Penn hired Fran McCaffery as its men’s basketball coach on Thursday, two weeks after he was fired at Iowa in a season where the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nearly every year there’s at least one lovable underdog that rises from obscurity in the NCAA Tournament to capture the hearts of basketball fans and bust their brackets. Not this year. All 16 regional semifinalists are from
INDIANAPOLIS — No. 3 Kentucky and No. 2 Tennessee will tangle for the third time this season, and the stakes are higher than ever in the first NCAA Tournament meeting between the rivals. The Southeastern Conference foes collide in the
Five-star forward Koa Peat committed to Arizona’s 2025 recruiting class on Thursday. The 6-foot-8, 235-pound senior from Gilbert, Ariz., is ranked No. 8 nationally by the 247 Sports composite. “I chose Arizona, head coach Tommy Lloyd and his staff because
ATLANTA — It is fair to say Michigan State has evolved, and then some, since its first trip to Atlanta in November. Then unranked, the Spartans fell to No. 1 Kansas in the Champions Classic in its first marquee game
Fran McCaffery’s official homecoming began on Thursday morning after he was named as the head coach at Penn, his alma mater. McCaffery, 65, played for the Quakers from 1979-82 and served as an assistant coach for the program for one
SAN FRANCISCO — Florida’s Todd Golden hopes a visit to his old coaching grounds will be just a brief stopover on the Gators’ way back to the center of the college basketball stage. Meanwhile, Maryland hero Derik Queen makes the
SAN FRANCISCO — With a couple more victories, Hall of Fame coach John Calipari and his Cinderella squad at Arkansas may become the best magic act this side of David Copperfield. The No. 10-seeded Razorbacks (22-13) already have become one
Owen Freeman, the 2024 Big Ten Freshman of the Year at Iowa, is transferring to Creighton. The 6-foot-10-inch forward averaged 16.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game as a sophomore with the Hawkeyes this past season. He was