Connecticut became the first Division I men’s college basketball team to win back-to-back championships since Florida 17 years ago, as the Huskies downed Purdue in the NCAA title game Monday.
Lance Jones spent four years developing his game at a mid-major program before deciding to enter the transfer portal. The payoff came in March Madness, both for Purdue at every step of what became the best season in program history and for Jones in playing on the sport's biggest stage. “It's everything that I hoped for with my last year of college basketball,” Jones said.
DETROIT — Purdue big man Zach Edey went for a career-high 40 points along with 16 rebounds and one big block Sunday to muscle the Boilermakers into the program’s first Final Four since 1980 with a 72-66 victory over Tennessee. The 7-foot-4 center willed his way to a win in a back-and-forth thriller between the country’s top two […]