For more than a quarter century, top high school basketball recruits, the best of the best, haven’t really considered the 14 teams that currently make up the Sun Belt Conference.
The dead period for college basketball recruiting ends Thursday at noon ET and Indiana is set to host one of the most talented transfer portal prospects for an official visit.
The East and West regions both lost No. 1 seeds during the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, creating a wide-open field as the Sweet 16 begins Thursday.Follow here for news and insights from The Athletic's staff.Pregame readingThe NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 is set, but there’s questions for all of themKansas State's Markquis Nowell is writing March magic into his NYC hoops origin storyDonovan Clingan is UConn’s next big star. His mom would have loved itUp to date look at the bracketThursday's Sweet 16 matchupsNo. 3 Kansas State 98, No. 7 Michigan State 93 No. 4 UConn 88, No. 8 Arkansas 65No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Florida Atlantic | 9 p.m. ET | TBSNo. 2 UCLA vs. No. 3 Gonzaga | 9:45 p.m. ET | CBS(Photo: Andy Lyons / Getty Images)