NCAABB

6:39 PM ET March Madness, has been a story of upsets in 2021. We’re in the second day of the round of 32 and it’s anybody’s guess who will fall today. Sunday saw the continued Cinderella stories of both Loyola Chicago and Oral Roberts. The 8-seed Ramblers knocked off Illinois, in a 71-58 win which

3:39 PM ET Davidson Wildcats men’s basketball star Kellan Grady has entered the transfer portal and will explore his options as a graduate, sources told ESPN. A 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Boston, Grady earned first-team All-Atlantic 10 honors as a sophomore and senior and second-team honors as a freshman and junior. He averaged 17.1 points

4:03 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Disappointment set in when Oregon’s first-round NCAA tournament game against VCU was declared a no-contest Saturday. The Ducks wouldn’t be going home, like first-round opponent VCU, which had multiple positive COVID-19 tests on its roster. But after spending days in the NCAA bubble, they desperately wanted to play. During a

4:28 PM ET Minnesota is expected to hire Xavier assistant Ben Johnson as its next head coach, sources told ESPN. Johnson will replace Richard Pitino, who was let go last week after eight seasons with the Golden Gophers. An official announcement could come as soon as Monday night. Johnson is a Minneapolis native who graduated

1:46 PM ET Portland is expected to hire Eastern Washington‘s Shantay Legans as its next head coach, sources told ESPN. Legans has been the head coach at Eastern Washington for four seasons, leading the Eagles to a Big Sky regular-season championship last season and a conference tournament title this season. The Eagles had third-seeded Kansas

11:16 AM ET Former five-star recruit Walker Kessler announced Monday he’s transferring from North Carolina after one season. Kessler released a statement on Twitter. “While this season did not go as planned for our entire basketball community, the relationships that I have been able to develop this year will forever mean the world to me,”

1:14 AM ET No. 12 seed Oregon State upset the fourth-seeded Oklahoma State Cowboys at Hinkle Fieldhouse 80-70 on Sunday night to advance to the Sweet 16 in the Midwest region of the NCAA tournament. Senior guard Ethan Thompson led the Beavers with 26 points on 5-of-11 shooting and seven rebounds. Oregon State also got

12:15 AM ET Sunday’s NCAA tournament second round was weird and wild from start to finish, with Loyola Chicago starting things off by handling top-seeded Illinois and upsets by No. 11 seed Syracuse, No. 15 seed Oral Roberts and No. 12 seed Oregon State to mean this week’s Sweet 16 will feature some clear underdogs.

10:31 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Oral Roberts pulled off yet another upset to become just the second No. 15 seed in NCAA tournament history to advance to the round of 16 with an 81-78 victory over Florida on Sunday night. Kevin Obanor and Max Abams carried the Golden Eagles out of an 11-point

10:13 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Arkansas men’s basketball clinched its first Sweet 16 appearance since 1996 with a 68-66 win over Texas Tech at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Sunday. The No. 3 seed Razorbacks were led by forward Justin Smith, a graduate transfer from Indiana who had 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the field, along

9:13 PM ET UNLV is promoting assistant coach Kevin Kruger to be the next head coach of the Runnin’ Rebels, it was announced on Sunday. Kruger replaces T.J. Otzelberger, who left last week for the vacancy at Iowa State. Kruger will be formally introduced by the school on Monday. Kruger, son of Oklahoma coach Lon

8:00 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Lucas Williamson helped Loyola Chicago take down No. 1 seed Illinois, the big-time basketball school in his home state. The Ramblers’ senior guard outplayed Ayo Dosunmu, the Illini All-American guard and his childhood friend and teammate. Loyola is back in the Sweet 16 of the 2021 NCAA tournament, three years

7:39 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Buddy Boeheim carried his father, Jim, to the Hall of Fame coach’s 20th Sweet 16 appearance, scoring 22 of his 25 points after halftime to lead 11th-seeded Syracuse past third-seeded West Virginia 75-72 in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Jim Boeheim’s Orange got the better of another legend,

2:35 PM ET The NCAA men’s tournament’s first No. 1 seed has fallen. March Madness brackets were busted from coast to coast and in nations worldwide when the Illinois Fighting Illini lost to the Loyola Chicago Ramblers 71-58 on Sunday, removing the Big Ten tournament champions and a popular Final Four pick from the field.

2:20 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Loyola Chicago carried out 101-year-old superfan Sister Jean’s plans to a T on Sunday, moving to the Sweet 16 with a 71-58 win over Illinois, the first No. 1 seed bounced from this year’s NCAA tournament. Cameron Krutwig delivered a 19-point, 12-rebound masterpiece and the quick-handed, eighth-seeded Ramblers

2:32 PM ET March Madness, heavy on the madness. The 2021 NCAA tournament has reached the Round of 32. That’s right, we’re only one round into the tournament and we’ve lost the reigning national champions (Virginia), a No. 2 seed (Ohio State), a No. 3 seeds (Texas) and two No. 4 seeds (Purdue, Virginia). The

2:18 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Joe Pleasant slowed his breath and calmed himself. In the most pressure-packed moment of his college career for Abilene Christian, Pleasant’s two free throws were perfect from a spot where he’d struggled in the past. When he intercepted a final desperation pass from Texas, then Pleasant and the

1:50 AM ET After two years without NCAA tournament action, the postseason party for men’s basketball has not disappointed. We’ve had thrilling overtime matchups. Plus, a few major upsets have unfolded in the last two days, too. In our attempt to reseed the field, don’t expect a ton of movement after one game (or none,