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Rick Pitino still wants revenge for the Christian Laettner shot

Rick Pitino will get a shot at playing Duke in the Sweet 16, and the St. John’s coach seems to already be looking forward to it. Pitino opened up about being on the wrong side of buzzer beaters after his Red Storm essentially walked off Kansas on Sunday. Most famously, he was Kentucky coach in … The post Rick Pitino still wants revenge for the Christian Laettner shot appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.

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March Madness opening weekend sets multiple TV ratings records

Over the weekend, the first two rounds of the 2026 NCAA men’s basketball tournament got underway, with several epic games and buzzer beaters taking place. While there weren’t as many upsets as usual this year, High Point made headlines by winning its first game and taking Arkansas down to the wire, while Duke got all […] The post March Madness opening weekend sets multiple TV ratings records appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Duke’s Cameron Boozer Makes Announcement Before Sweet 16

Cameron Boozer and the No. 1 seed Duke Blue Devils opened up the 2026 NCAA Tournament with a first-round win over the No. 16 seed Siena Saints. And in the second round, they took down the No. 9 seed TCU Horned Frogs 81-58, advancing to the Sweet 16, where they will face Rick Pitino and the No. 5 ...

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Kansas star Darryn Peterson attributes rocky season to ‘mind stuff’

The Kansas Basketball season has come to an end. While the Jayhawks made a valiant comeback, Kansas fell 67-65 to St. John’s as Dylan Darling hit a buzzer-beater for the win. After the loss, Darryn Peterson spoke to the media, reflecting on his freshman season at Kansas, per Colin Salao over Front Office Sports. “I […] The post Kansas star Darryn Peterson attributes rocky season to ‘mind stuff’ appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Duke Injury Update Going Into March Madness Sweet 16

The Duke Blue Devils entered the 2026 postseason as one of the clear national title favorites, but their championship hopes took a significant hit with the injury to starting guard Caleb Foster. Now Duke basketball faces uncertainty as Foster’s injury looms and other players are also listed as questionable on the NCAA registration rosters. Here’s […] The post Duke Injury Update Going Into March Madness Sweet 16 appeared first on Heavy Sports.

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Duke basketball’s Caleb Foster has ‘outside chance’ to make Sweet 16 return

With the Duke basketball team advancing to the Sweet Sixteen after a dominating victory over the TCU Horned Frogs on Sunday night, 81-58, the program could see a big return for the upcoming matchup. As the Duke basketball team handled business against TCU, head coach Jon Scheyer gave the latest injury update on Caleb Foster. […] The post Duke basketball’s Caleb Foster has ‘outside chance’ to make Sweet 16 return appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Only One Team In The NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Has A Starting Lineup Without Any Transfer Portal Additions

The first two rounds of the 2026 NCAA Tournament are officially in the books, and the results have produced a number of trends that longtime college basketball fans may well find concerning. For one, it appears that the Cinderella run through the tournament by a small school is on the verge of extinction. This year’s tournament marked […] The post Only One Team In The NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Has A Starting Lineup Without Any Transfer Portal Additions appeared first on BroBible.

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Sports media fell in love with Greenville, SC during NCAA Tournament

I’ve lived in Greenville, South Carolina, since October 2022, so I have a vested interest in saying what I’m about to say. But I’m also not going to be one of those locals who respond to every glowing out-of-town take with some variation of “please don’t move here.” Greenville is having a moment right now, Read more... The post Sports media fell in love with Greenville, SC during NCAA Tournament appeared first on Awful Announcing.

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Dylan Darling’s buzzer-beater for St. John’s was one-of-a-kind for this reason

St. John’s is moving on to the Sweet 16. Hee Red Storm faced off with Kansas in the second round. It was a 65-67 win for the team on Sunday to send them Sweet 16, capped off with a buzzer-beater by St. John’s guard Dylan Darling. While it was an unreal shot to win the […] The post Dylan Darling’s buzzer-beater for St. John’s was one-of-a-kind for this reason appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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St. John’s Rick Pitino Seeks 34-Year-Old Revenge from Duke in Sweet 16 Showdown

Rick Pitino and the St. John’s Red Storm are heading to the Sweet 16 of this year’s NCAA Tournament. The program has made it this far for the first time since 1999. However, this year, the coach is looking to exact the revenge he’s been holding onto for the past 34 years. On Sunday, the […]

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Here’s the 2026 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen announcing schedule

With the first weekend in the books, the 2026 NCAA Tournament has been whittled down to 16 teams. To get here, we saw a first round that didn’t feature too many Cinderellas (High Point’s win over Wisconsin was the high point), but we did see some great finishes during the weekend. We also saw one Read more... The post Here’s the 2026 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen announcing schedule appeared first on Awful Announcing.

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Rick Pitino had ice-cold reaction to St. John’s beating Kansas at the buzzer

Rick Pitino has been to the Sweet 16 before, and he sure acted like it on Sunday after St. John’s beat Kansas at the buzzer. St. John’s guard Dylan Darling caught the ball in the backcourt with 3.9 seconds left and got all the way to the cup for a layup that sent the crowd … The post Rick Pitino had ice-cold reaction to St. John’s beating Kansas at the buzzer appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.

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Video: Cameron Boozer leaves TCU player bloodied after a flagrant foul

The No. 9 seed TCU Horned Frogs were left figuratively bloodied on Saturday by Cameron Boozer and the No. 1 seed Duke Blue Devils. It was a little bit more literal, however, for Horned Frogs star David Punch. During the first half of the contest, Duke freshman star Boozer put the ball on the floor … The post Video: Cameron Boozer leaves TCU player bloodied after a flagrant foul appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.

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