The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) cracked another small hole in the NCAA’s policies against paying student athletes on Monday, ruling that the organization can’t place limits on education-related payments players receive from their schools. The unanimous 9-0 Supreme Court decision upheld a ruling by a lower court […]
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Colorado Buffs Chasing Harvard as NCAA’s All-Time Best Free-Throw Shooting Team
The #24 Colorado Buffaloes are the top shooting team from the charity stripe this season, hitting 83.1% of their free throws. If Colorado can finish above 82.3% this season, they’ll break the NCAA free-throw shooting record held by Harvard. Yes, Harvard. It’s weird to see an Ivy League basketball team, […]
Gonzaga, Baylor, Michigan, and Ohio State Earn March Madness Early Reveal No. 1 Seeds
The March Madness selection committee released early seedings for the top four spots of the upcoming NCAA men’s college basketball tournament. The early reveal #1 seeds for 2021 March Madness are Gonzaga, Baylor, Michigan, and Ohio State. The top four ranked teams in the AP Top 25 poll were each […]
Hot Teams: Underrated Drake Bulldogs Perfect 17-0 in College Hoops
Don’t sleep on the Drake Bulldogs this season. Drake is finally getting some respect, and is currently ranked #25 in the AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll after starting the season with a perfect 17-0 record. For the first time since 2008, Drake earned a spot in the top 25. […]
NCAA Attempts to Put COVID Genie Back in the Bottle, Names Indianapolis as March Madness ‘Bubble’ Site
The 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament will happen in a “bubble” format in Indianapolis, the NCAA will announce Monday. College sports’ governing body has been stunningly silent on all COVID-related matters thus far this year, leaving testing, contact-tracing protocols, travel plans, and scheduling up to individual schools and teams since […]
SEC Inks $3 Billion Deal with Disney As California Lawmakers Press To Get Collegiate Athletes Paid
Friday Disney promised $3 billion to the Southeastern Conference for a decade of rights to broadcast the conference’s entire sports catalog on its ABC and ESPN networks. The deal solidifies collegiate sports’ valuation as equal to its professional counterparts. And it comes just days after California state senators Nancy Skinner […]
Betting Lines Favor Underdogs as COVID Challenges Elite College Football Programs
Health experts gave the NCAA about a zero-percent chance of running through a full college football season unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and they were right. Even conservative predictions couldn’t have accounted for the coronavirus’s massive spread over the past couple of weeks, especially in the SEC, where the nation’s […]
NCAA Cancels 2020 March Madness and Frozen Four Due to Coronavirus
The NCAA announced it’s cancelling the March Madness men’s and women’s basketball tournaments due to the growing concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The NCAA also cancelled all remaining winter and spring championships in all sports, at all levels (Divisions I, II, and III) The announcement came several hours after […]
Does Anyone Except Gamblers Give a ####! About These Garbage College Bowl Games? (Op-Ed)
As college football belches out yet another meaningless bowl spectacle, and the garbage pile bloats from a molehill into a mountain, interest in these games continues to plummet. Television ratings are in a steady decline. Games between mediocre teams take place in half-empty stadiums. Hardly anyone seems to care. Once […]
California vs. the NCAA: ‘Fair Pay to Play’ Shakes Up College Sports
Earlier this year, Senate Bill SB-206, the “Fair Pay to Play Act†was introduced in California. After passing both the State Senate and the Assembly committees, the legislation now goes to the full legislature for what appears to be a late summer approval. The bill has got the NCAA up […]