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AvatarTony CaldwellAvatarAvatarRoy Williams Says 'It's Been a Difficult Year' After UNC Loses to WisconsinBleacher Report - Tim DanielsNorth Carolina head coach Roy Williams said Friday he believes the Tar Heels' foundation is "really, really special" despite an 85-62 blowout loss to Wisconsin in the first round of the 2021 men's NCAA tournament. "I started the season when I was 70 years old and I feel like I'm 103," Williams told …
AvatarTony CaldwellFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNo. 15 seed Oral Roberts upsets Ohio State in men's NCAA Tournament first-round shockerverified_publisherUSA TODAY Sports - Scott GleesonNo. 15 seed Oral Roberts shocked No. 2 Ohio State 75-72 on Friday in the men's NCAA Tournament first round, becoming the first Cinderella of March Madness. The Golden Eagles' Kevin Obanor made two free throws with 13 seconds left in overtime to seal the win after he made two free throws with 14.9 …
AvatarTony CaldwellFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNCAA acknowledges 'disrespectful' differences in amenities at men's and women's tournamentsverified_publisherUSA TODAY Sports - Scott GleesonThe NCAA acknowledged the discrepancy in amenities between the men's and women's basketball tournaments on Thursday after images posted to social media drew significant backlash. Pictures surfaced Thursday showing the stark differences in gifts that were presented to women's basketball players …
AvatarTony CaldwellAvatarAvatarReport: Michigan's Juwan Howard Expected to Be in 'High Demand' for NBA JobsBleacher Report - Timothy RappNBA teams are reportedly circling around Michigan men's basketball coach Juwan Howard. According to ESPN's Jonathan Givony, a number of teams are expected to have interest in Howard for potential head coaching vacancies over the summer: "Despite being in just his second year as Michigan's head coach, …
AvatarTony CaldwellFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMike Krzyzewski names the best high school player he ever sawyardbarker.com - Steve DelVecchioMike Krzyzewski has been coaching college basketball since the 1970s, so there are few people in history who have seen more elite high school players …
AvatarTony CaldwellAvatarAvatarLSU administrator gave rapists, stalkers and other Title IX violators slaps on the wristverified_publisherUSA TODAY - Kenny Jacoby, Nancy Armour and Jessica LutherFor years, the LSU administrator in charge of doling out punishments to rapists, stalkers and abusers regularly chose to issue the lowest possible sanctions, regardless of the severity of the alleged acts, a USA TODAY investigation found. In more than half the Title IX cases referred to him for …
AvatarTony CaldwellFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIndiana fires men's basketball coach Archie Miller after four middling seasonsverified_publisherUSA TODAY Sports - Zach OstermanAfter four years spent struggling to break into the top half of the Big Ten, Indiana University has fired men’s basketball coach Archie Miller. Miller finishes his IU career with a 67-58 record. He went 33-44 in Big Ten play. "In the days following the completion of our season in the Big Ten Men’s …
AvatarTony CaldwellFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDuke misses NCAA Tournament for first time since 1995verified_publisherUSA TODAY Sports - David ThompsonFor the first time since 1995, Duke's basketball season will end without participating in the NCAA Tournament. Selection Sunday finalized what was already expected after the Blue Devils (13-11, 9-9 ACC) bowed out of the ACC tournament Thursday hours before a quarterfinal game against Florida State …
AvatarTony CaldwellAvatarAvatarReport: Duke May Play in NCAA Tournament If Selected At-Large or as ReplacementBleacher Report - Tim DanielsDuke could reportedly still play in its 25th consecutive NCAA tournament with an at-large bid or as a COVID-19 replacement team after it withdrew from the ACC tournament because of a positive coronavirus test. Though Blue Devils athletic director Kevin White said the withdrawal would "end our …
AvatarTony CaldwellAvatarAvatarCreighton's Greg McDermott Says He Offered to Resign After 'Plantation' CommentBleacher Report - Rob GoldbergCreighton men's basketball coach Greg McDermott offered to resign if players asked him to after he made racially insensitive remarks in a recent locker room speech. "This is their team," McDermott said in an interview on 1620 The Zone's Unsportsmanlike Conduct. "... If they would have chosen to have …
AvatarTony CaldwellFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMilwaukee Did Something Spectacular Tuesday Nightdukebasketballreport.com - JD KingIf you haven’t seen it, this is pretty amazing. Make a few minutes to watch. Duke target Patrick Baldwin Jr. understandably is getting all the …