What you are about to read is an All-Decade team composed of the best Men’s College Basketball players over the past 10 years. Now, remember, this is based on college basketball play and not how players have fared in the NBA. College basketball, most importantly, is all about putting your...
Down 16 points with three minutes left in the first half to San Diego State (30-1) — the No. 5 team in the country — it seemed as if Utah State was going to have to agonizingly wait to see if they would reach the NCAA Tournament as an...
Hollywood couldn't have scripted a better ending. Earlier in the week and for the first time since 2011, BYU jumped into the Top 25, the Cougars were hosting No. 2 Gonzaga on Senior Night and fans were camping out days before the big game. For BYU's seven seniors, the stage was...
Saturday's showdown between No. 23 BYU and No. 2 Gonzaga was one of the biggest games in recent memory. In fact, it was the first game between ranked teams in the Marriott Center since 2011 when Jimmer Freddette lead No. 9 BYU to a victory over No. 4 San Diego...
Since joining the Pac-12 Conference in 2011, followed by several years of waiting to get a full share of conference revenue, the Utes are finally reaping the rewards as the program brought in record revenues this past fiscal year. While revenues jumped to $99.5 million, expenses rose to an all-time...
After winning the Pac-12 South Division for the second consecutive year and finishing with its highest AP ranking (No. 16) in the Pac-12 era, Utah fans had a lot to cheer about this past season. With a solid group of players returning for the 2020 season, along with one of...
TMZ has the Kardashians and sports networks have Grayson Allen. Wherever you go or look, you just can't get away from it. And that's the problem. If embattled Duke star Grayson Allen choose to eat cornflakes instead of sausage and eggs one day — heaven help us all — you can...
It was the shot heard around the world. UConn't believe it? Well, neither can we! Friday's late night game between No. 2 Mississippi State and No. 1 Connecticut was no April Fools' joke as the Bulldogs took down the Huskies, 66-64, in perhaps the biggest upset in women's college basketball history. In the...
Whether you call it the "Big Dance" or the NCAA Tournament, in the end, it's all just March Madness. From buzzer-beaters to upsets to making program history, the 2017 NCAA Tournament had it all. A year after losing on a last-second shot to Villanova in last year's championship game, North...
LaVar Ball, the father of UCLA star Lonzo Ball, has become the Donald Trump of college basketball for his over-the-top comments and outlandish statements. He's the kid at the playground that takes his ball and goes home when he doesn't get his way and is full of alternative facts. Don't believe...
And you thought your little brother was annoying. LaVar Ball, the father of UCLA star Lonzo Ball, has become the Donald Trump of college basketball for his over-the-top comments and outlandish statements. LaVar's latest takes are that his sons "deserve" a billion-dollar shoe deal, that Lonzo is somehow better than Steph Curry...
The fifth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels got sweet revenge in a 90-83 home victory over No. 17 Duke at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. UNC (26-6, 14-4) came into Saturday's game having already clinched the outright ACC regular-season title, but that didn't stop one of...
Gonzaga was heavily favored. They were the No. 1 team in the country playing their last home game of the season in front of a sold-out crowd of 6,000 at the McCarthey Athletic Center on Senior Night. They were perfect and looking to finish the regular season undefeated at 30-0. But...
Duke came into the season as one of the favorites to win it all, but hasn't played up to that level all year. Well, until now. The 18th-ranked Blue Devils (19-5, 7-4 ACC) finally put it all together as they took down No. 8 North Carolina (21-5, 9-3 ACC), 86-78, at Cameron...
And you thought your day was bad. UCLA's Sophie Lellis-Petrie had a rough night to say the least during UCLA's men's basketball game against Oregon at Pauley Pavilion on Thursday. The cheerleader took a hard fall on her tailbone after falling from the pyramid. Her misfortunes continued as the man carrying her...
The Duke-North Carolina game is arguably college basketball's most recognized rivalry. Tickets are near impossible to get, unless of course your friends with Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski. The legendary head coach who has the most wins in NCAA history, heard about the heartbreaking story of Melanie Day thanks to the BYU...
The second-seeded Mississippi State Bulldogs pulled off a stunning upset over No. 1 Connecticut Friday night at the American Airlines Center and it was no April Fools’ joke either. The Bulldogs took down the Huskies, 66-64, in perhaps the biggest upset in women’s college basketball history as Mississippi State ended...
Kansas sure loves its last-second victories. Once again this year, the Jayhawks won thanks to a game-winning shot to take down rival Kansas State 90-88 and extended its home winning streak to 50 games in the process. With the game all tied up and with just under five seconds left in...
The rivalry between BYU and Utah runs deep and is arguably one of the most underrated college rivalries in the nation. "You’re either red or blue," said Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham. "There’s no in-between." Players on both sides have called it the "Super Bowl" when both teams get together and even...
Dear 2016, what a year it has been. You brought us the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. You brought fans closer together with some of the most epic games and plays in sports history. Games were decided by the smallest of margins with underdogs climbing their way...
More than a dozen NBA scouts were on hand for Thursday night's West Coast Conference game between BYU (16-8, 7-4 WCC) and No. 1 Gonzaga (23-0, 11-0 WCC). And like we've seen from them all year, the Zags raced out to another double-digit lead in the first half. But for...
Despite coming off a two-year LDS mission to Italy this year, BYU sophomore Erik Mika hasn't shown any rust as the 6-foot-10 forward has NBA scouts drooling. Colorado was the latest victim as the stat-sheet stuffer finished the game with 17 points, seven rebounds, six assists, and three blocks in...
For the second time in school history, Gonzaga is the top-ranked team in the country. But that might be short lived as the Zags go on the road to face a BYU squad which has been absolutely dominant at home under head coach Dave Rose. Now in his 11th year,...
The NBA Draft always brings plenty of surprises and this year was no different. For the first time in NBA history, the first seven picks were freshmen with a record 16 one-and-done players taken overall in the first round. The Philadelphia 76ers took Washington guard Markelle Fultz with the No. 1...
What a game! The nightcap of the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden didn't disappoint as the Kansas Jayhawks took on the Duke Blue Devils in a game featuring some of top college basketball stars in the country. With the game all tied up at 75, and with 8.2 seconds left,...
Huntsman Center. Salt Lake City, Utah
Bill Walton was at it again. Whether you love him or you hate him, Walton — one of the most off-the-wall announcers in all of college basketball — put on another show during Utah's home basketball game against No. 14 Arizona. It wasn't quite the performance he put on during the Utah-BYU...
Penn State
Believe the hype! Penn State fans, football coaches and alumni, packed Madison Square Garden Thursday night as the Nittany Lions (26-13) took on Utah (23-12) in the National Invitational Tournament championship game. And they didn't leave disappointed. With such a young squad, Penn State showed everyone why they will be a big...
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The Utes just keep winning. Led by senior point guard Justin Bibbins, Utah hung out to beat Western Kentucky, 69-64, Tuesday night in the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden. Bibbins, who scored a team-high 19 points, had help from Sedrick Barefield who added 14 points for...
NIT: Utah beats Saint Mary's
Utah is headed to New York City. Despite playing on the road and without senior David Collette in the second half, the Runnin' Utes took down top-seeded Saint Mary's with a 67-58 victory in overtime. Utah became the second team — along with Gonzaga — to defeat Saint Mary’s on its...
Utah defeats LSU in NIT
They simply couldn't miss. The Runnin' Utes didn't miss much of anything Monday night inside the Huntsman Center as Utah (21-11) easily took down LSU (18-15) with a 95-71 home victory in the second round of the National Invitational Tournament (NIT). With the victory, the Utes will head to the NIT...
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