Rick Barnes may have seen the future of Tennessee basketball Thursday night in Madison Square Garden in New York.
And it ain’t him.
After watching young Florida Atlantic coach Dusty May, 46, dismantle the larger, beefier, more highly recruited, more expensive (via NIL) Tennessee players with a significantly less talented and cheaper roster, Tennessee fans have to wonder what it would be like to have May coaching their team.
It sure would be a lot more fun.
No. 9 seed Florida International looked younger, faster and much more entertaining in beating the No.
Author: Michael
Yeah, you can’t do that.
Alabama and San Diego State are currently battling for a spot in the Elite Eight. Every play in this Sweet 16 matchup is an important one and tensions are understandably high.
All of that makes what we saw happen on one play in the first half very easy to laugh at, because we’ve never seen something this before.
In case you missed it, Alabama guard Jahvon Quinerly was called for an excessive flagrant 1 foul after he appeared to pick up SDSU’s Nathan Mensah and put him on his back for a few seconds.
The former NBA big man didn’t mince words regarding Chalmers’s dissing of his former teammate.
Not that the NBA’s all-time leading scorer needs it, but a former teammate came to his defense in an epic rant.
Following recent comments made by Mario Chalmers that “NBA players have never feared Lebron James like they did Michael Jordan”, former Cavalier Tristian Thompson put Chalmers on blast.
The 11-year NBA veteran was set off by the comments, ripping the former Heat point guard in an explosive tirade on The Draymond Green Show.
Montreal Canadiens forward Mike Hoffman has quite the battle scar on his chin, and it has him wondering how the man who gave it to him — Boston Bruins A.J. Greer — was only dealt a one-game suspension.
When you see his face, you’ll think it’s a fair question,
It happened on Thursday night just before a neutral zone faceoff. Hoffman jabbed at Greer with his stick, only for the Bruin to deliver a quick cross-check straight to the chops.
The puck never even left the linesman’s hand.
AJ Greer gets a 5-minute and a game misconduct for this crosscheck to the face of Mike Hoffman. pic.
Kansas State’s Markquis Nowell had himself a night against the Michigan State Spartans, and he did it all in front of NBA legendr Isaiah Thomas.
He knew it too because apparently, the two were talking it up for most of the night.
Nowell had one of the greatest individual performances in NCAA tournament history on Thursday night. He dropped 20 points and 19 assists to help the Wildcats to a thrilling Sweet 16 win over the Spartans.
After the game, Thomas made a shoutout on Twitter to Nowell.
They gon be mad that they have to give em a chance at the next level.
When trading the No. 1 pick to the Panthers, Ryan Poles placed a bet against Carolina in 2023. It was a smart move, but the Panthers’ offseason additions have dampened the Bears’ long-term outlook for that blockbuster trade.
The former All-Star has not played since Feb. 15.
After missing the last 15 games due to left knee and back soreness, Ben Simmons appears poised to remain out of the Nets lineup for the foreseeable future following the news of his latest setback.
The Nets announced Friday that Simmons has been diagnosed with a nerve impingement in his back, and will remain sidelined indefinitely while the team determines the best option for long-term treatment, according to TNT’s Chris Haynes.
The Naismith Hall of Famer delivered a gratifying message to the Wildcats’ guard after a historic performance at Madison Square Garden.
Pistons legend Isiah Thomas took a moment to congratulate Kansas State guard Markquis Nowell with the perfect message following his incredible performance in the Wildcats’ win against the Spartans in a Sweet 16 matchup on Thursday.
Nowell recorded 20 points and broke the men’s NCAA tournament single-game assist record with 19 in the game that included an astonishing dish on an alley-oop to Keyontae Johnson in overtime.
That the 31-win Owls are not a classic underdog story doesn’t mean their special season shouldn’t be celebrated.
NEW YORK — It doesn’t matter whether you play in the ACC, the AAC or Division III, winning 31 games before the NCAA tournament is impressive. FAU came into the dance at 31–3 having won its conference regular season, conference tournament crown and at one point ripping off 20 straight wins. And yet it still only earned a No. 9 seed when the Dance started. So who defines a Cinderella?
“I don’t think that comes from [coach Dusty May].
Despite having a 21-point lead early in the third quarter, the No. 9 Hurricanes needed a late-game comeback to secure their first Elite Eight spot in program history.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — If there’s one thing to be said about No. 9 Miami, it’s this: No team in the tournament has shown a better grasp of narrative structure.
The Hurricanes dug themselves into a 17-point hole in the first round against No. 8 Oklahoma State, requiring a comeback that left the game in question until the very last second. So, naturally, they never trailed at all in the second round against No.