How often do we get to a Final Four in which every team involved meets the most basic requirement to go home with the trophy? We had four No. 1 seeds last year, but it wasn’t then. It certainly wasn’t 2024, when NC State crashed the party. The last time every team arrived with at… Read More »
Some stats make you stop. This one makes you double-check. The Fighting Illini of Illinois have not beaten UConn Huskies since December 21, 1938. That’s nearly a century. Different coaches. Different eras. Entire generations of players have come and gone, and every time these two programs have met, the result has leaned the same direction. UConn… Read More »
The ending to PFL Pittsburgh on Saturday came quickly after three consecutive main card decisions to begin the night. Impa Kasanganay and Johnny Eblen capped off the ESPN2 event from the UPMC Events Center in Moon Township, Pennsylvania with first round finishes. After Kasanganay knocked out Dalton Rosta in just over three minutes, Eblen submitted… Read More »
UConn and Notre Dame will face each other for the first time with a Final Four bid on the line. The winner of Sunday’s final in Fort Worth Regional 1 will fill the first slot for the Final Four in Phoenix. Out of the eight times these two programs have previously met in the tourney, the… Read More »
Sometimes, you don’t know how a transfer portal addition will fit until the season begins. Yaxel Lendeborg is the type of player who will fit just about any system. The former UAB star had options when he entered the portal in 2025, and they weren’t limited to college basketball. Lendeborg had a chance to be… Read More »
Randy Arozarena finds a way to do things his own way. That included in a slightly different form of ABS challenge of a ball-strike call on Saturday night as the Seattle Mariners took on the Cleveland Guardians. Arozarena was already running down the first base line after taking a 3-2 pitch, clearly thinking he had… Read More »
The Chase DeLauter hype before the season for the Cleveland Guardians was at a pretty solid level. It has quickly risen through the roof. DeLauter has started his career in a way almost no one ever has. DeLauter has now played three regular season games after Saturday night’s Cleveland win. He has hit four home… Read More »
JUMP TO: The West Region of the 2026 NCAA Tournament hasn’t featured as much chaos as some other portions of the bracket. The top-two seeds in the region, the No. 1 Arizona Wildcats and the No. 2 Purdue Boilermakers, have each beaten three teams, setting up a potential thriller in the Elite Eight between two… Read More »
TCU vs Virginia turned out to be the most competitive game of the day. While some games fall under the category of the game was closer than the score would indicate, this was not that. The 79-69 score was a solid indication of the game. The game began poised to have ‘instant classic’ potential. The… Read More »
The No. 3 seed Louisville Cardinals and the No. 2 seed Michigan Wolverines and square off Saturday in a Sweet 16 matchup in Fort Worth, Texas. Michigan (27-6) enters as a slight favorite behind one of the nation’s most efficient offenses, averaging 83.9 points per game while shooting 46.9% from the field. The Wolverines have… Read More »