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Marques Townes deals with cramps in Final Four game

Marques Townes briefly exited Saturday’s Final Four game against Michigan with cramping in his leg. Townes attempted and missed a 3-pointer with around eight minutes left in the game and went down to the ground. The Loyola Chicago guard exited …

Joe Maddon

Joe Maddon supports Loyola, wants to meet Sister Jean

Chicago sports are rallying around Loyola on their run to the Final Four, and that includes the Cubs. Cubs manager Joe Maddon donned a Loyola shirt for his pre-game availability on Saturday, and he voiced interest in meeting Sister Jean, the team …

Richard Pitino

Richard Pitino defends father Rick, says he ‘wants to still coach’

We’ve heard a bit from former Louisville coach Rick Pitino since he was terminated by the Cardinals, but now his son Richard is speaking out about his past and future. Richard Pitino, the head coach at Minnesota, defended his father, saying all …

Jim Boeheim

Jim Boeheim critical of top recruit Bazley’s decision to skip college, go to G-League

Jim Boeheim does not sound too thrilled that top recruit Darius Bazley chose to decommit from his program. In an appearance Friday on “ESPN Afternoons with Scott Anez” on 580AM in Orlando, the Syracuse head coach was critical of …

Rick Pitino

Report: New Zealand basketball team offers Rick Pitino coaching job

Rick Pitino’s coaching career in the United States appears pretty shot, so he may have to look overseas. If he wants to, though, he’ll reportedly have the opportunity. According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, the NBL’s New …

Bill Self

Bill Self weighs in on high schoolers going straight to G League

Highly-rated recruit Darius Bazley became the first player to opt to skip college and go straight to the G League, which could have serious repercussions going forward. Kansas coach Bill Self is worried — not for college athletics, but for kids …

Sister Jean thinks God is a basketball fan, prefers NCAA over NBA

Sister Jean believes God enjoys a good basketball game as much as the rest of us, but the 98-year-old Loyola Chicago team chaplain believes the man upstairs has a preference when it comes to collegiate athletics vs. professional. Meeting with …

Jaren Jackson

Jaren Jackson still considering return to Michigan State

Jaren Jackson Jr is still considering his future and has not decided whether he will return to school for his sophomore season or enter the NBA draft. Jackson’s father, former NBA player Jaren Sr., told the Detroit Free Press’ Chris …

10 most important players of the Final Four

Four teams are left standing as the NCAA Tournament shifts to San Antonio. The presence of top-seeded Kansas and Villanova can’t come as a huge surprise given their talent and the success of their programs. Michigan’s presence is a bit …

UMBC win

UMBC honored by county, Orioles for upset win

UMBC’s men’s basketball team is being honored in Baltimore for their history-making performance during this year’s NCAA Tournament. The Retrievers became the first No. 16 seed to take down a No. 1 seed in the men’s tournament …

Report: Chris Mack agrees to deal with Louisville worth $4 million per year

Chris Mack has reportedly agreed to a deal with Louisville to become the school’s next men’s basketball coach. According to ESPN’s Jeff Goodman, Mack has reached a seven-year deal with Louisville that is expected to pay him around …

Kevin Knox

Father suggests Kevin Knox could return to Kentucky

The father of Kentucky star Kevin Knox is providing Wildcats fans with some optimism about his son’s potential return for a sophomore season. Knox led Kentucky in scoring this season as a freshman, averaging 15.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per …

Aaron Holiday

UCLA’s Aaron Holiday declares for NBA Draft

UCLA Bruins guard Aaron Holiday announced on Monday that he will leave school to enter the NBA Draft. Holiday, who just completed his junior season with the Bruins, shared the following note on Twitter in which he thanked many for helping and …

Ryan Odom

Ryan Odom will stay at UMBC

UMBC will be keeping its coach for the foreseeable future. Retrievers coach Ryan Odom has brushed aside interest from Middle Tennessee State to stay with UMBC on an amended contract, according to ESPN’s Jeff Goodman. UMBC coach Ryan Odom has …

Jay Wright

Jay Wright hints on Twitter that Pope Francis is Villanova fan

Villanova head coach Jay Wright is hoping for a holy hand in the Final Four. Wright took to Twitter on Monday to post a picture of Pope Francis holding up two fingers with a Nova logo edited in — the implication being that the Holy Father was …

Florida Gators mascot

Mike White, LaVall Jordan book Florida-Butler home-and-home via Twitter

Social media has allowed us to do a lot of things we couldn’t before, and that apparently includes booking home-and-home basketball games. That’s what Butler coach LaVall Jordan and Florida coach Mike White did on Monday as a means to set …

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