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• 2025 NFL Draft Profile: North Carolina RB Omarion Hampton

Bob Donnan-Imagn Images The Bengals may not be in the market for a back early in the draft, but if he’s available later than most think, a guy. When it comes to the second round, the Cincinnati Bengals have a track record not only of drafting running backs on whom they rely heavily but also of netting productive players. Ickey Woods, Harold Green, Corey Dillon, Kenny Irons, Giovani Bernard...2025
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• 5 enticing landing spots for the best player in the transfer portal in women’s basketball

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Three-time All-American Olivia Miles is in the transfer portal out of Notre Dame. Could TCU or North Carolina be a fit for her? One of the most talented players in women’s college basketball entered the transfer portal earlier this week. Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles — a three-time All-American and three-time finalist for the Nancy Lieberman award — wil...2025
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• Ranking the 16 best players in the women’s Sweet 16, including Paige Bueckers

David Butler II-Imagn Images After JuJu Watkins’ injury, who are the best players remaining in the Sweet 16? Among them are Flau’Jae Johnson and Lauren Betts. There are just 16 teams left in the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament. This weekend, teams will battle in Birmingham, Alabama, and square-up in Spokane, Washington. When the dust finally settles on Monday night, we will have four teams go...2025
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• Two longtime ACC rivals prepare for ‘gritty’ historic meeting in March Madness

Photo by Nicholas Faulkner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images For the first time ever, Duke and North Carolina will meet in the women’s NCAA Tournament. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A product of Durham’s Jordan High School, Sydney Barker grew up right between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, basically within walking distance from both Cameron Indoor Stadium and Carmichael Aren...2025
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by likelihood to win the national championship in 2025 women’s March Madness

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images After the injury to USC’s JuJu Watkins, UConn’s path to the Final Four looks a lot easier. Meanwhile, Notre Dame seems to be regaining its elite form. Just 16 teams remain in the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament. March Madness began with 68 teams and we whittled down the field last weekend. Along the way, we saw players face former teams, some squads make sta...2025
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• Ranking every men’s Sweet 16 game by watchability in 2025 March Madness

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images If you can only watch one men’s Sweet 16 game this year, which should it be? The 2025 NCAA Tournament was missing upsets and a lot of drama during opening weekend. But the lack of Cinderella stories and double-digit seeds advancing means a Sweet 16 filled with gigantic matchups between power conference opponents. With only the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC r...2025
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• 2025 NFL Draft Profile: North Carolina RB Omarion Hampton
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• 5 enticing landing spots for the best player in the transfer portal in women’s basketball
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by likelihood to win the national championship in 2025 women’s March Madness
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• The best games in the second round of the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament, ranked

Photo by Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images Florida State vs. LSU and Notre Dame vs. Michigan are must-watch games. Meanwhile, UConn and South Carolina should comfortably advance to the Sweet 16. The first round is in the books and more than half of the field is gone. We’ve cut the NCAA Tournament down from 68 teams to just 32 as games begin on Sunday, starting with No. 10 Oregon versus No. 2 Duke...2025
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst from Day 2

Photo by Jason Miller/NCAA Photos via Getty Images It can only get better from here, folks. Allow me to be the millionth person to say that at least these second round games look like they’re going to be awesome. They need to be. Round one did not deliver at the level all of us are used to. It was still wonderful. It’s impossible for 32 games in two days not to be. Just not wonderful en...2025
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• Should the Broncos draft UNC RB Omarion Hampton in the first round of the draft?

Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hampton is a big and athletic running back who could start week one for the Broncos. One prospect who the Denver Broncos may strongly consider in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft is North Carolina running back, Omarion Hampton. He is a 6-0, 221 pound running back who is considered one of the top backs in the draft and a potential...2025
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• March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament

Rob Kinnan-Imagn Images Let’s rank the best players in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament College basketball is in a state of transition, and so too is the idea of the modern college basketball star. The defining players in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament do not fit in any particular box. They come from every corner of the world, in all shapes and sizes, each with their own idiosyncratic stren...2025
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• North Carolina’s NCAA tournament inclusion makes absolutely no sense, and has a real conflict of interest

This is just ridiculous. The North Carolina Tar Heels are legendary when it comes to March Madness. The championships, the unforgettable players, the incomparable Dean Smith — all part of what makes UNC one of the best-known programs in the country. On Sunday night the Heels were being talked about for all the wrong reasons, as North Carolina might lay claim to being the worst team to ever get an ...2025
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• NFL Urban Legends: Dan Marino, Drug Rumors and the Draft-Day Slide
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"UNC 'Hard Knocks' deal falls through: Tar Heels won't be featured in Bill Belichick's inaugural season"

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"Belichick's hire would come amid a split Tar Heels community with the six-time Super Bowl champion giving up pursuit of the NFL all-time wins record"

2023
"Instead, Montross decided to walk his own path — joining the Tar Heels where he would become a legend."

