College Basketball

[ad_1] I’m not really sure what former Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim was going for here, but it was weird. The notoriously cranky Boeheim was calling the Cal win over Virginia Tech in the ACC tournament on Tuesday night that went to two overtimes, and he dropped this nugget: “It’s 8 o’clock in Iceland. Our president says that we’re going …

[ad_1] Delaware guard Niels Lane shoots over UNC Wilmington guard Greedy Williams (7) in the first half of the Coastal Athletic Association championship on March 11. – Terrance Williams/AP The NCAA tournament might be college basketball’s most high-profile showcase of the desperate, win-or-go-home style of basketball that makes March one of the most special times of the year. But before …

[ad_1] Delaware guard Niels Lane shoots over UNC Wilmington guard Greedy Williams (7) in the first half of the Coastal Athletic Association championship on March 11. – Terrance Williams/AP The NCAA tournament might be college basketball’s most high-profile showcase of the desperate, win-or-go-home style of basketball that makes March one of the most special times of the year. But before …

[ad_1] As conference tournaments start to ramp up around the country in men’s college basketball and automatic bids begin to be handed out, the field of 68 for the NCAA Tournament is beginning to come into view. And that means the margin of error (and time) for those teams on the bubble is shrinking. Most of the bubble watching that …

[ad_1] MADISON – Wisconsin will be whole at the Big Ten tournament. The Badgers men’s basketball team will have two starters back in the lineup when it plays in the second round of the conference tournament Thursday afternoon at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Senior guard Max Klesmit, who missed the past three games due to a lower right leg injury, …

[ad_1] EAST LANSING – T’is the week of March Madness, and inside Michigan State’s house, attention has turned to what Tom Izzo will espouse. A Big Ten banner hangs in the rafters with care. With hope that, in the next month, the Spartans can add two more up there. In some ways, Sunday’s coronation of Izzo’s 11th regular-season crown felt …

[ad_1] The Atlantic 10 men’s basketball tournament is about to tip off at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. VCU arrives as the top seed in the 15-team field, with Rhode Island entering as the No. 10 seed, meaning it plays on Wednesday, the tournament’s opening day. VCU is the lone Atlantic 10 team in the Top 50 NET …

[ad_1] This time next week, we’ll know where Louisville basketball is headed for its first NCAA Tournament game since 2019. Pat Kelsey’s No. 13 Cardinals (25-6, 18-2 ACC) can boost their March Madness résumé by making a deep run at the ACC Tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina. Having earned the No. 2 seed and a double bye in the conference …

[ad_1] The C.L. Brown Show Podcast This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Brendan Marks, a national college basketball reporter with The Athletic. Marks speaks on how critical guard Reyne Smith’s health is to Louisville’s success in the postseason. He explains why if Kentucky bows out early in the SEC tournament, it could actually be better for its potential in the …

[ad_1] Butler Bulldogs (13-18, 6-14 Big East) vs. Providence Friars (12-19, 6-14 Big East) New York; Wednesday, 4 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -1.5; over/under is 147.5 BOTTOM LINE: Providence and Butler play in the Big East Tournament. The Friars have gone 6-14 against Big East opponents, with a 6-5 record in non-conference play. Providence is 8-17 against opponents …

[ad_1] Virginia Cavaliers (15-16, 8-12 ACC) vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (16-15, 10-10 ACC) Charlotte, North Carolina; Wednesday, 12 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yellow Jackets -1; over/under is 130.5 BOTTOM LINE: Georgia Tech plays in the ACC Tournament against Virginia. The Yellow Jackets have gone 10-10 against ACC teams, with a 6-5 record in non-conference play. Georgia Tech is …

[ad_1] Syracuse Orange (14-18, 8-13 ACC) vs. SMU Mustangs (22-9, 13-7 ACC) Charlotte, North Carolina; Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mustangs -8.5; over/under is 152 BOTTOM LINE: SMU and Syracuse meet in the ACC Tournament. The Mustangs are 13-7 against ACC opponents and 9-2 in non-conference play. SMU ranks third in the ACC in rebounding averaging 34.7 rebounds. …

