College Basketball

[ad_1] IOWA CITY, Iowa — Sometimes, the things Coen Carr does on the ground are every bit as impactful as what he does soaring above the rim. And sometimes the airborne astonishment he generates has nothing to do with dunking the ball. Take Thursday, for instance. With No. 7 Michigan State basketball frantically rallying from a 14-point deficit, Carr delivered …

[ad_1] Ohio State closes the regular season playing a Saturday matinee at Indiana with significant implications. Both the Buckeyes and the Hoosiers are not only on the NCAA Tournament bubble, but their Big Ten Tournament seeding will hinge on the result of this game. The winner earns the No. 9 seed and the loser the 10 seed. The game will …

[ad_1] NORMAN — Despite securing perhaps its best win of the season, OU men’s basketball remains in a tight race for one of the NCAA tournament’s final spots, according to most bracketology experts. The Sooners defeated No. 19 Missouri 96-84 on Wednesday night after back-to-back close losses last week to Kentucky and Mississippi. OU ranks 50th in the NET rankings …

[ad_1] Providence College (12-18 overall, 6-13 in Big East) at Xavier (20-10 overall, 12-7 in Big East) The Friars are coming off a tough 80-77 loss to DePaul at the AMP on Wednesday night. DePaul used a 17-5 run to turn a one-point deficit into an eight-point lead with 2:48 left and led by nine with 1:57 left before the …

[ad_1] Few things in the world matter less than which college campus ESPN chooses to broadcast its college basketball pregame show from. Still, it was curious last weekend when the network announced that its final “College GameDay” of the regular season would visit Chapel Hill to hype up Duke vs. North Carolina for the second time in nine weeks. Yes, …

[ad_1] Tulsa Golden Hurricane (11-19, 5-12 AAC) at Wichita State Shockers (18-12, 8-9 AAC) Wichita, Kansas; Sunday, 2 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Tulsa faces Wichita State after Keaston Willis scored 22 points in Tulsa’s 81-77 loss to the Temple Owls. The Shockers have gone 11-5 at home. Wichita State averages 74.0 points and has outscored opponents by 1.6 points per …

[ad_1] Kentucky Wildcats (20-10, 9-8 SEC) at Missouri Tigers (21-9, 10-7 SEC) Columbia, Missouri; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -5.5; over/under is 169.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 19 Kentucky faces No. 15 Missouri after Otega Oweh scored 24 points in Kentucky’s 95-64 win over the LSU Tigers. The Tigers are 18-1 in home games. Missouri is seventh in …

[ad_1] In the immortal words of Semisonic, “every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” So it is that one phase of the men’s college basketball regular season comes to its conclusion this weekend with the final batch of on-campus games before tournament season. While most men’s hoops squads know what they need to do from this point forward, …

[ad_1] St. John’s Red Storm (26-4, 17-2 Big East) at Marquette Golden Eagles (22-8, 13-6 Big East) Milwaukee; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Eagles -3.5; over/under is 143.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 20 Marquette takes on No. 6 St. John’s after David Joplin scored 23 points in Marquette’s 72-66 loss to the UConn Huskies. The Golden Eagles have …

[ad_1] Georgia basketball carries the SEC’s longest current winning streak into Saturday’s game with Vanderbilt. The Bulldogs have won three games in a row in a conference that could get 13 of its 16 teams into the NCAA Tournament. That’s put Georgia (19-11, 7-10 SEC) in a good position to take part in March Madness after losing nine of its …

[ad_1] Alabama Crimson Tide (23-7, 12-5 SEC) at Auburn Tigers (27-3, 15-2 SEC) Auburn, Alabama; Saturday, 2:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -7.5; over/under is 178.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 7 Alabama faces No. 1 Auburn after Mark Sears scored 30 points in Alabama’s 99-94 loss to the Florida Gators. The Tigers are 13-1 on their home court. Auburn is …

[ad_1] Rider Broncs (7-21, 5-14 MAAC) at Niagara Purple Eagles (2-25, 1-18 MAAC) Lewiston, New York; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Niagara faces Rider after Safiatu Kolliegbo scored 21 points in Niagara’s 70-58 loss to the Saint Peter’s Peacocks. The Purple Eagles have gone 1-11 in home games. Niagara ranks seventh in the MAAC with 25.6 points per game …

