
AP Source: Rutgers, Eddie Jordan reach agreement
Rutgers is turning to one of its greatest players to lead the basketball program past an embarrassing coaching scandal and into its future with the ...
AP Source: Jordan nears deal to coach Rutgers
A person familiar with the situation tells the Associated Press that Eddie Jordan is nearing an agreement with Rutgers to replace Mike Rice as coach.

Saint Louis removes interim from Crews title
Just days removed from the start of fall practice in 2011-12, Rick Majerus needed an assistant coach — fast. Jim Crews had 24 hours to decide.

As Rutgers sets to repair image, AD's job in limbo
It seemed a perfect fit when Tim Pernetti was hired as athletic director at Rutgers in April 2009. A New Jersey native who played tight end for the ...

Minnesota hires FIU's Richard Pitino
Richard Pitino was regarded as one of the nation's up-and-coming young coaches at Florida International and comes with a last name that draws ...

Is this year's NCAA tournament most unpredictable?
Welcome back to BracketRacket, your one-stop shop for all your NCAA tournament needs. Today, we take stock of the appallingly low number of perfect ...
Texas Tech hires Tubby Smith as basketball coach
Tubby Smith is headed to Texas Tech to try to turn around another wayward program. Smith was hired Monday, the school announced late Monday night.

Wichita State upsets OSU 70-66 for Final Four trip
Cleanthony Early kept stealing glances down at the hat in his hands while he waited for his turn to climb the stepladder. The Wichita State forward ...

BracketRacket: A quiz, a thought and Peeps
Welcome to BracketRacket, your one-stop shopping place for all things NCAA. For our first Sweet 16 edition, we've got a geography quiz by Shockers and ...

Wichita State moves on to final 8
Malcolm Armstead and his Wichita State teammates told each other they could be a Final Four team last summer. Now the Shockers are one win away from ...

Shockers roll to 72-58 NCAA win over La Salle
Too big, too physical, too quick. Wichita State proved too much of everything for La Salle in a 72-58 victory on Thursday night that put the Shockers ...

BracketRacket: A floor, a Big Shocker and the Noid
Welcome to BracketRacket, your one-stop shopping place for all things NCAA. Today's menu includes a time-lapse of the Final Floor being built, one ...
Shaka Smart to sign extension to remain at VCU
Shaka Smart and VCU have agreed in principle to a deal to keep the basketball coach at the school. The details are still being finalized, but the ...

Best and worst of NCAA tournament's 1st weekend
Florida Gulf Coast was the breakout star of the weekend, alley-ooping its way on to the national stage to capture everyone's attention. You probably ...
South Alabama hires Butler's Matthew Graves
South Alabama has hired Butler associate head coach Matthew Graves as its head basketball coach, hoping to duplicate some of the NCAA tournament ...
BracketRacket: Craft's shot, Sadler and Dunk City
Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shop for all your NCAA tournament needs. Today, we see what happens when Ohio State hits a buzzer beater, ...

Kansas survives, La Salle surprises in Kansas City
Bill Self didn't have much to say to his team at halftime, not with Kansas playing as poorly as it had all season and North Carolina just 20 minutes ...

Hoosiers, Buckeyes survive to reach NCAA Sweet 16
Khalif Wyatt patted his chest twice, acknowledging that his incredible game wasn't going to be quite enough. Across the court, the Hoosiers' ...

Florida Gulf Coast stars in Week 1 of NCAA tourney
The basketball blue bloods from Louisville, Kansas and Indiana made it through. So did the iron men from La Salle. Then there's Florida Gulf Coast, ...

Garland's late shot leads La Salle to round of 16
If anyone says La Salle is making its first trip to the round of 16 in a very, very long time, don't believe it. The last time the upstart Explorers ...
Official: George Mason to join Atlantic 10 in July
First VCU, now George Mason. The two mid-majors that made stunning runs to the Final Four from the Colonial Athletic Association will reunite in the ...

Indiana holds off Temple 58-52 to reach Sweet 16
Indiana's season, the one that's supposed to finish with confetti falling and nets coming down, was minutes from ending in shock and disappointment.

Blue and Marquette show Butler the door, 74-72
Back and forth went Marquette and Butler, trading makes and misses in an intense rematch that made a case for being the best game so far of this NCAA ...

Temple's Wyatt says thumb OK, ready for Indiana
Temple star guard Khalif Wyatt says his injured left thumb should not be a problem when the Owls play top-seeded Indiana in the NCAA tournament.

No. 13 seed La Salle beats No. 4 K-State, 63-61
John Giannini kept calling timeouts as La Salle's big lead kept slipping away, an 18-point halftime advantage wiped out by fourth-ranked Kansas ...