Longtime Auburn broadcast voice Paul Ellen has died. He was 75. Ellen was part of the broadcast team for Auburn baseball, basketball, and football, notably serving as the football radio host since 1990 and as the football radio play-by-play announcer from 1979-80. “For five decades, Paul was a trusted voice of the Auburn radio broadcast…
It will be much easier to watch University of Hawaii athletics this season, both in and out of the state. Beginning this season, the University of Hawaii will move its broadcasts from Spectrum Sports to Hawaii News Now, a group of over-the-air stations owned by Gray Media. Gray will also have the opportunity to distribute…
A broadcasting dispute is reportedly forcing a marquee Duke–Michigan college basketball game scheduled for the fall to be moved from Madison Square Garden to LoanDepot Park, the home of the Miami Marlins. In April, Amazon Prime Video announced an agreement with Duke to air three neutral-site games featuring the school: against UConn on Nov. 25,…
For every college basketball fan wishing for a regime change, your prayers might be answered in the best possible way. Billy Donovan will be the most desirable candidate when the coaching carousel starts next year. With the Orlando Magic reportedly hiring San Antonio Spurs assistant Sean Sweeney, that likely closes the door on Donovan staying…
There has never been a better time for online trolls, and that’s saying something, given the internet’s history. Thanks to the decimation of what little safeguards we had on social media platforms like X and Facebook, coupled with living in an era where the President of the United States spends his days posting memes and…
As college sports face numerous existential crises to try to map out a coherent path forward, the SEC is already signaling their opposition to one idea floated as a potential problem solver. There has not been much agreement throughout the past several months as power brokers across college sports and the government have failed to…
Few basketball analysts have proven capable of calling both the professional and college game at a high level. But this year, Robbie Hummel showed his broadcasting ability has reached rarefied air. For the first time in his television career, Hummel called the NBA playoffs through the second round and the NCAA Tournament through the second…
The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is retooling its format in Year 13, and has scored a new media rights deal with Fox to go with it. On Friday, TBT announced a two-year broadcast rights extension with Fox Sports that will see 20 games aired across Fox, FS1, and FS2. In total, three TBT games will air…
While the ACC might consider changing its name after expanding to the Pacific and Texas a couple of years ago, the decision to add California, Stanford, and SMU to the mix has clearly paid off from a revenue standpoint. According to a recent report by Brian Murphy of WRAL, the ACC notched a 16% increase…
Duke’s recent announcement that three games, including its Dec. 21 tilt against Michigan at Madison Square Garden, will be broadcast on Amazon’s Prime Video does not appear to be as rock-solid as it was initially presented. In April, the school announced a landmark agreement with Prime Video, giving the streaming service broadcast rights for three Duke…
College basketball head coach Will Wade was fired from LSU in 2022 after allegations of misconduct and recruiting violations, before becoming head coach at McNeese State from 2023 to 2025, and then head coach at NC State before resigning this past March and returning to LSU. And his return to LSU is off to a…
The NCAA has officially expanded the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments from 68 to 76 teams, a decision that has received mixed reviews. Even some of the sports’ most accomplished coaches, such as Geno Auriemma, Dan Hurley, and Brad Underwood, lamented the expansion. However, there are coaches on the women’s side who believe the tournament…
Fran McCaffery was ousted as the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes’ men’s basketball team in 2025 following a 17–16 campaign, his worst record with the program since 2018. After 15 seasons in the role, and as the returns diminished on the floor, things seemed to have been just as tumultuous behind the scenes. Reporter…
The late Charlie Neal was a broadcasting pioneer and a legendary voice for historically Black colleges and universities. Neal passed away on Wednesday at age 80. For fans of HBCUs such as Mississippi Valley State, Jackson State, Alcorn State, and other schools, Neal was the person behind the microphone and in front of the camera…
It’s difficult to reach a consensus on anything in America. However, almost everyone reacted with dismay to the news that the NCAA Tournament will expand to 76 teams in 2027. One of the most popular sporting events will be altered in a way that the majority of fans and the media vehemently oppose. Change is…
