Category: NCAA Basketball

Florida and Houston play very different styles. The team that able to dictate how the NCAA men's tournament title game is played has a big advantage.

Hours before college basketball crowns its next champion, the future of college sports will be hanging in the balance in a California courtroom. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken's scheduled hearing Monday in a courtroom in Oakland is expected to be the last one before the changes will truly begin under an industry-changing, $2.8 billion settlement of a five-year-old lawsuit against the NCAA and the nation's largest conferences. Among other things, it will clear the way for schools to pay up to $20.5 million each with their athletes.

West Virginia has added the first basketball transfer under new head coach Ross Hodge in UNC Wilmington center Harlan Obioha per a report.The news was first reported by Pete Thamel of ESPN.Obioha, 7-foot-0, 280-pounds, averaged 9.

Onyeka Okongwu had 27 points and 12 rebounds, Trae Young added 23 points and 15 assists and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Jazz 147-134 on Sunday night, extending Utah's losing streak to nine games. Caris LeVert scored 21, Dyson Daniels 19 and Vit Krejci made five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points on 6-of-6 shooting for the Hawks, who never trailed. Young set up Okongwu for a layup and then fed Terance Mann for a three-point play to spark a 9-0 run that made it 131-114 when Mann threw down a put-back dunk with 7:54 to play.

Senior Brice Williams scored 21 points to set the single-season scoring record for Nebraska and the Cornhuskers out-rallied UCF for a 77-66 victory in the championship game of the College Basketball Crown at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday. Williams made 6 of 14 shots with three 3-pointers and 6 of 8 free throws for Nebraska (21-14). Connor Essegian sank 8 of 16 shots with four 3-pointers, also scoring 21 for the Cornhuskers.

J'Wan Roberts has been at Houston for six seasons and played in 149 wins for the Cougars. Win one more time in his final game Monday night against Florida, and the Cougars will be first-time national champions. “So for us to actually get to the national championship, and won like the way we did last night, is kind of crazy.”

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, basketball analyst Isis ‘Ice’ Young and former Big 12 player of the year Marcus Morris Sr. look ahead to Monday night's title game between two teams who have been ranked amongst the best in the nation all season long.

Alijah Martin never really liked talking too much about his first Final Four experience because of the heartbreaking way it ended with Florida Atlantic two years ago. Now in what will be the graduate transfer guard's only season with Florida, he will get to play in the national championship game.

Walter Clayton Jr. is running hot and playing with unshakeable belief, fueled by his Florida teammates' insistence that any shot he takes is a good one. "Sometimes you can't," Clayton said with a chuckle. Houston has been the defensive force of the tournament, either slowing or downright locking down some of the best offenses in the game.

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, basketball analyst Isis ‘Ice’ Young and 13-year NBA veteran Marcus Morris Sr. discuss how the Duke star can move forward following his team’s devastating loss in the Final Four and prepare for the next stage of his career.

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, basketball analyst Isis ‘Ice’ Young and former Big 12 player of the year Marcus Morris Sr. discuss the Cougars’ mindset after shocking Duke in the national semifinal and now quickly moving forward to Monday’s championship game against Florida.

Duke's win chances plummeted in the Blue Devils' Final Four collapse vs Houston, as a video from the NCAA illustrated:

Florida and Houston will compete for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament national championship after both teams won Final Four games on Saturday.

Florida Gators vs. Houston Cougars National Championship Preview

Following UConn's 82-59 win in the National Championship game against South Carolina, Paige Bueckers, Geno Auriemma, Azzi Fudd, and the rest of the team cut down the net and celebrate being winning the NCAA Tournament.