The East Tennessee State men’s basketball team is suddenly looking for help in the post after sophomore forward Mladen Armus put his name in the NCAA transfer portal.
Kellie Harper is returning to Tennessee as the women’s basketball coach two decades after she played on three consecutive Lady Vols national championship teams.
Led by De’Andre Hunter and his NBA-ready game, Virginia became a national champion Monday night by holding off tenacious, ferocious Texas Tech for an 85-77 overtime win.
The 55-year-old Radford native replaces Buzz Williams, who resigned last week to take the men’s basketball coaching job at Texas A&M.
Baylor lost a star player, then the rest of its 17-point lead. But the Lady Bears kept their composure in the NCAA final against Notre Dame on Sunday night.
Virginia Tech officially hired former Wofford men’s basketball coach Mike Young to replace Buzz Williams on Sunday.
Slap the floor, bend those knees and get both hands up. This national championship game is going to be a clinic on defense.
Missouri State women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper played at Tennessee from 1995-99.
Virginia Tech’s Ty Outlaw has been charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana, potentially jeopardizing his status for the remainder of the NCAA tournament.
Kingsport native John Fulkerson and the Tennessee men’s basketball team have danced their way into an NCAA Sweet 16 matchup with Purdue on Thursday.
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes heads to his first Sweet 16 in over a decade looking for another win against an opponent the Vols beat last season to signify their emergence as a national contender.
“This moment is so big for us, so big for everybody in this program. It’s been a long journey. So I’m glad to be here.”
Tennessee avoided one of the biggest meltdowns in NCAA tournament history Sunday, letting a 25-point lead slip away before Grant Williams asserted himself in overtime for an 83-77 victory over Iowa.
UCLA put a rapid end to Tennessee’s 38th consecutive appearance in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, blunting a second-half comeback bid for an 89-77 opening-round victory Saturday.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 20 points, Kerry Blackshear added 15 and fourth-seeded Virginia Tech earned its first NCAA tournament win in 12 years by beating No. 13 seed Saint Louis 66-52 on Friday night.
