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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.

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.

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.

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.

An organization of college basketball coaches is urging schools to dump the SAT and ACT standardized tests, because they claim the tests are “racist.”

Eddie Sutton waited so long to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He couldn’t hang on long enough to make it to the ceremony.

On Friday, Georgetown university announced that one of its legendary basketball players and current head coach Patrick Ewing, has tested positive for the coronavirus.

The ACC, Big 10, Big 12, SEC, and Pac-12, all canceled their conference tournaments on Thursday.

March Madness may be played without fans after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that he is asking sports teams to play without spectators.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Third-ranked Kansas and Kansas State ended their bitter showdown Tuesday night with a wild melee in the disabled seating behind the Wildcats’ basket that included punches, shoving and at least one player threatening to swing a stool.

Wayland Baptist’s J.J. Culver became the fourth college basketball player in history to score at least 100 points in a game.

Police have released doorbell camera video which shows the events leading up to the shooting death of former college basketball star Andre Emmett.

MINNEAPOLIS-Now that, Virginia, is the way to close out a season.

CBS cameras cut away from the Texas Tech locker room the moment their head coach entered the room and began leading the team in prayer.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is offering to make one of his employees a multi-millionaire if they can craft the perfect Sweet 16 NCAA tournament bracket.

Bruce Pearl and the Auburn Tigers can be given credit for many things, after their SEC championship run. They can be given credit for winning the mental game. They can be given credit for winning the physical battles in the paint.

Every March, the inner fire of college basketball fans is unleashed as their teams compete for conference and tournament championships.

Basketball and soccer, are sports that are well-known for having players that will, shall we say, exaggerate their reactions to contact with opposing players. A practice known across the sports world as flopping.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers greatly helped their tournament chances on Tuesday night, with a thrilling 4-point victory over conference rival Purdue. However, as Minnesota fans stormed the floor, one Gopher fan greatly helped his chances of getting knocked out as he gave a Purdue player the double-bird.

Court-storming has become more and more common in college basketball over the years. What’s less common is emotional behind the scenes footage of angry players who have lost, smashing glass fire extinguisher cases in the hallway after the game.

There are a lot of moving part when a college basketball team goes on the road. There are schedules that have to be made, reservations that have to be booked, transportation that has to be arranged, and, uniforms that have to be packed.

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Eight University of Mississippi basketball players kneeled during the national anthem Saturday before a victory over Georgia in response to a Confederacy rally near the arena.

Nike’s stock took a dive after Duke star Zion Williamson suffered an injury from a blown out shoe during the Blue Devils bout with North Carolina on Wednesday.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Freshman sensation Zion Williamson was knocked out of the North Carolina-Duke rivalry game with a knee sprain after his Nike shoe blew out during the top-ranked Blue Devils’ opening possession Wednesday night.

A video shows a Division III basketball player delivering a vicious elbow shot directly to an opposing player’s face, but only after he looked to see if the ref was paying attention first.

College basketball analyst Jay Bilas believes players will eventually be paid, and tells PodcastOne Sports Now that he’s not sure top players will forgo a year on the big stage in college to play in the NBA’s developmental league.

A pair of University of Kentucky basketball greats are demanding that their plaques be removed unless the school stops the sale of Ku Klux Klan and Nazi items sold at collector’s historical swap meets and gun shows held at the university’s Expo Center.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently criticized college basketball rules that prevent student-athletes from making money off merchandise featuring their faces or names, a report says.

The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics supports recent reform proposals to the NCAA amid a federal corruption investigation into college basketball — but wants the NCAA to do more.