College Basketball

Controversy has erupted over a video causing some to wonder whether Arizona’s Bennedict Mathurin palmed a cheerleader’s breast.

A college basketball cheerleader from St. Bonaventure University in New York claims a player from the University of Saint Louis told her to “shut the f*** up, b****” during a game between the two schools in Washington, DC, on March 11.

Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard threw a punch during post-game handshakes with the Wisconsin Badgers, sparking a massive brawl with the two teams.

Montana State basketball broadcaster Mark Martello was fired Monday for criticizing big cities such as Chicago and Portland.

A Wisconsin Badgers fan was banned from future games after being caught on video making a racist, anti-Asian gesture at Northwestern students.

Houston guard Jamal Shead picked up trash thrown by his teammates as they left the floor following a loss to Alabama.

A report by the law firm Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP recommends that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) combine the men’s and women’s Final Four tournaments to stop “undervaluing and underfunding the women’s game.”

A star basketball player suffered a serious head injury after being sucker-punched and knocked out at a bar over the weekend.

WACO, Texas — Baylor and coach Scott Drew have refused to accept a vehicle wrapped with the school’s national championship logo after an insensitive remark made by the dealership’s general manager when discussing it during a live TV interview.

Starting next season, major college football and basketball players will be permitted to transfer one time before graduating without being required to sit out a year of competition.

Baylor is on top of the college basketball world, winning its first national championship while denying perfection for Gonzaga.

Ohio State forward E.J. Liddell shared offensive comments, including racial slurs and threats of violence, posted to his Instagram account after the Buckeye’s 75-72 loss to Oral Roberts on Friday in the first major upset of the NCAA Tournament.

Several players took a knee during the playing of the national anthem as the NCAA March Madness tournament kicked off on Friday, reports say.

The NCAA Tournament caught criticism for what some called a disparity in how it furnished its men’s and women’s workout/weight rooms.

Virginia Tech men’s basketball coach Mike Young took a cheap shot at the Christian denomination group Jehovah’s Witnesses on Tuesday during a press call leading up to Friday’s game with the University of Florida.

Six March Madness referees were sent home after some of them violated coronavirus policies

The Atlantic Coast Conference has canceled its tournament semifinal game between No. 16 Virginia and Georgia Tech due to a positive COVID-19 test, quarantining and contact tracing within the Cavaliers program.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Duke arrived at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament hoping to make an unprecedented run to extend its long NCAA Tournament streak.

Creighton University has reinstated coach Greg Mcdermott only four days after suspending him for a supposedly “insensitive” comment.

Creighton’ Greg McDermott has been suspended after a post-game speech in which he told his players they needed to “stay on the plantation.”

ESPN’s Dan Dakich is being investigated after a college professor said she felt “violated” by Dakich’s words during a Twitter spat.

A college basketball coach is apologizing after using an analogy in which he told his players that they needed to “stay on the plantation.”

A congressional bill called the Amateur Athletes Protection and Compensation Act of 2021, introduced by Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) on Wednesday, creates a wide range of changes for college athletes from the current NCAA guidelines.

Tennessee Republicans sent a letter to all public Tennessee colleges and universities Monday, urging presidents and chancellors to take action against student athletes kneeling during the playing of the National Anthem at their games.

The Ivy League has announced Thursday that its conference spring season has been canceled due to fears over the coronavirus.

Bluefield college forfeited a game on Thursday after several players took a knee during the national anthem and were immediately suspended.

Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski made a personal phone call to a student reporter for the Duke Chronicle to apologize for an edgy exchange between the two at a press conference after the Blue Devils loss to Louisville on Saturday.

Exactly two years from the day he made the Oklahoma State (OSU) basketball team, Dee Mitchell received a surprise visit from head coach Mike Boynton, who interrupted his shift at Walmart to inform Mitchell that he will receive a scholarship for the rest of his time on the team. Mitchell, a junior, made the team as a walk-on in January 2019.

The University of Kentucky men’s basketball team received backlash from officials across the state who say the team’s decision to kneel during the playing of the National Anthem was offensive to the U.S. military and veterans.

In a video posted to his Facebook page Sunday, Sheriff John Root, along with Jamie Mosley, who runs the Laurel County Correctional Center, burned their University of Kentucky shirts in protest. 

The Marquette men’s basketball team donned black uniforms and took a knee during the playing of the national anthem on Tuesday night, in response to the decision not to prosecute the officers involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake.

In what may be a first in college basketball, both Boston University teams wore masks when they took on Holy Cross Monday.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA announced Monday that all 67 men’s basketball tournament games will be played entirely in Indiana.

The NCAA has filed a trademark for the term “Mask Madness,” as a way to promote the wearing of masks during “March Madness.”

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida forward Keyontae Johnson is being released from the hospital Tuesday, 10 days after collapsing on the court at Florida State and needing emergency medical attention.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Mike White declined to do any postgame media interviews. He wanted to get to the hospital to be near Keyontae Johnson’s side as quickly as possible.

Wichita State University announced Tuesday that basketball coach Gregg Marshall will receive $7.75 million to resign following several reports of verbal and physical abuse, ESPN reported. 

The University of Maryland-Baltimore County pulled off one of the greatest upsets in American sports history at the 2018 NCAA Tournament, knocking off Virginia to become the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1.

Duke basketball has announced that the word “equality” will be emblazoned on the backs of the school’s basketball jerseys for the coming 2020/21 season.

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship, has died. He was 78.