[ad_1] Seton Hall Pirates (7-24, 2-18 Big East) vs. Villanova Wildcats (18-13, 11-9 Big East) New York; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -11.5; over/under is 126.5 BOTTOM LINE: Villanova and Seton Hall square off in the Big East Tournament. The Wildcats have gone 11-9 against Big East opponents, with a 7-4 record in non-conference play. Villanova ranks …

[ad_1] Mar. 11—LAS VEGAS — Nolan Hickman stood next to the ladder, offering pointers as teammate Khalif Battle clipped down his portion of the net Tuesday night at Orleans Arena. “I was just telling him — he’d never done it before, he didn’t quite know his way around the nets,” Hickman said. “So I was just telling him, you’ve got …

[ad_1] Mar. 11—LAS VEGAS — Gonzaga, which never led in a Senior Night loss to Saint Mary’s last month, never trailed in Tuesday’s West Coast Conference championship game at Orleans Arena. That doesn’t mean anything came easy for the second-seeded Zags. An ideal start put them in front by 13 points after just 6-plus minutes, but the game soon became …

[ad_1] Mar. 11—LAS VEGAS — Graham Ike raced off the floor to celebrate after the buzzer sounded and went airborne trying to chest bump every player on Gonzaga’s bench. About 10 minutes later, after he was named West Coast Conference Tournament most outstanding player and the Zags collected the hardware by out-scrapping Saint Mary’s 58-51 in Tuesday’s title game at …

[ad_1] Barry Evans (5) slams one home in the first half of Tuesday’s America East semifinal matchup against Albany. 3/11/25 SMITHFIELD — There turned out to be no real danger of Albany staging a second upset at Chace Athletic Center this season. Bryant steadily turned up the heat and pulled away like the America East regular season champion should, booking …

[ad_1] BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Reserve Austin Patterson scored 20 points shooting 5 for 10 from 3-point range and Montana beat Idaho 78-55 in a Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinal game on Tuesday night. The second-seeded Grizzlies will play top-seeded Northern Colorado on Wednesday for the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Money Williams, also a backup, and Kai Johnson …

[ad_1] BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Reserve Austin Patterson scored 20 points shooting 5 for 10 from 3-point range and Montana beat Idaho 78-55 in a Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinal game on Tuesday night. The second-seeded Grizzlies will play top-seeded Northern Colorado on Wednesday for the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Money Williams, also a backup, and Kai Johnson …

[ad_1] KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was a familiar song and dance for the Arizona State men’s basketball team. It plays hard. It plays shorthanded. And, it tended to come up short on the scoreboard. ASU ended the season with a 71-66 loss to Kansas State in first-round play in the Big 12 tournament Tuesday night at the T-Mobile Center. …

[ad_1] Jordan Ivy-Curry scored 15 points off the bench as UCF opened the second half with a dominant 24-3 run, securing a convincing 87-72 win over Utah in Tuesday night’s first round of the Big 12 basketball tournament. The Knights advance to play sixth-seeded Kansas in a second-round matchup on Wednesday (9:30 p.m., ESPN+) Ivy-Curry was one of four UCF …

[ad_1] The fact that David N’Guessan spent the better part of Kansas State basketball’s Big 12 Tournament opener on the Wildcat bench should have been a recipe for disaster. Now that the Wildcats have survived and advanced, it could turn out to be a positive. N’Guessan, the super-senior forward who leads the team in both scoring and rebounding, was limited …

[ad_1] KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Keyshawn Hall scored 23 points to lead four UCF players in double-figures scoring, and the No. 14 seed Knights used a big run out of halftime to bury No. 11 seed Utah 87-72 in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament on Tuesday night. Darius Johnson added 20 points, Jordan Ivy-Curry had 15 …

[ad_1] An era of Florida State men’s basketball came to an end on Tuesday night at the men’s ACC tournament. With a 66-62 loss to No. 14 seed Syracuse in the first round, Leonard Hamilton has coached his last game with the Seminoles. Though it wasn’t the way he intended for his 23-year run in Tallahassee to end, Hamilton told …

[ad_1] LAS VEGAS (AP) — Braden Huff scored 18 points and Gonzaga avenged two regular-season losses to Saint Mary’s, beating the 19th-ranked Gaels 58-51 in the West Coast Conference Tournament championship Tuesday night. The Bulldogs (25-8) secured the WCC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, though both teams were safely in the field regardless of the outcome. They got some …