Mar 23, 2023 ESPN Sports Betting After an exciting Thursday and Friday of college basketball action, we are down to the final eight teams in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. March Madness has lived up to its name, with plenty of thrilling upsets including No. 1 seed Alabama and Houston going home and great performances
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2:05 AM ET KANSAS CITY — Texas center Dylan Disu, who averaged 22.5 points in his first two NCAA tournament games, is day-to-day with a foot injury as the Longhorns prepare to face Miami in the Elite Eight on Sunday. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Disu started the game but played just two minutes in his
12:17 AM ET Sometimes, the NCAA tournament is full of surprises. And then there are years like this. All of the 1-seeds will watch the Elite Eight from home. All of them. The West Coast Conference, the Mountain West and Conference USA are still alive. The Big Ten and SEC, which combined to earn 16
11:27 PM ET New Mexico State‘s scandal-scarred basketball program ended its coaching search on Friday, officially announcing the hire of Sam Houston State’s Jason Hooten. The Aggies zeroed in on Hooten earlier in the week, sources said, and were able to close the deal despite Sam Houston’s attempts to keep him from its intraconference rival.
10:21 PM ET Perhaps we should have seen this sort of NCAA tournament coming, especially after a 16-seed and 15-seed advanced out of the first round for the first time in history. It’s only become more wild since Fairleigh Dickinson and Princeton won their opening games. For the first time in NCAA tournament history, there
9:09 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN LOUISVILLE, KY. — No. 1 overall seed Alabama, which emerged as the most dominant and divisive team during a turbulent 2022-23 season, sputtered offensively and found an exit from the NCAA tournament on Friday night. The Crimson Tide fluctuated between careless and reckless in a sloppy 71-64 loss to No.
9:35 PM ET KANSAS CITY, MO. — Whenever someone would ask Kelvin Sampson about the dream scenario of Houston, a top seed in the NCAA tournament, playing in the Final Four just 10 miles from campus at NRG Arena, he would not engage the idea and instead tell the story about the first time he
6:40 PM ET NEW YORK — Less than 24 hours after his historic Sweet 16 performance, Kansas State guard Markquis Nowell said his injured ankle is 85% to 90% healthy. However, he left zero doubt about his status for Saturday’s Elite Eight game against Florida Atlantic. “It’s good,” Nowell said. “It will probably be [better]
10:06 AM ET ESPN News Services South Carolina leading scorer Gregory “GG” Jackson II said Friday that he is entering the NBA draft after one season in college. The 6-foot-9 freshman said on Instagram Live that his year in college with the Gamecocks helped him mature. “Now, I’m declaring for the NBA draft, just like
1:36 AM ET NEW YORK — Before last Friday, Florida Atlantic didn’t have an NCAA tournament win in the history of its men’s basketball program. Less than a week later, the Owls have three — and they’re 40 minutes from the Final Four. FAU came back in the second half to beat 4-seed Tennessee 62-55
12:43 AM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Julian Strawther hit a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left to answer a 3-pointer by UCLA‘s Amari Bailey, lifting 3-seed Gonzaga to a wild 79-76 NCAA tournament win over UCLA Thursday night in the Sweet 16. The Bruins (31-6), the West Region’s No. 2 seed, stormed back
1:09 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Princeton coach Mitch Henderson has invited noted author John McPhee to be a book club guest and occasionally joins him for bike rides. Henderson frequently meets noted economist Gene Grossman at Small World Coffee in town. When Henderson had a chance encounter with Golden State coach Steve
9:28 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Markquis Nowell broke the NCAA tournament record for assists in a game with 19, his last two on spectacular passes in the final minute of overtime, and Kansas State beat Michigan State 98-93 on Thursday night in a Sweet 16 thriller at Madison Square Garden. Playing
8:22 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats said Thursday that he was not offended by comments Nick Saban made regarding Saban’s handling of a football player’s arrest, in contrast to how the top-ranked Crimson Tide have dealt with the controversy surrounding All-American freshman Brandon Miller. Saban on Monday
6:53 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Last summer, Kevin Durant made a trip to Austin, Texas, and attended a workout with the Longhorns. The time with the NBA superstar inspired the club, Texas interim head coach Rodney Terry said Thursday at a news conference before his second-seeded team faces 3-seed Xavier in the Sweet
4:37 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After having two key players work through injuries in recent weeks, Houston expects to be in a healthier state for its Sweet 16 game against 5-seed Miami on Friday. Marcus Sasser, who has wrestled with a groin injury for the past two weeks, and Jamal Shead, who had
Mar 23, 2023 One would assume an event dubbed March Madness has already created any and all forms of chaos, but this year’s NCAA tournament has generated sports betting history. For the first time ever, two underdogs of at least 15 points (Princeton and Fairleigh Dickinson) have won outright. Plus, 35 of 52 games (67%)
9:07 AM ET Providence has finalized a deal to make George Mason‘s Kim English the Friars’ next head coach, sources told ESPN. English will sign a six-year contract, according to sources. The school had zeroed in on English as its top target in the week leading up to Ed Cooley’s departure for Georgetown, sources told