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No one is defending Nico Iamaleava’s move. What’s changed? (Well, a lot.)
Tennessee has gotten a lot of public credit for the way it handled its five-star QB, which is different from the way these ordeals usually play out.
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Houston was on the cusp of a title. And then it wasn't.
A devastated Cougars locker room tries to make sense of what went wrong offensively down the stretch.
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Matt Fortuna
Not even Houston can explain what just happened
A Final Four comeback win for the ages over Duke has left these Cougars speechless.
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Johni Broome leaves it all out as Auburn's run ends
Broome was in more pain than he'll ever let on.
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Buzz Williams is a great coach. Is he right for Maryland?
The Terrapins could win big under Buzz. They could also find themselves exactly where they started.
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Matt Fortuna

March 2025

A quarter-century of lacking excellence: What will it take for the Big Ten to get over the hump?
It's not just that the Big Ten will go title-less again this season. It's that the league has rarely been a national threat across the past 25 years.
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Matt Fortuna
This isn't as easy as Jon Scheyer is making it look
Yes, Scheyer took over a great situation. But others in situations like his have failed before, something we were reminded of just hours after Duke…
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We're all believers in the SEC now
An opening weekend performance that netted seven teams in the Sweet 16 leaves us no choice but to agree: It Just Means more on the hardwood right now.
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UNC played like it was just happy to be here
Call it a gentleman's sweep for the Tar Heels, who were no match for Ole Miss.
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North Carolina's AD had no business chairing this committee
UNC AD Bubba Cunningham was the committee chair. The Tar Heels were the last team in. Who could have seen that coming?
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What will 2030 look like?
The ACC has stability ... for now. How could that change in five years? Let's look to the recent past.
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Matt Fortuna

February 2025

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