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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.
A look at Veldman’s recent commitment and York’s new football coach.
Iowa superstar’s three-point prowess provides us all with something to admire.
Monday’s highly anticipated matchup was a rematch of last year’s national championship game won by LSU.
Davis infamously retired during halftime of a game in 2018.
Since 1990, there have only been three Final Fours — 2021, 2007 and 1995 — in which a team didn’t have an Illinois player on scholarship.
“Are you asking me should we slip?” Underwood fired back when that very inquiry was made after his team’s 77-52 loss to the Huskies on Saturday. “Shame on you. Hell, we’re not going anywhere.”
The Boilermakers got 40 points and 16 rebounds from Edey, who put his team on his back and put a size-20 foot down in unforgettable fashion in a 72-66 victory against Tennessee.
Bruising big man DJ Burns Jr. scored a season-high 29 points as the 11th-seeded Wolfpack continued their improbable run.
The Tide will face defending national champion UConn in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday.
The 72-66 win in the Regional Final gives coach Matt Painter his first Final Four and the Boilermakers’ first trip to the Final Four since 1980.
The Illini went into halftime down five, but the Huskies proved their opponents are never as close as they seem, going on an astonishing 30-0 run.
If there is a team in the tournament with the confidence and skill to give UConn a run for its money, it just might be the Illini. That confidence was bolstered when they beat Iowa State in an uncharacteristic way Thursday.
As the Illini go deeper in March Madness, more and more of our readers are tuning in — and some of them are only beginning to learn about Terrence Shannon Jr.’s case and consider how it makes them feel to cheer the team on.
The third-seeded Beavers (27-7) will face overall top seed South Carolina or Indiana on Sunday.
A look back at last year’s transfer-portal rankings shows Domask wasn’t even among the top 50 transfer prospects on many lists. Luckily for the Illini, coach Brad Underwood doesn’t recruit based on college basketball pundits’ rankings.
Despite getting into foul trouble, which limited him to just six minutes in the second half, Shannon finished with 29 points, five rebounds and two assists.
The Chicago native has been silent due to advice from his legal counsel, which the Illini basketball player sought after being charged in an alleged sex assault in a bar in Kansas.
This year, to continue making history, the Illini will have to get past No. 2-seeded Iowa State.