Tag: NCAA basketball

LIVE 2:30 PM ET: Biden and First Lady Welcome the NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion to the White House

U.S. President Joe Biden and the First Lady host a ceremony at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 26 for the Louisiana State University Tigers Women’s Basketball team to celebrate their 2022–2023 NCAA Championship season. …


LIVE NOW: Biden and First Lady Welcome the NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion to the White House

U.S. President Joe Biden and the First Lady host a ceremony at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 26 for the Louisiana State University Tigers Women’s Basketball team to celebrate their 2022–2023 NCAA Championship season. …


Biden and First Lady Welcome the NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion to the White House

U.S. President Joe Biden and the First Lady host a ceremony at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 26 for the Louisiana State University Tigers Women’s Basketball team to celebrate their 2022–2023 NCAA Championship season. …


​March Madness: A Great Opening Act for a Busy Sports Season

Commentary It’s a great time of year to be an American sports fan. The just-completed “March Madness”—the NCAA-Division I men’s and women’s basketball playoffs—marked the end of “the winter lull in sports”—the relatively quiet month-and-a-half that comes after the Super Bowl in February. Although the winter lull allows the excitement level to ease off for…


Top 25 Roundup: Oklahoma Upsets No. 3 Baylor in Big 12 Quarters

Jacob Groves scored a season-high 15 points as Oklahoma knocked off No. 3 Baylor 72–67 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo. The Sooners bolstered their NCAA Tournament case with their fourth consecutive win, while the Bears’ five-game winning streak was snapped. Oklahoma, the tournament’s seventh seed, will…


Freshman Lewis Scores 33, No. 22 Marquette Beats Seton Hall

NEWARK, N.J.—Justin Lewis scored a career-high 33 points to go along with nine rebounds and six assists, and No. 22 Marquette beat Seton Hall 73–63 on Wednesday night. Lewis, a redshirt freshman coming off Big East Player of the Week honors, was averaging 15.8 points coming into the game for the Golden Eagles (15–6, 7–3…


Boeheim, Boeheim and Boeheim Lead Syracuse Past Lafayette

SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Jimmy Boeheim made a splash in his Syracuse debut, teaming with his younger brother and the rest of their father’s Orange squad for a 97–63 victory over Lafayette in a season opener Tuesday night. Jimmy and younger brother Buddy finished with 18 points each with Joe Girard leading Syracuse with 20 after making all…