Spokane regional: UCLA, LSU anticipate physical matchup in Elite Eight
<p><p>It sounds cliche, but it’s going to take extraordinary effort to contain a generational player Sunday.</p></p><p><p>And it doesn’t just apply to 6-foot-7 UCLA...
View ArticleCommentary: Two veteran coaches moved with the times — and kept winning big
<p><p>INDIANAPOLIS – As his players did most of the talking, crowing about the merits of “Tennessee basketball,” Rick Barnes mainly just sat there. In quiet reflection, Barnes, the...
View ArticleSpokane regional: Paige Bueckers goes for career-high 40 points as UConn...
<p><p>Thinking of stealing a win from the UConn women?</p></p><p><p>Then don’t get your pockets picked.</p></p><p><p>That’s what happened to...
View ArticleDuke, Cooper Flagg shut down Alabama as 2nd top seed advances to Final Four
<p><p>With less than seven minutes separating Duke from the Final Four berth it’s been chasing all season, Jon Scheyer huddled his team and took a deep...
View ArticleSpokane regional: Without JuJu Watkins, USC leans on freshman to beat Kansas...
<p><p>The USC Trojans were playing without their first-team All-American guard. And their other star player was having an off game.</p></p><p><p>But a pair of...
View ArticleSouth Carolina women power past Duke to advance to fifth straight Final Four
<p><p>BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – It’s never about if, but how for Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks.</p></p><p><p>Yet again in Birmingham, South Carolina’s “how” was the same in...
View ArticleSpokane regional: No. 1 seed USC finds itself playing underdog against...
<p><p>On Monday night, Spokane basketball fans will get the Elite Eight matchup they dreamed of when the NCAA brackets were revealed two weeks...
View ArticleSpokane regional: UCLA marches past LSU 72-65, earns first trip to Final Four
<p><p>It could be argued that UCLA prevailed Sunday afternoon with its best player on the bench.</p></p><p><p>It could also be debated that UCLA secured its first...
View ArticleVince Grippi: Hooptown USA puts basketball reputation on display at...
<p><p>It’s often dicey to give yourself a nickname.</p></p><p><p>Ask George “T-Bone” Costanza. Or Star-Lord.</p></p><p><p>But when former...
View ArticleHouston locks down Tennessee to secure Kelvin Sampson's third career...
<p><p>In a battle of two of college basketball’s best defenses, Houston put together one of the most impressive defensive performances in NCAA Tournament history in a 69-50 win over...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament winners and losers: Top seeds dominate, SEC cashes in, Flagg...
<p><p>The SEC set records with 14 bids to March Madness and seven teams in the Sweet 16. It also obliterated the mark that matters more than any other: dollars...
View ArticleTexas tops TCU to advance to first Final Four since 2003
<p><p>BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Texas coach Vic Schaefer first met Madison Booker when Booker was a middle schooler. Even then, he could tell that the future Longhorns wing would be a special...
View ArticleSpokane regional: Paige Bueckers scores 31 points to lead UConn past USC 78-64
<p><p>UConn is more than Paige Bueckers.</p></p><p><p>USC knew that much going into Monday night’s Elite Eight game at the Arena. But what to do about...
View ArticleVince Grippi: USC fights to the end, but loss of JuJu Watkins proves too much...
<p><p>When the NCAA women’s basketball bracket was unveiled two weeks ago, this was the Elite Eight game everyone wanted to see.</p></p><p><p>The Spokane 4...
View ArticleA Final Four of titans is the last hope to save a forgettable March Madness
<p><p>The national pastime of complaining while being spoiled has enjoyed a revival this men’s March Madness, and now it’s left to the second Final Four with all No. 1 seeds to stem the...
View ArticleFinal Four showdown that pits Florida vs. Auburn turns close friends into foes
<p><p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Todd Golden would rather face anyone but Auburn in the Final Four.</p></p><p><p>Tigers coach Bruce Pearl knows the...
View ArticleWomen’s Final Four breakdown and predictions: UCLA or UConn? South Carolina...
<p><p>By The Athletic</p></p><p><p><em>The field is set for Friday’s Final Four showdowns. Writers from The Athletic break down the games and make...
View ArticleFinal Four picks: Duke and Auburn are the teams to beat
<p><p>The 2025 Final Four is the first in 17 years with all four top seeds participating and could be one of the most memorable in history, unless it morphs into a next-level display of...
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UConn routs UCLA in women’s Final Four to set up championship game with South...
<p><p>TAMPA, Fla. – Paige Bueckers came to UConn to win a national championship. The star senior guard has made it clear that is her goal.</p></p><p><p>Sunday...
View ArticleHouse vs. NCAA lawsuit: Addressing FAQs ahead of Monday’s momentous...
<p><p>The college sports economic revolution, which began more than a decade ago with Ed O’Bannon’s lawsuit over what became known as name, image and likeness (NIL), reaches its...
View ArticleDawn Staley critiques national ‘narratives,’ calls for equal coverage of...
<p><p>TAMPA, Fla. – Each of the past two seasons, an iconic women’s basketball player has entered the final weekend of the NCAA Tournament in search of a national...
View ArticleFinal Four: Houston stuns Duke, Florida rallies past Auburn to reach title game
<p><p>SAN ANTONIO — J’Wan Roberts extended his hands. Settle down, he said.</p></p><p><p>Yes, this was impossible.</p></p><p><p>Yes, this...
View ArticleCommentary: Kelvin Sampson and Houston did the impossible. They broke Duke.
<p><p>SAN ANTONIO – Like his team, Kelvin Sampson would not stop. He kept talking, sentences on sentences on sentences, answering questions that hadn’t been asked, delivering a most lucid...
View ArticleUConn women's basketball wins record 12th national championship with...
<p><p>TAMPA, Fla. – The drought is over.</p></p><p><p>Paige Bueckers’ legacy is set in stone.</p></p><p><p>The UConn Huskies are once again...
View ArticleHart goes out: Mt. Spokane grad Tyson Degenhart, Boise State's...
<p><p>LAS VEGAS — Tyson Degenhart could’ve easily chased the money.</p></p><p><p>Blue Bloods came calling, among others, but the Mt. Spokane...
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