Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Wildcats

Early rankings for the 2022-23 basketball season are in. Could Kentucky really be No. 1?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — It was a disappointing finish to Kentucky's 2021-22 basketball season, the Wildcats' national championship hopes ending just as their NCAA Tournament was getting started with a shocking loss to Saint Peter's in the first round.

Tribune News Service

Report: Duke Is Most Recent Team to Show Interest in Kansas State Transfer Nijel Pack

He led the Wildcats in scoring last year but is looking for new home for next season.

Sports Illustrated

Leaders United edge Wildcats in Perth

Melbourne United have inflicted Perth's third straight loss at home for the first time since 1999 with a 84-75 win at RAC Arena.

AAP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Mark Story: One city is becoming the place Kentucky basketball dreams go to die

LEXINGTON, Ky. — In the 2014 NCAA Tournament, the city of Indianapolis was site to two of the most electric moments in Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball history.

Tribune News Service

This Kansas Team Is on a Mission, Whether You’re Paying Attention or Not

Dubbed the “other” semifinal on a historic weekend, the Jayhawks delivered a clear message in their win over Villanova.

Sports Illustrated

Watch: Villanova Seniors Get Emotional After Final Four Loss to Kansas

The Wildcats were eliminated after an 81–65 loss to the Jayhawks on Saturday night.

Sports Illustrated

David McCormack Finds Redemption in the Final Four

After Kansas’s center stuck out like a sore thumb in last year’s second-round shellacking by USC, he was unstoppable against Villanova on Saturday.

Sports Illustrated

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Mike Sielski: Collin Gillespie ended his Villanova career by giving everything, as usual. Against Kansas, it wasn’t enough.

NEW ORLEANS — Away from the basketball court, Collin Gillespie tends to carry himself with all the openness and naked emotion of a special agent with a secret to guard and a mission to complete. His father is a Philadelphia police detective, internal affairs, and it’s easy to see that…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Kansas into title game after easy win vs. Villanova

David McCormack scored 25 points and Ochai Agbaji added 21 for the Jayhawks

Chicago Sun-Times

Jay Wright Is ‘Proud’ That Villanova Is Now in the Blueblood Conversation

The Wildcats join three traditional blueblood schools in this year’s men’s Final Four.

Sports Illustrated

One Key Stat for Each Men’s Final Four Team

Final Four By the NumbersAt long last, the Final Four has arrived. All week we have digested the endless angles of a delicious Duke-UNC matchup, appreciated Kansas’s lights-out performance that has the Jayhawks as the last No. 1 seed standing, and played with Villanova’s lineup to see how the ...

Sports Illustrated

‘If you’re coming back, I’m coming back’: Inside the night that put Villanova on track for another Final Four

NEW ORLEANS — The Villanova athletic department created sharp graphics last April for Jermaine Samuels and Collin Gillespie to blast on social media when they each announced they would be returning for a fifth-season.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Vahe Gregorian: 'Got to cut down nets': Despite Kansas' rich history, Bill Self knows it's behind others

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self never has been one to sulk. That would be "soft," after all, a concept he holds in contempt.

Tribune News Service

SI:AM | The NCAA Tournaments Are Poised for a Grand Finale

There’s a lot to look forward to in the men’s and women’s Final Fours this weekend.

Sports Illustrated

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Sports Illustrated

How Jay Wright Molded Like-Minded Point Guards to Turn Villanova Into a Blueblood

Character evaluation, player development and a never-ending commitment to playing perfect basketball helped build a powerhouse program centered around one position.

Sports Illustrated

The Biggest Question for Each Team Heading Into the Men’s Final Four

What could prove to be their downfall?The Final Four is just two days away! With four of the sport’s biggest brands convening in New Orleans and story lines galore around these outstanding matchups, it’s hard to wait until Saturday evening. Here are four big questions heading into those two games…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mike Sielski: Villanova’s era of excellence is 20 years in the making. Just ask Allan Ray. Or follow him on Twitter.

PHILADELPHIA — Come Saturday night, Allan Ray will grab his red marble composition book and his black-ink Sharpie pen, get comfy on the living room couch in his Atlanta home, and fire up his television and his Twitter account for his favorite pastime. Ray was a member of Jay Wright’s…

Sports Illustrated

Super Seniors Are All Over the Men’s Final Four—and Making All the Difference

Given the opportunity for the rare five-year career, players like Brady Manek, Collin Gillespie and Remy Martin are playing a unique role this March.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Tribune News Service

John Clay: With Final Four approaching, just who qualifies as an actual basketball blue blood?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — You’ve probably read the story line. Saturday’s Final Four is full of basketball blue bloods. Duke and North Carolina meet in one national semifinal. Kansas plays Villanova in the other. Blue bloods all.

Tribune News Service

Brad Underwood gets lucrative extension at Illinois after Kansas State coaching search

The world may never know if Brad Underwood seriously considered the thought of leaving Illinois for Kansas State when the Wildcats expressed interest in hiring him as their new men’s basketball coach earlier this month.

The Independent UK

March Madness: What to watch for in a stacked Final Four

March Madness has taken a power turn as it turns to the Final Four

Tribune News Service

Mark Story: For Kentucky fans, a guide to surviving the Final Four from hell

For Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball fans, these are the times that try men's (and women's) souls.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Villanova prepares for Kansas without Justin Moore

Jay Wright started a Monday national media Zoom press conference by mentioning how Justin Moore underwent surgery for his torn Achilles tendon at 6:30 that morning, how the surgery went well, that arrangements have been made for Moore and injured Villanova reserve Jordan Longino to fly Saturday to New Orleans…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Justin Moore’s torn Achilles might be too much for Villanova to overcome against Kansas

Moore's injury is a tough blow for the Wildcats.

Tribune News Service

Kansas Jayhawks reach Final Four and will face Villanova again. Here’s the matchup.

CHICAGO — If Kansas, the No. 1 seed/champion of the 2022 Midwest Regional is to reach the NCAA title game, it’ll have to get past a familiar foe in Villanova, the No. 2 seed in the South Regional.

1 … 56 57 58 59

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.