Where are the Cinderella teams? The NIL effect on the NCAA Tournament
There are no Cinderella teams in this year’s NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time in decades. Fans are blaming NIL. Here are the ...
Jay Wright Defends NIL and Transfer Portal After Sweet Sixteen Results
Jay Wright has been away from coaching NCAA basketball for three seasons. He said he left because he lost the prowess that he ...
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Arkansas serves as NIL era Cinderella in March Madness as mid-majors miss Sweet 16
No. 10 Arkansas is your second-week Cinderella for 2025. John Calipari – who has six Final Four appearances in three ...
How Ole Miss’ Jaemyn Brakefield is using NIL to strengthen bond with ‘little brother’
Jaemyn Brakefield moved his “little brother” mentee Brandon Hill to live with him in Oxford with the help of NIL money.
Arkansas Basketball’s Future: NIL Power, Transfer Portal, and Calipari’s Ambitions
A significant driving force behind Arkansas’ NIL success is billionaire John H. Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods. As the ...
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O’Donnell: Breaking down a Sweet and Sour Sixteen
WOMEN TO THE LEFT, MEN TO THE RIGHT and college tournament basketball may seem like the only game on TV this weekend. It's ...
Maliq Brown’s Potential Impact on Duke Against Arizona in Sweet 16
Jon Scheyer told reporters that "there's a chance" that Duke's Maliq Brown (shoulder) could be available for Thursday's Sweet ...
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Arkansas serves as NIL era Cinderella in March Madness as mid-majors miss Sweet 16
We spent the first weekend of the 2025 NCAA men's basketball tournament searching for that magical team that makes an out-of-nowhere Sweet 16 run. Those Cinderellas can still be found – if you ...