Dave Boling: David Riley might be a diamond, but if hiring process is any...
<p><p>David Riley looks legit. Credentials. Experience. Eye test. Local connections.</p></p><p><p>He would have been a solid decision if he’d been the first...
View ArticleWomen’s Final Four notes: How UConn mentally dealt with all its injuries,...
<p><p>CLEVELAND – UConn’s senior guard Nika Muhl talked Thursday about going through a period of shock then mourning when injuries started taking out her UConn teammates during the...
View ArticleHow a call with Nick Saban helped save Alabama basketball’s Final Four season
<p><p>Alabama basketball was struggling late in the season. The Crimson Tide were having trouble on defense and seemed to be limping to the finish line, with a one-and-done finish in the...
View ArticleN.C. State star DJ Burns is big, but his stature is only part of the story
<p><p>Since he was a boy, DJ Burns Jr. has stood out for his bigness: big personality, big body, big talent, big joy.</p></p><p><p>When he started traveling for AAU...
View ArticleSouth Carolina tops NC State in Final Four to reach NCAA title game
<p><p>CLEVELAND – The South Carolina Gamecocks aren’t done dancing just yet.</p></p><p><p>The national championship game eluded them last season. No more. This team...
View ArticleIowa holds off determined UConn to reach second consecutive title game 71-69
<p><p>CLEVELAND – A remarkable NCAA Tournament national semifinal and a controversial illegal screen call in the waning moments, saw No. 1 seed Iowa advance 71-69 over No. 3 seed...
View ArticleKey ‘Pac-2’ attorney suggests departing schools on the hook for damages in...
<p><p>The departing members of the Pac-12 will leave behind $65 million to the conference based on the terms of a negotiated settlement ratified late last...
View ArticleRedemption and revenge: For South Carolina WBB, rematch with Iowa is ‘what we...
<p><p>The last time South Carolina women’s basketball experienced defeat was 373 days ago in Dallas at the American Airlines Center.</p></p><p><p>South Carolina fell...
View ArticlePurdue is one win from redemption after beating N.C. State in Final Four
<p><p>GLENDALE, Ariz. – The road to redemption for the Purdue men’s basketball team will make a final stop in the NCAA Tournament championship game.</p></p><p><p>The...
View ArticleThis Purdue-Connecticut final has the makings of a heavyweight rumble
<p><p>GLENDALE, Ariz. – The sounds around this Final Four, they tell the story. This is an event for the ears, not sight, because the sounds are so unique around...
View ArticleSouth Carolina beats Iowa to cement its place in women’s basketball history
<p><p>CLEVELAND – Raven Johnson skipped over to Dawn Staley, toothy smile beaming, ponytail bobbing behind her, for a moment of celebration. This was exactly what she wanted. The revenge...
View ArticleCommentary: Decades in the making, South Carolina-Iowa final was a perfect...
<p><p>CLEVELAND – If the hair did not raise up on your neck, if something in your chest did not swell, you were insensate. This was a game that, for all the divided loyalties and warring...
View ArticleCollege basketball outlook: Duke, UConn top way-too-early projections;...
<p><p>Welcome to the Hotline’s early forecast for the 2024-25 season — a season notable in two specific regards:</p></p><p><p>• The new conference configurations,...
View ArticleArizona and former Gonzaga center Oumar Ballo entering transfer portal
<p><p>After two productive seasons playing for Tommy Lloyd at Arizona, center Oumar Ballo entered the transfer portal Monday.</p></p><p><p>Ballo, who began his...
View ArticleNCAA women’s title game sets new ratings record, capping historic run
<p><p>A historic season in women’s college basketball ended with one more record-breaking telecast. Sunday’s victory by South Carolina over Iowa for the national championship set a...
View ArticleWith air of inevitability, Connecticut repeats as NCAA tournament champion
<p><p>GLENDALE, Ariz. — If the NCAA men’s basketball tournament counts as one of the nation’s ultimate rodeos, then it just witnessed maybe the smoothest two-year case of bronco riding it...
View ArticlePac-12 basketball: Ranking the greatest teams since the UCLA dynasty ended...
<p><p>To honor the end of Pac-12 basketball, the Hotline plowed through decades of data to identify the greatest teams in conference history.</p></p><p><p>Well, not...
View ArticleDan Hurley: ‘I’m not going in the portal’ after repeating as champ at UConn
<p><p>GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dan Hurley found a good time to get into a dead zone.</p></p><p><p>“My phone has been SOS since yesterday,” Hurley said, in the hallway...
View ArticleEastern Washington standout Cedric Coward enters transfer portal, to test NBA...
<p><p>Eastern Washington guard Cedric Coward, a first-team All-Big Sky pick, has entered the NBA draft as well as the transfer portal.</p></p><p><p>The 6-foot-6...
View ArticleSouth Carolina and Iowa prove if 'given an opportunity, women’s sports...
<p><p>CLEVELAND — Everyone wanted to talk about the game, which was expected after the South Carolina women’s basketball team held off Iowa for an 87-75 victory and second national...
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