The Alabama men’s basketball team advanced to the Final Four for the first time in program history. However, their historic season came to an abrupt end when they were unable to dethrone the back-to-back champion UConn Huskies. Here’s a deeper look inside their Final Four run: First Round vs. Charleston …
Read More »John Calipari Enters Arkansas Era
John Calipari has officially been hired as the men’s basketball coach at the University of Arkansas. This deal comes just a day after he stepped down as head coach at the University of Kentucky. Cal’s Kentucky Era Calipari was the head coach at Kentucky from 2009 to 2024. He led …
Read More »Legendary coach Tara Vanderveer announces her retirement
Longtime Sanford women’s basketball coach Tara Vanderveer announced her retirement Tuesday. Accomplishments With such an accomplished person where do you even start? Why not begin with the fact Vanderveer was inducted into the Naismith’s Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011. Beside the pro’s Vanderveer has been a successful coach …
Read More »Billy Donovan Expected to Remain With Chicago Bulls
Billy Donovan, former two-time national champion head coach for the Gators and current head coach of the Chicago Bulls, was asked Tuesday about his name being thrown around for the Kentucky head coaching job. While Donovan didn’t completely shut it down, he implied heavily against it. https://twitter.com/MichaelEppsTV/status/1777846387851325924 Coaching History & …
Read More »Arkansas Hires John Calipari as New Basketball Coach
John Calipari has signed a five-year contract with the Arkansas Razorbacks to be the men’s basketball head coach a day after stepping away from Kentucky. https://twitter.com/RazorbackMBB/status/1778060489127575903 He has a starting salary of $7 million per season. Included in his contract is a maximum of two automatic rollover years if the …
Read More »UConn Wins Back-To-Back NCAA Championships
The UConn Huskies defeated the Purdue Boilermakers 75-60 Monday to become the second team to win the national championship back-to-back this century. The last team to accomplish the feat were the 2006-2007 Florida Gators. The Gators that year did not just win the title back-to-back, but were the first team …
Read More »UConn Faces Purdue in Heavy-Weight Final
The UConn Huskies will square off with the Purdue Boilermakers in the Men’s College Basketball National Championship on Monday night. The Huskies are looking to repeat as national champions after a dominant tournament run, while Purdue hopes to dethrone the reigning champs. An Expected Meeting No national championship matchup is …
Read More »South Carolina Wins Third National Title Over Iowa
The NCAA Women’s Basketball season concluded Sunday afternoon with South Carolina (39-0) completing its perfect season and winning the program’s third national title over Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes 87-75. https://twitter.com/GamecockWBB/status/1777172154099843177 The Setup Iowa fell in last year’s title game to LSU 102-85. After beating LSU in the Elite …
Read More »Alabama Looking to Upset UConn in Men’s Final Four
Just two games stand in the way of UConn’s men’s basketball team from accomplishing a feat that has not been conquered in 17 years in college basketball. The No.1 overall seeded Huskies are seeking to win back-to-back national championships. However, a high-flying and explosive Alabama team will look to play …
Read More »NC State takes on Purdue in First Final Four Matchup
The last time NC State was in the Final Four was 1983, and they won their second national championship. As for Purdue, the Boilermakers are in their first Final Four since 1980, and they failed to reach the championship game after falling to UCLA. The Wolfpack and the Boilermakers have …
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