Duke, Arizona and Michigan remained steady among the top three teams in the Associated Press men’s basketball Top 25 on Monday, remaining off the court for two weeks until Selection Sunday. The Blue Devils, who moved up to No. 1 last week, received 55 of the 59 first-place votes, while the Wildcats received the other […]
1 Duke has a poor grip on the No. 1 spot in the country after a 77-51 romp over No. 11 Virginia. Isaiah Evans drilled five treys, and Duke’s defense just vaporized Virginia’s once rolling offense. Last week: 1 2 Arizona shows that it can win using different recipes. It has a pace-and-space setup that […]
Virginia and Kansas each have big chances Saturday to maximize their seeding potential for the NCAA Tournament, as the final day of February brings a college basketball schedule full of Bracketology implications. The Cavaliers are a No. 3 seed in CBS Sports Bracketology entering the day, while the Jayhawks are a No. 4 seed. Both […]
The 13th-ranked Michigan State Spartans will meet the eighth-seeded Purdue Boilermakers on Thursday night in a battle for seeding in the upcoming Big Ten Conference Tournament. Michigan State is coming off a 66-60 win over Ohio State on Sunday, while Purdue defeated Indiana 93-64 on Friday. The Spartans (22-5, 12-4 Big Ten), who are 4-3 […]
Getty Images UConn is once again alone at the top of the Big East standings. Did you see how the Huskies got there? They did this by embarrassing St. John’s, ending the Red Storm’s 13-game winning streak and to bully Tuesday Game of the Night. Final score: UConn 72, St. John’s 40. The Red Storm […]
Updated NCAA Tournament title odds are out as Michigan is installed as the frontrunner to win a national championship at the NCAA Tournament March madnesswhich would be the program’s first since 1989 under Steve Fisher. Saturday NCAA March Madness Bracket Seeding Preview prior to the Wolverines’ showdown during Duke and Houston’s battle with Arizona, three […]
The NCAA Tournament selection committee offered an early “preview” of the top 16 seeds for the Big Dance on Saturday. While the picture will immediately change as new results come in, the exercise provided interesting fodder for college basketball fans to digest. One of the biggest insights from the preview was how stacked the Midwest […]
Michigan would be the No. 1 overall seed if the men’s NCAA Tournament started today, and the Wolverines would be joined in the top tier by Duke, Arizona and Iowa State. The NCAA selection committee unveiled the top 16 seeds on Saturday, three weeks and a day before the official bracket is announced on Selection […]
The No. 1 seeds in Saturday’s NCAA March madness Bracket preview was Michigan, Duke, Arizona and Iowa State. While the first three were largely expected, Iowa State’s inclusion on the top line was anything but a foregone conclusion. Ultimately, the Cyclones (23-3, 10-3 Big 12) were awarded the honor by UConn and Houston by the […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue’s big three were the reason the Boilermakers were the No. 1 seed in the preseason. On paper, no one in college basketball had a more proven trio that had produced together. Add in one of the best coaches in the game, Matt Painter, and it made a lot of sense […]