The Clemson Tigers baseball team pulled off a massive rally on Sunday to beat the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 7-6, on Sunday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The victory concluded a key series for the Tigers (23-3, 4-2 in ACC), who were trying to avoid consecutive losses for the first time this season. The Demon Deacons (19-6, 7-2) fell out of…
The Nebraska basketball team chases a conference Defensive Player of the Year, eyeing a game-changing boost on defense. The Nebraska basketball program appears to be hot on the trail of several players that are expected to enter the transfer portal when it opens on Monday morning. While most Husker fans would love to see the team go after…
John Calipari’s Arkansas Razorbacks silence Rick Pitino’s St. John’s Red Storm in 75-66 rock fight to advance to Sweet 16 in 2025 NCAA Tournament With two of John Calipari’s most prominent contemporary rivals standing in the way of Arkansas’ fourth Sweet 16 appearance in the last five years, serious games of one-upsmanship required were expected. However…
Johnell Davis leads John Calipari’s Arkansas Razorbacks to the Sweet 16 with a pair of solid performances in opening week of the 2025 NCAA Tournament After an up-and-down season in his first year with the Arkansas Razorbacks, anyone wondering whether senior transfer guard Johnell Davis would pick up where he left off at Florida Atlantic found out Arkansas got their…
Saturday’s matchup between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the St. John’s Red Storm in ‘The Region of Coaches’ was a battle between two acquaintances… two acquaintances who first met 43 years ago today as Rick Pitino pushed for John Calipari to take the spot in his alma mater, UMass. Just three years down the line from there, the…
The legendary basketball coach, John Calipari, is now at the University of Arkansas. Moreover, he’s a household name in college sports. But with good coaches come even better partners, and for Calipari, that’s his wife Ellen. While John’s career over the last 20 seasons has been defined by championships won, recruits landed and high-stakes games played,…
Once again, it wasn’t easy, but Michigan State basketball found a way to hold on for a big-time win over New Mexico, 71-63. Michigan State fell behind by as many as 10 points in the first half before coming back in the second half to beat the Lobos thanks to strong defensive effort and some clutch plays…
If you think of March Madness, only one name stands next to the sport’s best—Tom Izzo. The Michigan State men’s basketball head coach has built a legacy since joining the Spartans as a head coach in 1995. 30 years in, he became the longest-tenured basketball coach in the Big Ten Conference. And it hasn’t been a…
As this postseason kicked off, there were two matchups we were all hyped for. Rick Pitino vs. John Calipari and, obviously, Pitino vs. Tom Izzo. We got the first one early, with Pitino’s squad clashing with Calipari. But Michigan State and St. John’s? We just knew that battle was coming later. Both teams were legit…
Kentucky’s defensive improvement throughout the season feels unprecedented. This is a group that once ranked as low as 110th nationally in KenPom’s adjusted defensive efficiency ranking. But something changed after the Wildcats gave up 98 points to Ole Miss on Feb. 4 — a low point of the season in a 14-point loss that was…
For the first time since 2019, Kentucky is going to the Sweet 16, defeating No. 6 seed Illinois 84-75 in a game that saw the Wildcats control things the majority of the way. Leading for 37:23 compared to just 26 seconds for the Fighting Illini, the result was never in doubt. Calm, cool and collected, Mark Pope‘s group…
You know all that gas money Mark Pope sent Kentucky fans to get to Milwaukee for the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament? He just got it all paid for. With the win over Illinois, the Wildcats are going to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2019. For that, an automatic extension and bonus have been locked…