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Next up for Duke is a trip to South Bend, and while Notre Dame has had a disappointing season, particularly since Markus Burton was injured against TCU on December 12th. Duke is likely to come into this game #1 nationally and Notre Dame is limping in at 12-15 and 3-11 in the ACC. Easy money, […]
Did you know Arkansas is a very good offensive basketball team? If you didn’t know before Saturday, you do now! The Razorbacks have the 4th best offense in KenPom.com’s efficiency ratings, and the best overall offense in conference play. They are behind Alabama if you include non-conference games, but against the rest of the SEC, […]
In Today’s Links: more on the Seattle Seahawks’ free agency situation, prepping for the scouting combine, and the draft; the possible numbers of a Kenneth Walker III contract, a bit on new ownership, and more. Still feeling it, on a Super Bowl hangover. Draft is soon-ish and the news will be ramping up soon. For […]
After the way that Carolina played the majority of the game against Syracuse a couple of weeks ago, you wouldn’t have thought there was any way that the Tar Heels would have been underdogs to the Orange. Of course they played that game with Henri Veesaar and Caleb Wilson, and going into the game no […]
It’s Monday, and it was another great weekend of basketball! March Madness is almost upon us and the NFL Draft is looming. News will continue to come your way, and we are here for it all. Check out our original coverage and what we can find from the World Wide Web below. Targeting rule to […]
IU basketball begins a critical three-game home stand on Tuesday night. The Hoosiers host Northwestern, which is 11-16 overall and 3-13 in Big Ten play. Tuesday’s game is set for a 7 p.m. ET tip-off on FS1: After back-to-back home ... The post What to Expect: IU basketball hosts Northwestern appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
On Saturday, the NCAA selection committee released its annual top 16 reveal. They did not have much to say on the Illini, but what they said about other teams can provide some insight into how Illinois will be valued by the committee. Illinois was 7th, behind a clear top three of Michigan, Duke and Arizona, […]
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Only one game Monday as Louisville heads to Chapel Hill with both traditional powers playing erratically. Louisville is 20-7/9-5 while UNC is 21-6/9-5. the Cardinals had won five straight before losing to SMU. Most recently they beat Georgia Tech. As for UNC, the Tar Heels are 2-2 since losing at Miami. The last three games, […]
Kansas Jayhawks News At least before being drubbed at home by Cincinnati, Kansas had a pretty good spot in the early bracket reveal CBS goes inside the numbers on KU’s Saturday loss And of course, Bill Self’s thoughts on the loss The KC Star asks if KU’s Big 12 title hopes are cooked Links! In […]
The 2025-26 women’s college basketball season will NOT smoothly slide into March. Instead, the second-to-last Sunday of the regular season for Power Four conferences sent a tremor through the top 10, as three top-10 teams were taken down. Here’s how Clemson, Virginia and No. 13 Iowa earned upsets over No. 9 Duke, No. 8 Louisville […]
Following last week’s brutal sweep at the hands of Georgia and Auburn, the Kentucky Wildcats are no longer receiving votes in the AP or Coaches Top 25 Poll. Meanwhile, the women’s team remained at No. 16 in the latest AP Poll. KenPom has Kentucky at No. 31. BartTorvik has the Wildcats at No. 39 in […]
Kentucky Basketball fans already knew that the team would be without Jaland Lowe, Kam Williams, and Jayden Quaintance. But on Friday night, there was a new concern, as guard Denzel Aberdeen appeared on the SEC Injury Report as probable. The reason? Illness. Aberdeen decided to suit up for Kentucky on Saturday night, and he delivered […]
In 2008, Duke ran into West Virginia in the NCAA tournament and, well…took a beating. West Virginia was physically more mature and significantly tougher. They were led by a reserve off the bench who would rise to prominence later, as the coach of the Boston Celtics. His name? Joe Mazzulla. He finished with 13 points, […]
I've been writing these NCAA Tournament analysis articles for decades now, and over the years, they've become increasingly routine.That's largely because the makeup of what was the Pairwise became more and more straightforward over the years.And now, with the move to NPI, the algorithm is entirely straightforward.For better or worse (and a few coaches, but not most, have said it's worse), the NPI ...
If you watched any portion of Juventus loss to Como over the weekend, you would have noticed that Kenan Yildiz was hacked at by opposing players — a lot. Some were called fouls, others weren’t, but either way Como players who had the task of trying to slow down Yildiz were doing just that by […]
Oregon women’s basketball split matches over the weekend against Big Ten midwestern foes. The Ducks ralled to defeat Nebraska at home, and fell short on the road against Indiana. Nebraska The Oregon ladies rallied with a strong finish in the fourth quarter to defeat Nebraska, 80-76. Janiyah Williams shot 5-5 in the game, and Katie […]
All good things must end and so Duke’s remarkable win-streak came to a close at Clemson as the Tigers won, 53-51. The streak, which started on December 4th, grew to 17th before the Tigers broke it – not that it was easy. Duke had a 39-30 lead going into the fourth quarter, but Clemson erupted […]
LOS ANGELES — Sunday was a day of celebration for the Lakers as they honored Pat Riley with a statue before, fittingly, a game against the Celtics. Even though Riley is with the Heat organization now, he made sure everyone knew the task at hand. “The time has come to kick some a–,” Riley said. […]
The Notre Dame women’s basketball team went to Dallas to take on the SMU Mustangs, and left 88-63 winners thanks in large part to a magnificent perrformance by Hannah Hidalgo.
EVANSTON, Ill. — Shooting clinic. The Illinois Fighting Illini came into Welsh-Ryan looking to complete the sweep against in-state rival Northwestern, and they did absolutely just that in very convincing fashion, as they pummeled the Wildcats 92-65 to improve to 19-8 on the season. In a game that started very foul-heavy, which played in the […]
Last week all four pro tournaments in the United States were won by Americans; this year it was just the ATP 250 in Delray Beach that featured a champion from the United States, with the four other tournaments going to international players.Sixteen-year-old Kristina Liutova, who was born in Moscow but has lived in the United States for many years, captured her first pro title, beating wild card
On Sunday afternoon at The Finn, Marquette women’s basketball gave up a 12-0 run to Villanova over about seven minutes of game time. That left the score at 14-2, and at the end of the period, it was 16-5 favoring the Wildcats. One of two things was then going to happen: Friends, it was Option […]
BYU picked up a much needed signature win Saturday when they beat Iowa State in Provo. The committee released its top 16 seeds earlier in the day, and Iowa State was the #4 overall seed and the final 1 seed. Three weeks out from Selection Sunday, BYU’s resume has mostly taken shape with some opportunities […]
UW met the Nebraska Cornhuskers at home Sunday afternoon and lost to them 66-65. The Huskies held a four point lead over Nebraska going into the last three minutes of the game, but slowly collapsed in the last few minutes. They had three turnovers in a row (two of which were from Sayvia Sellers), which […]