Whitney Wolfe Herd, the millionaire founder of dating app Bumble, won the top prize for Bloomberg’s men’s March Madness charity challenge by impressively picking 43 of 63 games accurately. Her bracket picks included correctly choosing the entire Midwest region, and betting that the University of Connecticut would beat Indiana’s Purdue University in Monday’s match-up. UConn, … Read more
UConn’s men’s basketball team returned Tuesday night to the campus the school has branded the “Basketball Capital of the World.” Fans lined the streets in Eastern Connecticut, cheering as the team’s buses passed by on the hourlong journey from Bradley International Airport to Gampel Pavilion. Several thousand fans waited inside the arena to hear from coach … Read more
Especially with the juxtaposition of the current turmoil at Kentucky, there is no question Connecticut has become one of the true defining blue bloods of men’s college basketball. A program that top recruits and transfer-portal players gravitate toward. A program where the head coach can mold them into winners. A program that has an unquestioned … Read more
Caitlin Clark’s boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, sent her a sweet message after the Iowa star point guard and the Hawkeyes came up short against the South Carolina Gamecocks in Sunday’s NCAA Women’s Tournament championship game. Taking to his Instagram Story, McCaffrey reposted a photo of Clark exiting the court for final time in her collegiate career … Read more
CLEVELAND — Forty more minutes. That’s all she was asking for. That’s all she wanted. Forty more minutes to carry all of Iowa on her back and lift it back to the NCAA game. Forty more minutes playing with these girls, for this coach, for this school. Forty last minutes for this last chance to stand … Read more
Caitlin Clark continues to etch her name into the history books. The Iowa senior hit the 538th three-pointer of her collegiate career in Monday’s Eight Eight matchup against LSU, making her the NCAA’s all-time Division I record-holder. Clark, who came into the game with 531 made 3s, made seven of her 14 attempts from deep … Read more
NC State’s DJ Burns Jr. has a fan in Nikola Jokic and it kept the former MVP from arriving at his postgame press conference on time. The Nuggets star praised the play of Burns when he met the media on Sunday after putting up 26 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists in a 130-101 Nuggets … Read more
DETROIT — Dalton Knecht had 24 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals, and Tennessee moved within a victory of its first trip to the Final Four, beating Creighton 82-75 in a Midwest Region semifinal on Friday night. Zakai Zeigler added 18 points and six assists for the second-seeded Volunteers. When Tennessee lost last … Read more
BOSTON — Terrence Shannon Jr. spent most of the second half saddled with foul trouble. When it was finally time to check back in, the high-scoring wing didn’t hesitate. He put third-seeded Illinois on his back, leading the Illini to its first Elite Eight appearance since it reached the national championship game 19 years ago. … Read more
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The end was near. The score was tied. A little more than two minutes remained. West Virginia held the ball — and momentum. Carver-Hawkeye Arena held its breath. Following a block by Iowa’s Gabbie Marshall, the Hawkeyes recovered possession. Caitlin Clark stood nearby, ready to decide if her senior season would … Read more
