Alabama basketball is in the Sweet 16 for the second consecutive season under coach Nate Oats, this time trying to score a win over North Carolina in an NCAA Tournament matchup Thursday (8:39 p.m. CT, CBS). The Crimson Tide escaped the Spokane, Washington, pod with two March Madness victories over Charleston and Grand Canyon. The …
Yale continued the madness infiltrating the 2024 March Madness with another upset. The 13 seed Bulldogs upended 4 seed Auburn 78-76 in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington. Yale clinched the victory and the right to advance to the second round Sunday when Auburn’s Tre Donaldson missed a …
NASHVILLE − Tennessee basketball opened the postseason by playing its worst game of the season Friday and that’s the way it’ll go into the NCAA Tournament. The Vols couldn’t shoot, couldn’t stop Mississippi State in the SEC Tournament, and couldn’t keep themselves in the chase for the final No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. …
Tennessee basketball’s dreams of being a No. 1 seed were riding high entering Saturday. Then Kentucky and Reed Sheppard walked into Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center with a 3-point flamethrower and left those dreams of a top spot uncertain. Dalton Knecht had his first career 40-point game in his final home game for the …
LEXINGTON — Kentucky basketball winning its ninth national championship would be a dream come true for the team’s fervent fan base. It also would be the worst nightmare for two of America’s largest sportsbooks. The Wildcats are the biggest liability for BetMGM and DraftKings. At BetMGM, UK leads the country in ticket percentage (the percent …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — No questions surrounding the 2023-24 Kentucky basketball team have lingered longer than the ones centered on Justin Edwards. When will Edwards, the player considered the crown jewel of the Wildcats’ top-ranked freshman class, finally get going? When will he showcase the traits that made some proclaim he could be the No. 1 …
TUSCALOOSA — Bruce Pearl has often been cranky after Auburn basketball games this season. He’s expressed admiration for his team’s ability to bounceback from a road loss at Appalachian State on Dec. 3 and rattle off 11 straight victories, but the manner in which the Tigers secured those wins frequently left him miffed. Auburn outscored …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The inbound play couldn’t have developed more perfectly for Kentucky. Star freshman guard Reed Sheppard was wide open under the basket. All he had to do was lay it in. But he didn’t give it enough effort, as his shot barely grazed the iron with 27 seconds remaining in Tuesday’s first half. …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Auburn football came into the Music City Bowl with momentum. The Tigers are a little more than a week removed from signing 18 scholarship recruits in the Class of 2024, a haul that currently ranks No. 7 in the country and is good for a team score from 247Sports of 282.19, the …
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Clemson football’s mission in Friday’s Gator Bowl game against Kentucky is two-fold: Close the season with a five-game winning streak and post at least nine victories for a 13th consecutive year. The Tigers (8-4) and Wildcats (7-5) will tangle for the first time since Clemson claimed a 21-13 victory in the 2009 …