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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. 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 ...
New-coach success stories in college hoops
In his first season as Kentucky's coach, John Calipari led the Wildcats to 35 wins and a trip to the regional finals of the NCAA tournament.
Midterm: Some of basketball's best freshman
The winter break is wrapping up, conference play is under way and youth is being served on college basketball teams across the country. With most of ...
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 ...
SMU good fit for Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown
Larry Brown was a young assistant on coach Dean Smith's staff at North Carolina in the mid-1960s when he turned down his first head coaching offer.
Spradling helps K-State beat No. 8 Florida 67-61
Leave it to the kid from suburban Kansas City to help Kansas State finish off a banner day for the college hoops programs that the city calls its own.
McLemore's 22 gives Kansas huge road win, 74-66
It's not supposed to be this easy for a kid playing his first collegiate road game. Kansas' Ben McLemore, a redshirt freshman surrounded in the ...
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 ...
Big 12 basketball lacking depth this season
The top of the Big 12 looks familiar, with Kansas in first place and ranked in the top 10. The rest of the league doesn't appear to be nearly as deep ...
McLemore leads No. 9 Kansas past Colorado, 90-54
Ben McLemore is already accustomed to being on the finishing end of alley-oop dunks. He was on the giving end on Saturday. It happened midway through ...
Baylor upsets No. 8 Kentucky, 64-55
Baylor's comfort with the zone defense on Saturday created uneasiness for No. 8 Kentucky. It left the Wildcats with a 64-55 loss to the Bears, a ...
Hardaway scores 23, No. 4 Michigan beats K-State
Tim Hardaway Jr. brought the ball up the court, then dribbled between his legs and headed to the left. Then he flashed back to his right, rose up and ...
Jim Boeheim goes off on conference realignment
On the day after the Big East lost its fifth member in 18 months with Rutgers bolting for the Big Ten and with more defections likely on the horizon, ...
Div. II Chaminade upsets Texas 86-73 in Maui
Thirty years after pulling off one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history, Chaminade knocked off another big-time opponent. The Division ...
Oklahoma State routs No. 6 NC State 76-56
Le'Bryan Nash has 23 points and Marcus Smart added 20 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and Oklahoma State earned a 76-56 win over No. 6 N.C.
Booker scores 19 as Colorado upsets No. 16 Baylor
Colorado coach Tad Boyle always has a backup plan. The Buffaloes sure needed it Friday to take down No. 16 Baylor at the Charleston Classic.
Appling leads Michigan St. past Kansas 67-64
Looking to bounce back from a season-opening loss, Michigan State turned to its top returning scorer from last season. Keith Appling came through.
Jayhawks poised for another Final Four run
Everybody seemed to be happy on the Kansas bench last season. Bill Self was certainly pleased with the way his team ran roughshod to an eighth ...
Plenty of changes as Big 12 hoops season nears
Bob Huggins is back in the Big 12, this time with West Virginia. TCU has joined the fold, too, and everyone else converged on the Sprint Center on ...
NCAA imposes postseason bans for Texas Southern
The NCAA banned the Texas Southern football and men's basketball teams from the postseason Tuesday, saying it came close to levying the so-called ...
Kansas signs hoops coach Self to $3.8M contract
Bill Self could be roaming the sideline at Allen Fieldhouse well into the next decade. The Kansas basketball coach agreed to a restructured contract ...
Mom's letter: Gillispie verbally abused son often
The mother of a teenager at Billy Gillispie's summer basketball camp claims in a letter to a top school administrator that the former Texas Tech coach ...
Gillispie resigns as Texas Tech basketball coach
Texas Tech fans had pinned their basketball hopes on Billy Gillispie. He had turned around two other flagging programs in the state, and they hoped ...
TT's Gillispie ordered to avoid stress for 30 days
Billy Gillispie said doctors have ordered him to avoid any stress for 30 days in an effort to bring the Texas Tech basketball coach's blood pressure ...