The ACC spent years as the darling conference of men’s college basketball. It was where the true blue bloods of the sport–led by Duke and North Carolina–resided. Michael Jordan. Christian Laettner. Coach K. The Dean Dome. Jim Valvano. Tobacco Road. I can go on, but you get the point. If a conference ever got the… read more

Cinderella stories don’t always come to an end, but they usually do. At least they did for an underdog Duquesne squad that was looking to reach the Sweet 16 in a Round of 32 matchup vs. third-seeded Illinois at CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday night. The Dukes, who entered the tournament… read more

What’s better than winning your conference tournament as the number six seed and qualifying for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1977? How about knocking off the sixth seed in the first round of the NCAA Tournament? That became Duquesne’s reality on Thursday afternoon, thanks to a 71-67 victory over BYU in a… read more

The NCAA’s 2024 First Four took place Tuesday and Wednesday at the University of Dayton’s UD Arena. On Tuesday night,  No. 16 Wagner outlasted No. 16 Howard, 71-68, while No. 10 Colorado State demolished No. 10 Virginia, 67-42. On Wednesday night, No. 16 Grambling State defeated No. 16 Montana State, 88-81, while No. 10 Colorado… read more

While everyone else was out enjoying St. Patrick’s Day, the Toronto Raptors were trying to snap their six game losing streak as they visited the Orlando Magic on Sunday night. Coming into this game the Raptors were on a severe losing skid dropping six in a row and eight of their last ten games, with… read more

It seems that every season, there are teams that unjustly get left out of the field of 68 in the NCAA’s annual men’s basketball tournament that determines its national champion. The 2023/2024 Pitt Panthers will go down as one of those teams this year. After starting 10-7–including 1-5 in conference play–Pitt won 12 of its… read more

It’s like your old college professor used to say: “If you haven’t learned the material by now, there is no point in cramming the night before the exam.” After a slow start to their 2023/2024 campaign, the Panthers headed into their ACC Tournament semifinal matchup against North Carolina at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C…. read more

Reserve guard Ishmael Leggett scored a season-high 30 points, as the Panthers outlasted Wake Forest, 81-69, in a four vs. five matchup in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Thursday afternoon. Senior guard Blake Hinson added 20 points to Pitt’s cause, while the freshman guard tandem of… read more