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UCLA Clinches First Women's NCAA Title, Tops South Carolina 79-51
UCLA completed a dominant March run Sunday, routing South Carolina 79-51 to capture the program’s first NCAA women’s basketball championship since entering the national field in 1981. The Bruins finished 37-1, extending...
Harlem Globetrotters at 100: A Century of Hoop Magic
We closed the Weekend Journal in Philadelphia with the Harlem Globetrotters, who for a century have been taking basketball beyond scores and records and turning it into theater, laughter and a shared experience around...
Parker, Delle Donne, Holdsclaw and 1996 Team to Hall
Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Chamique Holdsclaw and the 1996 U.S. Olympic women's basketball team are among the latest inductees to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
South Carolina Ends UConn's 54-Game Win Streak
Ta'Niya Latson scored 16 points and Agot Makeer added 14 as South Carolina's defense shut down UConn in a 62-48 upset Friday night, stopping the Huskies' 54-game winning streak and sending the Gamecocks to the women's...
Final Four Preview: UConn, Illinois, Michigan, Arizona
The NCAA Men’s Final Four arrives Saturday night in Indianapolis, and the field is set: No. 3 Illinois faces UConn, followed by a heavyweight matchup between the two No. 1 seeds, Michigan and Arizona. Associated Press...
Mullins' Buzzer-Beater Sends UConn to Final Four
UConn completed a furious comeback and punched its ticket to the Final Four with a last-second 3-pointer, toppling Duke 73-72 Sunday and setting up a semifinal matchup with surprising Illinois in Indianapolis.
Krzyzewski's Blueprint for America's Next 250 Years
As America marks 250 years, Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski offers a simple playbook for the nation’s future: build a championship culture by combining talent with character, then intentionally shape the values that...
Dan Hurley: Obsession, Rituals, and Family Legacy
With the NCAA tournament looming, UConn heads into March trying to become the first men's program in decades to win a third consecutive national title. For Dan Hurley, that chase sits alongside a complicated season—one...
Oklahoma High School Team Wins Praise for Honesty
At Academy High School in Oklahoma City, a girls basketball game that felt like a dramatic championship finish became a lesson in integrity. The team landed a buzzer-beater that appeared to secure their division title...
Elite Eight Preview: What to Watch Tonight
The NCAA tournament is down to eight teams, and the games have delivered plenty of tension and late drama. As the field narrows, small details — rebounds, substitutions, and coaching moves — are deciding who advances.
Sweet 16 Update: Four Teams Advance, Big Matchups Loom
March Madness resumed Thursday as the Sweet 16 resumed and four teams punched tickets to the Elite Eight.