Articles filed under Basketball
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O’Donnell: Fighting Illini unlikely to ever win a national crown with UnderwoodApr 07, 2026 10:00 am - Columnist Jim O’Donnell writes about coach Brad Underwood and University of Illinois men’s basketball.
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Michigan powers to its second national title and first since 1989, beating UConn 69-63Apr 06, 2026 10:54 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — High-scoring Michigan had to get down and dirty to dig out the national title Monday, making only two 3-pointers all night but still muscling its way to a ...
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Bulls fire VP Karnisovas and GM Eversley; Donovan likely to stayApr 06, 2026 2:10 pm - The Bulls announced Monday they had parted ways with the basketball operations team of Arturas Karnisovas and Marc Eversley.
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UCLA storms past South Carolina to claim its 1st NCAA women's basketball titleApr 05, 2026 7:19 pm - PHOENIX — It’s mission accomplished for UCLA. Gabriela Jaquez, Lauren Betts and the rest of the UCLA seniors secured the first NCAA women's basketball national championsh...
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Stage is set for UConn vs. Michigan in national title gameApr 05, 2026 5:58 pm - The stage is set. UConn and Michigan will play for the national championship in men’s basketball Monday night in Indianapolis.
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Michigan overpowers Arizona and reaches national title game with 91-73 winApr 04, 2026 10:56 pm - Michigan overpowered Arizona early and humbled the ’Cats all night long, turning the Final Four meeting billed as the Game of the Year into a 91-73 Wolverines highlight reel Saturday night.
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Is Hurley hubris a missing ingredient for Illini? No, but UConn coach is on a rollApr 04, 2026 10:14 pm - After beating Illinois 71-62 in the national semifinals Saturday, UConn coach Danny Hurley made sure everyone knew he’d be headed to his third title game in four years.
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UConn reaches 3rd national title game in 4 seasons, beating Illinois 71-62 behind Mullins and ReedApr 04, 2026 8:35 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — UConn got another critical 3-pointer from Braylon Mullins and coach Dan Hurley's Huskies muscled their way back to the national title game, beating Illinoi...
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South Carolina and UCLA are expecting another physical game as they meet for women's national titleApr 04, 2026 5:53 pm - The officials have swallowed their whistles in this Final Four, which began with the same four teams that played in last year's national semis. The teams still left standing expect the physical play to continue in Sunday's national championship game, but they hope it's not to the same brutal degree.
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Illinois throws out book on previous matchups with UConn and tries to flip the script in Final FourApr 04, 2026 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Illinois coach Brad Underwood doesn't need any reminders about what happened the last two times his team faced UConn. He can just plug in the game tapes, r...