
Coaches weigh in on attacking the Syracuse zone
Some get paid millions to try and solve the riddle facing the Michigan coaching staff at the Final Four this weekend. How do you score against the ...
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.

Syracuse on to Final Four, beats Marquette 55-39
When played to perfection, there's nothing quite like Syracuse's aggressive, half-court 2-3 zone defense. It's 40 minutes of trapping and ...

Marquette, Syracuse hold another Big East farewell
With the Big East As We Know It coming to an end, Marquette coach Buzz Williams no doubt figured he'd seen the last of Syracuse's zone for a while.

Column: Farewell to the greatest hoops league ever
Thanks for nothing, greedy college administrators. Because of you, we're bidding farewell to the greatest basketball conference there ever was — and ...

Buzz with an edge: Marquette tops Miami 71-61
Buzz Williams has never been this far in the NCAA tournament before, so it might take a while for him to deal with it. The Marquette coach was just ...

Marquette marches on with 71-61 win over Miami
After sweating through a pair of edge-of-your-seat comebacks, Marquette's first Sweet 16 victory in a decade was as straight and smooth as the 15-foot ...

Minnesota fires coach Tubby Smith
Tubby Smith was hailed as a rescuer when he came to Minnesota from Kentucky in 2007, a championship-certified coach who would restore a once-proud ...

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 ...

BracketRacket: 'There's a pattern. I memorized it'
Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shopping place for all your NCAA tournament needs. Today, we throw down, challenge follicles, solve a ...

Top-seeded Louisville stays above the upset fray
No matter where he's coaching or who his team is facing, Rick Pitino has never liked playing the first game of the NCAA tournament as a top seed.

Marquette escapes Davidson, 59-58, in NCAA tourney
Vander Blue had no doubt where he was going with the ball. The Marquette guard's only concern was whether he'd have room to make it happen.

No. 12 Louisville routs No. 25 Marquette 70-51
Two weeks of struggle had begun to raise questions about Louisville's ability to contend in the Big East. And while some concerns remain to be ...

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 ...