LAS VEGAS — Gonzaga entered the season ranked 21st in the AP Poll and considered a quality team, but one that, if it had aspirations of being Final Four good, might have been a bit too lofty. The thinking was: With star point guard Ryan Nembhard gone from a team that had its worst season […]
STORRS, Conn. – In the last 30 years, only three teams have started a season with at least three of their first five wins against top-15 opponents, with all of those wins coming from outside. • 2001-02 Arizona• Gonzaga 2020-2021 And? These wildcats from Arizona. Tommy Lloyd’s fourth-ranked team joined the rare list Wednesday night […]
Dan Hurley, perhaps the best coach in college basketball, considered resigning from his work earlier this year. This according to a first-person account in his upcoming book, “Never Stop: Life, Leadership and what is needed to be great.” Hurley loyalty to the title did not stop – but he almost did that in the spring. […]
Getty images John Calipari makes his first trip back to Memphis as a visiting coach on October 27 when his Arkansas Razorbacks Penny Hardaway’s Tigers play in the St. Jude Tipoff Classic on the Fedex Forum. The Memphis Women’s team stands for Vanderbilt as part of the Double Header, with all the proceeds from the […]
The NCAA tournament stays with 68 teams – at least for another season. The NCAA basketball brackets of 2026 men and ladies will continue in their current form, with the decision to stay on a joint zoom call on Monday afternoon between the basketball committees for Division I and Ladies, sources told CBS Sports. The […]