Virginia Tech men’s basketball coach Mike Young took a cheap shot at the Christian denomination group Jehovah’s Witnesses on Tuesday during a press call leading up to Friday’s game with the University of Florida.
Six March Madness referees were sent home after some of them violated coronavirus policies
The Atlantic Coast Conference has canceled its tournament semifinal game between No. 16 Virginia and Georgia Tech due to a positive COVID-19 test, quarantining and contact tracing within the Cavaliers program.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Duke arrived at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament hoping to make an unprecedented run to extend its long NCAA Tournament streak.
Creighton University has reinstated coach Greg Mcdermott only four days after suspending him for a supposedly “insensitive” comment.
Creighton’ Greg McDermott has been suspended after a post-game speech in which he told his players they needed to “stay on the plantation.”
ESPN’s Dan Dakich is being investigated after a college professor said she felt “violated” by Dakich’s words during a Twitter spat.
A college basketball coach is apologizing after using an analogy in which he told his players that they needed to “stay on the plantation.”
A congressional bill called the Amateur Athletes Protection and Compensation Act of 2021, introduced by Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) on Wednesday, creates a wide range of changes for college athletes from the current NCAA guidelines.
Tennessee Republicans sent a letter to all public Tennessee colleges and universities Monday, urging presidents and chancellors to take action against student athletes kneeling during the playing of the National Anthem at their games.
The Ivy League has announced Thursday that its conference spring season has been canceled due to fears over the coronavirus.
Bluefield college forfeited a game on Thursday after several players took a knee during the national anthem and were immediately suspended.
Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski made a personal phone call to a student reporter for the Duke Chronicle to apologize for an edgy exchange between the two at a press conference after the Blue Devils loss to Louisville on Saturday.
Exactly two years from the day he made the Oklahoma State (OSU) basketball team, Dee Mitchell received a surprise visit from head coach Mike Boynton, who interrupted his shift at Walmart to inform Mitchell that he will receive a scholarship for the rest of his time on the team. Mitchell, a junior, made the team as a walk-on in January 2019.
The University of Kentucky men’s basketball team received backlash from officials across the state who say the team’s decision to kneel during the playing of the National Anthem was offensive to the U.S. military and veterans.
In a video posted to his Facebook page Sunday, Sheriff John Root, along with Jamie Mosley, who runs the Laurel County Correctional Center, burned their University of Kentucky shirts in protest.
The Marquette men’s basketball team donned black uniforms and took a knee during the playing of the national anthem on Tuesday night, in response to the decision not to prosecute the officers involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake.
In what may be a first in college basketball, both Boston University teams wore masks when they took on Holy Cross Monday.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA announced Monday that all 67 men’s basketball tournament games will be played entirely in Indiana.
The NCAA has filed a trademark for the term “Mask Madness,” as a way to promote the wearing of masks during “March Madness.”
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida forward Keyontae Johnson is being released from the hospital Tuesday, 10 days after collapsing on the court at Florida State and needing emergency medical attention.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Mike White declined to do any postgame media interviews. He wanted to get to the hospital to be near Keyontae Johnson’s side as quickly as possible.
Wichita State University announced Tuesday that basketball coach Gregg Marshall will receive $7.75 million to resign following several reports of verbal and physical abuse, ESPN reported.
The University of Maryland-Baltimore County pulled off one of the greatest upsets in American sports history at the 2018 NCAA Tournament, knocking off Virginia to become the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1.
Duke basketball has announced that the word “equality” will be emblazoned on the backs of the school’s basketball jerseys for the coming 2020/21 season.
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship, has died. He was 78.
An organization of college basketball coaches is urging schools to dump the SAT and ACT standardized tests, because they claim the tests are “racist.”
Eddie Sutton waited so long to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He couldn’t hang on long enough to make it to the ceremony.
On Friday, Georgetown university announced that one of its legendary basketball players and current head coach Patrick Ewing, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The ACC, Big 10, Big 12, SEC, and Pac-12, all canceled their conference tournaments on Thursday.
March Madness may be played without fans after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that he is asking sports teams to play without spectators.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Third-ranked Kansas and Kansas State ended their bitter showdown Tuesday night with a wild melee in the disabled seating behind the Wildcats’ basket that included punches, shoving and at least one player threatening to swing a stool.
Wayland Baptist’s J.J. Culver became the fourth college basketball player in history to score at least 100 points in a game.
Police have released doorbell camera video which shows the events leading up to the shooting death of former college basketball star Andre Emmett.
MINNEAPOLIS-Now that, Virginia, is the way to close out a season.
CBS cameras cut away from the Texas Tech locker room the moment their head coach entered the room and began leading the team in prayer.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is offering to make one of his employees a multi-millionaire if they can craft the perfect Sweet 16 NCAA tournament bracket.
Bruce Pearl and the Auburn Tigers can be given credit for many things, after their SEC championship run. They can be given credit for winning the mental game. They can be given credit for winning the physical battles in the paint.
Every March, the inner fire of college basketball fans is unleashed as their teams compete for conference and tournament championships.
Basketball and soccer, are sports that are well-known for having players that will, shall we say, exaggerate their reactions to contact with opposing players. A practice known across the sports world as flopping.
