College Basketball

Kentucky men’s basketball has won 32 SEC Tournament titles. People called it the “Kentucky Invitational.” Now you have punks like Dan Dakich taking pot shots at the program for being “irrelevant,“ and Todd Golden proving he is the most annoying winner in college basketball at the expense of the Cats. It’s not been a good run for Kentucky. Since 2020, …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brayden Burries scored 21 points, including a pair of free throws with 8.3 seconds left, and second-ranked Arizona held off No. 5 Houston 79-74 on Saturday night in a rematch of last year’s Big 12 Tournament title game won by the Cougars. Koa Peat also had 21 points and Jaden Bradley followed his semifinal game-winner …

PITTSBURGH – The final 30 seconds of Saturday afternoon’s Atlantic 10 Semifinal showdown between Saint Louis and Dayton played all the hits that only a conference tournament game in March can deliver. Dayton’s Amael L’Etang was the hero, tipping in a ball that seemed to hang in the air in slow motion with less than a second to go in …

Arizona men’s basketball has completed the Big 12 championship sweep with a 79-74 grind out win against Houston. Led by the freshman duo of Koa Peat and Brayden Burries, who both had 21-point performances, the Wildcats now ride a 9-game win streak into the NCAA tournament. After losing the regular season matchup and Big 12 tournament championship last season against …

NEW YORK (AP) — By the time Dan Hurley got called for a technical foul a little over seven minutes in, UConn had already given the ball away three times and committed another turnover by failing to get it inbounds. The situation only devolved from there, on the way to getting beat 72-52 by fellow Big East powerhouse St. John’s …

The 2026 NCAA tournament bracket will arrive in just a few hours. For now, all attention turns to the bubble, where teams either still find themselves playing for an automatic bid or waiting to see if their body of work is deserving of an at-large selection to March Madness. With conference tournaments wrapping up and Selection Sunday upon us, Yahoo …

Sometime before 6 p.m. EST on Sunday evening, the NCAA men’s basketball selection committee will provide a completed bracket to CBS to unveil on the selection show. Here’s our annual look at some of the most difficult decisions that the committee must make between now and then: 1. Who will secure the final No. 1 seed?  The big question after …

NCAA Tournament Cinderella goes viral with social media jab at Alabama Football originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The UMBC Retrievers are headed back to the NCAA Tournament, and they wasted little time reviving one of college sports’ favorite traditions by trolling the Alabama Crimson Tide on social media. …

Selection Sunday is almost upon us. The 68-team field on the men’s basketball side will be revealed on CBS at 3 p.m. PT on Sunday, March 15. The women’s basketball bracket will be publicized on ESPN at 5 p.m. PT later the same day. Both bracket releases can also be viewed on all streaming platforms, such as YouTube TV, Fubo, etc. …

Duke clinched the top seed in the ACC Tournament with a 77-51 victory over Virginia on Feb. 28, a massive victory that helped lead the Blue Devils to the regular-season conference title. Now, the two match up against each other with the ACC Tournament title on the line, and both teams are coming into the game after routs of their …

The Duke Blue Devils and Virginia Cavaliers meet in a high-stakes ACC showdown as No. 1 seed Duke (31–2) takes on Virginia (29–4) with the conference championship and major momentum heading into the NCAA Tournament on the line. MORE: Bold predictions for the College Basketball conference tournaments Mar 13, 2026; Charlotte, NC, USA; Virginia Cavaliers guard Dallin Hall (30) brings …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Darius Acuff Jr. scored five of his 24 points in overtime and No. 17 Arkansas held off Mississippi 93-90 Saturday to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game for the eighth time and first since winning the 2020 title. The third-seeded Razorbacks (25-8) will play No. 22 Vanderbilt, which routed No. 4 Florida earlier Saturday. Advertisement Acuff, …

Oscar Cluff had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 18 Purdue beat short-handed UCLA 73-66 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship game. Cluff scored eight points as Purdue (26-8) outscored UCLA (23-11) 11-4 over the final 3:41. Fletcher Loyer scored 14. Braden Smith contributed nine more assists, giving him 1,064 in his career. He needs …

