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Reports: NCAA investigating Syracuse
Syracuse has been under investigation for possible NCAA violations, mostly in its basketball program, for at least a year, according to two media ...
Time to see if NCAA tourney really up for grabs
Brad Stevens is amused by all this talk of parity in the NCAA tournament. The coach who guided little Butler to the national championship game two ...
A guide to the NCAA games
The NCAA tournament will not have a repeat champion for the sixth straight season. Kentucky made sure of that by failing to make the field of 68.
Zags head into tournament with top seed
Maybe it's the quirky name of the school, "Gonzaga." Or its pint-sized enrollment of 4,900. Or the fact that employees at one office in its hometown ...
President Obama picks Indiana to win NCAA title
President Barack Obama is picking Indiana to go all the way in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. ESPN revealed Wednesday that Obama picked the ...
Butler, Creighton, Xavier join new Big East
The breakaway basketball schools kept the Big East name and the conference tournament in Madison Square Garden. In return, they left behind tens of ...
'Only one playboy at Playboy, and that's Hef'
Welcome to BracketRacket, the one-stop shopping place for all your NCAA tournament needs. Today, we have The Rock, the world's ugliest tie, the ...
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 ...
Kentucky ousted in NIT by Robert Morris, 59-57
John Calipari and Kentucky experienced an entirely different kind of "one-and-done" in the opening round of the NIT. A year after cutting down the ...
President Obama makes his Final Four picks
President Barack Obama is picking Florida, Indiana, Louisville, Ohio State to reach the Final Four. President Obama filled out an NCAA tournament ...
Saint Mary's, NC A&T move on from NCAA First Four
Saint Mary's had a big concern coming into the NCAA tournament's First Four. Its career scoring leader suddenly couldn't hit a shot.
Saint Mary's beats Middle Tenn 67-54 in First Four
Matthew Dellavedova's first shot from behind the arc was right on target. So was the next one less than a minute later. Saint Mary's career scoring ...
Robert Morris stuns Kentucky in NIT, 59-57
A down season for defending national champion Kentucky ended with one final disappointment. Mike McFadden hit two free throws with 8.7 seconds ...
A&T Aggies finally win an NCAA game, 73-72
After more than 30 years of trying, North Carolina A&T finally has an NCAA win. To do it, the Aggies had to survive one last, harrowing, close call.
AP source: Butler, Creighton, Xavier to Big East
The two conferences growing out of the old Big East are moving forward. Butler, Creighton and Xavier will join the so-called Catholic 7 schools in the ...
Top teams could be forced to play on the road
Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw wasn't thrilled when the NCAA women's tournament bracket was released Monday. Her No. 1-seeded Irish were the latest ...
AP Sources: Xavier ready to join new Big East
Xavier is ready to join the reconfigured Big East, which will announce its expansion plans on Wednesday, two sources familiar with the moves told The ...
'Would've been more pleased if he ate my homework'
Welcome to Bracket Racket, the one-stop shopping place for all your NCAA tournament needs If you have any unfinished business related to the ...
Mississippi's colorful Henderson hits big stage
The Marshall Henderson road show has at least one more stop. Mississippi's polarizing and high-scoring guard averaged more than 23 points per game in ...
FGCU relishing chance for 1st NCAA moment
Andy Enfield's team from Florida Gulf Coast is seeded No. 15 in the South Region, double-digit underdogs to Georgetown, certainly expected to make a ...
SEC seeking answers after getting only 3 NCAA bids
Frustrated Southeastern Conference coaches think their league is treated more like a mid-major rather than a BCS conference. The coaches said Monday ...
Baylor, ND, UConn, Stanford top NCAA women's seeds
If that NCAA women's tournament bracket looks familiar, it should. Baylor, Connecticut, Notre Dame and Stanford all earned No. 1 seeds when the field ...
Gonzaga No. 1 in final AP poll
Gonzaga's first stint on top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll lasted through the final Top 25 of the season. The Bulldogs (31-2), the ...
Cardinals, not Wildcats, No. 1 in Bluegrass State
It's the worst nightmare for Big Blue Nation. Kentucky isn't in the NCAA tournament and rival Louisville not only is the favorite to win the whole ...
Larranaga has Miami poised for NCAA run
Jim Larranaga was in the Miami locker room before a game during this regular season, talking about the importance of defense, when he decided words ...