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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 ...
2nd 911 call from home of Tex Tech coach Gillispie
An ambulance was sent to the home of Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie for the second time in 10 days while he remains on leave as the school ...
Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie on sick leave
Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie is on indefinite sick leave while his bosses investigate allegations that he mistreated his players during practices.
Big 12 reaches $2.6B deal with ESPN, Fox Sports
The Big 12 announced a new 13-year deal with ESPN and Fox Sports on Friday that is reportedly worth $2.6 billion and should provide long-term ...
Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie hospitalized
Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie was hospitalized for an undisclosed medical issue Friday, the same day the university announced it was scrutinizing ...
Big East picks CBS VP Aresco as commissioner
As the Big East prepares to negotiate a television contract that could make or break the conference, it has chosen a man who has been part of some of ...
Jury: OSU player guilty of rape by instrumentation
A suspended Oklahoma State basketball player broke down in tears as he was convicted on charges that accused him of sexually assaulting two women, ...
A list of the worst scandals in college sports
Years of child sex abuse at Penn State by longtime assistant Jerry Sandusky may represent the worst scandal in the history of college sports.