No. 11 Auburn upsets No. 4 Houston day after flight incident - ESPN
HOUSTON — Tahaad Pettiford had 21 points, including five 3-pointers, Johni Broome added 20 points and nine rebounds and No. 11 Auburn beat No. 4 Houston 74-69 on Saturday night.
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Men's hoops Day 1 takeaways: Flagg, Kansas, court-storming and more - ESPN
And just like that, we're back. The 2024-25 men's college basketball season began Monday, as some of the top teams in America, impactful transfers and new faces made their debuts. We could have called this Cooper Flagg Day, too.
Why would Dan Hurley turn down the Lakers to stay at UConn? Surprising, maybe, but it makes sense - ESPN
ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported last week that the Los Angeles Lakers had targeted UConn's Dan Hurley as their next head coach, two months after he'd led the Huskies to their second consecutive national title and sixth championship in 25 years. Twenty years ago, the Lakers made a similar pitch to Mike Krzyzewski, who rejected the offer to remain at Duke. The franchise received the same answer from Hurley on Monday.
RJ Davis returning to North Carolina after All-America season - ESPN
RJ Davis, an All-American and Wooden Award finalist last season, is returning to North Carolina for a fifth season.
How the men's 2024 NCAA championship game will play out - ESPN
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The UConn Huskies and the Purdue Boilermakers.
2024 March Madness roundtable -- How to bet the men's Final Four games - ESPN
The men's NCAA tournament continues Saturday with two Final Four games as No. 1 Purdue takes on No. 11 NC State followed by No. 1 UConn vs. No. 4 Alabama.
March Madness 2024: Predicting every Sweet 16 men's game - ESPN
Sweet 16. Second weekend. Regional semifinals. Whatever you call it, we've made it to this point. Just about one-quarter of the field is left, and we can all take a breath. Some of how we got here was expected: No. 1 seeds UConn and Purdue did UConn and Purdue things; North Carolina kept hammering home why it deserved that 1-seed, while Houston has us wondering if it is in fact the weakest of the top four teams. (This is the first time since 2019 that all four 1-seeds and all four 2-seeds made it out of the first weekend — just the fifth time since the field went to 64 teams in 1985.)
March Madness Cheat Sheet: Bracket picks, potential upsets - ESPN
It's fewer than 24 hours until the NCAA men's college basketball tournament tips off and March Madness begins in earnest, with the first game scheduled for 12:15 p.m. ET on Thursday. In the days since the bracket was revealed, ESPN's team of analysts — including Jeff Borzello, Myron Medcalf, Joe Lunardi, John Gasaway, Paul Hembekides and Keith Lipscomb — has been tirelessly dissecting the bracket and producing tens of thousands of words to help you be smarter and more informed about filling out yours. But as time gets short, do you have time to read it all? Probably not. But don't worry, that's why cheat sheets were invented.