Vince 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...
View ArticleMailbag: Where Oregon and Washington might fit in the super league, Pac-12...
<p><p><em>The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to wilnerhotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on the social media platform...
View ArticleAfter five long years at Connecticut, Paige Bueckers gets her moment
<p><p>TAMPA, Fla. – After such a long, winding climb to the top, what a luxury it is to spread your arms, take a breath and enjoy the view unburdened. As her college career was coming to a...
View ArticleFlorida returns to college basketball’s peak, rallying past Houston for first...
<p><p>SAN ANTONIO – The shorts were shorter than the parachutes with drawstrings preferred by college basketball players a couple of decades ago. The rest of this rhapsody in blue at the...
View ArticleFlorida overcomes second-half fouls, including 2 technicals, to rally past...
<p><p>Florida hung tough despite a host of issues in the first half of Monday night’s NCAA Tournament championship game against Houston. Despite being outrebounded, outmuscled and outshot,...
View ArticleGonzaga ranges from 18 to 25 in most way-too-early college basketball polls
<p><p>It takes a little longer scrolling than usual, but Gonzaga can be found in the bottom portion of nearly every way-too-early top 25 poll for the 2025-26 college basketball...
View ArticleMailbag: Schedule issues for the Big Ten’s western wing, Pac-12 media rights...
<p><p><em>The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to wilnerhotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on the social media platform...
View ArticleBest college basketball transfer portal fits: Who makes the top 5?
<p><p>College basketball players have until Tuesday to enter the transfer portal, and there undoubtedly will be more entrants leading up to that...
View ArticleChaos assessment: Spring transfer portal winners (WSU football) and losers...
<p><p>Approximately 2,500 players have entered the transfer portal this spring, a record number that stretches the imagination.</p></p><p><p>And that’s...
View ArticleFormer Central Valley standout Dylan Darling reportedly commits to St....
<p><p>Dylan Darling, a Central Valley High standout who played for Washington State before breaking out at Idaho State last season, has found his third collegiate team, joining coach Rick...
View ArticleShaqramento State or Shaq State? O'Neal becomes GM of Sacramento State...
<p><p>Rename the school Shaqramento State. Or perhaps Shaq State will do.</p></p><p><p>Sacramento State announced Tuesday that it hired outsized personality and...
View ArticleCollege basketball considering coach’s challenge, whether to use quarters for...
<p><p>Coach’s challenges may be coming to college basketball as soon as next season.</p></p><p><p>The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee on Friday proposed...
View ArticleNBA Draft deadline winners & losers: Arizona’s double whammy, SEC’s big...
<p><p>The transfer portal has complicated many aspects of college sports, including a seemingly unrelated event: the deadline for college players to withdraw from the NBA...
View ArticleCollege basketball 2025-26 outlook: Gonzaga at No. 19 in revised Top 25...
<p><p>Our ridiculously early rankings for the 2025-26 season were initially published after the national championship game two months ago. Then came a wave of transfers and NBA draft...
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