College Basketball

[ad_1] CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — J.J. Starling scored 27 points, and Syracuse went 4 for 4 from the free-throw line in the final five seconds to hold on for a 66-62 victory over Florida State in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Tuesday at the Spectrum Center. The 14th-seeded Orange (14-18) advance to play No. 6 …

[ad_1] Mar. 11—Halftime Gonzaga is clinging to a 33-31 lead over Saint Mary’s after an exciting first half in the West Coast Conference Tournament championship game. Ryan Nembhard was called for a technical foul on the bench with 33 seconds left and the Gaels hit both free throws to get closer. Nembhard has three fouls. The Zags led by as …

[ad_1] INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Josh Omojafo scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and Robert Morris beat Youngstown State 89-78 on Tuesday night to claim the Horizon League Tournament championship and clinch an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Robert Morris (26-8) will make its ninth appearance in the NCAA Tournament, most recently in 2015 when the Colonials beat North …

[ad_1] NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — Daemar Kelly hit a go-ahead jumper with nine seconds left and Chris Moncrief made 1 of 2 free throws after he stole the ball to help St. Francis (Pa.) stun top-seeded Central Connecticut State 46-43 on Tuesday night to win the Northeastern Conference Tournament championship. It ended the nation’s longest active win streak at …

[ad_1] KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Coleman Hawkins had a season-best 26 points, David N’Guessan converted a crucial three-point play in the final minute, and No. 10 seed Kansas State beat No. 15 seed Arizona State 71-66 in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament on Tuesday night. Dug McDaniel added 14 points and Max Jones and Brendan Hausen …

[ad_1] ROSEMONT, Ill. — Purdue’s Braden Smith was named the Big Ten player of the year and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo coach of the year by coaches and the media in voting coordinated by the conference. Smith and Izzo won the same honors from The Associated Press on Tuesday. The coaches voted Penn State’s Ace Baldwin Jr. the defensive player …

[ad_1] Arkansas basketball will be without Adou Thiero for a fifth consecutive game Wednesday when it opens the SEC Tournament against South Carolina. The No. 9 Razorbacks (19-12) listed their leading scorer and rebounder as out on the SEC Availability Report released Tuesday night. Thiero hyperextended his knee in the Hogs’ 92-85 win over Missouri on Feb. 22. He had 11 points, five …

[ad_1] KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Oklahoma State players sat scattered on chairs and benches, a vibe of bewilderment emanating from the mostly silent locker room. A team the Cowboys had beaten three days earlier manhandled them Tuesday, with Cincinnati, the No. 13 seed, rolling to an 87-68 win over the 12th-seeded Pokes, eliminating them from the Big 12 men’s basketball …

[ad_1] CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Andrej Stojakovic scored 29, Mady Sissoko and Rytis Petraitis each posted double-doubles and California rallied to beat Virginia Tech 82-73 in double overtime in Tuesday’s first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. The 15th-seeded Golden Bears (14-18) will play No. 7 seed Stanford on Wednesday in a second-round matchup between former Pac-12 rivals. Cal …

[ad_1] SAINT GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Hakim Byrd had 19 points in Utah Tech’s 72-65 victory against Southern Utah on Tuesday in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament to snap a 13-game losing streak. Byrd added three steals for the Trailblazers (7-25). Noa Gonsalves scored 14 points, shooting 5 for 11, including 3 for 5 from beyond …

[ad_1] The North Carolina Tar Heels, who entered this week’s ACC Tournament as the fifth seed, will now face Notre Dame on Wednesday, March 11 for a 2:30 p.m. tip-off. Unlike years’ past, where UNC (20-12, 13-7) could rely on an at-large bid to make the NCAA Tournament, UNC needs to win at least a couple games this week. North …

[ad_1] Would you do the deal? Would you do the deal for what you couldn’t do then for what you can do now? Say you’re the Notre Dame basketball program and you spent those long winter nights of January and February in Atlantic Coast Conference play gut-punched by one close loss after another by one possession. Close but not close …

