One year after Terrence Edwards and Chucky Hepburn played against each other in the NCAA Tournament, they are experiencing March Madness again as teammates at an entirely different school. This is college basketball in the era of the transfer portal.
Olivier Rioux, the world’s tallest teenager, is one of top-seeded Florida’s most popular players heading into the NCAA Tournament — even though he has to take the court.
UConn will open this year’s tourney against Oklahoma after a trying season that included a three-game skid at the Maui Invitational and no Big East titles.
All five starters that Oregon State put on the court for its regional final with eventual national champion South Carolina last year are back in the NCAA Tournament this season. None of them are teammates anymore.
Cooper Flagg will have to thrive amid the biggest spotlight of the sport in the NCAA Tournament, where college stars can become even bigger names amid the upsets and buzzer-beaters that captivate the country every spring.