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Go back in time 2 years and tell someone that IU could be looking to hire Brad Brownell as an established guy with recent tournament success of the type to excite Hoosier fans

A bit strange that VCU hasn't been steadier from distance given that quartet of guards. They haven't always been bombardiers first, it's true. And Bamisile's jumper just can't help but be inconsistent. But if they could shoot it to their potential twice in a row once the NCAA Tournament starts...

This was as much fun to read as anything I've seen all year

Saint Mary's, VCU & Oregon up KU, UK & Texas A&M down This past week gave us some of the streakiest rankings of the whole season...just as we cross the threshold of March. Sounds about right, eh? We take a look at the approaching Madness in this week's Top 50 collegehoopstop50.com/this-weeks-t...

Chucky freaking Hepburn

VAWLS AT THE BUZZER!!!

SOCON BRACKET

UNC Greensboro takes out Samford, 108-100 In regulation Teams combined for 24 triples. Kenyon Giles led the Spartans with 25 and UNCG shot 31/41 at the charity stripe

SLU wins 98-67. We've got a four-way tie for third in the A-10 with Loyola, Dayton, St. Joseph's and SLU all at 10-6. SLU plays Dayton on Tuesday. Jimerson finishes with 33, matching his career high, and has the school record 9 3s. Avila had 28 points.

DARTMOUTH IS GOING TO IVY MADNESS FOR THE FIRST TIME

Statement win from Colorado State www.coloradoan.com/story/sports...

Mark Sears 🧅🧅

There's a statement being made in the Mountain West Colorado State is up 48-22 in Utah State in what's been a dominant showing. Rams lighting it up from deep (8/10) as Crocker-Johnson & Born are playing very well Tough week for the Aggies. That's about as bad a half as they've played #CSURams

Gibson Jimerson is unconscious today. Lighting up the Ramblers with 16 early points (4 triples) It's also helping that the Billikens are 14/16 at the charity stripe so far. SLU leads, 44-28 approaching halftime #A10MBB

Couple of good matchups that haven't been close thus far Colorado State has jumped USU in Fort Collins and leads, 33-10. Rams are 7/8 (!) from deep. It's the biggest deficit Utah State has faced all year 👀 Meanwhile, Saint Louis is up 34-17 on Loyola Chicago

The chaos of this year's A10 is just irresistible

Make it an 8-0 personal run from JCJ on his 2nd triple in the early going Timeout Jerod Calhoun. Rams up 15-2

It's a game-opening #killshot for Colorado State! Rams energy & hot shooting have them starting strong. Jaylen Crocker-Johnson with 5 straight points as it's now 12-2 CSU with 16:06 left in the 1st half

Things have gotten tangled up and chippy in Happy Valley. Close game continuing to stay tight and physical in the 2nd half Penn State leads 41-40 with 16:37 to play. There's been an extended review resulting in a flagrant-1 in Juju Reese and Penn State's got possession. Good game is getting better

34-28 Penn State now on a Baldwin 3! The Nittany Lions are hyped

Maryland is remembering why they hate it in Happy Valley. Terps are shooting well & making some terrific passes so far, but trail Penn State anyway Nittany Lions on a nice little run w/ Ace Baldwin getting a breather, too. Penn State has done it to the Terps before; looking to win at home. Up 27-22

Michigan 17, Nebraska 15 Michigan 17, Brice Williams 13 Huskers' star is putting on a show but needs some help if #Nebrasketball wants to pick up a key win

Plenty of teams in the teens suffered setbacks last week. Which of them seem capable of absorbing the blows and continuing to win? VCU just keeps on striding towards the top 25; will George Mason fall off now? Just how low will Gonzaga sink? It's a new Top 50! collegehoopstop50.com/this-weeks-t...

As you can probably guess with the Northern Illinois news, yes, we will be recording a bonus episode tonight, and yes, we will have a guest with us. Who, you ask? Well, you'll just have to listen to find out!

So...

Breaking: Utah has sacked coach Craig Smith, a source told CBS Sports. Smith was hired in 2021. Went 65-61. Utah is 15-12 this season and plays Wednesday at Arizona. Aggressive timing here, and a bit strange.

Drake clinches a share of the Missouri Valley title with a 64-58 overtime win over Northern Iowa! Bennett Stirtz dropped 26 points with 10 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 steal to lead the Bulldogs. Drake moves to 25-3 on the season and 15-3 in the MVC!

