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Can USC keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive without ‘generational talent’ JuJu Watkins?
14h · Beth HarrisIf Southern California wants to win its first national championship in 41 years, the Trojans will have to find a way to get it done without star guard JuJu Watkins.
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Bradley falls by 2 points to Chattanooga, 67-65, in the NIT quarterfinals
22h · Associated PressHonor Huff led Chattanooga with 21 points and Trey Bonham made a go-ahead 3-pointer as the Mocs defeated Bradley 67-65 on Tuesday in the NIT quarterfinals.
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Stanford fires football coach Troy Taylor following report he was investigated for alleged mistreatment
Mar 25 · Josh DubowStanford fired football coach Troy Taylor following a report last week that he had been investigated twice for allegedly mistreating staffers.
UConn women’s basketball star Azzi Fudd announces she will return next season
Mar 25 · Emily AdamsUConn women’s basketball star Azzi Fudd will return to use her redshirt season of eligibility for a fifth year with the Huskies in 2025-26.
Star power — Bueckers, Hidalgo and Betts — and a trio of No. 5 seeds headline the women’s Sweet 16
Mar 25 · Doug FeinbergThere is plenty of star power left in women’s March Madness with Paige Bueckers, Hannah Hidalgo and Lauren Betts still playing even if JuJu Watkins won’t be.
USC star JuJu Watkins suffers season-ending knee injury in NCAA Tournament win over Mississippi State
Mar 25 · Beth HarrisJuJu Watkins was carried off the floor with a season-ending knee injury in the first quarter of top-seeded USC’s game against Mississippi State in the NCAA Tournament.
Joe McKeown, the Longtime Northwestern women’s basketball coach, to retire after the 2025-26 season
Mar 25 · Associated PressNorthwestern coach Joe McKeown, who has won nearly 800 games over four decades spent mostly leading the Wildcats and George Washington, plans to retire after the 2025-26 season, the school announce….
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‘Speed dating’ begins for Illinois coach Brad Underwood as the college basketball transfer portal opens
Mar 25 · Colleen KaneThe NCAA basketball transfer portal opened less than 24 hours after Kentucky eliminated Illinois in the NCAA Tournament second round.
USC routs Mississippi State 96-59 to reach Sweet 16 after losing JuJu Watkins to injury
Mar 25 · Beth HarrisThe victory keeps USC on a potential collision course with Paige Bueckers and UConn in the regional final in Spokane, Washington.
Maryland overcomes 45 points by Alabama’s Sarah Ashlee Barker, beats Crimson Tide 111-108 in double overtime
Mar 25 · Noah TristerSarah Te-Biasu made a tying 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter to help Maryland outlast Alabama 111-108 to advance to the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament.
No. 8 seed Illinois bounced from NCAA Tournament in 2nd round by No. 1 Texas
Mar 24 · Jim VertunoTexas outscored Illinois 18-6 in the second quarter, then broke the game open at the start of the third.
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Ohio State’s national championship football team will visit White House on April 14
Mar 24 · Joe ReedyOhio State coach Ryan Day confirmed Monday that the Buckeyes national championship football team will visit the White House on April 14.
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Niko Medved reportedly leaves Colorado State to take Minnesota basketball coaching job
Mar 24 · Sean KeelerNiko Medved, who just completed a historic, 26-10 season as men’s basketball coach at Colorado State, is expected to take the same position with Minnesota, multiple news outlets reported.
Iowa basketball hires Ben McCollum, who swept Missouri Valley titles and won NCAA game in 1 season at Drake
Mar 24 · Eric OlsonBen McCollum, who led Drake’s dominating run through the Missouri Valley Conference and a win in the NCAA Tournament in his only season with the Bulldogs, was named head coach at Iowa on Monday.