While many teams across the country have their eyes on the upcoming NCAA tournament at this time of year, the DePaul Blue Demons will have their eyes on the coaching market.  That is because head coach Oliver Purnell resigned Saturday, via Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Purnell’s Blue Demons went a disappointing 12-20 on the season and finished in seventh place in the Big East with a 6-12 conference record. They lost their final eight games and ...

Selection Sunday is right around the corner, plunging the sporting world into madness. Thus far, conference tournaments have carried the "madness" label well. Bubbles have both inflated and burst, but a lone constant remains: Kentucky seems untouchable. Things further descend into madness Sunday. Even before the official NCAA men's tournament bracket goes final, though, the favorites in the Big Dance are obvious. Let's analyze a few of the top contenders after a look at the tournament schedule.   NCAA Tournament ...

Talk about no pressure. CBS Sports PR passed along an interesting quote from the NCAA’s Dan Gavitt regarding Kentucky’s NCAA tournament fate heading into Sunday’s SEC Championship Game against the winner of the Arkansas and Georgia clash:  This really shouldn’t come as a surprise to even casual college basketball fans. The Wildcats have won every single game this season, mostly by dominant margins, and look like an NBA team at times on the floor. What’s more, fellow ...

Kentucky took another comfortable step forward in its quest for perfection, as the Wildcats improved to 33-0 and advanced to the SEC tournament final with a 91-67 win over the Auburn Tigers. Unlike the tight test a day prior against Florida that resembled so many of their close wins during the season, the Wildcats exerted their dominance from the opening tip. They led by double digits from the 13:50 mark of the first half on, extending ...

It really and truly is the best time of the year, college basketball fans. As we gear up for Selection Sunday, most of the talk seems to be about which bubble teams will make it into the NCAA men's tournament and which teams will get the No. 1 seeds. But what about the rest of the pack? You know—the teams that are locked into the tournament but nobody seems to be talking about. You know, the sleepers. This list ...

The 2015 SEC tournament has the most intriguing storyline in all of college basketball, especially as the finals inch closer. Saturday saw the final four teams, led by undefeated Kentucky, look to stake their claim as the best in the conference.  In typical March Madness fashion, the SEC tournament has featured its share of upsets. No one would have predicted three days ago that Auburn would still be playing on Saturday, though the Tigers wound up ...

North Carolina took down the No. 1-seeded Virginia Cavaliers in the ACC tournament semifinal on Friday night, 71-67. After the win, the on-court celebration carried into the Tar Heels' locker room. When you knock off a No. 1 seed, you have to expect some dancing, and head coach Roy Williams did just that. He came into the locker room doing a little shimmy before jumping up and down with his team. The team also had fun with point guard ...

The quality of the Big Ten has been on full display all season long, and it is once again the central focus of the college basketball world Saturday, as the semifinals of the conference tournament determine which teams will vie for the championship. The Wisconsin Badgers and Maryland Terrapins have been atop the conference for much of the year, but there are no guarantees in the Big Ten due to an impressive amount of parity. With ...

No men's college basketball team wants to hear its name called during the 2015 edition of Selection Sunday. At least, that's what it feels like after a horrific, nightmare-esque couple of days for teams on the bubble during conference tournament play. Let's keep it brief: The Texas A&M Aggies lost to a bad Auburn Tigers team (66-59), the Texas Longhorns lost in crushing fashion against the Iowa State Cyclones (69-67) and the Miami Hurricanes took a loss ...

Following four blowouts in the quarterfinals, the Pac-12 tournament really tightened up, as two semifinal contests were decided by a combined nine points. The Arizona Wildcats continued their bid for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, knocking off UCLA 70-64 on Friday. Considering recent losses by ACC contenders Virginia and Duke, Arizona may be able to leapfrog one of those squads with a conference tournament victory. Standing in the Wildcats' way are the Oregon Ducks. ...