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Tariq Owens to play through ankle injury in championship game

Tariq Owens will play for Texas Tech in the National Championship Game against Virginia on Monday night despite his ankle injury. The Red Raiders senior forward injured his ankle and knee landing on his teammate in the second half of the team’s …

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Tre Jones will return to Duke for sophomore season

One of Duke’s one-and-done players will actually be back for year two. Guard Tre Jones will return for his sophomore season, the school announced on Monday. OFFICIAL: in 2019-20 pic.twitter.com/L98L6uFdqA — Duke Basketball (@DukeMBB) …

Rick Barnes

Report: Rick Barnes torn between Tennessee, UCLA

The mutual interest between Tennessee coach Rick Barnes and the UCLA Bruins appears real, but departing Knoxville is proving to be a bit difficult for him. According to Chris Low of ESPN, Barnes is “wrestling” with the decision to stay at …

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Report: UCF’s Aubrey Dawkins to enter NBA Draft

After his breakout game in the NCAA Tournament, Aubrey Dawkins is going pro. According to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, the UCF guard will forego his senior year of eligibility by entering the NBA Draft and hiring an agent. Sources: UCF's Aubrey …

Texas Tech

Texas Tech clearing scooters from streets ahead of championship game

The Texas Tech Red Raiders are taking every precaution available ahead of Monday night’s National Championship game, and that includes pulling the scooters off the streets. The school offers a fleet of Lime Scooters available for use, but in …

Jerry Stackhouse

Jerry Stackhouse says he turned down NBA interviews to take Vanderbilt job

Jerry Stackhouse wanted to coach Vanderbilt so badly, he says, he turned down NBA interviews to take the job. Stackhouse was introduced as Vanderbilt’s new head basketball coach on Monday, and said that he canceled NBA interviews he had lined …

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Bruce Pearl: Officiating mistakes are ‘part of the game’

Auburn coach Bruce Pearl continues to refuse to make any excuses about what happened late on in Auburn’s crushing 63-62 loss to Virginia in the Final Four. Despite the fact that Virginia’s Ty Jerome got away with a double dribble in the …

Report: Rick Barnes would accept UCLA job if offered

Maybe the report about Rick Barnes being a serious candidate for the UCLA job is more than lip service. 247 Sports’ Evan Daniels reported on Sunday that Barnes was a serious candidate for the Bruins job. We dismissed the report, thinking it was …

Lon Kruger denies report linking him to UCLA job

Talks surrounding the UCLA Bruins men’s basketball job continuing to heat up, though one coach is distancing himself from the position. On Sunday night, 247 Sports’ Evan Daniels reported that Tennessee’s Rick Barnes was a serious …

Kim Mulkey

Baylor coach Kim Mulkey celebrates title with baby grandson Kannon

Baylor Bears coach Kim Mulkey was emotional upon celebrating her third national championship win as a head coach. Mulkey’s Bears overcame an injury to star player Lauren Cox and beat Notre Dame 82-81 on Sunday in Tampa. Mulkey was teary-eyed …

Rick Barnes

Report: Rick Barnes is ‘serious candidate’ for UCLA job

A surprising name has emerged in UCLA’s search for a new head basketball coach. According to Evan Daniels of 247 Sports, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes is considered a “serious candidate” for the job that has been vacant since Steve …

Lauren Cox

Baylor star Lauren Cox taken off in wheelchair due to leg injury

Baylor lost one of their top players to injury during the National Championship Game against Notre Dame in Tampa on Sunday. Forward Lauren Cox suffered a left leg injury while moving in the key on defense late in the third quarter. She seemed to have …

Carsen Edwards

Carsen Edwards to sign with agent, enter NBA Draft

Purdue guard Carsen Edwards is entering the 2019 NBA Draft and signing with an agent. Edwards made the announcement Sunday by posting a statement to his Twitter account. pic.twitter.com/ni8Q1IVuns — Carsen Edwards (@Cboogie_3) April 7, 2019 …

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Duke’s Tre Jones teases potential return for sophomore year

Once expected to be a one-and-done player for Duke, Tre Jones seems to be hinting that he might be thinking otherwise. In an Instagram post on Saturday, Jones teased a potential return for his sophomore year with a very simple caption. View this post …

Virginia-Texas Tech championship game features record low total

As soon as Texas Tech beat Michigan State on Saturday to reach Monday’s national championship, many began wondering what the total would be for the game. After all, Texas Tech and Virginia are two of the best defensive teams in the country, not …

Six biggest takeaways from Saturday’s Final Four games

College basketball has been a roller coaster ride ever since Duke started the season by routing Kentucky in October. It feels like the five months since have contained ten different seasons, with teams pin-balling up and down throughout the year. …

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