As Al Davis sat down to reflect on John Madden’s coaching legacy, 30 years had passed since the Raiders’ first Super Bowl victory. “For a while, there were words that we and he couldn’t win the big one, because we had lost so many championship games,” Davis told me in 2006 during an exclusiv…
Two years ago, when Jim Nantz decided this would be his last time calling the Final Four — a farewell in his hometown of Houston — he knew it would be an emotional experience. But the legendary CBS play-by-play announcer could not have anticipated the flood of feelings that would accompany t…
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Keon Coleman had a difficult time watching college basketball this season. It’s not because he lost his love of the game, but Coleman made a decision in late December that he needed to put his focus where it belonged — on the football field. The football field is where,…
Reports: FAU coach Dusty May signing extension after Final Four run
HOUSTON — It didn’t take long for San Diego State’s basketball team to learn this is not an ordinary road trip. They got off the plane Wednesday night … and a deejay was playing music while they walked down a carpet to cheers from workers. “It’s been pretty crazy,” senior Matt Bradley said. …
One of the most driven and talented teams to take the ice for Minnesota in decades is seeking to bring a national championship back to the program for the first time in 20 years. The Gophers are going to the Frozen Four for the 23rd time. This will be their fifth appearance since the most re…
DALLAS — Brea Beal has left it all on the floor throughout her women’s basketball career for South Carolina.
Ticket prices on the secondary market are substantially higher for the women's Final Four than for the men. The women play in a much smaller venue. They also have more recognizable names in the their Final Four. Only UConn on the men's side is anything close to a traditional power. An all-session ticket for the women's Final Four was at least $475 on StubHub and $335 on Vivid Seats before fees. Men's all-sessions tickets were going for at least $65 and $66.
The college basketball season started with familiar faces and ended up with an unexpected Final Four. North Carolina was the preseason No. 1-ranked team only to miss the NCAA Tournament. Fellow bluebloods like Duke and Kentucky all fell out of the rankings at points. And reigning champion Kansas was among the first No. 1 seeds to fall short of making even the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight. The transfer portal allowing players to move freely is a factor in redistributing talent to quickly change rosters. That meant more opportunities for some and tougher roads for some traditional top programs.
DALLAS — As the University of Iowa prepares for its Final Four matchup against top-ranked South Carolina on Friday, the only two seniors on the Hawkeye women’s basketball team are preparing for something different.
South Carolina, Iowa stars prepare for Final Four showdown
DALLAS — Much like the vision that helps her compete on the court, Caitlin Clark prides herself on seemingly knowing things before they happen.
DALLAS — A big test on a big stage awaits the University of Iowa women’s basketball team Friday in the Final Four.
STORRS, Conn. — The UConn men’s basketball program’s third national title, in 2011, came after what many remember as one of the worst national championship games in the history of the tournament. Three-seeded UConn beat No. 8 seed Butler, 53-41, after the Bulldogs put together a record-low scoring performance. Butler shot just 18.8% from the field and 27.3% from beyond the arc, the Bulldogs ...
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Iowa vs. South Carolina
Indiana coach Teri Moren is The Associated Press college women's basketball coach of the year. She led Indiana to its first Big Ten regular season championship in 40 years.
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South Carolina is two wins away from completing the 10th undefeated season in women's college basketball history. The Gamecocks headline a Final Four that features tons of star power and the return of a school to the game's grandest stage in 30 years.
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Lieb played in 31 games in three seasons as a reverse center at Illinois.
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Iowa's Caitlin Clark is The Associated Press college women’s basketball Player of the Year. She led Iowa to the Big Ten tournament title and to its first Final Four in 30 years.
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FrontPageBets breaks down this national semifinal matchup between the ninth-seeded Owls and fifth-seeded Aztecs, who are both making their first Final Four appearance.
MIAMI — If tennis and pickleball are adversaries as some say — the traditional racket sport vs. the upstart with the funny name — then mark Sunday as the first major battle in the war, with the volley of shots fired in South Florida. John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and Michael Chang are retired tennis stars with 17 Grand Slam wins among them. But Sunday they will be on the other side ...
Baylor’s decision to let Kim Mulkey walk across the states lines over to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the rare instance where it’s perfectly reasonable, and embarrassingly indefensible. The Outfit is back in Texas, doing her “thang.” The NCAA women’s Final Four is in Dallas this weekend, and Mulkey is there. In her second season at LSU, the Tigers are in the Final Four. Mulkey is one of those ...
AMES — Jaylin Noel’s bigger, faster and smarter. He’s also seamlessly stepped into a leadership role as an Iowa State junior.
As Kentucky opened its spring football practice back on March 6, Mark Stoops said this about 2022: “There were probably things I could’ve done better, going all the way back to last winter. I’m not going to let that happen again.” So far, the UK coach is a man of his word. Last Saturday, Stoops was stewing after his team’s scrimmage. He talked of entitlement, of players not working hard ...
Iowa G Caitlin Clark wins Naismith Trophy