[ad_1] The Nebraska women’s basketball team (21-11) faced a great challenge in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday night: No. 4 UCLA (28-2). Though Nebraska put up a fight, stronger than its previous clash with the Bruins, they fell short at the end 85-74. The Huskers played from behind throughout the contest but found ways to stay right behind …

[ad_1] ATLANTA – The Albany State Golden Rams couldn’t hold onto a 10-point second-half lead Thursday night, falling 70-68 to Tuskegee in the SIAC quarterfinals at Frank L. Forbes Arena at Morehouse College. Albany State had beaten the Golden Tigers twice this season but couldn’t complete the sweep. The Golden Rams finished the season with an 18-12 record, while Tuskegee …

[ad_1] GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Raegan Beers had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Payton Verhulst added 16 points and No. 10 Oklahoma battled back from a 10-point second-half deficit to beat No. 12 Kentucky 69-65 on Friday and advance to the SEC Tournament semifinals. Sahara Williams chipped in with 13 points for Oklahoma, which has won nine straight. The Sooners …

[ad_1] EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Ray’Sean Taylor had 24 points to help SIU Edwardsville hold off Tennessee State 71-69 on Friday night in an Ohio Valley Conference Tournament semifinal. The second-seeded Cougars (21-11) will play top-seeded Southeast Missouri State for the conference title on Saturday with an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament on the line. Taylor shot 6 of …

[ad_1] Results from last Saturday’s Lebanon Church Basketball League games played at First Baptist Church Lebanon’s Family Life Center: Generation Changers 57, The Journey 49 The teams played evenly for most of the first half until Generation Changers increased its defensive pressure and attacked in transition to build a 10-point halftime lead which The Journey couldn’t overcome. The Journey was …

[ad_1] SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Treysen Eaglestaff scored a Summit League-record 51 points to power North Dakota to an 85-69 victory over South Dakota State on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the tournament. Geno Crandall set the previous record for the Fighting Hawks, scoring 41 in a victory over Troy during the 2017 regular season. No. 6 seed …

[ad_1] RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Javon Bennett scored 22 points and Dayton prevented VCU from clinching the Atlantic 10 Conference regular-season title with a 79-76 victory on Friday night, ending the Rams’ nine-game win streak. The Rams (25-6, 15-3) lead second-place George Mason by a half-game. The Patriots end the season at Richmond on Saturday. The Flyers (22-9, 12-6) currently …

[ad_1] ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Tan Yildizoglu had 17 points in VMI’s 73-62 win over Citadel on Friday in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament. VMI advances to face No. 2-seeded UNC-Greensboro in Saturday’s quarterfinals. Yildizoglu had nine rebounds and six assists for the Keydets (14-18). TJ Johnson scored 16 points and added nine rebounds. Rickey Bradley, Jr. …

[ad_1] EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Rob Martin had 21 points in top-seeded Southeast Missouri State’s 78-59 victory over fourth-seeded Little Rock in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament semifinals Friday. Southeast Missouri State will play for the conference championship Saturday against the winner of the semifinal between No. 2-seed SIU-Edwardsville and third-seeded Tennessee State. Martin shot 8 of 15 from the …

[ad_1] INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cotie McMahon converted two free throws with six seconds left to give 13th-ranked and third-seeded Ohio State a 60-59 win over Iowa Friday night to advance to Saturday’s semifinals of the Big Ten Conference Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Buckeyes (24-5) will battle second-seeded and No. 4-ranked UCLA, an 85-74 winner over Nebraska. Ohio State lost …

[ad_1] CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kasparas Jakucionis hit a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to put Illinois ahead for good, and the Illini rallied past No. 18 Purdue 88-80 on Friday night. Illinois (20-11, 12-8 Big Ten) trailed 63-53 with 11:34 to go, but outscored the Boilermakers 13-1 in the final two minutes to win its third in a row …

[ad_1] The University of Dayton men’s basketball team secured the No. 3 seed in next week’s Atlantic 10 Tournament with a 79-76 win at VCU in Richmond, VA. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Dayton led 74-66 with 53 seconds left and had to hold off a late Rams’ run as they cut it to 77-76 …

[ad_1] ST. LOUIS (AP) — Darius Hannah had 17 points in second-seeded Bradley’s 70-62 victory over seventh-seed Murray State in the quarterfinal round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Friday. The Braves advance to Saturday’s semifinal round to face the winner of the quarterfinal battle between third-seeded Northern Iowa and 11th-seeded Valparaiso. Hannah also contributed nine rebounds for the Braves …