giving up a starting job at Michigan to become a backup for a UConn team seeking a third straight national title, Tarris Reed Jr. journey will complete his college career against the university he called home for his first two college seasons in the championship game.
Cori Close and the UCLA Bruins are going to have to work hard to repeat as champions.
UConn’s breakout star, Braylon Mullins, will try to take down the family’s favorite program with the national title on the line. But there’s no doubt where the family’s allegiance lies.
