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Coaches survive show-cause orders
Few words are less welcome to college basketball coaches than "show cause," shorthand for the NCAA penalty designed to keep those sanctioned for ...
Griner has 3 dunks, Baylor women rout Florida St.
Brittney Griner certainly knows how to provide a farewell to remember — and an embrace Baylor coach Kim Mulkey will likely never forget. There were ...
Griner 3 slam dunks in her final home game
Brittney Griner got another dunk for the Baylor fans seeing her at home for the last time. Then added two more for good measure. The 6-foot-8 Griner ...
WSU and Idaho players brawl in Pullman
A Washington State University football player has regained consciousness after a Sunday brawl in Pullman that involved players from the neighboring ...
Sunshine State teams gleaming in NCAA spotlight
March Madness in the Sunshine State has long meant little to most people in Florida. Sure, the Florida Gators have been an NCAA tournament staple ...
Soon-to-be-renamed Big East signs TV deal with CBS
The Big East conference will have a new name when it plays games on CBS. The conference that plans to rename itself this spring has signed a deal with ...
BracketRacket: Dickie V and dolphins, oh my!
Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shopping place for all your NCAA needs. Today's edition includes a social media bracket, a touching moment ...
Kansas races past South Carolina 75-69
The Kansas Jayhawks aren't about to complain about their No. 12 seeding. After all, they realize they were likely the last at-large team to make the ...
UConn women in regional semis for 20th year in row
Connecticut has had its share of streaks, including a memorable 90 wins in a row between 2008 and 2010. The Huskies added to another impressive run ...
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 ...
Best and worst of NCAA tournament's 1st weekend
Florida Gulf Coast was the breakout star of the weekend, alley-ooping its way on to the national stage to capture everyone's attention. You probably ...
Howland bids farewell to UCLA after firing
Ben Howland kept it classy in departing as UCLA basketball coach on Monday, thanking the athletic director who had fired him a day earlier while ...
South Alabama hires Butler's Matthew Graves
South Alabama has hired Butler associate head coach Matthew Graves as its head basketball coach, hoping to duplicate some of the NCAA tournament ...
FGCU savors its ride to NCAA tournament's Sweet 16
Sherwood Brown only wanted a bagel. The Florida Gulf Coast star walked into a restaurant on campus Monday and was quickly surrounded. People wanted ...
George Mason makes 'bittersweet' move to A-10
Think Syracuse in the Big East. Or Maryland in the Atlantic Coast Conference. That's the sort of emotional tie George Mason had with the Colonial ...
Tebow helps Wichita State celebrate NCAA victory
Wichita State University's men's basketball team got an unexpected new fan when they arrived home after their latest NCAA tournament victory. A plane ...
Opening round of women's NCAA tourney goes to plan
The opening round of the women's NCAA tournament went true to form. Stars Brittney Griner and Elena Delle Donne shined. The top seeds cruised.
Sunshine Days: Miami, Florida and FGCU in Sweet 16
Look out college basketball, here comes the Sunshine State. The Miami Hurricanes and Florida Gators rolled through Austin on the first weekend of the ...
BracketRacket: Craft's shot, Sadler and Dunk City
Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shop for all your NCAA tournament needs. Today, we see what happens when Ohio State hits a buzzer beater, ...
Kansas survives, La Salle surprises in Kansas City
Bill Self didn't have much to say to his team at halftime, not with Kansas playing as poorly as it had all season and North Carolina just 20 minutes ...
Hoosiers, Buckeyes survive to reach NCAA Sweet 16
Khalif Wyatt patted his chest twice, acknowledging that his incredible game wasn't going to be quite enough. Across the court, the Hoosiers' ...
FGCU becomes first 15 seed to reach round of 16
Florida Gulf Coast can only hope its second weekend in the NCAA tournament is as much fun as its first. The little-known Eagles made NCAA tournament ...
Florida Gulf Coast stars in Week 1 of NCAA tourney
The basketball blue bloods from Louisville, Kansas and Indiana made it through. So did the iron men from La Salle. Then there's Florida Gulf Coast, ...
Duke tops Creighton 66-50, advances to round of 16
Just like old times for Duke. Rasheed Sulaimon scored 21 points, Seth Curry had 17 and the No. 2 seed Blue Devils beat seventh-seeded Creighton 66-50 ...