
Minnesota outmuscles UCLA in 83-63 rout at NCAAs
Minnesota coach Tubby Smith got the win he needed to calm down his critics at home. UCLA's Ben Howland took a loss that will only ignite a new round ...

Iowa State rolls to 76-58 win over Notre Dame
After spending most of the season doing damage from outside the 3-point line, Iowa State moved inside for its first game in the NCAA tournament.

Florida beats Northwestern St 79-47 in NCAA opener
Florida coach Billy Donovan likes it when his team can run up and down the court. In their opening game of the NCAA tournament, not even the nation's ...

Mississippi beats Wisconsin 57-46 in NCAA tourney
It turns out there is someone who can tone down the taunting and irreverent antics Marshall Henderson is becoming known for. His name is Marshall ...

Indiana overpowers James Madison 83-62
Indiana's got a few brutes, some big boys from the Big Ten who know how to throw their weight around. But in their NCAA tournament opener, the ...

Memphis survives frantic finish, beats St Mary's
When D.J. Stephens is dunking and blocking shots, Memphis looks like a team that could make an extended run in this NCAA tournament. Then, the Tigers ...

No. 5 seed VCU races past Akron in 88-42 rout
VCU was at its best, pressing, running — and winning with ease. The fifth-seeded Rams set an NCAA tournament record that stood for about an hour ...

Robinson, Michigan beat South Dakota State 71-56
Trey Burke hit the ground with a thud, and a rough night suddenly turned downright painful. The Michigan star left the court for a bit but came back ...

Evans leads Saint Louis past New Mexico St 64-44
Saint Louis is carrying on the memory of Rick Majerus the best way it knows how: by advancing in the NCAA tournament. Dwayne Evans had 24 points and ...

3rd-seeded Michigan State beats No. 14 Valpo 65-54
Derrick Nix got a pass down low, backed up his beefy body to put an opponent on his back and scored. For much of Michigan State's NCAA ...

La Salle, James Madison advance from First Four
Guards, guards everywhere. And they can shoot. La Salle gets to take its uncharacteristic approach — not much size but lots of shots and lots of ...

Davis again JMU's MVP in 68-55 First Four win
After winning the program's first NCAA tournament game in 30 years, James Madison sounds as if it's not done. A.J. Davis, who stepped in as a starter ...

A guide to the NCAA games
The NCAA tournament will not have a repeat champion for the sixth straight season. Kentucky made sure of that by failing to make the field of 68.

President Obama picks Indiana to win NCAA title
President Barack Obama is picking Indiana to go all the way in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. ESPN revealed Wednesday that Obama picked the ...
President Obama makes his Final Four picks
President Barack Obama is picking Florida, Indiana, Louisville, Ohio State to reach the Final Four. President Obama filled out an NCAA tournament ...

Mississippi's colorful Henderson hits big stage
The Marshall Henderson road show has at least one more stop. Mississippi's polarizing and high-scoring guard averaged more than 23 points per game in ...
Gonzaga No. 1 in final AP poll
Gonzaga's first stint on top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll lasted through the final Top 25 of the season. The Bulldogs (31-2), the ...

The bracket lives before the games
Drop the pen. Everybody knows no ink makes contact with a bracket sheet until Monday night at the earliest. Until it's deadline time, pencils are ...

Louisville top overall seed in NCAA tournament
Good luck filling out those brackets. The No. 1 seeds are set for the NCAA tournament, but very little has gone as expected in this college basketball ...

'That's 1 MILLION times bigger than 9 TRILLION!'
Welcome back to BracketRacket. Think of it as one-stop shopping for all your NCAA tournament needs. We'll have interviews with celebrity alumni drawn ...

Ohio State beats Wisconsin for B10 title
Deshaun Thomas kept shooting, determined to score enough to push weary Ohio State to the victory. Aaron Craft did a little bit of everything in the ...

Coach K, Izzo maybe rare March meeting in Midwest
Mike Krzyzewski and Tom Izzo have been regulars in the NCAA tournament, both making multiple Final Four appearances and winning national titles in ...

10 things to know for the NCAA tournament
A look at the NCAA men's tournament, the 68-team free-for-all that begins Tuesday and ends three weeks from now at the Final Four in Atlanta: 1.

Craft leads Ohio State past Spartans, 61-58
Aaron Craft dominated down the stretch for Ohio State and just about left his coach speechless in the process. Even though he had seen it before, Thad ...

Northwestern says Carmody out after 13 seasons
Bill Carmody had 13 years to get Northwestern into the NCAA tournament for the first time, and it never quite worked out. That was enough for athletic ...