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Mabor Majak Cleveland State

Video: Cleveland State uses 7-foot-2 player perfectly at end of game

Cleveland State kept its NCAA Tournament hopes alive with a thrilling win over Purdue Fort Wayne on Tuesday night, and some savvy coaching at the end of the game helped seal the victory. Cleveland State was leading 107-104 with six seconds left in …

Tom Izzo

Tom Izzo makes case for Michigan State to make NCAA Tournament

This is going to be the toughest year ever for the NCAA Tournament committee to select the field. Between odd schedules, missed games, and roster inconsistencies, choosing the at-large bids won’t be easy. But Tom Izzo believes his team deserves …

Dan Dakich

ESPN’s Dan Dakich deactivates Twitter account amid controversy

ESPN college basketball broadcaster Dan Dakich has deleted his Twitter account amid a controversy stemming from a Twitter argument with some Duke people. Dakich got into it on Twitter with some people as part of a debate over Jalen Johnson’s …

John Calipari at a press conference

John Calipari scraps plan to schedule extra game after latest Kentucky loss

John Calipari knows that Kentucky’s hopes of making the NCAA Tournament are almost non-existent. Kentucky lost at home 71-67 to Florida on Saturday. The Wildcats are now a pathetic 8-14 on the season and have no shot at making the NCAA …

Mike Krzyzewski in a suit

5 college basketball bubble teams in need of a big win

March 1 is right around the corner and plenty of college basketball teams are starting to feel the heat. Despite the strangest season we’ve ever see, with games moved, canceled, and heavily affected by COVID-19, the selection committee will still …

Roy Williams at the podium

Video: Roy Williams has hilarious response to UNC’s loss to Marquette

Roy Williams had a funny response to North Carolina’s loss to Marquette on Wednesday night. North Carolina and Marquette only scheduled Wednesday’s game four days ago. The Tar Heels have had numerous cancellations over the last month-plus …

Chris Mack on the sidelines

Chris Mack apologized to John Calipari over trash-talking video

Chris Mack apologized to John Calipari over a trash-talking video that surfaced on Saturday. Mack’s Louisville Cardinals beat Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats in December in the rivalry game between the two programs. Later that evening, Mack …

Jim Boeheim

Jim Boeheim offers strange defense of Jalen Johnson comments

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim is trying to do some cleanup on his comments about Duke’s Jalen Johnson. Johnson, a highly-regarded freshman, opted out of the remainder of the season last week, prompting Boeheim to say Johnson was …

Chris Mack Eric Wood

Wild video of Chris Mack with trash-talking Eric Wood goes viral

A wild video of Chris Mack went viral on Saturday. The video features Mack in the background as former Louisville football player Eric Wood talks trash to rival Kentucky. The video appears to have been recorded on Dec. 26 based on the clip of the …

Jim Boeheim

Jim Boeheim unloads on Duke’s Jalen Johnson for opting out

Jim Boeheim did not hold back his feelings one bit on Jalen Johnson quitting on Duke mid-season. Johnson quit on the Duke program this week despite the Blue Devils only having six more regular season games at the time. He seemed to be upset about not …

Porter Moser

5 mid-major teams poised for Cinderella runs in March Madness

Much of this college basketball season has focused on the typical blue-blood programs. That is the case every year, yet this year there has been a different reason for all the media attention paid to the usual suspects. Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, …

Duke Blue Devils logo

Top prospect Jalen Johnson opting out of rest of Duke season

Standout freshman Jalen Johnson appears likely to have played his last game for the Duke Blue Devils. As first reported by Jacob Polacheck and Adam Zagoria of Zagsblog, Johnson has decided to opt out of the remainder of the college basketball season. …

Chris Beard ejected

Video: Chris Beard ejected after hilariously losing mind

Chris Beard was ejected towards the end of Texas Tech’s 82-71 loss to West Virginia on Tuesday night after a hilarious meltdown. Beard was upset after West Virginia called a timeout after diving for a loose ball. Then with 23.5 seconds left and …

John Calipari at a press conference

Dick Vitale vigorously defends John Calipari against firing talk

Dick Vitale gave an impassionate defense of John Calipari on Saturday. Vitale was calling the Kentucky-Tennessee game on ESPN. About seven minutes into the game, Vitale decided to defend Calipari despite the Wildcats being a putrid 5-11 this season. …

Florida Gators logo

Keyontae Johnson’s collapse was unrelated to COVID-19

Florida forward Keyontae Johnson collapsed on the court during a game nearly two months ago, and there have been unconfirmed reports that the incident was related to him previously testing positive for COVID-19. Johnson’s family has now set the …

Cade Cunningham

5 best performing freshmen in college basketball

This might be the most difficult year for a freshman to assimilate into the college basketball environment. Teams are stopping and starting with COVID concerns. Games are being postponed and rescheduled. Everything has become uncertain and …

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