The No. 17 BYU Cougars might be strangers in a strange (to them) land, but not defensive specialist Mawot Mag, who played for ...

Mag’s basketball exploits are enough to fill the pages of a storybook, and he will add another unexpected chapter this week.

Mawot Mag and Cliff Omoruyi met near midcourt at the Prudential Center on Thursday night, grinning ear to ear as they ...

Former Rutgers star Mawot Mag is playing in the Sweet 16 this week, the latest chapter of a winding life journey.

The 6-foot-7 graduate transfer from Rutgers returned to the place where he spent four seasons of his collegiate career before ...

Cliff Omoruyi and Mawot Mag were roommates during their time with Rutgers basketball. Now they're set to meet in the Sweet 16 ...

Former Rutgers teammates Cliff Omoruyi and Mawot Mag are on a collision course at the East Regional. Here's what their old ...

When the NCAA Tournament brackets were released, both players’ eyes lit up. Then came the cell phone calls and texts. “See ...

Mar 20, 2025; Denver, CO, USA; Brigham Young Cougars forward Mawot Mag (0) shoots the ball against the VCU Rams during the ...

The closest Rutgers will get to March Madness are two of its former players facing off in the Sweet 16 in Newark.

was Rutgers transfer Mawot Mag, naturally. Mag played for Rutgers — Jersey Mike’s Arena in Piscataway is less than an hour’s drive down Interstate-95 from Prudential Center — for four ...

Mawot Mag – feet planted, arms outstretched, positioned exactly where Tonje intended to go – stopped the red-hot guard in his tracks. “It was such a big moment,” McConnell said ...