CHICAGO (AP) — Oscar Cluff had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 18 Purdue beat short-handed UCLA 73-66 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship game. Cluff scored eight points as Purdue (26-8) outscored UCLA (23-11) 11-4 over the final 3:41. Fletcher Loyer scored 14. Braden Smith contributed nine more assists, giving him 1,064 in his …

The UConn Huskies face the St. John’s Red Storm in the Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship with the conference title on the line in one of the biggest matchups of championship week. MORE: Bold predictions for the College Basketball conference tournaments Mar 13, 2026; New York, NY, USA; St. John’s Red Storm guard Oziyah Sellers (4) reacts during the …

The Arizona Wildcats and Houston Cougars meet in the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship with the conference title on the line, as Arizona’s high-powered offense clashes with Houston’s elite defense in a marquee showdown. MORE: Bold predictions for the College Basketball conference tournaments Mar 7, 2026; Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA; Houston Cougars guard Emanuel Sharp (21) shoots a free throw …

The University of Dayton men’s basketball team needed 40 minutes to upset the No. 1 Seed Saint Louis Billikens in the Atlantic 10 Championship. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Sophomore center Amael L’Etang’s tip-in with 0.6 seconds left helped Dayton to a 70-69 win over rival Saint Louis. Advertisement They advanced to Sunday’s Atlantic 10 …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tyler Tanner scored 20 points as No. 22 Vanderbilt beat fourth-ranked Florida 91-74 on Saturday, ending the defending national champion’s bid to win a second straight Southeastern Conference Tournament title and possibly hurt the Gators’ bid for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The fourth-seeded Commodores won their fourth straight game. Vanderbilt (26-7) will play …

Dayton is headed to the Atlantic 10 tournament title game after beating Saint Louis. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) After Arizona and Iowa State combined for a chaotic finish to their Big 12 tournament semifinal on Friday night, Dayton and Saint Louis tried to top it on Saturday in the semifinals of the Atlantic-10 tournament. Advertisement The Flyers knocked …

After Arizona and Iowa State combined for a chaotic finish to their Big 12 tournament semifinal on Friday night, Dayton and Saint Louis tried to top it on Saturday in the semifinals of the Atlantic-10 tournament. The Flyers knocked off the Billikens 70-69 on a tip-in by Amaël L’Etang with 0.3 seconds to go. L’Etang got the rebound after Jordan …

Yaxel Lendeborg put No. 3 Michigan in the Big Ten tournament championship final, hitting a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left for a 68-65 win over No. 23 Wisconsin on Saturday. Wisconsin appeared to run out of gas in its Big Ten tournament semifinal versus Michigan on Saturday. The Badgers fell behind 52-39 midway through the second half and it began …

NEW YORK — Sixth-ranked UConn and No. 13 St. John’s are ready for the rubber match. This time, with a Big East championship at stake. After dominating conference play and splitting their two regular-season matchups, the original league rivals are poised to square off again in a highly anticipated tournament title game. Advertisement Neither team has trailed through two rounds …

The Tennessee Volunteers fell to the Vanderbilt Commodores on Friday in the quarterfinal round of the SEC Tournament. The game was tight in the first half, and the teams went to the break tied at 31. However, the Commodores went on a 15-3 run early in the second half and were also more efficient from the free throw line. As …

Don’t look now but the UCLA Bruins have now pulled off four wins this season over Top-10 teams. UCLA has had plenty of chances, playing in the loaded Big Ten and facing Arizona and Gonzaga in nonconference games, with the Bruins going 4-3 against Top-10 teams. UCLA’s latest Top-10 win came against Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans, with …

Nebraska men’s basketball (26-6) started the Big Ten Tournament against Purdue (25-8) on Friday in the quarterfinals. The Boilermakers once again defeated the Huskers, ending Nebraska’s run with a 74-58 outing. Purdue took control from the start, capitalizing on Nebraska miscues and going up by as much as 18. Though the Huskers cut the deficit down to eight partway through …