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Lakers hire ex-Virginia coach Tony Bennett as draft advisorThe Los Angeles Lakers hired former Virginia coach Tony Bennett as an NBA draft advisor on Wednesday.,Bennett, a three-time NCAA national Coach of the Year, retired from coaching in October 2024.,He guided the Cavaliers to a national championship in 2018-19 and won four ACC Coach of the Year nods.,"...

'Grateful' Tony Bennett: 'No longer best coach for Virginia'Virginia head coach Tony Bennett retired on his own terms and celebrated the beauty of the game by standing on the pillars he used to build a national title contender.,Bennett, in jest jabbing at his preferred well-critiqued methodical style of play, said he won't miss answering questions about pace...

Virginia coach Tony Bennett to announce retirement FridayVirginia head coach Tony Bennett will announce his retirement in a press conference Friday morning, the program confirmed in a social media post Thursday afternoon.,Bennett, 55, won the 2019 national championship with Virginia and is retiring less than three weeks from the start of the new season.,N...

The Houston Cougars would be the unlikeliest champion in modern NCAA history

Coming off the high of 2023, the 2024 NBA Draft class is destined to be one of the most lifeless in modern history, which explains the predicament men’s college basketball has found itself in here in 2024. While the women are pumping out household names such as Caitlyn Clark, JuJu Watkins, Paige Bue...

Presenting the ‘You Gotta Be Kidding Me’ Team from opening day of March Madness

If you’re like me — an NBA fan who pivots to college basketball for a few weeks in March — the best part of the NCAA tournament is the unknown. What I don’t know about draft stock, a coach, a player, a team, or anything, makes the discovery all the more entertaining....

Here's how Furman just busted your bracket

One of the first thrilling finishes of the 2023 NCAA Tournament also gave us our first March Badness play to consume in the form of Virginia’s stunning 68-67 loss to the Furman Paladins. Clad in Willy Wonka purple, Furman earned their golden ticket to the tournament for the first time in 43 years, a...

From the guy who told you about Saint Peter's: Furman is about to bust your bracket

Last year, I believe I was the only person on the internet who sang the praises of Saint Peter’s before the NCAA Tournament. And then it shocked the nation by beating then-No. 2 seed Kentucky. And the Peacocks won two more games before they ended their season one step short of the Final Four. I’m ba...

Let's remember (forget?) the worst Super Bowl halftime shows

When you think of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, the names that come to mind are the biggest stars and best performers in the music industry. It didn’t used to be that glamorous, though. ...