NCAA basketball

For those at the Arena who haven’t seen much SEC women’s basketball, LSU’s Aneesah Morrow put on a monster display Friday of what life is like in one of the toughest conferences in the nation.

NEWARK, N.J. – Jarin Stevenson broke plenty of basketball-loving hearts in his home state of North Carolina when he graduated from Pittsboro’s Seaforth High School a year early to head to Alabama for his college career.

JuJu Watkins was nowhere to be found Friday afternoon at the Arena.

UConn women’s coach Geno Auriemma is ready for the Sweet 16, but he seems downright eager to take on the NCAA hierarchy after the season ends.

After 26 seasons, by almost every measure or metric, Gonzaga’s Mark Few boasts a résumé that stacks up with just about any in college basketball.

PULLMAN – Make it three Washington State players to enter the transfer portal.

Former Zags standout Drew Timme has played in NBA Summer League games, NBA preseason games and a lot of NBA G League games. His next action will finally come in an NBA game.

ATLANTA – Playing in the NCAA Tournament is one of the main reasons Jaemyn Brakefield returned to Ole Miss. The fifth-year senior and four-year player for the Rebels is second on the team in scoring at 11.1 points per game, helping the program to its first March Madness appearance since 2019 and first Sweet 16 since 2001. No. 6 seed Ole Miss plays No. 2 seed Michigan State in Atlanta on Friday.

As the UCLA players warmed up Thursday afternoon on the Arena floor, Charlisse Leger-Walker looked ready to play in the Sweet 16.

During Eastern Washington University’s spring break this week, Emmett Marquardt went back to Seattle, settled about his decision to stay with the Eagles men’s basketball program next season.

PULLMAN – As it turns out, Dane Erikstrup has not played his final game at Washington State.

The Bruins of Westwood have had some historical centers over the years.

A season marked by many early season challenges concluded with the Gonzaga women’s basketball team going down fighting.

Michael Ajayi indicated he’d mull the idea of returning to college for one final season through a blanket NCAA waiver given to former junior college athletes.

Top-seeded UCLA faces Ole Miss at 7 p.m. on Friday night.

They left Eastern Washington University as two of the most decorated basketball players in school history. Now, playing together in Australia’s top professional league, Tyler Harvey and Mason Peatling can add National Basketball League champions to their impressive resumes.

The only outward sign of Caleb Love’s ACC history Wednesday was the splash of light blue on the the multi-colored sneakers he wore during Arizona’s practice at Prudential Center.

On April 7, the eyes of the college basketball world should be on San Antonio, the site of this season’s men’s national championship game. Instead, every college program – including the final two left standing – will also be monitoring the action hundreds of miles west in a courtroom in the Northern District of California.