The 2026 NCAA Tournament began in March. It ended in April. It belonged to Dusty May. Michigan completed the journey and stopped the UConn dynasty to win the 2026 men’s college basketball national championship. This is Michigan’s second national title, its first since 1989. Dusty May has earned every comparison involving Indiana football coach Curt…
INDIANAPOLIS – The best player on the best team in college basketball couldn’t hide his frustration. Yaxel Lendeborg hated that the knee and ankle injuries he suffered two days earlier prevented him from showing his All-American form with Michigan locked in a tight battle against UConn on Monday night and the national championship on the…
We haven’t even crowned a college basketball champion for 2026 (spoiler: it will be Illinois), and yet some of us are already looking ahead to 2027 March Madness. That’s what watching the best high school boys basketball players from the 2025-26 season at the 2026 McDonald’s All-American Game will make you. Advertisement I hope everyone…
Want more cover content? Add us as a preferred source in your Google account here. Long before March Madness reigned, the National Invitation Tournament was the largest basketball competition in the United States. Advertisement Established in 1938 by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association, the NIT routinely drew the country’s best basketball teams to Madison Square…
CHICAGO – Even in November, when the nascent college basketball season was just a ripple on the national sports radar, Michigan and Arizona were staring at each other like boxers in opposite corners, waiting for the bell to ring. Although their paths did not cross, they were practically mirror images, and their dominance was evident…
One of the longest-tenured head coaches in college basketball is on the move. On Monday, Saint Mary’s coach Randy Bennett agreed to terms to become Arizona State’s next head coach. He replaces Bobby Hurley, whose contract was not renewed after the season after 11 years on the job. Advertisement Bennett had been the Gaels’ head…
The ACC is a few levels below the SEC in college basketball and several levels below the Big 12 and Big Ten. The league had eight teams in the 2026 NCAA Tournament, and only one, Duke, reached the Sweet 16. However, this was a good year for the conference. How can both things be true?…
Everyone wants to win their March Madness bracket. But it’s important to remember that college basketball will look different in 2026. It makes sense to pick high-probability events in your bracket. There is no shortage of analytical resources, such as the omnipresent Ken Pomeroy. On my site, The Power Rank, the highest ranked team has…
The fate of Miami (Ohio) is one of the most shocking stories in college basketball as Selection Sunday approaches. While the RedHawks have won all but one of their games this season, the timing of their loss could prove fatal to their chances of a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Miami lost to UMass in…
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (AP) – Former Alabama player Charles Bediako, who has spent the past two and a half years competing in the NBA Summer League and G League, had his college eligibility temporarily restored Wednesday by a judge who prevented the NCAA from retaliating for his return to the 17th-ranked Tide. Bediako had signed several…
