Key Injuries to Remember When Filling Out Your Men’s March Madness Bracket A number of contenders are dealing with crucial injuries on their rosters heading in the NCAA tournament. Sports Illustrated · Mar 15
Penn’s TJ Power Makes His Case As First Hero of March Madness They’ll be talking about this in University City for years to come. Sports Illustrated · Mar 15
The Lowest Seeds to Ever Win in March Madness—Which Cinderellas Will Emerge in 2026? We’ve seen plenty of Cinderella teams make a run in March Madness, but not all underdog stories are created equal. Sports Illustrated · Mar 15
Men’s Basketball Bracket Watch: Auburn Slides Out, SMU and Texas Barely Hanging on Oklahoma continues to make a compelling case, but remains out of the field currently. NC State and UCF are largely safe. Sports Illustrated · Mar 13
Biggest Questions for the Selection Committee for Women’s March Madness Bracket Should UConn or UCLA be the No. 1 overall seed? How do the No. 2 seeds shake out? Plus, who should be worried after conference tournaments and more in this week’s roundtable. Sports Illustrated · Mar 12
Men’s Basketball Bracket Watch: Oklahoma Streaking to Top of March Madness Bubble Put San Diego State and New Mexico in the must-win category in the Mountain West, plus Auburn faces a critical bubble game in the SEC. Sports Illustrated · Mar 12
SEC Men’s Basketball Conference Quarterfinals: Full Schedule, Bracket and How to Watch Can any team take down the reigning champion Florida Gators in the SEC? Sports Illustrated · Mar 11
Bobby Hurley and John Pelphrey, Linked by History, Confront Coaching Uncertainty The Arizona State coach said after his team’s exit in the Big 12 tournament that he’s still in his prime and has at least 10 years left in his coaching career. Sports Illustrated · Mar 11
Men’s Basketball Bracket Watch: Auburn’s Polarizing Bubble Case Cincinnati and Oklahoma have run underdog bubble campaigns, coming back seemingly from the dead with late-season surges. Sports Illustrated · Mar 11
South Carolina Dominates As Usual, Vanderbilt Crashes Out at the SEC Tournament After closing out the regular season with a tight win against Kentucky, the Gamecocks overpowered the Wildcats on Friday. Plus, Ole Miss upsets Vanderbilt in the quarterfinals. Sports Illustrated · Mar 6
Men’s Basketball State of the Bubble: An Important Final Regular Season Game Awaits Several Bubble Teams Teams vying for the final spots in the NCAA tournament have very little time left to impress the selection committee. Sports Illustrated · Mar 5
Kentucky Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart Announces Retirement After 25 Years Mitch Barnhart oversaw good times and bad in the Wildcats’ athletic department. Sports Illustrated · Mar 3
Tarleton State to Part Ways With Men’s Basketball Coach Billy Gillispie Gillispie has been on medical leave since mid-January. Sports Illustrated · Feb 27
Projecting the Men's College Basketball AP Top 25: Duke, Arizona Rise After Big Wins There could be a new No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll for a second straight week. Sports Illustrated · Feb 22
Sports Illustrated · Feb 22 Kentucky’s Mark Pope Caught on Hot Mic Tearing Into Officiating After Loss to Auburn The Wildcats have taken double-digit losses for a fourth straight year.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 19 Men’s Basketball State of the Bubble: Stock Up on Georgia, Stock Down on UCLA Mike White's squad is looking to be in better shape for the NCAA tournament.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 17 Revisiting Top 10 Men’s College Basketball Transfer Portal Classes Which transfer portal classes in men's college basketball have overachieved—or underachieved—relative to their preseason ranking?
Sports Illustrated · Feb 16 Six Lesser-Known Rivalries We’d Like to Return As Idaho, Boise State Resume Feud We looked in college football’s attic for these dormant series.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 15 How Florida Basketball Revived Its Repeat Hopes With Historic Rebounding After a shaky SEC start, the Gators’ record-setting rebounding and improved ball security have transformed them into a legitimate March threat.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 13 Best Men’s College Basketball Games to Watch: Big 12 Clash, West Coast Battles Stack Slate Four ranked matchups headline another jam-packed Saturday, while the bubble seeks to sort itself out with pivotal matchups on tap in the ACC, SEC and WCC.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 10 Men’s Basketball Bracket Watch: Three New Teams Enter, Top Seed Check After Losses Arizona dropped its first game of the season on Monday, but remains the No. 1 overall seed because of its body of work, while North Carolina and Kentucky are rising.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 9 Five College Basketball AP Top 25 Snubs Who Could Make Poll Next Week Here are five college basketball teams that didn't make the AP Top 25 this week, but could next week.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 3 Men’s Basketball Bracket Watch: Texas, Cal on the Bubble; Miami, Virginia Tech Out Arizona, Duke, Michigan and UConn are on the one-seed line, but Illinois is making its case of late to grab a coveted top spot.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 2 Ranking the Top 10 Men’s College Hoops Freshmen: Surprise Addition to Top Five Kansas guard Darryn Peterson also makes his debut on the list after being limited due to injuries in a class that is historic for its depth.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 1 College Basketball Takeaways: Darryn Peterson Shines, Arizona Remains Unbeaten From Peterson's standout performance to the Wildcats—and RedHawks—remaining unbeaten, here's everything you missed from a busy college basketball Saturday.