
FINALS WATCH: Humble Laettner, '76 Hoosiers
Around the Final Four and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the games

Laettner, '76 Hoosiers honored at Final Four
Christian Laettner will occasionally see a replay of his famous buzzer beater against Kentucky — and he tries not to look too excited about it.

Hall of Fame coaches say abuse never right
Jim Calhoun witnessed basketball practices all over the country in nearly half a century of coaching — including Bob Knight's sessions — and said he ...

Rutgers fires basketball coach over abuse, taunts
Once the video went viral, Mike Rice's coaching days at Rutgers were over. Now the question is whether anyone else will lose their jobs — including ...
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.

UCLA hires Steve Alford as new basketball coach
Steve Alford was hired as UCLA basketball coach on Saturday, spurning New Mexico days after he agreed to a new 10-year deal with the Lobos for a ...

East: Syracuse tops Indiana 61-50; Marquette next
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim knows full well that one of the secrets to success for his team's 2-3 zone defense is the way it confounds opponents who ...

Syracuse's D, Carter-Williams beat Indiana 61-50
An hour after his team finished a dominating defensive performance to close in on the Final Four, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim stood in a hallway and ...

Mindful of Lehigh loss, Duke won't overlook Albany
Duke won't get caught looking ahead in this NCAA tournament. Nobody's talking about a possible matchup with Michigan State, or a rematch with ...

'That's 1 MILLION times bigger than 9 TRILLION!'
Welcome back to BracketRacket. Think of it as one-stop shopping for all your NCAA tournament needs. We'll have interviews with celebrity alumni drawn ...

Stringer wins 900th as Rutgers tops South Florida
Not much has come easily for C. Vivian Stringer during her Hall of Fame coaching career. So it was fitting that it took her five tries to become the ...

Late 3 spoils Stringer's bid for 900th win
C. Vivian Stringer will have to wait for another shot at her 900th career victory. And when it happens, the Rutgers coach will be happy to have it ...

No. 16 UNC women beat BC for Hatchell's 900th win
North Carolina turned the ball over on back-to-back possessions late in the second half, and coach Sylvia Hatchell was steamed. She stomped her foot ...

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 ...

Boeheim wins 900th, appeals for action on firearms
With his wife, Juli, looking on at the postgame press conference and his young children close by, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim's final remarks were not ...

Boeheim wins 900th; No. 3 Syracuse 72, Detroit 68
Jim Boeheim called it just another number. The message board in the Carrier Dome didn't agree. Moments after his third-ranked Syracuse Orange held off ...