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Posted on April 11th, 2019 in 2019 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four, Student Work by rgeneral

The women’s Final Four in Tampa Bay was a weekend full of intense basketball that saw the team widely considered the best in the country, Baylor, walk away as national champions. All three games over the weekend were full of exhilarating moments, comebacks and heartbreaks. Throughout the weekend, one thing stood out to me more …

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Posted on April 6th, 2019 in 2019 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four, Student Work by rgeneral

By Aidan Wilkins | @AidanJWilkins Sports Capital Journalism Program Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program student Aidan Wilkins, writing for NCAA.com, writes about the legacy that seniors Napheesa Collier and Katie Lou Samuelson left on the UConn women’s basketball program.  Read the full story here

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Posted on April 2nd, 2018 in 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

IUPUI students will cover the NCAA men’s basketball championship game for a seventh consecutive year, longer than any sports journalism program in the nation. Aidan Wilkins and Mike Williams made their picks for the last night of the college basketball season. The Villanova Wildcats will be national champions on Monday night. Fresh off hitting a …

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Posted on April 2nd, 2018 in 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program student Aidan Wilkins, writing for NCAA.com, explains how Eric Paschall is making the most of his second stop in college basketball. https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2018-04-02/villanovas-eric-paschall-busy-capitalizing-second-stop-his

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Posted on March 31st, 2018 in 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Aidan Wilkins | @AidanJWilkins Michigan vs. Loyola Chicago While the Ramblers have had an amazing run, the Wolverines will make sure it ends at the Final Four. The potent scoring trio of Moritz Wagner (14.3), Charles Matthews (13.0), and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman (12.8) will prove too potent for the Loyola defense, as the three Wolverines …

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Posted on March 31st, 2018 in 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program student Aidan Wilkins, writing for NCAA.com, explains how Villanova Head Coach Jay Wright and Kansas Head Coach Bill Self have made an impact off the court as well as on it. https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2018-03-30/final-four-villanovas-jay-wright-and-kansas-bill-self-meet

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Posted on March 30th, 2018 in 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Aidan Wilkins | @AidanJWilkins Sports Capital Journalism Program Villanova star point guard Jalen Brunson continues to add to the accomplishments of his junior season, winning the 2018 United States Basketball Writers Association Oscar Robertson Player of the Year, which is awarded to the nation’s best Division I men’s basketball player. Brunson has led the Wildcats …

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Posted on March 29th, 2018 in 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Aidan Wilkins | @AidanJWilkins Sports Capital Journalism Program SAN ANTONIO — The world of college basketball seemed to be bound for cataclysmic changes. The FBI was probing into programs across the country. The question of student-athlete compensation seemed to be raised more frequently. A national conversation that once asked “Will college athletes be paid?” was …

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