[ad_1] Iowa State basketball takes its first step into the postseason Wednesday when it plays 13th-seeded Cincinnati in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament. The fifth-seeded Cyclones (23-8, 13-7 Big 12 Conference) had a first-round bye. Meanwhile, the Bearcats (18-14) got revenge for a regular-season loss to Oklahoma State, winning Tuesday’s rematch convincingly, 87-68, to advance past the …

[ad_1] INDIANAPOLIS — Beginning Wednesday, the bulk of the Big Ten will congregate in Indianapolis for this year’s men’s conference tournament. For the first time, not every team in the league reached this phase. In seeding the field, the league pared 18 teams down to 15, leaving Nebraska, Penn State and Washington at home. That newfound breadth also made selecting …

[ad_1] After defeating Mississippi State on the road, the path to an NCAA Tournament berth opened up to Texas men’s basketball. That whiff of smoke was quickly snuffed out Saturday during Oklahoma’s first win over Texas in eight tries. The Longhorns seem destined for the NIT Tournament, barring a miracle run in the Southeastern Conference tournament. Their first challenge will …

[ad_1] Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark addresses the media during the NCAA college Big 12 women’s basketball media day, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. | Charlie Riedel The 20-game Big 12 men’s basketball conference schedule looks like it will be a one-year deal. An hour before the 2025 Big 12 men’s basketball tournament tipped off at T-Mobile …

[ad_1] UNC basketball opens the postseason against No. 12-seeded Notre Dame on Wednesday (2:30 p.m., ESPN) at the 2025 ACC Tournament in Charlotte. The fifth-seeded Tar Heels (20-12) arrive at Spectrum Center projected to miss the NCAA Tournament for the second time in the last three seasons under head coach Hubert Davis. The Fighting Irish (15-17) advanced to Wednesday’s second …

[ad_1] It took Rick Pitino just two seasons to revive the St. John’s men’s basketball program. The Red Storm, ranked sixth in the country, finished the regular season at 27-4 and tied UConn’s 2023-24 record for Big East wins in a season with an 18-2 record in league play, claiming its first outright Big East title since 1984-85. Led by …

[ad_1] Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, Caroline Fenton, and basketball analyst Isis “Ice” Young debate the strongest teams in Men’s college basketball right now and predict who will be in the top four come Selection Sunday. Hear the full conversation on the “College Basketball Power Hour” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more …

[ad_1] KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark is in favor of expanding the men’s NCAA Tournament to 76 teams, and he believes a decision could come in the next few months, opening the possibility of proposed changes being implemented as soon as next year. Yormark spoke before the start of the Big 12 Tournament on Tuesday. …

[ad_1] Perhaps, if, in May of 1997, Rick Pitino had resisted the clarion call of the NBA in general and the Boston Celtics in particular, stayed coaching the Kentucky juggernaut he had reconstructed and — and this is a big one — over the next few decades avoided his often self-destructive tendencies, then I think the following question would be …

[ad_1] The North Carolina Tar Heels find themselves in a similar situation. Going into conference tournament week, the Tar Heels are on the NCAA Tournament bubble and fighting for their lives. And it likely could come down to another game against Duke to decide their fate. With North Carolina being the No. 5 seed in the ACC Tournament, they will …

[ad_1] KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dillon Mitchell had 18 points and a career-high 15 rebounds, Day Day Thomas scored 21 points, and No. 13 seed Cincinnati cruised to an 87-68 victory over No. 12 seed Oklahoma State to open the Big 12 Tournament on Tuesday. Josh Reed added 19 points and Dan Skillings Jr. scored 13 on an array …

[ad_1] KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Big 12 will reduce its men’s conference basketball schedule to 18 games next season, answering the concerns of numerous coaches who argued that the 20-game grind of this past season provided their teams with no time for rest. The conference, which began its postseason tournament Tuesday, expanded to 16 teams this season with …

[ad_1] NORMAN — OU men’s basketball is one of the final teams in the NCAA tournament by most bracketology experts heading into the SEC tournament. The Sooners defeated then-No. 19 Missouri 96-84 last Wednesday and survived against Texas 76-72 on the road on Saturday. OU ranks 45th in the NET rankings and 39th in KenPom. Most feel the Sooners are likely …