Category: NCAA Basketball

The Dan Le Batard show discusses how the future of college basketball could be "heavily tilted" towards the Big East amid changes to revenue share and if there's a scenario where the ACC could merge with the conference.

The data told the story all year on Duke, Houston, Florida and Auburn. The Blue Devils, Cougars, Gators and Tigers had held the top four spots in daily rankings from KenPom since the first half of February, and their net efficiency ranks among the best ever charted by the analytics site going back more than a quarter-century.

Fittingly for an NCAA Tournament in which big schools from big conferences took record numbers of spots in the first week, then hogged them all for the Sweet 16, the last week will bring a collection of all four teams seeded No. 1 to the sport’s biggest stage to play for the title.

This year’s Final Four in San Antonio will be the second since seeding began in 1979 to have all four No. 1 seeds, joining the 2008 bracket.

The cold-shooting Spartans fell behind by 15 points in the opening minutes and never could fight all the way back against the top overall seed in the tournament.

Duke men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer joins Dan Patrick to break down his team's performance during the 2025 NCAA Tournament, his national championship run as a player in 2010 and more.

The futures of Jase Richardson and Xavier Booker, on different ends of the spectrum, are key offseason questions for Michigan State basketball.

The newest men's college basketball postseason tournament kicks off this week with the College Basketball Crown.

MSU head coach Tom Izzo falls to 8-3 in Elite 8 games as a result in a night that was all Auburn from the start.

Duke enters Final Four as a worthy favorite, but how can you ignore Houston's experience, defense and grit? Beware the upset!

Villanova scores 73.4 points and has outscored opponents by 5.9 points per game. Colorado averages 13.8 turnovers per game and is 3-3 when turning the ball over less than opponents. Villanova averages 73.4 points per game, 1.9 more points than the 71.5 Colorado allows.

Arizona State is 6-10 in games decided by 10 points or more. Nebraska has a 0-6 record in games decided by less than 4 points. Arizona State scores 73.9 points per game, 1.0 more point than the 72.9 Nebraska gives up.

North Texas Mean Green (27-8, 15-5 AAC) vs. UC Irvine Anteaters (31-6, 18-4 Big West) Indianapolis; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: UC Irvine and North Texas play in the National Invitation Tournament. The Anteaters are 18-4 against Big West opponents and 13-2 in non-conference play.

Butler ranks seventh in the Big East with 14.0 assists per game led by Jahmyl Telfort averaging 3.4. Utah ranks sixth in college basketball with 17.5 assists per game led by Miro Little averaging 3.0. Butler averages 73.8 points per game, 1.6 more points than the 72.2 Utah gives up.

Cleveland State Vikings (26-9, 15-7 Horizon) at Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (27-8, 20-3 Horizon) Fort Wayne, Indiana; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Purdue Fort Wayne and Cleveland State meet in the National Invitation Tournament. The Mastodons are 20-3 against Horizon opponents and 7-5 in non-conference play.