They're the 2-time defending Big West champs but UC Irvine sits behind new rivals UCSD in the NET. They need to lean on their been-there-before experience to earn a bid to the Big Dance this time 'Eaters are top 10 nationally in DEF efficiency per KenPom & Torvik. League test looms tonight vs CSUN

UAB is notoriously streaky, but they've finished strong lately. Looks like they're set to do it again; Blazers are 10-2 over their last 12 They'll need to play better defense to continue their run into the postseason. In the Blazers' favor: Yaxel Lendeborg continues to be among America's best bigs

South Alabama takes sole possession of 1st place in the Sun Belt Conference at 11-4 after last night's win over Arkansas State. Troy and James Madison are tied for 2nd at 10-4 and both play tonight.

Has Towson truly turned the corner? Much was expected of the Tigers this fall but Pat Skerry's team stumbled to a 6-9 start Now Towson is on a 12-game winning streak & sophomore Tyler Tejada has stepped out as a genuine star. Tigers are always strong on the offensive glass. Can they snag CAA crown?

Despite their slow pace, advanced stats bear it out: North Texas has one of the country's top defenses. They allow the 2nd-fewest PPG & opponent FGs and UNT is top 40 in OPP 3FG% & effective FG%. They allows the 5th-fewest assists to opponents. There are simply no easy buckets against the Mean Green

Who helped themselves tonight? * BYU: Boatraced Kansas, created a little more separation from the edge of the field, every bit helps. * Michigan State: Picked off Purdue at home * Mississippi State: Drubbed Texas A&M, schedule gets relatively manageable from here * Wisconsin: Q1 rout of Illinois

Bradley gets revenge in Des Moines, defeats Drake 61-59 Darius Hannah was huge late; this is a team win for 🅱️. In what's become a great rivalry the past few years, Bradley not only avenged an earlier L but served notice that they're willing to grind things out McCollum's way in March #MVCHoops

Bradley gets revenge in Des Moines, defeats Drake 61-59 Darius Hannah was huge late; this is a team win for 🅱️. In what's become a great rivalry the past few years, Bradley not only avenged an earlier L but served notice that they're willing to grind things out McCollum's way in March #MVCHoops

OH MY, DEMARION BURCH! Bradley takes a halftime lead over 23-2 Drake in the MVC showdown.

What a sequence for Bradley. Two clutch free throws and then a quick bucket from Darius Hannah with a Christian Davis erasing a Bennett Stirtz layup sandwiched between It's swung the lead back to 🅱️, 59-58 at Drake with less than a minute left to play #MVCHoops

Nice flurry from Drake late to enter halftime down 31-30 vs Bradley Mitch Mascari hit 1k career points in this one & has been Drake's offensive backbone w/ 12 pts on 4 made 3's. Demarion Burch has been cooking w/ 9 to pace Bradley. 🅱️'s young guards are gonna be special. Best in the Valley battling

Nice flurry from Drake late to enter halftime down 31-30 vs Bradley Mitch Mascari hit 1k career points in this one & has been Drake's offensive backbone w/ 12 pts on 4 made 3's. Demarion Burch has been cooking w/ 9 to pace Bradley. 🅱️'s young guards are gonna be special. Best in the Valley battling

End of this Temple/FAU game has been a genuinely unbelievable display of official malpractice The refs just reviewed an OOB play for 7 minutes and then still confused the entire arena by not being on the same page There's 5 minutes left in the 1st half of Bradley/Drake...which we're all waiting on

Georgia Tech has really been up to some dramatic things lately. Wild finish for a W over Cal, 90-88 in OT Baye Ndongo had 26 & 13. Similar arcs for Damon Stoudamire's first two Tech teams...can they begin to take bigger strides?

Is this what the universe decided to hand Danny Hurley following the exit he made from Omaha the other day?

Holloway's deep 3 nearly took the roof off in Tuscaloosa. Triples are finally falling. The Tide are staying with Auburn by putting in work on the offensive glass Now Mark Sears is going to sit with a pair of fouls, though. Tigers lead 26-25 at the under 8 break, but it's Bama ball coming up

Johni Broome came out sizzling and it's quiet in Tuscaloosa

Johni Broome came out sizzling and it's quiet in Tuscaloosa