With Cooper Flagg mentions galore, here are the best players of the 2024-25 men’s college hoops season, according to Dick Vitale.
Category: NCAA
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Men’s Bracketology: UNC’s win pushes Xavier and Indiana to the brink
Indiana drops down to take the “second team out” spot as North Carolina bumps up after their win.
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‘You don’t hang banners for milestones’: Tom Izzo adapts and takes aim at another title
Izzo is surpassing milestones and reached a big anniversary of his lone title. At 70, with a highly ranked team, he’s hoping to add to his legacy.
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Minnesota fires Johnson after 4 years as coach
Ben Johnson had served as Minnesota coach since 2021-22 but was unable to return the Gophers to the NCAA tournament.
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UK’s Oweh beats buzzer, burns ex-team OU again
Otega Oweh hit the winning shot against his former school again, sinking a baseline jumper with 0.5 seconds left to lift Kentucky past Oklahoma 85-84 in the SEC tournament.
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Sports columnist, author Feinstein dies at age 69
John Feinstein, whose career as a columnist and bestselling author of sports books made him one of the most notable sportswriters of his time, died Thursday.
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USF plans coaching search, ‘grateful’ for Fletcher
South Florida will conduct a national search for a new men’s basketball coach after Ben Fletcher filled the role on an interim basis this season following the death of Amir Abdur-Rahim.
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Texas’ potential bid adds to ‘historic’ SEC season
Texas, the No. 13 seed in the SEC tournament and on the bubble for the NCAA tournament, beat Texas A&M in double overtime to reach the quarterfinals.
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‘Special’ Haggerty scores 42, Memphis advances
PJ Haggerty scored a career-high 42 points and led the go-ahead run for 16th-ranked Memphis in an 83-80 win over Wichita State in the American Athletic Conference quarterfinals Friday.
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Iowa dismisses coach McCaffery after 15 seasons
Iowa’s men’s basketball program dismissed McCaffery after 15 seasons as coach of the Hawkeyes, the school announced Friday.