Category: NCAA Basketball

All Kelvin Sampson could do was stand there, hands on hips with a blank look on his face, as the ball bounced loose and Houston’s latest chance at a national title bounced away, too.

Kris Jenkins, who made the winning shot for Villanova in the 2016 college basketball championship game, is suing the NCAA and six conferences to recoup income he contends he would have earned if athletes at the time were not barred from making money from their name, image and likeness. Jenkins is among some 350 current and former athletes who have opted out of a $2.8 billion antitrust settlement with the NCAA that's on the cusp of final approval. NCAA athletes weren't allowed to make NIL money until July 2021.

This ending was gritty and ugly, just the way Houston usually likes games. Except it was Florida forcing bad shots and turnovers against the Cougars to finish off the national championship game.

The Gators fought back from a 12-point deficit in the second half to beat Houston 65-63 in the NCAA title game for the school’s third national championship.

Florida, Duke and Auburn have five players in USA TODAY Sports' post-NCAA Tournament NBA mock draft. See where they rank:

Jase Richardson of Michigan State declares for NBA draft on Tuesday.

When Eric Musselman was hired as USC's basketball coach a year ago, he'd end up starting basically from scratch with only little-used reserve Harrison Hornery hanging around through the coaching transition. Such is life in the transfer portal era ... Musselman's Trojans were already losing half the roster due to graduation/exhausted eligibility with starters Chibuzo Agbo (11.8 points per game, 4.5 rebounds per game), Josh Cohen (5.9 PPG) and reserves Matt Knowling, Clark Slajchert, Bryce Pope and Hornery all gone.

The Bucky McMillan era kicked off at Texas A&M with a lofty promise from the coach who raised Samford basketball to new heights.

The Maryland exodus highlighted by coach Kevin Willard leaving his Sweet 16 program for Villanova has trickled down to the roster.

Caroline Fenton, Ice Young, and Jason Fitz break down Florida's dramatic triumph over Houston and UConn's commanding victory against South Carolina in the NCAA Tournament National Championships.

Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman sees a world where both premier events happen in the same place.

West Virginia head coach Ross Hodge is forced to largely rebuild the Mountaineers basketball roster and the transfer portal will play a role in that. Huff started his career at VMI where he averaged 10.0 points per game average and then increased that totals to 15.6 points, 2.3 assists and 1.7 rebounds per game. After sitting out to due to Southern Conference intra-conference transfer rules the New York native averaged 17.4 points in the first season and then had 15.2 this past season while shooting 42-percent from the field and 41-percent from three.

The men's college basketball season may have just ended, but it's never too early to look ahead. Our projections for next season's Top 25.

The game was played how Houston wanted it. But it was Florida - with another signature comeback - that fought its way to a national title.

The end of March Madness arrived on Monday. Here are scores, highlights and more from Florida and Houston's NCAA Tournament championship game: