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2023 NBA mock drafts: Potential OKC Thunder draft picks ahead of draft lottery

Let's see who recent 2023 NBA mock drafts have the Thunder taking as the draft lottery is less than two weeks away.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Mark Story: Why a big change in John Calipari’s philosophy has not paid off for Kentucky

When the 2023-24 season tips off, Kentucky and John Calipari are expected to be moving against one of men’s college basketball’s prevailing tides.

Tribune News Service

Larry Stone: Why this could be a watershed moment for women's college basketball

SEATTLE — It was a great weekend for women's basketball in just about every way, writ large and small. Maybe even a watershed moment, but we'll have to wait and see about that.

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Joe Biden invites NCAA champs UConn, LSU to White House

The president’s invitation made no mention of women’s runner-up Iowa. First lady Jill Biden had suggested the Hawkeyes also should visit the White House.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden to host NCAA champs UConn, LSU; doesn't mention Iowa

President Joe Biden says he's looking forward to hosting the NCAA men's and women's championship basketball teams, the University of Connecticut and Louisiana State University, at the White House

The Independent UK

UConn survive suspect squid, a hotel switch and theft to claim NCAA title

One of the few sure things in an unpredictable March Madness was the Huskies’ ability to rise above the chaos around them

The Guardian - US

Connecticut Stifles San Diego State to Win National Title

The Huskies dispatched the Aztecs, 76–59, on Monday night to secure the program’s fifth championship in the past 24 years.

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The NCAA’s start time for the men’s national title game is way too late

It's absurd an important game starts so late.

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Luke DeCock: NCAA celebrates basketball amid epochal change, but football pulls strings in the shadows

HOUSTON — The Final Four has taken over Houston, where even the light rail trains are wrapped in the NASA-inspired logo, alongside the logo of one of the NCAA’s “corporate champions,” of course. It’s the same thing in Dallas, where all of the signage at both airports leaves no traveler…

Tribune News Service

UConn easily beat Miami to get to the Final Four title game

UConn doled out another drama-free beatdown Saturday, getting 21 points and 10 rebounds from Sanogo to dispatch Miami 72-59 and move one win from the school's fifth national title.

WEKU

Miami Sadness: Hurricanes fall to UConn in Final Four semifinals of NCAA Tournament

HOUSTON — The buzz around the University of Miami team hotel was palpable for days leading up to the Hurricanes’ Final Four game against Connecticut late Saturday night.

Miami Herald

Dave Hyde: Can Miami and FAU shock the basketball world again at Final Four?

HOUSTON — Among the thousand-odd texts filling Miami coach Jim Larrañaga’s phone in the moments after making the Final Four last Sunday, one stood out for its uniqueness.

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FAU coach Dusty May to sign long-term deal; Miami’s Omier won’t be the next Jimmy Graham

HOUSTON — Before the NCAA Tournament, Dusty May said a new contract with Florida Atlantic probably would have been completed and signed if he hadn’t been “too busy” coaching the team.

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UConn’s Adama Sanogo is dominating the NCAA Tournament ... while fasting for Ramadan

About eight minutes before Connecticut’s encounter with Miami in the Final Four on Saturday, Huskies big man Adama Sanogo will down some coconut water and oranges.

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Dave Hyde: Jim Larrañaga showing why he’s one of South Florida’s greatest sports hires

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Here’s how Jim Larrañaga prepares for the biggest game of his big life: He opens his office door as he’s in mid-discussion with his coaching staff and gives a come-on-in wave to the visitor standing outside.

Tribune News Service

Mark Story: Will UK basketball learn the right lessons from the 2023 NCAA Tournament?

The 2023 men’s basketball NCAA Tournament has proven this season’s conventional wisdom right in one major regard.

Sports Illustrated

Taking Stock of a Free-for-All Men’s Final Four

This year’s Final Four features a No. 4 seed favorite along with three first-time participants, a fitting field for a college basketball season that didn’t have any truly great teams.

Sports Illustrated

Final Four Schedule Finalized Following Miami, San Diego State’s Elite Eight Wins

The countdown to Houston has officially begun.

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Men’s NCAA tournament history repeats with two mid-majors, UConn set for Final Four in Houston

Two mid-majors playing in the Final Four in Houston. UConn also competing for a title. Is this 2023 or 2011??

Tribune News Service

Why Jim Boeheim says UConn ‘may be best all-around team’ and national title favorite

UConn and Syracuse may be longtime rivals, but that didn’t stop Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim from sharing his opinion that the Huskies might be the best team in the country.

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John Clay: Sweet 16 reasons this college basketball season and the NCAA Tournament make no sense

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 play begins Thursday, 16 reasons college basketball this season makes no sense:

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mike Sielski: Jay Wright is becoming the TV face of college hoops. He’d be nuts to coach again.

Halftime of Connecticut-St. Mary’s on Sunday night in the NCAA Tournament’s second round, UConn up one, and if you left your television tuned to TNT during the break, you saw and heard Jay Wright in his sweet spot. He knew the coaches and teams well — the Huskies’ Danny Hurley…

Sports Illustrated

Jay Bilas Doubles Down on Team He Picked to Win NCAA Tournament

The ESPN college hoops analyst remains confident in his choice after the opening weekend.

Los Angeles Times

NCAA Tournament bracket picks: J. Brady McCollough’s prediction for every game

LOS ANGELES — UCLA and USC won’t be making the trip to Houston, but the Final Four won’t be short on intrigue. Can the hometown Cougars cut down the nets for the first time in school history? Can Alabama and the murder investigation hovering over this year’s tournament be removed…

Chicago Sun-Times

Horrific start dooms DePaul against No. 14 UConn

Blue Demons allow Huskies to take a 29-2 lead to open the game

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