Golden Goose Golf Champions Crowned as Tournament Sets Stage for Future Successors

ALBANY, NEW YORK - APRIL 01: A tiara that Angel Reese #10 of the LSU Tigers placed on the bench is pictured before a game ai in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at MVP Arena on April 01, 2024 in Albany, New York. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) | Getty Images Somehow, a line buried in a statement from Oklahoma coach Porter Moser about accepting an invitation to the College Basketball Crown — the joke of a tournament in Las Vegas that’s decided to compete with the NIT for no particular reason, because what everybody was of course demanding was a lame version of the NIT — managed to speak volumes about the current state of college sports and college basketball specifically: Statement from Porter Moser on Oklahoma participating in the College Basketball Crown next month in Las Vegas #Sooners : pic. twitter.

com/ULzPZXr6Dr — Josh Callaway (@JoshMCallaway) March 16, 2026 “The Crown had a very successful first year in 2025 and is comprised of all high-major teams. ” There it is. The idea that the Crown had a very successful first year is so false that the Crown immediately shrunk its field from 16 teams to 8, exactly the kind of thing that says “WE ARE A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MODEL.

” Unless… that was the point? Because the second part of that statement — it’s comprised of all high-major teams — was actually not true in 2025, when Boise State, George Washington, Oregon State, Tulane, and Washington State. (Okay, it’s mean to include a couple of former Pac-12 teams in there.

It’s not mean to include a former SEC team; you made your own bed, Greenies. ) Shrinking the field means that the Crown, which waited a full 24 hours after the NCAA Tournament field was announced — probably because they actually had to find eight teams to fill out the field. With the Big Ten, Big East, and Big 12 all guaranteed two automatic bids to the Crown… well, let’s take a look.