After the first two rounds of the 2021 March Madness tournament, it’s safe to say the public vastly overrated the Big Ten, while so-called experts highly underrated the Pac-12. Four out of the five Pac-12 teams that earned bids to March Madness are still alive, whereas only one out of […]
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee has declared the first-round March Madness game between Oregon and Virginia Commonwealth University a no contest due to multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the VCU program. As a result, VCU has withdrawn from the NCAA Tournament, and Oregon automatically advances to the second round. VCU […]
The Pac-12 North winner Washington Huskies won’t have a chance to face USC in the Pac-12 Championship Game at LA Memorial Coliseum 5 p.m. PST Friday on FOX. The conference made the announcement via Twitter on Monday, saying division runner-up Oregon will go instead. UPDATE: Statement on 2020 #Pac12FCG â¤µï¸ […]
A Pair of ACC-Big Ten men’s basketball games scheduled for Wednesday highlight a rash of COVID-19 postponements, putting the season total to 80 games off the board — and counting — at the beginning of week two. The most notable of these is No. 24 Louisville (4-0) at No. 13 […]
As Florida’s men’s basketball team puts its regular schedule on hold to travel to Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino for a pair of games in the Legends Classic tournament, other programs will have to start getting more creative to remain viable. The Gators will tipoff against Army on Wednesday and Boston […]
USC’s already slim chances to contend for a spot in the College Football Playoff grew a lot dimmer Thanksgiving evening as their Saturday game against Colorado was canceled. It’s been a war of COVID attrition in the Pac-12. Even with the shortened, six-game conference-only schedule that didn’t kick off until […]
As COVID-19 cancellations continue to disrupt this fractured college football season, one constant remains: a record number of teams are undefeated. But which program is also perfect against the spread? Northwestern, that’s who. In a Week 13 college football first, 11 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools remain undefeated. They are […]
The pandemic-infused college football season’s biggest surprises aren’t just the number of programs sidelined by COVID-19, the lack of mitigating efforts from the NCAA or the College Football Playoff, or even the sheer number of upsets. Instead, notably, it’s which programs are still standing with perfect records. In a Week […]
The University of California’s Saturday night season opener against Washington may be canceled in the wake of a player testing positive for the coronavirus. On Wednesday, Cal head coach Justin Wilcox said the school will have to undergo “significant” contact tracing with players and coaching staff in the wake of […]
The John R. Wooden Award recognizes the top player in college basketball. Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon) and Obi Toppin (Dayton) both won the 2020 Wooden Award as the premier women’s and men’s college basketball players. Ionescu won the Wooden Award in consecutive years. She joined an elite group of five other […]
North Carolina, ensconced in their worst season in nearly 20 years, throws down with the universally hated #12 Duke. In Hollywood, crosstown rivals UCLA and USC meet with the loser most likely missing out on an invite to the March Madness. Also in the Pac-12, Stanford needs a win at […]
The top two teams in the West Coast Conference will throw down when the #2 Gonzaga Bulldogs (27-1) visit the #23 BYU Cougars (22-7). North Carolina State (17-9) is fresh off a 22-point upset over #6 Duke, and the NC State Wolfpack hope to play the role of disrupter once […]
The No. 6 Oregon Ducks (11-2) will take on the No. 8 Wisconsin Badgers (10-3) in the Rose Bowl Game on Wednesday in a battle between two powerhouse programs that narrowly missed out on playoff spots. The Ducks and the Badgers provide a traditional Rose Bowl matchup between teams from […]
Rivalry week continues in college football with Georgia at Georgia Tech, UNLV at Nevada, Arizona at Arizona State, Oregon State at Oregon, and Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette. Athens is only 70 miles away from Atlanta, and the Georgia and Georgia Tech rivalry dates to 1893. The two schools have shed a […]
The 2019 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis tips off on Wednesday at the Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, with four of the nation’s top-13 teams battling for college basketball supremacy in the Caribbean. This year’s teams at the Battle 4 Atlantis include #6 North […]
Florida state senator Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) has introduced a series of three bills that would legalize sports betting in the state, with the Florida Lottery in charge of regulating the industry. Under the terms of the legislation, sports betting would be available to anyone age 21 or over, and […]
This week’s late game on the Friday Night Football slate also doubles as an installment of the Pac-12 After Dark, with the Colorado Buffaloes (3-2) clashing against the #13 Oregon Ducks (4-1) in Eugene, Oregon. Oregon flew out of the gate with a 2-0 record in Pac-12 conference play, but […]
Three more states have entered the legal sports betting arena. Beating the clock to the opening of the NFL season were Oregon, Iowa, and Indiana. While some states open their new sports betting facilities with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting, others just start printing out the betting tickets. In Indiana, Gov. Eric […]
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