2022
"The North Carolina Tar Heels handed Mike Krzyzewski a disappointing end to his time with Duke, as UNC took down the Blue Devils in their Final Four showdown on Saturday."

2021
"Relive the game winning shot by UNC forward Luke Maye that lifted the Tar Heels past Kentucky and into the 2017 Final Four."

2020
"The Tar Heels caught lightning in a bottle, winning an emotional quarterfinal in Columbus, Ohio — where coach Joe Breschi, formerly of Ohio State, visited the gravesite of his son, Michael — and riding the hot hand of Chris Cloutier to their first NCAA title since 1991."

2019
"The Tar Heels slip out of the top 10 after falling to Virginia 56-47 on Sunday"

2018
"The Hurricanes pulled a Villanova-like thriller on the Tar Heels on Senior Night"

2017
"The post The North Carolina Tar Heels Are Your 2017 NCAA Champions appeared first on SLAMonline."

2016
"As he stands and stretches, he hands Coleman a letter addressed to him from the North Carolina Tar Heels."

2015
"Tomorrow night, the Number 4 seed North Carolina Tar Heels take on Number 1 Wisconsin."

2014
"Jordan played for the Tar Heels in the early '80s, so these shoes are at least 30 years old."

• 2025 NFL Draft Profile: North Carolina RB Omarion Hampton
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• Two longtime ACC rivals prepare for ‘gritty’ historic meeting in March Madness
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2025 men’s March Madness

Photo by Lance King/Getty Images Let’s rank the 16 teams still standing in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament by their national championship chances. The 2025 men’s NCAA tournament will certainly not go down in history for upsets and Cinderellas. The favorites held serve during the opening weekend of March Madness, setting up some high-powered matchups in the Sweet 16 and beyond. All four No. ...2025
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst from Day 2
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• Should the Broncos draft UNC RB Omarion Hampton in the first round of the draft?
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• March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
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• 5 enticing landing spots for the best player in the transfer portal in women’s basketball
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• Two longtime ACC rivals prepare for ‘gritty’ historic meeting in March Madness
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• College basketball’s transfer portal has its first superstar, and every school is going to want him

Photo by Jason Miller/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Donovan Dent might be the biggest start in the college basketball transfer portal this year, and he has no shortage of suitors. The Sweet 16 is set for the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament, but some of the biggest news in college basketball is happening off the court. The coaching carousel is already in full swing with Indiana, Texas, NC State, ...2025
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• The hardest and easiest path to the 2025 women’s NCAA Final Four

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Breaking down which top seeds in the 2025 women’s NCAA tournament can make it to Tampa. Dawn Staley and Lindsay Gottlieb have both made noise in recent days about their team’s seeding in NCAA tournament. The Gamecocks and Trojans are both No. 1 seeds, but South Carolina is seeded second overall and USC is fourth. UCLA was the No. 1 overall seed, while T...2025
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• Ranking the 16 best players in the women’s Sweet 16, including Paige Bueckers
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• Two longtime ACC rivals prepare for ‘gritty’ historic meeting in March Madness
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• The 5 most important college basketball power conference tournament games of Thursday

Bob Donnan-Imagn Images Could a March miracle be brewing in Kansas City? The Thursday of Championship Week is the busiest and often most impactful non-NCAA tournament day on the college basketball calendar. All five of the major conferences have a full slate of four games, with the second round action in the Big Ten and SEC, and quarterfinal games in the ACC, Big 12 and Big East. Let’s l...2025
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• Shawn Poppie is trying to keep the good vibes rolling at Clemson

Ken Ruinard - The Greenville News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Shawn Poppie is trying to turn Clemson back into a winner. An ACC Tournament victory over Stanford could be a good sign for things to come. GREENSBORO, N.C. — On a dry-erase board inside a locker room in the historic Greensboro Coliseum on Wednesday evening, first-year Clemson coach Shawn Poppie didn’t scribble on it to...2025
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• Women’s basketball bracketology roundtable: Experts weigh-in on USC, the ACC and a potential 3-bid Ivy League

