JR Payne

The NCAA Tournament championship trophy at the 2023 title game

Is the NET ranking system working the way it’s supposed to?

By Steve Silverman / March 11, 2025

NCAA’s Rick Nixon: ‘We’ve heard the complaints’

Iowa State Cyclones' forward Addy Brown (24) shoots the ball over Kansas Jayhawks' guard Laia Conesa (6)

Addy Brown’s 41 points punctuate Day 2 of the Big 12 tournament

By Tia Reid / March 7, 2025

The Big 12’s youth stood out Thursday

ASU guard Jalyn Brown (23) dribbles to her right while defended by GCU guard Trinity San Antonio (23)

Big 12 newcomers highlight Day 1 of the 2025 tournament

By Tia Reid / March 6, 2025

Arizona State provides the day’s biggest upset

Six Colorado basketball players stand at center court with the head coach of the team.

As postseason approaches, Colorado is still searching for answers

By Steve Silverman / March 3, 2025

Coach JR Payne: ‘It’s been complicated from day one’

Air Force forward Jayda McNabb and Northern Colorado forward Aniah Hall jump to to control the ball in the opening tip off at center court of a basketball game.

In the Rocky Mountains, Front Range rivalry games add spice to the nonconference schedule

By Steve Silverman / November 20, 2024

Local Colorado programs use the non-conference season to build their profiles, create rivalries, and hunt wins

Lior Garzon and Nyamer Diew smile with the arms around each other on the basketball court at the University of Colorado Special Events Center.

Colorado is coming together as one big, international family

By Steve Silverman / November 1, 2024

Nworie: ‘We actually are together as one, as a family’

Colorado head coach JR Payne gestures toward her players during practice as she explains a drill.

With overhauled roster and conference move, it’s a new era for Colorado

By Steve Silverman / October 2, 2024

JR Payne: ‘I think we can be as good as we want’

Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer is covered in confetti as her team celebrates her 1,203 win as head coach.

Tara VanDerveer’s sudden retirement from Stanford reverberates

By Michelle Smith / April 10, 2024

VanDerveer spoke to The Next on Tuesday about why this was the right time

Jaylyn Sherrod, wearing a face mask, drives to the basket during the Sweet 16

Jaylyn Sherrod, Colorado fought ’til the end

By Tee Baker / March 31, 2024

‘No quit whatsoever in this ballclub’

Caitlin Clark elevates for a layup in a Sweet 16 game against Colorado.

Sellout crowd gathers to see Iowa and Caitlin Clark do what they always do

By Howard Megdal / March 30, 2024

Hawkeyes can avenge last season, reach Final Four with one more win