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Transfers providing a boost in college basketball
College basketball coaches all around the country are using experienced transfers to restock their rosters. Here are six programs that have received ...
No. 9 Butler reaps benefits of building process
The banners hanging from Hinkle Fieldhouse's dusty rafters are a constant reminder of achievement at Butler. More national championship game ...
No. 13 Butler steals 64-63 win over No. 8 Gonzaga
All Roosevelt Jones wanted to do Saturday night was make a play. He wound up stealing the ball and a victory. The sophomore forward looped around ...
No. 8 Gonzaga, No. 13 Butler ready to square off
Gonzaga served as the model program for college basketball's non-power conference schools for more than decade. Butler took that blueprint, revised ...
Young helps No. 6 Kansas turn back Temple, 69-62
The seniors hadn't been playing like seniors, and Kansas was suffering for it. Elijah Johnson kept turning the ball over on offense, Kevin Young ...
No. 7 Orange beat Rutgers 78-53; Boeheim gets 903
Jim Boeheim achieved another milestone in his impressive career at Syracuse, and yet passing Bob Knight for second place all-time on the victory list ...
Temple upsets No. 3 Syracuse 83-79
Khalif Wyatt had never been in Madison Square Garden let alone played there. The Philadelphia native left the building on Saturday after scoring a ...
Withey leads No. 9 Kansas past Richmond, 87-59
Jeff Withey had at least six inches on just about everyone from Richmond. Little surprise that every time the Spiders slashed into the lane, Withey ...
Catholic conference offers challenge, opportunity
As a chunk of the Big East transforms itself into a mostly or even all-Catholic basketball league, the conference faces a choice: play up or play down ...
Barlow not losing focus after giving Butler win
Butler guard Alex Barlow expected Monday morning's practice to be routine. On the court, it was. Off the court, it was nowhere close. Three players, ...
7 leaving Big East to build basketball conference
The seven Big East schools that don't play major college football are separating from the conference many of them founded so they can build a league ...
Butler upsets No. 1 Indiana 88-86 in OT
All Butler guard Alex Barlow saw Saturday was space and an opportunity to make a play. So the unlikeliest player on the floor took a chance and made ...
No. 1 Indiana gets stronger with 2 freshmen back
No. 1 Indiana, which has been playing short-handed all season, is getting reinforcements. On Saturday, 6-foot-8 forward Hanner Mosquera-Perea and ...
Rick Majerus, college basketball coach, dies
At Rick Majerus' final stop, the lone concession to the coach's health woes were the footstools stationed at each corner of the practice court.
Pick 6: College hoops' early season surprises
A decade ago, Butler beating North Carolina would have been huge news, an upset that sent shockwaves throughout college basketball. When the Bulldogs ...
Butler holds off ninth-ranked UNC 82-71 in Maui
Maybe North Carolina should have just gone to the beach. Butler is the team to beat in Maui. Rotnei Clarke and Kellen Dunham each scored 17 points ...
Butler begins public drive to update Hinkle
One of America's classic college basketball arenas could soon be getting a new look. Butler officials announced Friday that it was beginning the ...
Rick Majerus takes leave of absence
Saint Louis basketball coach Rick Majerus is taking a leave of absence for at least the upcoming season. The university said Friday that assistant ...