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Charlie Creme, Megan Gauer and Mark Schindler help us get ready for March Madness in women’s college basketball with some bracketology breakdown. It’s March, which means the NCAA Tournament is approaching quickly. And if you’re a fan of women’s college basketball, you’re probably thinking about your bracket — who you might pick to ...2025
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• Women’s basketball rankings: No. 1 is unchanged, but injuries raise questions as conference tournaments approach

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Can LSU, North Carolina, Kansas State and Tennessee hold onto their top 16 projections while weathering key injuries? It was a wild week in women’s college basketball and the latest AP Top 25 Poll reflects that. While the Texas Longhorns remained No. 1, USC elevated to No. 2, and Duke jumped up five spots to No. 11 as the week’s biggest riser after defeating North...2025
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• College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Here are the most disappointing teams in men’s college basketball so far. Expectations are a slippery slope in this new era of college basketball. With every player in the country essentially on a one-year deal, coaches face the monumental task of keeping their top players on campus, surrounding them with the right fits in the transfer portal, and addin...2025
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• DeMarcus Cousins Knocks Down 3-Pointer from UK Logo During UNC-UK Alumni Game
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• Bill Belichick nearing deal with North Carolina: Legendary NFL coach may join college ranks in stunning move

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• Tyler Hansbrough to Hornets: Latest Contract Details, Analysis and Reaction
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• WATCH: DeMarcus Cousins Leads Kentucky Over UNC Alums
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• Warriors' Harrison Barnes Trolls Stephen Curry After UNC Beats Davidson
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• Always a Warrior: Festus Ezeli Has Battled His Way into Golden State's Future
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• The Linc - Saquon Barkley discusses chasing Eric Dickerson

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 12/15/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Saquon Barkley opens up on chasing Eric Dickerson’s NFL rushing record - NBCSP“I know a lot about Eric Dickerson,” Barkley said. “I know that he has the record. He’s (had it) for 40 years. Obviously, I’ve heard the talk. I know the number. I know what it’s goi...2024
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• 2025 NFL Draft Profile: North Carolina RB Omarion Hampton
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by likelihood to win the national championship in 2025 women’s March Madness
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• NCAA tournament conference breakdown: Big Ten is flourishing, while SEC underwhelms

Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images This is how college basketball’s biggest conferences performed in the first weekend of March Madness. Conference breakdowns are a big part of the NCAA Tournament. Seeding, strength of schedule and the number of bids each conference receives is a talking point during the tournament. The SEC getting 14 out of its 16 teams into the field shattered the Big Ea...2025
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst from Day 2
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• The hardest and easiest path to the 2025 women’s NCAA Final Four
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• Should the Broncos draft UNC RB Omarion Hampton in the first round of the draft?
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2025 men’s March Madness
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• 10 takeaways from the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament bracket reveal

Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let the bracket reactions begin. We have a bracket, and now we have three days to talk about it. Let’s start immediately. Here are 10 immediate thoughts on this year’s field of 68: 1. The SEC was valued even more highly than we thought There was little doubt that Sunday was going to be the day the SEC was going to set a new record for t...2025
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• MiLaysia Fulwiley channels LeBron James and Steph Curry in a pair of memorable highlights

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images As she has all season long for Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks, MiLaysia Fulwiley created a pair of highlight-worthy plays in the SEC Tournament vs. Vanderbilt. GREENVILLE, S.C. — Vanderbilt had stormed back. With freshman phenom Mikayla Blakes leading the charge, the Commodores had gotten within striking distance of top-seeded South Carolina’s lea...2025
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• Women’s basketball rankings: JuJu Watkins and USC end UCLA unbeaten season, NCAA releases first top-16

Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images The Huskies beat the Gamecocks, a showdown in Tobacco Road and more A telltale sign that it’s almost March Madness time is when the NCAA Tournament committee releases its first top-16 ranking of the year. That announcement came Sunday leading into one of the top games of the week between No. 4 South Carolina Gamecocks and No. 7 UConn Huskies. However, the act...2025
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• A’ja Wilson surprising the North Carolina basketball team is today’s wholesome content

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images Wilson, fresh off a unanimous MVP season, was a surprise locker room visitor after the Tar Heels beat the Miami Hurricanes on Sunday afternoon. The North Carolina women’s basketball team beat Miami 69-60 on Sunday afternoon, and after the buzzer, they were greeted by a special visitor: Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson, one of women's basketball’s most dec...2024