The No. 4 Bruins weren’t projected as one of the four top seeds for next month’s NCAA tournament.
UCLA coach Mick Cronin wasn’t exactly thrilled with the NCAA Division I men’s basketball committee’s tournament bracket preview seedings on Saturday.
The Bruins, ranked No. 4 in the nation, were not projected as one of the four No. 1 seeds for this year’s NCAA tournament. Instead, the committee placed UCLA as the eighth overall seed.
No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Houston, No. 3 Purdue and No. 5 Kansas were identified as the projected top seeds.
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With one round to go at Riviera, Tiger is playing surprisingly good golf. However, it’s Jon Rahm who could run away with the win.
Mac McClung dominated the NBA’s slam dunk contest, earning 50s for three of his four dunks.
Neymar was stretchered off with an ankle injury midway through Paris Saint-Germain’s clash with Lille in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
Michigan players have a new necklace to rock after beating Ohio State this past season.
The Wolverines marched into Columbus Thanksgiving weekend and smashed the Buckeyes 45-23. It was the second straight win for Jim Harbaugh’s squad, and now, the program has unveiled the latest necklace to commemorate the game.
It’s all in the details pic.twitter.com/reqoD4j6K1
— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) February 17, 2023
The Wolverines also dropped a necklace after winning in 2021.
To The VICTORS Go the Spoils#GoBlue pic.twitter.
The two haven’t spoken in 10 years, and Smith says Barkley was in the wrong.
At one point, Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan were the closest of friends. From playing on the Dream Team together to squaring off in the 1993 NBA Finals to enjoying retirement side by side on the golf course, the two Hall of Famers were cut from the same cloth. But they haven’t spoken for over 10 years after Barkley stung Jordan with public criticism.
Now, former NBA star and TNT analyst Kenny Smith thinks it’s time for one of them to apologize.
TMZ caught up with Smith on two separate occasions recently.
The PAC-12 is reportedly not interested in adding Rice.
George Kliavkoff’s conference is currently engulfed by chaos. The PAC-12 needs a new media deal, but all the reporting indicates there’s no major network interested in writing a big check.
As of right now, there’s no new deal in sight and the conference, while intact at the moment, is showing serious cracks. If one team leaves for the Big 12, it could kick off a domino effect.
Rice reportedly not an option for the PAC-12.
You can’t blame Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving for acting in their own self interest with their trade requests, but is that good for the league as a whole?
The Warriors star shouted out the Sixers’ high-flyer, and McClung returned the favor by referring to Curry the “goat.”
76ers guard Mac McClung was crowned the 2023 NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion after showing out with three perfectly scored attempts out of four on Saturday night in Salt Lake City. Following his jaw-dropping performance, which drew some major praise from Shaquille O’Neal, Warriors superstar Stephen Curry took to Twitter to shout out and congratulate McClung.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver is in favor of player movement throughout the league, but his stance on public trade requests hasn’t changed.