The Kentucky Wildcats are entering a pivotal offseason under head coach Mark Pope. Following a strong but ultimately disappointing first season that ended in a Sweet 16 loss to Tennessee, Pope is now shifting his focus toward roster construction for the 2025-26 campaign. With key departures and an increasingly competitive SEC landscape, Kentucky’s ability to leverage the…

Razorbacks disrespected once again as basketball analyst doesn’t see whole picture. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — With the brand that John Calipari brings to Arkansas, minds and eyes are always going to talk about him no matter where his is. In a season full of inconsistencies, injuries and more, Calipari still engineered quite the coaching job when…

Georgia Bulldogs linebacker CJ Allen (3) breaks up a pass intended for Florida Gators wide receiver Tank Hawkins (10) during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football matchup Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. The Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Florida Gators 34-20. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union] Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY…

ESPN released a re-ranking of the Final Four teams on Sunday night following the conclusion of the Elite Eight. ESPN’s Myron Medcalf decided to reshuffle the list and move the Florida Gators two spots higher. The actual NCAA’s top seeds for the tournament were Auburn, Duke, Houston and Florida in that order. Surprisingly and not so surprisingly, the last…

The Florida Gators are headed to the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four with a lot believing that they could come out as national champions in March Madness. But, things were not always this way for the SEC squad. Coach Todd Golden struggled in the past years but athletic director Scott Stricklin saw something in him. Look, Florida finished…

The Florida Gators have been hard at work on the recruiting trail, especially on the defensive side of the football. They landed top-ranked four-star linebacker Izayia Williams and an expert prediction for four-star linebacker Malik Morris. The defensive side of the football has been a priority, especially the back seven where the Gators have been historically talented. That is coming…

Did Florida Gators benchwarmer Bennett Andersen find love in a hopeless place? In this case, that hopeless place was a seemingly flirty interview with Florida student reporter Talia Balia after the Gators Sweet 16 win against the Maryland Terrapins, 87-71. (Since then of course Andersen and his teammates are headed to the Final Four to take on their SEC…

Todd Golden and Jon Scheyer are elite young coaches embracing analytics and NIL, while Bruce Pearl and Kelvin Sampson are the elder statesmen still in the game. On New Year’s Eve 1980, 25-year-old Kelvin Sampson was elevated to interim head coach of the NAIA Montana Tech Orediggers. His first duty was to convince three players…

Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl expects star forward Johni Broome to play in Saturday’s Final Four contest against the Florida Gators after suffering a hyperextended elbow in the Elite Eight victory over Michigan State. “He’s sore,” Pearl told Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68. “We didn’t practice today, and we’ll practice tomorrow but Johni won’t practice. He’s sore,…

Arkansas freshman gymnast Joscelyn Roberson was named a second-team All-American on blance beam by the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association on Monday. She is the first Razorback freshman to be named a regular-season All-American and the first Arkansas gymnast to do so on beam since Kennedy Hambrick in 2021. Regular-season All-Americans are determined by National Qualifying…

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas left-hander Zach Root earned an SEC pitcher of the week award Monday following a 7 2/3-inning gem at Vanderbilt in his last start. Root did not allow a run on 3 hits and 3 walks, and struck out 7 during his 100-pitch start against the Commodores last Friday at Hawkins Field in…

Arkansas center Zvonimir Ivisic is entering the transfer portal, according to On3 Sports’ Joe Tipton, marking the first major roster move of the offseason for the Razorbacks following an impressive postseason run. Ivisic — nicknamed “Big Z” — is a 7-foot-2 sophomore who averaged 8.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, and just over one block per game…