March Madness

Nevada Wolfpack forwards Caleb Martin (10) and Cody Martin (11) during a game against UNLV at Thomas and Mack Arena in Las Vegas. (Image: AP)

Mid-Majors Watch: No. 6 Nevada Wolfpack Led by the Martin Twins

The Nevada Wolfpack improved to 21-1 this week and moved up two spots with the #6 overall ranking in the latest AP Poll for mens college basketball. With both Michigan (20-2) and Michigan State (18-4) losing this week, Nevada jumped from #8 to #6 overall. Nevada started the season ranked […]

Buffalo Bulls guard CJ Massinburg drives around West Virginia's Chase Harler in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Image: Ben Queen/USA Today Sports)

Mid-Majors to Watch: Buffalo Bulls from the MAC Start Season 17-1

After starting the season 17-1, the Buffalo Bulls were ranked #16 this week by the college basketball AP Poll. The high-scoring Buffalo Bulls are averaging 84.6 points per game and led by senior CJ Massinburg. The 6-foot-3 guard averages 18.1 points this season and hitting nearly 42 percent of his […]

Michigan guards Eli Brooks (55) and Zavier Simpsons (3) with head coach John Beilein (right) during a home game in Ann Arbor. (Image: Rick Osentoski/USA Today Sports)

Michigan Starts College Basketball Season with 15-0 Record

The #2 Michigan Wolverines started the basketball season with a 15-0 record, and aside from their loss to Villanova in the NCAA Championship game last spring, the Wolverines are 29-1 over their last 30 games dating back to February 2018. The Wolverines are only one win away from tying their […]

Steve Alford on the sidelines for a UCLA Bruins home game in Los Angeles. (Image: Gary A. Vasquez/USA TODAY Sports)

UCLA Terminates Hoops Coach Steve Alford

After losing four straight games, UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero terminated men’s basketball coach, Steve Alford. Since 2013, Alford guided the Bruins to a 124-63 record with three Sweet 16 appearances and four March Madness appearances. As an #11 seed in the 2018 tournament, UCLA was bounced in the First […]

Vernon Carey Jr, from University Prep, drives by a Gulliver Prep player during the Hoophall Miami Showcase in Miami last year. (Image: Jasen Vinlove/USA Today)

Vernon Carey, Jr., the No. 2 High School Recruit in Nation, Picks Duke

Top-ranked recruit Vernon Carey, Jr, a 6-foot-10 center from NSU University Prep School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, declared his intentions to attend Duke University next year. Carey is considered the second-best center in the country behind James Wiseman. Two weeks ago, Wiseman announced he would stay in Memphis and play […]

Kansas Jayhakws ranked #1 in the preseason poll (Image: Getty)

Kansas Jayhawks Ranked No. 1 in Preseason College Basketball AP Poll

The Kansas Jayhawks are ranked #1 as the top team in men’s college basketball by the preseason AP Poll. The first poll of the year ranked Villanova, the defending champion, as ninth overall. Top Ranking for Kansas Kansas received 37 first-place votes, nearly twice as many as Kentucky. Villanova, the […]

Duke lost three of its five starters from the 2018 team, but is a favorite to win the 2019 NCAA basketball championship. (Image: AP)

Duke Early Favorite to Win 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship

Duke is the favorite to win the NCAA Men’s basketball championship in 2019, according to the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, even though the Blue Devils will be losing several starters. They’re listed at 5/1 to triumph in next year’s March Madness. Defending champs Villanova opened as 8/1 picks, the same […]

Villanova’s Dominic DiVincenzo is mobbed by teammates after the team won the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. (Image: USA Today Sports)

Villanova Dominates Michigan in NCAA Tournament Finals, 79-62

It isn’t that Villanova won its second NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in three years, it’s how overpowering they were in doing so. Monday’s 79-62 victory over Michigan was just the coronation after ruling over all of their competition throughout March Madness. The Wildcats won all six of their games by […]

Jalen Brunson was named player of the year by the AP, but he is just one of many offensive weapons Villanova brings into the national championship game. (Image: Elsa/Getty)

Villanova Huge Favorite Against Michigan in National Championship Game

The Villanova Wildcats will be looking to earn their second national championship in three years when they take on the Michigan Wolverines Monday night in the finals of the NCAA Tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio. While March Madness has been full of surprises throughout the tournament, Villanova (35-4) […]

Kansas will have to have one of their best games of the year if they expect to upset Villanova on Saturday. (Image: USA Today Sports)

Final Four: Is Villanova-Kansas the Real National Championship Game?

Villanova and Kansas are meeting in one of the Final Four semifinal games, but it might just be the real title game. Oddsmakers have these two as the favorites to win, regardless of who the winner of this matchup ultimately faces in the championship game. Villanova and Kansas are both […]

Loyola-Chicago has been the biggest story of the NCAA Tournament so far, but Michigan will hope to end their run in the Final Four. (Image: AP/David Goldman)

Michigan Hoping to End Loyola-Chicago Cinderella Story in Final Four

Another chapter will be written in one of the most memorable Cinderella stories in recent NCAA Tournament history on Saturday, as Loyola-Chicago takes on the University of Michigan at the Final Four in San Antonio. The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (32-5) may have come into the tournament as the South region’s No. […]

There are three prop bets being offered on Loyola-Chicago’s popular team chaplain Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt. (Image: USA Today Sports)

Loyola-Chicago’s Sister Jean Becomes Exotic Darling of Final Four Prop Bets

While Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt might be preoccupied praying for her Loyola-Chicago team in the NCAA Tournament, sportsbooks have been busy including her in their slate of Final Four prop bets. The 98-year-old team chaplain has been a fixture on the Ramblers sideline, and now she’s getting attention from internet […]

All four No. 1 seeds have reached the Final Four of the Women’s NCAA Tournament, with the UConn Huskies leading the way. (Image: Frank Franklin II/AP)

Chalk Rises to Top: Women’s Final Four Features All No. 1 Seeds

There may have been some upsets along the way, but the Final Four of the Women’s NCAA Tournament will feature the teams that have been on everyone’s radar all year long, as all four No. 1 seeds have reached the national semifinals. Some of the favorites have hardly been challenged […]