College Basketball News
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TNT Sports signs Grant Hill to new long term contract
TNT Sports has locked up Grant Hill to a new contract to lead their year-long college basketball coverage at the network.
Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill win best broadcast booth title
The CBS team of Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, and Grant Hill have won Awful Announcing's fan vote as the best broadcast booth in sports.
Bill Raftery addresses retirement: ‘If they still want me, I still enjoy doing it’
"I’m sure at some point they’ll let me know if you’re not doing your job, but I just sort of take each year as it goes."
How a broadcast mention of Richie Saunders’ Tater Tots connection led to ‘unique opportunity’ of Ore-Ida NIL deal
Jay Bilas isn’t a fan of analysts picking games
And no, he apparently doesn't care if Duke wins or loses.
Scott Van Pelt rips Kevin Willard’s handling of Maryland departure
"Maybe you don't take a giant s*** on the front steps on the house you have lived in for the last three years."
Women’s tournament posts second most-watched Sweet 16 on record
While down from last year, this year's Sweet 16 was up 39% versus 2023.
Elite Eight viewership down versus last year thanks to weak Sunday
After a record-setting first weekend, March Madness viewership has come down to Earth.
SEC rakes in record amount from March Madness unit payouts
The conference will earn rougly $70 million from its tournament success.
Capital One’s Charles Barkley blimp spotted in San Antonio ahead of Final Four
Barkley has previously referred to San Antonio as a "gold mine for Weight Watchers".
The NCAA desperately needs to optimize its winter championship schedule
Stephen A. Smith calls Kim Mulkey ‘very rude’ after tense exchange with student reporter
"She's rude, she's condescending and unnecessarily so to too many people."
Shannon Sharpe: ‘Kim Mulkey’s been nasty for a very long time’
"She's gotten away with this type of behavior because she is a National Championship-winning head coach."
Jim Nantz takes big road trip to watch Houston Cougars make Final Four
"This was a great performance, virtuoso, masterful."
Kim Mulkey asks reporter ‘How many Final Fours did you play in?’ after Elite Eight loss
"That's terrible, isn't it?"
Florida walk-on’s interview with student reporter after Sweet 16 game goes viral
"He was looking at her like she was the moon and stars."
CBS announces start times for NCAA men’s basketball Final Four
Duke-Houston will be the featured matchup at 8:49 p.m. ET.
College Basketball Crown experimenting with rule change to fix end of games
Replay reviews will be limited in the final two minutes of games.
Sports media, it’s time to retire Oz the Mentalist
Geno Auriemma implored Holly Rowe to help Paige Bueckers ‘take over’: ‘Maybe you should talk to her’
"There are times where she has the ball and the defense, they know she's not going to shoot it.
Westwood One Radio’s Robbie Hummel previews Houston-Tennessee Elite Eight matchup
Stan Van Gundy briefly forgot that Steve Jobs is dead
"Well, we know that..."
USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb defends Mississippi State player guarding JuJu Watkins at time of injury
"Nobody in our camp feels like there was any type of attack on her and would not support any type of online bullying..."
Alabama’s Nate Oats hopes media ‘keeps picking against us’
"I hope that everybody keeps picking against us... because it gives these guys a little motivation."