Saint Peter's becomes the first team from New Jersey to reach the Sweet 16 since 2000.
The last team was Seton Hall...their starting point guard was Saint Peter's head coach Shaheen Holloway.
"You cannot, with a straight face, tell me that driving around with a gun in your car and then bringing that gun to a place where it was very quickly used to kill a woman isn't some violation of some rule in your program."
—
@GaryParrishCBS
The BYU students in the front row with 'Horns Down' painted on their shirts were asked to remove the shirts after the first media timeout, per
@Mitch_Harper
.
📸:
@sleeslakin
When a fire burned Charmane Zeigler's house down in 2022, Zakai made a GoFundMe and
@Vol_Hoops
fans rushed to donate. The money raised allowed the Zeigler family to buy a new home in Knoxville.
"I'm from New York, but my home is in Tennessee and my son taught me that."
DOWN GOES NO. 5 🚨
@GamecockMBB
defeats Tennessee to earn their first road win against an AP Top 5 team since 1996-97. This is also South Carolina's second Top 10 victory in eight days‼️
"You have to think you have the same talent level as them. I know they have draft picks and I know I'm not going to the NBA, but I know on any given night, I can compete with those type of guys and our team can compete with those type of guys."
—
@OaklandMBB
's Jack Gohlke
Tennessee is now 6-2 against Kentucky when both teams are ranked in the Top 10.
@Vol_Hoops
is 7-1 against Top-10 Kentucky teams under Rick Barnes — have won six straight.
Five years after being fired, Dayton’s Anthony Grant is the Naismith Coach of the Year. It’s a reminder that a rough stretch doesn’t have to be a defining stretch — and that good things can indeed follow bad ones, writes
@GaryParrishCBS
.
With Caleb Love announcing his return, North Carolina will bring back four starters from the National Championship game.
• Armando Bacot
• R.J. Davis
• Leaky Black
• Love
Arkansas is the fourth team EVER to defeat the 1-seed in their own region in back-to-back NCAA Tournaments.
1988-90 Duke
2006-07 UCLA
2010-11 Butler
2022-23 Arkansas
"We just had to fight. ... At some point we have to draw the line and I feel like today we drew that line. ... I love this school. I love these fans. I love everything about it. I would die for this school."
—
@UNC_Basketball
's Armando Bacot after his team's comeback win
No. 4 Tennessee has now won 12 straight home games against AP-ranked teams.
@Vol_Hoops
holds the longest home winning streak against AP Top 25 teams in
@SEC
history.
No. 11 Cincinnati upsets No. 6 Kansas by 20.
Kansas does not make Big 12 Quarterfinals for 1st time ever. The Jayhawks are tied for their largest loss in a Big 12 Tournament game in program history.
"I've been around a lot of teams as a player and as a coach. I've never had as much fun as being around this year's group. I told them that I needed them this year. ... It was a blessing and joy to be around them."
—
@UNC_Basketball
head coach Hubert Davis
"Playing on a basketball team is one of the more beautiful things in life because it gives you a group of brothers who have a common goal. It allows you to have a deeper connection past just being a teammate."
—
@HUMensBB
's Bryce Harris
"They're hunting right now. They're not being hunted. That's how you get to Final Fours and that's how you get to National Championship games. Rooting for him."
—
@ZagMBB
Mark Few on
@BoilerBall
's Matt Painter
DOWN GOES NO. 4 🚨
@KentuckyMBB
defeats Tennessee in Rocky Top to clinch a double-bye in the SEC Tournament. The Wildcats have beaten Top-5 Tennessee on road in back-to-back seasons.
“The world of college football took notice that here in November, late in the year, with all that’s going on with our football program, Auburn is selling out at home. … That doesn’t happen everywhere.”
—
@AuburnMBB
head coach Bruce Pearl
"I'm just so thankful that a program and a place took me for who I was. They didn't ask me to be anybody but myself."
Drew Timme on his time with
@ZagMBB
Eric Musselman is 8-2 in the Men's NCAA Tournament as head coach of
@RazorbackMBB
and has made three Sweet 16s in that span.
All other coaches since Nolan Richardsom were 3-6 with 0 Sweet 16 appearances.
In 2020-21, Iowa State went 0-18 in
@Big12Conference
play.
Tonight, the Cyclones just recorded their first undefeated season at home (18-0) since 2000-01.
DOWN GOES NO. 1‼️
No. 8
@AlabamaMBB
takes down Houston on the road.
This is the Crimson Tide's second win over a No. 1 team this season — they beat then-No. 1 UNC on Nov. 27 in 4OT.
The only two D-I programs that have both their men's and women's basketball teams in the AP Top 10: Indiana and UConn.
@UConnWBB
: No. 3 at 5-0
@UConnMBB
: No. 8 at 8-0
@IndianaWBB
: No. 5 at 7-0
@IndianaMBB
: No. 10 at 6-0
"Well, I don't know [if we were] well-oiled. I know Bill Self is going to kill me when I get back to the hotel."
—
@KUhoops
assistant coach Norm Roberts 😅