On a variety of levels, Kenny Payne was an understandable and defensible hire as the men’s basketball coach for the Louisville Cardinals in 2022. But on the only level that matters, it turned out to be a flaming disaster. After another dismal loss, this one in the first round of the

Before the NCAA men’s tournament dilutes itself in the near future (like next year) with additional expansion aimed at placating the power conferences, the current selection committee can take one last stand for deserving mid-major programs. The most obvious and easiest stand is to put both Missouri Valley Conference tourney

When it was finally over, late on the night of Saturday, March 9, 1974, Monte Towe didn’t bother joining the celebratory net cutting. Instead, the tiny North Carolina State Wolfpack point guard sat next to the wife of his coach, Joan Sloan, and hugged her through tears. “I felt a lot

A second mid-Atlantic men’s basketball program is in the crosshairs of a gambling investigation. The Maryland Lottery & Gaming Control Agency confirms to Sports Illustrated on Friday that the Loyola (Md.) Greyhounds are subjects of an inquiry into unusual wagering activity. “We are aware of the investigation, and based on the