7:55 AM ET Steve RichardsESPN The 2022 Frozen Four in Boston is loaded with high-end talent as more than 40 members of the four competing teams for the men’s college hockey national championship — Michigan, Minnesota, Denver and Minnesota State — have been drafted by NHL teams. Much of that buzz has centered on the … Read more
The Southeastern Conference, at least from a corporate perspective, might have forgotten something. Arkansas is still in the NCAA Tournament. Those down in Birmingham might recall the Razorbacks as the team that knocked off Tennessee, Auburn and Kentucky during the regular season, and the only team still standing after a full weekend of NCAA tournament … Read more
MILWAUKEE — After briefly accelerating toward the rim with a lengthy stride, giving the fans, players and pearl-clutchers something to imagine (and to be sure, up 10 points on Texas, a vicious breakaway dunk just might have been unnecessary), Jaden Ivey and his better angels dribbled out the clock instead. He glanced over at a … Read more
PORTLAND, Ore.—As the extended Timme family sat down at a local coffee shop Saturday afternoon, they had yet to shift their focus to Gonzaga’s tricky match-up against surging Memphis. Hours still remained before the top-ranked and top-seeded Bulldogs would tip off in the second round of the NCAA tournament, their championship hopes bolstered by the … Read more
The men’s college hockey season is heating up, with conference tournaments getting underway and the Frozen Four (April 7 and 9 at TD Garden in Boston) within sight. The first steps toward filling the NCAA field are the conference tournaments, which, in addition to crowning league champions, will determine the six automatic qualifiers. From there, … Read more