Former Michigan State forward Xavier Booker transferring to Big Ten member UCLA

Former Michigan State forward Xavier Booker wrote Friday that he’s transferring to UCLA, confirming earlier reports with a post on his social media account. The Spartans expected big things from the 6-foot-11 Booker when he arrived on campus in 2023-24. While he appeared in 60 games, he started only starting five and averaged just 11.3 minutes in two seasons in East Lansing.

For Florida’s Clayton, spiking football and saying so long to Pitino leads to the Final Four

Most people thought Walter Clayton Jr. would play football in college. Taking a different path has turned Clayton into one of the best players to wear a Gators uniform, and also led him down a road every college basketball player hopes to travel — the one that ends at the Final Four. Heading into Saturday's game against Auburn, Clayton averages 18 points this year, 22.2 in the tournament and, maybe most important, is proving to be the most clutch player in all of March Madness so far.

Reliving Arkansas’ 1994 National Championship win, 31 years later

On a mostly clear, roughly 58-degree day in Charlotte, North Carolina, 31 years ago on Friday, the Arkansas Razorbacks clinched their first and only National Championship 76-72 over the Duke Blue Devils. Legendary Razorback head coach Nolan Richardson patrolled the sidelines, with his patented “40 minutes of hell” winning him games left and right, as the Hogs finished the season with 31 wins and just three losses in the 1993-1994 season. Corliss Williamson led the Razorbacks in scoring that season with 20.4 points per game and Scotty Thurman — who hit the famed three to win the title — averaged 15.9 points.

Auburn and Florida meet in the Final Four as last of the 14 SEC teams that packed March Madness

Auburn and Florida are the last two standing of a record 14 Southeastern Conference teams that made the NCAA Tournament. Only one of them will get to play for the national championship. In a Final Four filled with No. 1 seeds, the SEC regular-season champion Tigers (32-5) play the conference tournament-winning Gators in the first national semifinal game Saturday in the Alamodome.

Boogie Fland declares for 2025 NBA Draft

Arkansas guard Boogie Fland. Kyle Terada-Imagn Images Arkansas freshman point guard Boogie Fland has declared for the NBA Draft, according to a post on his Instagram page. "Much love to Razorback nation, coach Calipari and the entire coaching staff, and every one of my teammates for believing in me," the post reads in part.