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Calipari signed a five-year contract with a base annual salary of $7 million through April 2029 with a maximum of two automatic rollover years for NCAA Tournament appearances that would extend the contract to 2031.
UConn’s 75-60 victory over Purdue in Monday night’s men’s final on TBS and TNT averaged 14.82 million viewers, according to Nielsen. That was not enough to surpass the 18.87 million who watched South Carolina defeat Caitlin Clark and Iowa in Sunday afternoon’s women’s final on ABC and ESPN.
Purdue comes in at No. 2, Illinois at No. 6.
Calipari said on social media that the “program probably needs to hear another voice.” He is rumored to be headed to Arkansas.
A source said Tuesday there has been no communication between the school and Donovan, who publicly has discussed how much the college game has changed since he left in 2015 — not necessarily in a good way.
The Big Ten’s national-title drought is nearing the quarter-century mark, but the conference has seen lots of elite teams since young Tom Izzo led the Spartans to the mountaintop. Here are the top 10.
The Huskies won their sixth overall title and became the first repeat champions since Billy Donovan’s Florida teams won in 2006-07.
Records come, records go. Clark is deserving of plaudits, but an explanation of the scoring record requires a deeper dive.
Iowa was a unanimous choice at No. 2, the Hawkeyes’ best finish since they were also second in the final poll of 1988.
March Madness finale is the very matchup a Sun-Times scribe predicted it would be. Wait a minute — did that genius really pick the Boilermakers over the Huskies?
Women’s and men’s tournaments come down to the best teams.
Balanced attack from the Gamecocks bested Iowa and Caitlin Clark, who finished her collegiate career with 30 points.
Next up for the Huskies will be what should be a much more physical test against 7-4, 300-pound Zach Edey and Purdue in Monday’s national championship game. UConn has its own accomplished big man in 7-2 Donovan Clingan.
Purdue kept its March Madness dream alive while snuffing out North Carolina State’s, getting 20 points and 12 rebounds from Zach Edey in a 63-50 victory.
Regardless of the sum of individuals’ GOAT equations, there’s no denying Clark is, at the very least, among the greatest with or without a national title. Sunday, though, she’ll have an opportunity to give the naysayers one less thing to argue against her.
Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes have the most buzz on the women’s side — yes, it’s because she’s awesome — but the Gamecocks have yet to lose a game all season.
Burns has turned the Trojans into a legitimate national power at the highest level of junior-college basketball.
Bet on it: Behind genius Hurley, UConn looks to go 6-0 against the spread in NCAA tourney for second consecutive year
Next up for the Hawkeyes is a rematch with unbeaten South Carolina, which lost to Iowa in last year’s national semifinals.
Kamilla Cardoso scored 22 points and unbeaten South Carolina emphatically kept its perfect season going with a 78-59 victory over North Carolina State on Friday night.
Not since Magic vs. Bird has the sport been so redefined.
Here are 10 things to think about during Saturday’s men’s semifinals.
James averaged 4.8 points and 2.8 rebounds while starting six of 25 games for the Trojans. He shot 37% from the field, 27% from 3-point range and 68% from the free-throw line.
The Final Four matchup between Iowa and UConn may break recently-set record for viewership.
Coach Dawn Staley’s biggest concern heading into the Final Four is her team’s youth: “They’re still very young. We don’t know when the lull will rear its ugly head and force us to really find ourselves in a position where we really feel like we’re going to lose basketball games.”
Makira Cook rebounded from first-half foul trouble by scoring 22 of her 27 points in the second half.
The “Bayou Barbie,” who is known for her eyelash extensions, painted nails and ferocious play in the paint, formally declared for the draft two days after the Tigers’ season ended with a loss to Caitlin Clark and Iowa in the Elite Eight round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.
The UConn star might have the better all-around game.
The transfer portal opened on March 18, a day after Selection Sunday. That meant scrambling to build rosters for all those coaches whose teams weren’t headed for postseason tournaments — and all those coaches whose teams were.
Players such as Reese, who were competing in the Elite Eight or beyond, have about 48 hours after their last game to decide whether to go pro or return to school.