Lindsay Schnell

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Lindsay Schnell

SAN ANTONIO - When Alijah Martin went to the Final Four two years ago, he played maybe the best game of his career in the national semifinals, scoring 26 points on 7-of-13 shooting and grabbing seven rebounds. But ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic, one of a handful of Cinderellas that stole hearts that spring, lost to San Diego State 72-71 on a buzzer-beater that night, sending Martin and the Owls back to Boca Raton.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Lindsay Schnell

At this point, the Steph Curry comparisons might be inaccurate. With respect to the greatest shooter in NBA history, Curry never shined like this on college basketball's biggest stage. He never hit an impossible, fall-away corner 3 when his team desperately needed it, didn't score 34 points to push his team to the national championship game, didn't dazzle a football stadium packed with 68,252 fans. Curry, 37, saved all that for the NBA.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Lindsay Schnell

SAN ANTONIO - Cooper Flagg has been at the center of college basketball all season, leading Duke to the Final Four, winning multiple player of the year awards and starring in numerous commercials. His family has been by his side through everything - his grandma actually makes a cameo in one of those commercials - and is looking for a way to commemorate the 18-year-old's historic season beyond all the hardware he's brought home. So, naturally, his mom is planning to get a tattoo.

2 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Lindsay Schnell

Share SAN ANTONIO — Alex Condon wants to make one thing very clear.Yes, the Florida big man is thrilled to see so many other NBA Academy alums here at the Final Four, where his top-seeded Gators meet top seed Auburn in Saturday’s first semifinal before fellow No. 1 seeds Duke and Houston meet in the second semifinal.It’s cool to see “the brotherhood” represented on college basketball’s biggest stage, with two NBA Academy guys from Florida (Condon and Rueben Chinyelu) and two from Duke (Tyrese...

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Brendan Marks |Lindsay Schnell

Two days after Selection Sunday, The Athletic offered a prediction - or, rather, a warning - for this NCAA Tournament. "Hope you like chalk." That's because all the data pointed to a March that might be lacking the single thing fans most crave: madness. Between the strongest collection of No. 1 seeds in the modern era and larger industry-wide trends finally matriculating to the hardwood, it would've taken a Herculean - not Cinderellan - effort to upend a field so seemingly set in stone.