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Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterMar 22, 2024, 04:51 PM ET Close Jordan Raanan is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan covers the New York Giants. You can follow him via Twitter @JordanRaanan. Open Extended Reactions BROOKLYN, N.J. — There is something about the NCAA tournament that gets Ryan Langborg going. The Princeton transfer

Associated Press Mar 22, 2024, 05:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SPOKANE, Wash. — Auburn‘s Chad Baker-Mazara was ejected for a Flagrant 2 foul less than four minutes into the fourth-seeded Tigers’ first-round NCAA Tournament game against No. 13 seed Yale on Friday. After a lengthy review, officials announced the foul against Baker-Mazara and sent

Anthony Gharib, ESPNMar 22, 2024, 07:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions As March Madness begins, the top four seeds in the men’s tournament are the Purdue Boilermakers, Houston Cougars, North Carolina Tar Heels and UConn Huskies. Editor’s Picks 1 Related UConn is coming off a 28-3 regular season and won the Big East tournament on

Josh Weinfuss, ESPN Staff WriterMar 22, 2024, 02:36 AM ET Close Josh Weinfuss is a staff writer who covers the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL at ESPN. Josh has covered the Cardinals since 2012, joining ESPN in 2013. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and a graduate of Indiana University.

Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterMar 22, 2024, 12:47 AM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Sitting at the dais in his hometown’s arena, Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari was something close to shell-shocked after his No.

Josh Weinfuss, ESPN Staff WriterMar 21, 2024, 11:45 PM ET Close Josh Weinfuss is a staff writer who covers the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL at ESPN. Josh has covered the Cardinals since 2012, joining ESPN in 2013. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and a graduate of Indiana University.

Mar 21, 2024, 10:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions When it all began, Kentucky was dancing. Literally. John Wall, the five-star freshman and the anchor of John Calipari’s first recruiting class at Kentucky during the 2009-10 season, had gone viral with a dance that fans around the country mimicked. From there, it was the run

Mar 21, 2024, 10:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Jack Gohlke made 10 3-pointers and 14th-seeded Oakland delivered the first true shocker of this year’s March Madness, beating third-seeded Kentucky 80-76 in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday night. The Grizzlies (24-11) sent the Wildcats (23-10) to another early March

Josh Weinfuss, ESPN Staff WriterMar 21, 2024, 09:33 PM ET Close Josh Weinfuss is a staff writer who covers the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL at ESPN. Josh has covered the Cardinals since 2012, joining ESPN in 2013. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and a graduate of Indiana University.

Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterMar 21, 2024, 08:04 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — As the ball splashed through the bottom of the net in the first half of No. 11 Oregon‘s first-round meeting with No.

Associated Press Mar 21, 2024, 07:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Neptune will return for a third season at Villanova, where he succeeded Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright and followed with two straight seasons in the NIT. Neptune is 35-33 in two years with the Wildcats and has lost the opening

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMar 21, 2024, 05:19 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals

Associated Press Mar 21, 2024, 03:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Duke guard Caleb Foster will miss the NCAA tournament with a right ankle injury, coach Jon Scheyer said Thursday. The fourth-seeded Blue Devils (24-8) face 13-seed Vermont on Friday night in the South Region at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Foster has

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 21, 2024, 03:26 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions SMU has fired coach Rob Lanier after just two seasons, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The Mustangs’ season ended Wednesday with a 101-92 loss to Indiana State in the

Mar 21, 2024, 12:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The First Four gave us some quality appetizers — aside from Virginia’s performance, which was more like expired dairy — but the 2024 NCAA tournament truly gets underway on Thursday, with 16 first-round games over the course of 12-plus hours. Two of the most popular upset

ESPN News Services Mar 21, 2024, 12:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SALT LAKE CITY — Long Beach State‘s athletic director said the timing of his decision to fire coach Dan Monson was done with the hope it might trigger the exact run that led the team on its unexpected trip to the NCAA tournament.

Sachin Chandan Mar 21, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After three days of poring over your bracket and obsessing about which top seeds will fall to Cinderella, tipoff for the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament is upon us. You’ve watched our experts debate which team will cut down the nets in Glendale, Arizona, on

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMar 21, 2024, 01:28 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions DAYTON, Ohio — As an ugly game at UD Arena swayed back and forth, Colorado seemed likely to finish on the wrong end of it. All-Pac-12 guard KJ Simpson couldn’t