Reigning national champion Connecticut is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll a day after being named the top overall seed for the NCAA Tournament. 2 in Monday’s poll, trading spots with Houston after the Cougars’ lopsided loss in the Big 12 Tournament title game to Iowa State. The Tar Heels won the …
Connecticut opened the season with uncertainty about how well the Huskies would replace major pieces from last year’s run to the national championship. 1 overall seed in program history,” coach Dan Hurley said after the Huskies won their first Big East Tournament title since 2011 on Saturday night, “so this is a group that seems to be making history in …
MINNEAPOLIS — Zach Edey had 29 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks, as No. 5 TENNESSEE 56 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Cameron Matthews and Josh Hubbard each scored 18 points as the Bulldogs dominated the Volunteers in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals. 9 KENTUCKY 87 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Wade Taylor IV scored 32 points as Texas A&M upset ninth-ranked Kentucky for …
Read The Athletic’s latest men’s college basketball Top 25 rankings. Shead’s initial try missed, but this time he got the game-winner off in time: Tennessee Tennessee is up to 18th in offense at KenPom and has the third-best defense in college basketball. And if you take out the seven games when he was dealing with his ankle and slumping, he’s …
