College Basketball

[ad_1] Weber State Wildcats (12-21, 6-13 Big Sky) vs. Northern Colorado Bears (23-8, 15-3 Big Sky) Boise, Idaho; Sunday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Northern Colorado plays in the Big Sky Tournament against Weber State. The Bears are 15-3 against Big Sky opponents and 8-5 in non-conference play. Northern Colorado scores 81.3 points while outscoring opponents by 7.9 points per …

[ad_1] After a wrenching 76-72 home loss to rival Oklahoma in Saturday’s regular-season finale, Texas basketball at least knows its fate. Win — a lot — at the SEC Tournament next week in Nashville, and you’ll have a chance to reach a fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament. But a loss against either Vanderbilt in Wednesday’s tournament opener or Texas A&M in …

[ad_1] North Carolina could almost taste it. For much of the season, the Tar Heels couldn’t get the job done against top-tier opponents. They’d come close, only to fall short and miss out on getting a signature victory. Needing that mark on their resume, North Carolina hosted heated rival and national championship contender Duke in the regular-season finale. A golden …

[ad_1] BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Trenton McLaughlin had 17 points to lead Northern Arizona to a 66-53 victory over Eastern Washington on Saturday night in the first round of the Big Sky Conference Tournament. McLaughlin went 7 of 19 from the field (3 for 10 from 3-point range) for the seventh-seeded Lumberjacks (18-14), who will play No. 2 seed Montana …

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eric Dailey Jr. scored a career-high 25 points and UCLA routed Southern California 90-63 on Saturday night in the crosstown rivals’ regular-season finale. Skyy Clark added 17 points and six assists and Aday Mara had 14 points for the Bruins (22-9, 13-7 Big Ten), who finished 15-2 at Pauley Pavilion. They swept the Trojans for …

[ad_1] PROVO, Utah (AP) — Dawson Baker scored 15 points and Richie Saunders added 14 to lead No. 23 BYU to an 85-74 victory over rival Utah on Saturday night. Keba Keita had 12 points and Egor Demin scored 10 for the Cougars (23-8, 14-6 Big 12), who won their eighth straight game. Both players had seven rebounds. Demin finished …

[ad_1] The Bradley Braves meet the Drake Bulldogs today in the championship game of the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball tournament at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Here is when the game starts and how you can watch: What channel is Bradley on today? Bradley vs. Drake will broadcast nationally on CBS for the 2025 Missouri Valley Conference championship. Streaming …

[ad_1] WACO, Texas (AP) — L.J. Cryer scored 23 points with six 3-pointers as Big 12 champion and third-ranked Houston won its 10th consecutive game, beating Baylor 65-61 on Saturday night to wrap up the regular season. J’Wan Roberts added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Cougars (27-4, 19-1 Big 12), including two free throws with 13 seconds remaining. …

[ad_1] LAS VEGAS (AP) — Stefan Todorovic scored 34 points and No. 7 seed Pepperdine beat fifth-seeded Oregon State 77-73 on Saturday night in the third round of the West Coast Conference Tournament. Pepperdine (12-21) will play No. 4 seed Santa Clara in a quarterfinal on Sunday. Todorovic shot 10 for 18 (5 for 9 from 3-point range) and 9 …

[ad_1] Southern Illinois University Edwardsville secured the first spot in the men’s 2025 NCAA Tournament, locking up the Ohio Valley Conference’s automatic bid with a 69-48 win over Southeast Missouri State in the OVC conference tournament final Saturday night. It will be SIUE’s first trip to the NCAA Division I tournament in program history. The Cougars last played in the …

[ad_1] ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gibson Jimerson scored 35 points and Robbie Avila added five of his 22 points in overtime and Saint Louis beat Duquesne 90-88 on Saturday night. Isaiah Swope’s 3-pointer for Saint Louis tied it 80-all with 27 seconds left to force overtime. Avila’s 3 with 36 seconds left in the extra period gave the Billikens a …

[ad_1] Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has earned the first automatic bid of the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball tournament, defeating Southeast Missouri State, 69-48, to win the Ohio Valley Conference championship on Saturday night in Evansville, Indiana. With the win, SIUE also earned its first berth in the Division I NCAA men’s tournament in program history. The school moved up from …

