One of the best parts of every March is seeing coaches, players and programs who have never heard their name called on Selection Sunday celebrate the moment that all changes. Of the 364 teams that are current members of Division-I,

Cooper Flagg, Rick Pitino and a dominant SEC haven’t restored college basketball’s regular season buzz. Can anything?

With Kent State currently tied for third place, there is a very real possibility of these hated rivals giving us another jolt of March drama next weekend. I suppose there are some people out there who might be growing tired of this.

Decades of St. Thomas men’s basketball alums are filing into a private reception, sorting through rosters and info sheets for a soon-to-open $175 million arena, warming up the space for one of their own.

Coaches like St. John's Rick Pitino, Houston's Kelvin Sampson and Auburn's Bruce Pearl have their teams winning

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Enough about Cooper Flagg! These are the smaller school stars you will learn to love during college basketball’s conference tournament season. PJ Haggerty, SO, G, Memphis (American) You aren’t going to find another player on this list with legitimate All-American aspirations.