Nearly a week out from the original announcement, and Duke’s landmark deal with Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service for a package of three regular-season men’s basketball games next season is still the talk of the sports media town square. Rightfully so. The deal could portend a sea change in how colleges approach the packaging and…
The NCAA Tournament’s expansion from 68 to 76 teams is not a popular idea across most of the sports universe. Add Colin Cowherd to the list of those opposed. The Fox Sports host is one of the more prominent voices to come out against the proposed expansion, which ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported could be made…
The nation’s top-ranked recruit, Tyran Stokes, has officially ended his high-stakes recruitment by committing to the University of Kansas. Stokes made the announcement on Tuesday during a live appearance on…
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Prime Video just landed its first college sports deal, and it is starting with one of the biggest names in the game. Duke and the streamer have come to a multiyear agreement that will bring exclusive Prime Video coverage of three Duke men’s basketball neutral-site nonconference games per season beginning this fall. The package will […]
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Ever since the people who run college football crushed the NCAA and replaced it with an unworkable new economy based entirely on fraud-coated banditry, the old mall cops in Indianapolis have not really known what to do with themselves. There's still plenty of money in big-time college sports, but a vacuum where their old authority used to be. The basketball tournament is that failed state's…
Consider the bracket officially busted. The almighty NCAA is reportedly in the “final steps” of expanding the NCAA Tournament to 76 teams on both the men’s and women’s sides, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The move is expected to be formalized in the coming weeks and the expanded tournaments will begin for the 2026-27 season.…
Charles Barkley just joined nearly every college basketball fan by admitting his Capital One commercial was the worst part of the NCAA tournament. March Madness is great, but every year there are commercials that teeter on the edge of becoming psychological torture by repeating enough to drive fans insane. This year, it was Capital One’s…
Joseph Savarino, the grandson of Duke legend Mike Krzyzewski, who coached the Blue Devils to five national championships, was arrested over the weekend in relation to a fatal DWI crash that claimed the life of a 15-year-old boy. According to TMZ, the tragic accident occurred around 9 PM in Durham, North Carolina on Saturday, when…
A month after a dispute between a local newspaper reporter and national media as to the nature of St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt’s departure, the tension between former ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski and local fans and alumni is seemingly stronger than ever. Wojnarowski retired from newsbreaking in 2024 and moved to Olean,…
Dick Vitale announced Monday that a recent biopsy revealed that he has melanoma, a form of skin cancer, in his lungs and liver. The 86-year-old college basketball announcing icon says he will start immunotherapy soon. ESPN shared the announcement on Vitale’s behalf. Sharing a health update on behalf of @DickieV Your ESPN family is with…
The University of North Carolina hired former NBA head coach and ESPN analyst Michael Malone to replace Hubert Davis as the head coach of the men’s basketball program, following Davis’s firing from the role after a stunning NCAA Tournament first-round exit at the hands of the VCU Rams. Before joining ESPN’s NBA coverage last postseason,…
This week on _Nothing But Respect_ , we were thrilled to welcome David Roth back to the show. Roth knows more about men's college basketball than either Harry or I, but more importantly, he has equally strong opinions about draft prospects. I mean that in both the specific and general senses. We all have guys we like, as well as various archetypes that remain permanently tantalizing.
Lots of…
Flau’jae Johnson was honored in Baton Rouge on Friday as Mayor-President Sid Edwards presented her with the Key to the City and officially declared April 4 as Flau’jae “Big 4”…
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March Madness capped off 2026 with a multiyear viewership record. Monday’s National Championship game between the UConn Huskies and Michigan Wolverines averaged 18.3 million viewers across TNT, TBS, and truTV, marking the most-watched title game since Virginia’s win over Texas Tech in 2019 (19.63 million viewers on CBS). Viewership for the game ticked up 1%…
Alabama Crimson Tide men’s basketball head coach Nate Oats has had an eventful 2026. Oats made the controversial decision to add Charles Bediako to the Crimson Tide’s active roster despite Bediako previously participating in the NBA G League. Bediako was ultimately ruled ineligible, a decision Oats felt cost his team in its NCAA tournament loss…