NewsOne Featured Video First lady Jill Biden talks with guests during the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament National Championship at American Airlines Center on April 2, 2023, in Dallas, Texas. | Source: Justin Tafoya / Getty The first lady has taken steps to address the controversy stemming from an unprecedented White House invitation to both […]
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The UConn Huskies entered the 2023 NCAA Tournament as the No. 4 seed in the West Region but, for analytically inclined observers, the Huskies didn’t seem like a No. 4 seed. Dan Hurley’s team ranked near the top of the country by predictive metrics and, with top seeds falling all around them, the Huskies dominated […]
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Angel Reese notched her 34th double-double in the NCAA Division I national championship game — the most in one season in Division I history — and boosted the LSU Tigers to an historic 102-85 win over Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Tigers’ 102 points are the most-ever in an NCAA women’s title game, […]
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After San Diego State advanced to the national final with a buzzer-beating win over Florida Atlantic, the UConn Huskies and Miami Hurricanes faced off in the Final Four nightcap in Houston. UConn rolled through its previous opponents, including a demolition of Arkansas and a comfortable win over Gonzaga in the West Regional, and the Huskies […]
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Saturday’s Final Four matchup between the San Diego State Aztecs and the Florida Atlantic Owls was notable before it even began. Both programs operate outside of the traditional power-conference structure and, while both San Diego State and Florida Atlantic are worthy national semifinalists by the metrics, it was an “off the radar” matchup by conventional […]
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Entering Saturday, the UConn Huskies looked the part as arguably the hottest team in college basketball. UConn won each of its first three NCAA Tournament games by double figures, including a total destruction of Arkansas in Sweet 16, and the Huskies showed signs of living up to the promise of a 14-game winning streak to […]
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Drew Timme, Mark Few, and the Gonzaga Bulldogs dug themselves a significant hole on Thursday in a Sweet 16 matchup against the UCLA Bruins in Las Vegas. By halftime, Gonzaga was trailing by 13 points and seemingly on the ropes after a first half in which the Bulldogs struggled mightily to find defensive stops. Then, […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Patrick Smith / Getty March Madness means 68 teams vying to become champion, Cinderella runs for a few underdogs and big business for the NCAA, which earns 85% of its annual operating budget during the men’s basketball tournament. But all of that comes at a tremendous cost: An estimated 463 million […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff visit the Howard Bison locker room following their 96-68 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks during the first round of the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament held at Wells Fargo Arena on March 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. | Source: Jamie Sabau / […]
Read MoreThe 2023 NCAA Tournament technically began Tuesday with the First Four in Dayton, and each game of the doubleheader was highly entertaining. For many, though, the action really kicks into high gear with jam-packed slates on Thursday and Friday with the feel of a two-day national holiday for sports fans. Filling out brackets and rooting […]
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