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Apr 9, 2024 | 
bizjournals.com | Addison Kalmbach
Everything. That was the motto for this year’s UConn men’s basketball team, and it accomplished just that. “We’ve worn the 'everything' shirt the whole year,” coach Dan Hurley said. “Everyone in this organization gave everything so that we could win everything this year.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Addison Kalmbach |Bennett Silvyn
After UConn’s victory over Purdue in the men’s national title game, the Huskies’ Donovan Clingan, right, hugs Alex Karaban. (Photo by Bennett Silvyn/Cronkite News) UConn coach Dan Hurley enjoys the moment after capturing his second consecutive men’s national title Monday night at State Farm Stadium. (Photo by Bennett Silvyn/Cronkite News) GLENDALE – Everything. That was the motto for this year’s UConn tmen’s basketball eam and it accomplished just that.
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Apr 7, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Addison Kalmbach |Bennett Silvyn
UConn forward Alex Karaban said coach Dan Hurley is “one of the funniest people I’ve ever met and he’s just super easy to connect with.” (Photo by Bennett Silvyn/Cronkite News) Forward Alex Karaban said coach Dan Hurley is “one of the funniest people I’ve ever met and he’s just super easy to connect with.” (Photo by Bennett Silvyn/Cronkite News) GLENDALE – UConn men’s basketball is on the brink of becoming a college basketball blue blood.
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Apr 6, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Addison Kalmbach |Bennett Silvyn
UConn’s Tristen Newton, who has occasionally struggled from behind the arc, practices incorporating dribbling moves into his 3-point shot. (Photo by Bennett Silvyn/Cronkite News) GLENDALE – Much talk in the Men’s NCAA Tournament has centered around the UConn Huskies and whether they will be the first team to win back-to-back national championships since the Univesity of Florida in 2006 and 2007.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Addison Kalmbach |Bennett Silvyn
Addison Kalmbach/Cronkite News The fortunes of the Alabama men’s basketball team changed this season after players started embracing the philosophy of mudita. (Photo by Bennett Silvyn/Cronkite News) GLENDALE – Successful programs often have a secret that pushes them through adversity, and the Alabama men’s basketball team is no different. But it took a slow start to the season for the Crimson Tide to discover it. Mudita.
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Mar 31, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Addison Kalmbach |Bennett Silvyn
Alabama guard Mark Sears gazes at the confetti after his Crimson Tide beat Clemson in an Elite Eight game in Los Angeles. (Photo by Bennett Silvyn/Cronkite News) Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne, who used to oversee athletics at Arizona, celebrates with the crowd before joining in the net-cutting ceremony. (Photo by Bennett Silvyn/Cronkite News Aaron Estrada, graduate guard for Alabama, sends his defender, Chase Hunter, crashing to the floor.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
pinalcentral.com | Addison Kalmbach
LOS ANGELES — Although much talk before Thursday’s Sweet 16 meeting between Arizona and Clemson centered on the Wildcats’ electric offense, Tigers guard Chase Hunter thought many were overlooking a simple fact. kAm“%96J 92G6 E@ 8F2C5 FD[ E@@[” E96 D6?:@C D2:5]k^AmkAm%96J 5:5[ 2?5 ?@E 2=H2JD DF446DD7F==J] wF?E6C 6IA=@565 7@C `g A@:?ED[ D6G6? C63@F?5D 2?5 7:G6 2DD:DED 2?5 =:>:E65 !24\`a !=2J6C @7 E96 *62C r2=63 {@G6 E@ `b A@:?ED 2?5 _\7@C\h D9@@E:?8 7C@> b\A@:?E C2?86 2D r=6>D@? 362E pC:K@?2 ff\fa :?
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Addison Kalmbach |Bennett Silvyn
Clemson senior guard Chase Hunter drives through defenders for a contested layup, contributing to his team-high 18 points in the Tigers’ victory over Arizona in the men’s NCAA Tournament in Los Angeles. (Photo by Bennett Silvyn/Cronkite News) Chase Hunter celebrates after witnessing his younger brother, sophomore Dillon Hunter, seal the game with an and-1 play Thursday in a Sweet 16 game.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Addison Kalmbach |Bennett Silvyn
Caleb Love, the senior guard for Arizona, who is shooting 30% from the 3-point line throughout the tournament, begins practice by shooting corner threes. (Photo by Bennett Silvyn/Cronkite News) LOS ANGELES – After a dominating first weekend in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, the Arizona Wildcats are back in the Sweet 16 for the second time in three years under coach Tommy Lloyd.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
tucsonsentinel.com | Addison Kalmbach
Cronkite News The most magical Sunday in all of college basketball occurred on St.Patrick’s Day with the annual bracket selection of the NCAA Women’sBasketball Tournament, and it might have delivered the first upset ofthe spring. For the fourth consecutive year, the Arizona women’s basketball teamwas invited to the Big Dance, and that was far from a given going intothe day. After starting the season 5-0, the Wildcats lost 12 of theirnext 20 games.
