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Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Now that everyone in college basketball can freely transfer one time, the transfer portal is exploding with multiple impact players entering it every day. As that occurs, the Kentucky Wildcats keep finding new potential targets each day. One of the earliest transfers Kentucky reached out to once the offseason began was Western Carolina grad transfer Mason Faulkner. However, Faulkner is now off the board, as he just committed to the Colorado ...

BOULDER – The University of Colorado mens basketball team has signed Mason Faulkner, a graduate transfer from Western Carolina, to play for the Buffaloes in 2021-22 head coach Tad Boyle announced on Friday. A 6-foot, 1-inch, 190-pound guard from Glasgow, Ky., Faulkner averaged 17.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.2 steals in 53 games over two seasons with Western Carolina. He shot 42 percent from the field and 77 percent from the free throw line while averaging nearly 34 minutes per...

Nearly everyone involved in the men’s college basketball tournament, it seems, cherishes a “One Shining Moment” memory. Rutgers swingman Ron Harper Jr. recalls “just stalking YouTube” looking for that set-to-song montage. Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin can croon the tune’s opening line. ADVERTISEMENT “The dream,” he says, “took off from there.” Usually filled with big 3-pointers — like the one Kispert’s teammate Jalen Suggs banked in at the end of overtime to beat UCLA i...

March Madness: Predictions for Pac-12 teams in the NCAA Tournament A rocky end of the regular season and an early loss to Cal at the Pac-12 Tournament crushed Stanford mens basketballs hopes of making the NCAA Tournament. The Pac-12 will be far from underrepresented, however, as five of the conferences teams gear up for tournament play. (Photo: BOB DREBIN/isiphotos.com) on March 16, 2021 Selection Sunday is behind us, and the Pac-12 secured an impressive five spots in the NCAA Tournament — la...

Michigan’s path to Final Four in East Region Updated Mar 17, 2021; Posted Mar 17, 2021 Michigan guard Franz Wagner (21) dribbles around the court in the first half of their Big Ten basketball game against Iowa at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, on Thursday, February 25, 2021. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com Facebook Share Hail, hail, to Michigan, the champions of the … East? Michigan was announced on Sunday as the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the NCAA men’s bas...

Georgetowns Jahvon Blair, right, celebrates with Chudier Bile (4), Dante Harris (2), Jamorko Pickett (1) and another teammate during the second half of the teams NCAA basketball game against Seton Hall in the semifinals in the Big East mens tournament Friday, March 12, 2021, in New York. Georgetown won 66-58. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Frank Franklin II

1 of 8 Ronda Churchill/Associated Press Greg McDermott is back coaching Creighton after a brief suspension for racially insensitive comments. But either his team was actively protesting his reinstatement against Georgetown or it was just not ready to play as the Hoyas smacked the Bluejays, 73-48. That has the Bluejays in a bit of a rough spot heading into their first-round matchup against UC Santa Barbara, one of the best low-major teams in the country. In his Sunday writeup on the Gauchos, B/...

College basketball picks and predictions for Georgetown Hoyas vs Colorado Buffaloes. March Madness betting free picks ATS and Over/Under.

0 of 4 Mark Humphrey/Associated Press The Alabama Crimson Tide withstood a majority of the challenges thrown in their direction during SEC play to earn a No. 2 seed in the NCAA mens basketball tournament. In a competition known for its unpredictability, the play of the Crimson Tide could be one of the safest things to bank on. Four of Alabamas six defeats came against teams in the field of 68, and it did not lose consecutive games all season. The consistency displayed by Nate Oats program shoul...

Maurice Calloo gave Oregon State an unexpected lift with 15 points and the Beavers won their first conference tournament title, holding off No. 23 Colorado 70-68 in the Pac-12 championship game Saturday night.