Female athletes are taking a stand against the NCAA. Sixteen female college athletes who compete in sports such as swimming, track, and soccer are suing the NCAA over its transgender athlete policy. The athletes claim that the NCAA allowing men to compete in women’s sports violates Title IX, which bars discrimination based on anatomical sex at schools […]
The United States men’s basketball team will open the Paris Olympics against Serbia, and likely superstar , while the U.S. women start the Games against the team they beat three summers ago for the gold. According to the results of the Olympic men’s and women’s basketball tournament draws on Tuesday, conducted by FIBA at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland, near Geneva, the U.S. men will face the Serbians on July 28, South Sudan and a team yet to qualify in their group...
LOGAN – The transfer portal is already open and Utah State needs to be on its toes to make sure it gets the best out of the volatile system. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams could end up needing to get most of next year’s rosters via the portal. It’s becoming an annual tradition […]
The player exodus from Stanford men’s basketball reached its apex on Wednesday with the news that the Cardinal’s leading scorer, Maxime Raynaud, will reportedly enter the transfer portal. Raynaud will be the fourth player to transfer out of the program following a disappointing 14-18 season that ended with a second-round loss to Washington State in the Pac-12 tournament. The French 7-footer averaged 15.5 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, and earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors. He was also...
By Jacob Lev and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The fields are set for March Madness and it’s time to fill out your brackets. The men’s field is topped by defending champion Connecticut while the women’s overall No. 1 seed is undefeated South Carolina. The other top seeds for the NCAA Division I men’s basketball
“Our guys gave tremendous effort, had a chance to win it in overtime,” Coach Steve Smiley said in a text. “Enaruna hit an unbelievable shot at the buzzer.”
Basketball The women’s basketball team is returning home as the NCAA Division III champions, marking the second time it has earned the title in its history. The Violets finished undefeated, 31-0, and remained on top of the NCAA rankings for the entire season. The team avenged last season’s defeat to Transylvania University 57-42 in the This story Women’s basketball wins national championship, men’s swimming completes season with highest-ever finish and other news appeared first on Washington...
Friday, Mar. 22 LSU 70, Rice 60 Middle Tennessee 71, Louisville 69 North Carolina 59, Michigan St. 56 South Carolina 91, Presbyterian 39 Virginia Tech 92, Marshall 49 Duke 72, Richmond 61 Kansas St.
Eighth-seeded Northern Colorado and No. 9 Cleveland State will meet in an opening-round game at 9 a.m. MT Sunday, March 24 in the 15-game, single elimination tournament featuring mid-major Division I programs.
Northern Colorado, 15-15 after the regular season and Big Sky Conference tournament, will play in the 48-team Women’s NIT, according to the tournament website Sunday evening.
There are now a lot more ways to watch and engage with sports. People are seeking out women’s leagues on streaming platforms. Social media hype is attracting new fans. And brands are taking notice, providing the women's league with more resources.
The best NCAA men’s champions often had years to play together before their stars headed to the NBA. Now most standouts are anxious to get to the prosThe first NCAA men’s basketball tournament was organized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1939. The championship game – won by Oregon – was attended by 5,000 spectators and the tournament ran a deficit of $2,531.Times change. March Madness is now a billion-dollar dream machine that thrives on images of greatness. Stories of past...