Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops expanded on his comments regarding a video depicting campus fraternity members chanting a racist song, saying he hopes the university can use the ugly incident as a talking point going forward. "This was caught here," Stoops said in an interview with ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski Tuesday. "I think [OU's players] realize it's everywhere. It's around the country. We happen to have it; let's try to do something with it and try to effect ...

As we near the end of spring practice, we are finding out much more about what the Nebraska Cornhuskers will look like under new head coach Mike Riley. But even though we are getting quite a bit of information—more, in all honesty, than some expected we would have at this point in the process—we still are in the dark about a number of important things. Here are three of the biggest questions that remain unanswered.   Who ...

Marcus Foster has been one of Kansas State’s best scorers during the first two years of his college career, but that will no longer be the case moving forward. The program and head coach Bruce Weber dismissed the scoring guard from the roster Tuesday, as K-State Athletics confirmed. Weber also offered the following quote, per Kellis Robinett of The Wichita Eagle and The Kansas City Star: As noted, freshman Tre Harris was also dismissed from the program. Foster averaged 15.5 points per ...

If you aren’t going to play in the NCAA tournament, reaching Madison Square Garden in the NIT is an impressive consolation prize. That is exactly what was at stake for the NIT quarterfinalists Tuesday. The semifinals and championship game take place in the Mecca of Basketball, and all that stood in the way of reaching that goal entering play Tuesday for Miami, Richmond, Vanderbilt and Stanford was a single victory. With that in mind, here is a ...

Regardless of circumstances, the No. 1 pick of any draft is important, and—if even for a day—it’ll be of the utmost importance March 28 during the Michigan Wolverines’ first spring game draft under new coach Jim Harbaugh. After the selection, the two sides will play one another in the spring game April 4 at the Big House, which will likely be filled to near-capacity for a couple of reasons: 1. April 4 marks the first “real” ...

The top-seeded Duke Blue Devils hope to avoid an upset bid by the fifth-seeded Utah Utes when they square off in a South Region Sweet 16 matchup Friday. The Blue Devils are just 3-6 in their past nine trips to the Sweet 16 and have gone 1-5-1 against the spread versus No. 5 seeds since 1996, losing four of the seven games.   Opening spread The Blue Devils opened as 4.5-point favorites. (Compare lines and consensus on the ...

The last two times a No. 7 seed has taken on a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament, the seventh seeds have won outright. However, in a bit of an oddsmaking quirk, seventh-seeded Michigan State is a short point-spread favorite over third-seeded Oklahoma for the second East Region semifinal Friday night in Syracuse.   Opening spread The Spartans opened as two-point favorites. (Compare lines and consensus on the Odds Shark matchup report.)   Why pick Michigan State to cover ...

Underdogs on the betting lines are 21-10-1 against the spread in Sweet 16 games over the last four NCAA tournaments, which bodes well for eighth-seeded North Carolina State heading into its East Region Sweet 16 matchup with ACC rival Louisville Friday night in Syracuse.   Opening Spread The Cardinals opened as 1.5-point favorites. (Compare lines and consensus on the Odds Shark matchup report.)   Why Pick North Carolina State to Cover the Spread With 13 losses during the regular season the ...

The 11th-seeded UCLA Bruins will try to continue their improbable NCAA tournament run in the Sweet 16 Friday when they meet the No. 2 Gonzaga Bulldogs in a regular-season rematch for a spot in the South Regional Final. The Bruins are one of three Pac-12 schools still alive in the Big Dance, and many thought they did not belong in the 68-team field. But UCLA has covered the spread six straight times as an underdog with ...

The quarterfinals are underway in the NIT as the eight remaining teams fight Tuesday and Wednesday night for the chance to play at Madison Square Garden in the next round. In particular, Stanford punched their ticket to New York City with a three-point victory over Vanderbilt at the Maples Pavilion on Tuesday night. En route to the quarterfinals, the Commodores took down St. Mary’s before blowing out South Dakota State by 15 points. However, their 12 made ...