[ad_1] AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Mark Sears hit a game-winning floater as time expired, and No. 7 Alabama spoiled the home finale of rival and No. 1 Auburn with a 93-91 overtime road win Saturday. The off-balance buzzer-beater from the free-throw line was only the third made basket of the game for Sears, who finished with nine points. Alabama (24-7, …

[ad_1] TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — JT Toppin had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 9 Texas Tech pulled away from Arizona State for an 85-57 victory in the regular-season finale for both teams Saturday. Freshman guard Christian Anderson tied a season high with 21 points and made four 3-pointers off the bench for the Red Raiders (24-7, 15-5 Big …

[ad_1] Mar. 8—The last time we did a deep dive into Gonzaga’s 3-point shooting was in mid-December after the Zags had gone through a cold stretch. GU was at 33.7% from 3, ranked in the 180s out of 355 teams nationally, roughly one-third through the season. Update after a recent hot streak beyond the arc: The Zags have made progress …

[ad_1] The ACC tournament starts on Tuesday with plenty of intrigue. Can anyone compete with Duke? Will the ACC produce more than three NCAA tournament teams? Can North Carolina salvage a disappointing season and secure an NCAA bid? Here’s what to know about and what to watch for at the ACC tournament: 3 storylines to watch Will Duke dominate ACC …

[ad_1] CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Freshman Kon Knueppel scored 17 points to help No. 2 Duke beat rival North Carolina 82-69 on Saturday night and clinch the outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title. Cooper Flagg added 15 points, nine rebounds and six assists despite first-half foul trouble for the Blue Devils (28-3, 19-1). Duke blew a 15-point first-half lead …

[ad_1] As Nate Oats and Mark Sears have built the Alabama men’s basketball program into one of the nation’s top programs, the All-American guard has etched his name into numerous records in the record book. The graduate student guard added to that lengthy list of accolades on Saturday. With No. 8 Alabama’s win over No. 1 Auburn, Sears became the …

[ad_1] PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cameron Corhen and Brandin Cummings each scored 16 points as Pittsburgh snapped a four-game losing streak with a 93-67 rout of Boston College in the regular-season finale on Saturday. The Panthers (17-14, 8-12) finished the regular season in a logjam in the ACC standings, where as many as five teams could finish tied at 8-12 and …

[ad_1] CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Viktor Lakhin scored 12 of his 16 points in the first half as No. 11 Clemson opened a double-digit lead and beat Virginia Tech 65-47 on Saturday for the program’s record-tying 26th victory of the season. The Tigers (26-5, 18-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) matched a mark set by the 1990 team led by Dale Davis …

[ad_1] The Marquette men’s basketball team ended the regular season with back-to-back heartbreaking losses. But the beauty of March Madness is teams get a fresh start. The Golden Eagles look to turn the page in the Big East tournament which runs from Wednesday through Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Marquette basketball seed in Big East tournament bracket …

[ad_1] LAWRENCE, Ks. (AP) — Hunter Dickinson matched a career high with 33 points to lead Kansas past No. 24 Arizona 83-76 on Saturday. Zeke Mayo drilled five three-pointers and had 20 points while KJ Adams Jr. scored 12, including three dunks while the Jayhawks (20-11, 11-9 Big 12) built a 14-point first-half lead. The Wildcats (20-11, 14-6) rallied for …

[ad_1] CINCINNATI (AP) — Zach Freemantle’s 25 points helped Xavier defeat Providence 76-68 on Saturday. Freemantle had eight rebounds for the Musketeers (21-10, 13-7 Big East Conference). Ryan Conwell scored 21 points and added five assists. Jerome Hunter had 12 points and shot 4 of 6 from the field and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line. The Musketeers extended …

[ad_1] Over the last month, Xavier has played with the pressure of knowing that seemingly any conference slip-up down the stretch could burst its NCAA Tournament bubble. It didn’t matter. While other teams played their way off the NCAA Tournament bubble, Xavier has put itself in good position for at-large bid. Xavier (21-10, 13-7 Big East) ended the regular season …

[ad_1] The No. 1 Auburn Tigers dropped their second-straight game on Saturday, losing a heartbreaker to No. 8 Alabama at Neville Arena in Auburn. Auburn forced overtime with a layup by forward Johni Broome with 0:59 remaining to tie the game at 79-79. The teams traded leads over the first three minutes of the overtime period before jumped out to …