Sports Illustrated’s Men’s College Basketball Preseason Top 25: No. 3 Florida The Gators’ rise from upstart to national champion was fueled by elite talent evaluation and could lead to another title. Sports Illustrated · Oct 29, 2025
Bulls-Raptors Featured Two of the Best Summer League Dunks You'll Ever See Matas Buzelis and Alijah Martin got up. Sports Illustrated · Jul 12, 2025
Trump hosts NCAA basketball champion Florida Gators at the White House President Donald Trump has honored the 2025 NCAA basketball champion Florida Gators at the White House, proclaiming that “lesser teams would have crumbled” during its nail-biting title game victory The Independent UK · May 21, 2025
Florida roar back to break Houston hearts and capture third NCAA title The Florida Gators found a way, erasing a 12-point deficit and capturing the program’s third NCAA men’s basketball championship The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2025
Florida Stuns Houston to Capture Men's NCAA Tournament Championship (In Photos) Sports Illustrated was on site in San Antonio to capture all of the action during the March Madness finale. Sports Illustrated · Apr 8, 2025
RANKED: Four Big Dunks from Auburn and Florida’s Final Four Matchup Alijah Martin had two of the best dunks of the tournament in the Final Four. Sports Illustrated · Apr 6, 2025
Florida Outlasts Auburn in Final Four Thriller to Punch Ticket to Championship Game The Gators will play for the national title Monday night. Sports Illustrated · Apr 6, 2025
Bill Raftery's Reaction to Alijah Martin's Monster Dunk Was Priceless Martin's dunk sent Raftery reeling. Sports Illustrated · Apr 6, 2025
Ranking the Top 10 Men’s College Basketball Coach of the Year Candidates From Bruce Pearl’s dominant Auburn team to a resurgent year for Tom Izzo at Michigan State, here are the coaches at the top this season. Sports Illustrated · Feb 11, 2025
Florida Upsets Tennessee, Ends Unbeaten Streak Florida Gators stun top-ranked Tennessee Volunteers with a 73-43 victory, ending Tennessee's unbeaten streak in college basketball. Top News · Jan 8, 2025
Ranking Top 10 Men’s College Basketball Transfers Through First Month The portal has driven change to rosters across the country, and many of those players have exceeded expectations with their new teams. Sports Illustrated · Dec 17, 2024
Predicting When Men’s College Basketball Eight Unbeaten Teams Will Lose Tennessee leads the final three high-major teams—all from the SEC—unblemished thanks in large part to transfer Chaz Lanier. Sports Illustrated · Dec 10, 2024
Feast Week Takeaways: Purdue, UConn Have Plenty to Celebrate Over Thanksgiving From the Maui Invitational to the Empire Classic, the results from several high-profile tourneys last week could prove crucial come Selection Sunday. Sports Illustrated · Nov 27, 2023
FAU Is Ready for the Spotlight to Be Brighter Than Ever After the program’s Cinderella Final Four run, Dusty May and the Owls will turn their focus to a difficult schedule that will test the team’s mettle in the first two months of the season. Sports Illustrated · Nov 9, 2023
Sports Illustrated · Jun 1, 2023 Assessing Men’s Basketball Programs Following the NBA Draft Deadline Several high-profile players drastically impacted their college programs by making stay-or-go decisions.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 18, 2023 Men’s College Basketball’s Top 10 Offseason Story Lines Can John Calipari rebuild his reputation with the nation’s top recruiting class? Where will Hunter Dickinson end up?
WEKU · Apr 2, 2023 San Diego State found a last minute buzzer-beater to reach the title game Lamont Butler sent San Diego State to their first national championship game with a 72-71 win over fellow mid-major Florida Atlantic in the Final Four on Saturday night.
Tribune News Service · Apr 2, 2023 Butler does it! San Diego State guard’s buzzer-beater sinks FAU, puts Aztecs in national title game. HOUSTON — San Diego State coach Brian Dutcher just stood there while the net danced and pandemonium erupted around him. Players charged onto the court and jumped on Lamont Butler, first Aguek Arop, then Darrion Trammell, then Elijah Saunder off the bench, maybe the fastest a 6-foot-8, 240-pound human has…
Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023 Clueless about FAU basketball? (Who isn’t?) Here’s what you need to know to not sound dumb for the Final Four. The Florida Atlantic University men’s basketball team is enjoying a breakthrough year. The Owls were ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time, they had a nation’s best 20-game winning streak, and now, they’re remarkably playing in the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four, which puts the Owls at an…
The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2023 AP News Digest 5:30 a.m. Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan.
Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 26, 2023 Florida Atlantic holds off Kansas State to reach its first Final Four Alijah Martin, Vlad Goldin and ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic became the first and lowest-seeded team to reach this year’s Final Four as the Owls withstood another huge game by Kansas State’s Markquis Nowell to win 79-76.
Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2023 Florida Atlantic shocks Kansas State to advance to Final Four with 79-76 win at Madison Square Garden NEW YORK — The Harlem wizard’s magic finally ran out.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 20, 2023 FAU Criticized for Actions During Final Seconds of Win Over FDU Alijah Martin attempted a flashy dunk with the game already over … and missed it.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 20, 2023 Stop ripping FAU’s Alijah Martin for his flashy, meaningless last-second dunk attempt Was this a good idea? No! But let's move on.
Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023 Dave Hyde: It’s May Madness as Florida Atlantic becomes the surprise of college basketball Here’s how May Madness started: Dusty May didn’t even plan to take the Florida Atlantic University coaching job. He chuckles from his desk as he says this five seasons later, with the FAU men’s basketball team being ranked No. 19, riding a 20-game win streak and having sold out their…