Apr 04 Watch 5:10 South Carolina Gamecocks emerge as powerhouse in women’s college basketball By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris South Carolina Gamecocks took home the women's college basketball championship title Sunday, defeating the University of Connecticut in a game they largely controlled from beginning to end. Rachel Bachman, a senior sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal, joins Amna… Continue watching
Apr 03 Krzyzewski’s career comes to a close as North Carolina defeats Duke By Eddie Pells, Associated Press For the 48th time over 47 years of unparalleled coaching, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski took the slow walk to midcourt and shook the hand of the North Carolina coach who beat him. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch 4:41 How new NCAA rules for student-athletes are playing into this year’s March Madness Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, fondly known as Coach K., will participate Saturday in his last Final Four, and possibly his final game, before retirement. Veteran sports writer Howard Bryant joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the matchups and… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 1:34 Coach K’s iconic college basketball career nears its end at Duke University This weekend in Durham, North Carolina at Duke University, Mike Krzyzewski will coach his final home game for the Blue Devils. He’s the most successful college men’s basketball coach in American history, winning 1,123 games, five national championships and three… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 5:15 What made Coach K’s 42 years at Duke special? A look at at the basketball legend’s career College basketball legend, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski — often called "Coach K" — will end his four-decade-plus coaching career after next season. He is the winner of five national titles and the winningest coach in division one men's basketball history. Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 6:14 How resilience through COVID, sexism helped Stanford women’s team win NCAA championship By Amna Nawaz, Patty Gorena Morales In a trying year, the annual college basketball tournaments offered a welcome feeling of the familiar. The Baylor University men won their first title. But as Amna Nawaz reports, it was the women of Stanford who scored the big win,… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 1:45 Remembering legendary NCAA basketball coach John Thompson By Jeffrey Brown, Sam Lane John Thompson, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who transformed Georgetown University into a national championship school, has died at age 78. The first Black head coach to win an NCAA title, Thompson was known for helping to mold stars… Continue watching
Mar 05 3 convicted in college basketball bribery scandal get prison sentences By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said he had to balance the need for a stern message with the realization that others who did similar crimes were not prosecuted in a widespread college basketball recruiting scandal that has tainted two… Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch 5:43 College basketball bribery scandal could ensnare dozens of universities By PBS News Hour College basketball is embroiled in yet another scandal. Ten people, including NCAA assistant coaches, an agent and a top executive at Adidas, have been charged with bribery involving thousands of dollars used to influence student athletes. Dan Wetzel of Yahoo… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 2:51 Remembering Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt, ‘unparalleled’ women’s sports pioneer By PBS News Hour "Pat Summitt is an unparalleled figure in collegiate sports,” a speaker said as President Barack Obama awarded the legendary Tennessee Lady Vols coach a Medal of Freedom four years ago. Summitt died Tuesday at age 64 after years of battling… Continue watching