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Cool Dude Recreates 13 Iconic March Madness Shots
Is filming yourself recreating 13 famous college basketball shots and then splicing those shots with the real footage a big waste of time? Probably! Is it also a perfectly acceptable way to get hyped for March Madness? I say yes....
Cal Investigation Finds Assistant Coach Sexually Harassed Reporter Who Accused Him Of Trying To Trade Sex For Access
Yesterday, the University of California-Berkeley fired assistant basketball coach Yann Hufnagel for violating the school’s sexual harassment policy. Hufnagel tweeted that he would soon be exonerated of a “fruitless claim by a reporter.” However, Deadspin has obtained a copy of Cal’s investigation in...
Mateen Cleaves Charged With Sexual Assault
Former Michigan State basketball star and NBA player Mateen Cleaves has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault following an alleged assault on a 24-year-old woman....
Report: Cal Men's Basketball Assistant Coach Fired Over Sexual Harassment Allegations
The Cal Golden Bears men’s basketball team has fired assistant coach Yann Hufnagel for violating the school’s anti-sexual harassment policy, according to the San Francisco Chronicle....
Former Yale Basketball Captain Plans To Sue University Over Sexual Misconduct Expulsion
An attorney representing Jack Montague, the former captain of the Yale University men’s basketball team who was expelled for sexual misconduct last month, has issued a statement claiming that Montague was wrongfully punished by the university. The statement refers to Montague as a “whipping boy,” an...
Whoever Leaked The NCAA Tournament Bracket, Thank You
Sports fans can appreciate spectacle for spectacle’s sake—to a point. The NCAA tournament selection show is worthwhile drama, for fans of many schools the nervous culmination of a season and a chance to find out where they’re going next, and for fans of a small handful, the nailbiting tension of fin...
Download Your Printable NCAA Tournament Bracket Here
March Madness is upon us. Here’s a link to download and print your NCAA tournament bracket. Who do you have going all the way? My money’s on the Cal State-Bakersfield Roadrunners....
Report: Illinois Basketball Player Jaylon Tate Arrested For Punching His Girlfriend In The Face
Illinois basketball’s bad season ended yesterday with a blowout loss to Purdue in the Big Ten tournament. Shortly after the team returned to Champaign from Indianapolis, junior point guard Jaylon Tate was arrested for domestic battery and to the Champaign County Jail. Per court records, he was booke...
FIU Player Gives Opponent Two Swift Kicks To The Dong
FIU lost a second-round Conference USA tournament game to UTEP last night, but not before junior forward Adrian Diaz did some dick-kicking....
Cornell Basketball Player Charged With Rape
Cornell forward Xavier Eaglin was arrested Sunday on charges of rape, sexual assault, and strangulation, according to the Cornell Daily Sun....
Boston College Senior Has Just The Saddest Favorite College Basketball Memory
Boston College ended their basketball season by getting routed 88-66 by Florida State in the first round of the ACC tournament. The Eagles went just 7-25 this year, including an unfathomable 0-19 in conference play, the first team to go winless in the ACC since the post-Len Bias Maryland Terrapins....
Radio Announcer Ejected From College Basketball Game For Vigorous Gesturing
On Monday the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay knocked off Valparaiso 99-92 in overtime to advance to the final of the Horizon League tournament. (They beat Wright State tonight, so they’ll be dancing.) Even more astonishing than Valparaiso’s full-court pass to send the game to overtime was the fac...
Gary Payton II Beats UCLA With A Last-Second Windmill
Oregon State headed into last night’s Pac-12 finale with UCLA not necessarily needing but kinda-sorta-needing to get a win to keep their fringe NCAA tournament candidacy alive. They did so in the most emphatic way....
Texas Tech's Toddrick Gotcher Proposes To Girlfriend On The Court After Senior Night Win
Toddrick Gotcher just won the last home game of his college career this afternoon as Texas Tech beat Kansas State. He scored 13 points and also one accepted marriage proposal....
Wisconsin Investigated Bo Ryan After Extramarital Affair, Denies It Caused His Resignation
Following allegations made in February 2015 by a woman who claimed she carried on a lengthy affair with then-Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan, the university conducted an investigation into his conduct and concluded in May that Ryan did not misuse university resources. According to a statement from u...
Cal And Their Megatalented Freshmen Are Going To Be A Nightmare In The NCAA Tournament
This has been a particularly strong year for Pac-12 basketball. Oregon came out of sorta-nowhere and won the conference title, but below them, Utah has been excellent, as has Arizona. Colorado, Washington, and USC all should make the NCAA Tournament too, but the scariest team in the whole conference...
Tiny Acrobatic Dog Should Be The Next President
The Feb. 27 Villanova-Marquette men’s basketball game was graced with a halftime show featuring a small dog performing a variety of tricks. With the help of Christian Stoinev, Scooby the dog jumped through hoops, balanced on precarious spots, and rolled around on a basketball....
Minnesota Suspends Three Players For Remainder Of Season After One Tweets Sex Tapes
On Monday, the University of Minnesota men’s basketball program suspended three players for the evening’s game against Illinois after freshman Kevin Dorsey tweeted out two videos that reportedly showed Dorsey and another man engaged in a sex act with a woman. Today, head coach Richard Pitino announc...