NBA Mock Draft 2026: How First Round Shakes Out After NCAA Withdrawal Deadline Stars deciding to return to college thinned out the draft’s depth, leaving NBA teams focused on a star-heavy top tier. Sports Illustrated · May 28
Who’s Next?: The Names Who Could Replace College Basketball’s Biggest Stars Next Season Here is how some of the top programs will replace college basketball's biggest stars from this past season. Sports Illustrated · Apr 23
Duke’s John Blackwell Addition Signals Blue Devils Hoops’ New Era in Roster Building After years of building around freshmen, Duke makes a statement by adding one of the portal’s top guards to reshape its championship outlook. Sports Illustrated · Apr 21
Duke’s Patrick Ngongba Makes Decision on Future As Blue Devils’ Roster Continues to Take Shape Coach Jon Scheyer’s squad looks like it’ll be formidable again in 2027. Sports Illustrated · Apr 20
NBA Mock Draft: First Board With Lottery Odds, Post-NCAA Tournament Projections After the consensus top three picks—AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson and Cameron Boozer—some players made big moves with strong March Madness showings. Sports Illustrated · Apr 13
Cameron Boozer Reveals Injury He Received in Duke’s Season-Ending Loss to UConn The Blue Devils forward’s season ended in pain—in more ways than one. Sports Illustrated · Apr 5
Men’s College Basketball Awards: No. 1 Seeds Sweep Naismith Honors Every top team but Michigan went home with some hardware. Sports Illustrated · Apr 5
Cameron Boozer’s Naismith Win Makes Unique College Sports History With Fernando Mendoza The Naismith and Heisman winners have something surprisingly in common. Sports Illustrated · Apr 5
Cameron Boozer Becomes Just the Fifth Freshman Named AP Player of the Year Duke’s March Madness run was cut short in the Elite Eight, but that doesn’t take away from Cameron Boozer’s phenomenal season. Sports Illustrated · Apr 3
Sports Illustrated’s 2025–26 Men’s College Basketball All-Americans In one of the best seasons in recent memory, a host of top players elevated above their very talented peers. Sports Illustrated · Mar 31
Duke’s Cayden Boozer Had Saddest Line About His Brother After Heartbreaking Loss to UConn The Boozer brothers had their special season come to a disappointing end Sunday. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
UConn’s thrilling win over Duke proved that blue-blood clashes are alive and well College basketball has transformed almost beyond recognition over the last decade. But Sunday’s game provided welcome nostalgia The Guardian - US · Mar 30
The Men’s Final Four Has One Massive Showdown and Plenty of Historic Storylines The matchup of No. 1 seeds—Arizona vs. Michigan—should be the de facto national championship game. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
Braylon Mullins’s Miracle Caps UConn’s Unbelievable Comeback to Earn Final Four Berth In a weekend steeped in history, the Huskies marched from 19 points down to create an NCAA tournament masterpiece. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
Sports Illustrated · Mar 30 Three Reasons Why UConn’s Thrilling Elite Eight Victory Over Duke Defied Logic, and One Reason Why It Didn’t UConn’s stunning win over Duke came with the Huskies losing most of the stats that mattered.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 28 March Madness: Jon Scheyer Built a Juggernaut in Duke’s Post–Coach K Era Four years after a seismic change, the Blue Devils look as dominant—and as inevitable—as ever in dispatching St. John’s in a physical Sweet 16 showdown.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 27 The Ruthless Bottom Line Is Driving College Basketball Now In the NIL era, roster building, resources and spending power have overtaken history as the sport’s true edge.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 25 How a March Madness Cinderella Story for the Ages Slipped Away From Siena The 16-seed Saints came within inches of immortality before a 13-second swing turned a dream into heartbreak vs. No. 1 overall seed Duke.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 22 Duke Is Still a Work in Progress—and That’s the Scary Part The Blue Devils are still a ball of wet clay, but its identity on defense is masking its inconsistencies and fueling its March Madness run.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 21 Ranking All 16 Men’s March Madness Second-Round Games Thursday and Friday delivered rather chalky results and only a handful of upsets, but with the field trimmed in half, the entertainment is bound to ramp up.
TechRadar · Mar 20 I asked ChatGPT and Gemini to make me a March Madness bracket — only one blew me away I asked ChatGPT and Gemini to build NCAA tournament brackets. Only one built a web page, but both chose Arizona to win it all.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 20 Eight Standout Performances From the First Round of the NCAA Tournament All the best performances from the first round of the 2026 NCAA tournament.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 20 March Madness: Why Siena’s No-Subs Gamble Against Duke Was the Right Call With a depleted roster and no frontcourt depth, the No. 16 seed Saints had to ride a strategy that worked in the MAAC title game.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 19 Duke Escapes No. 16 Siena’s Upset Bid, but the Illusion of Invincibility Is Gone The Blue Devils entered March Madness as the team to beat, but a double-digit deficit and late scramble in the first round showed just how thin the margin for error really is.
Tom’s Guide · Mar 19 How to watch Duke vs Siena: FREE live streams, preview for 2026 March Madness First Round game All the ways to watch Duke vs Siena live streams for free, in the No.1 vs No.16 2026 March Madness First Round tie at The Well in Greeville, South Carolina.