Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions

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8th in SWAC

Ranking the best players in the NCAA men's basketball transfer portal

The men's basketball transfer portal is more crowded than ever, so we're here to help you determine the names you most need to know.

Sam Vecenie and CJ Moore360

March madness bracket prep: Strengths, weaknesses for all 68 teams, outlooks and more

Brad Evans, Field of 68 and The Athletic42

Bracket Watch: UConn No. 1 overall, and then chaos for 2024 NCAA Tournament

Brian Bennett183

SEC's Sankey doesn't envision P5-only NCAA Tournament, but 'things continue to change'

Kyle Tucker254

The Fieldhouse Bracket Watch: Could the UNC-Duke winner move up to the top line?

Stewart Mandel13

The Fieldhouse Bracket Watch: The Big Ten, The Big Apple and ... little drama

The 2018 Big Ten Tournament starts … Wednesday. No, really! Jim Delany wanted so desperately to move the event to Madison Square Garden he was willing to start the darn thing on the last day of February. There won’t be a whole lot of intrigue for NCAA bracket purposes because the league is so...

Stewart Mandel36

The Fieldhouse Bracket Watch: Despite six straight losses, Sooners are still OK

Looking back, the Trae Young phenomenon in college basketball peaked on Jan. 23, the night Young led his Oklahoma team to an 85-80 home victory over fifth-ranked Kansas. The Sooners improved to 15-4 and were widely projected as an NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed. Less than a month later, Kansas got its...

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The Fieldhouse Bracket Watch: Is the committee underestimating Michigan State?

On Monday, the USA Today coaches poll elevated 24-3 Michigan State to its No. 1 ranking. AP voters declared the Spartans the No. 2 team in the country. A day earlier, however, the NCAA basketball committee revealed the only in-season rankings with actual significance – the tourney’s top 16 teams...

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The Fieldhouse Bracket Watch: Did upsets shake Kansas and Duke from their spots?

A week ago, Kansas barely edged out Duke for my fourth No. 1 seed. Over the weekend, the Jayhawks (18-5) suffered a surprising home loss to Big 12 eighth-place foe Oklahoma State, while the Blue Devils (19-4) inexplicably fell at 11-13 St. John’s. The door seemingly opened for someone like 21-2...

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The Fieldhouse Bracket Watch: Villanova, Virginia battle for No. 1 overall seed

Welcome to The Fieldhouse’s first-ever Bracket Watch! Thank you to Seth Davis for entrusting me with such an important responsibility for his site. You, the readers, may know me primarily as “the football guy,” but for the past three seasons I doubled as bracketologist for my former employer.

Stewart Mandel31

Mid-major notebook: Florida Gulf Coast's surreal travel odyssey ends in victory

Florida Gulf Coast’s victory at tough Lipscomb on Thursday was far from the most impressive part of the Eagles’ road trip. The original plan was simple. A quick drive to Southwest Florida International Airport, a 5:20 p.m. flight to Atlanta, then another short flight to Nashville to...

Matt Craig2