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Sean Pedulla, Virginia Tech push past Notre Dame
Sean Pedulla scored 28 points to fuel Virginia Tech to an 82-76 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday in Blacksburg, Va....
Big, timely win for Kansas State in upset of No. 6 Iowa State
Arthur Kaluma scored 23 points to go along with seven rebounds and Kansas State ended its regular season on a high note on Senior Day in Manhattan, Kan., upending No. 6 Iowa State 65-58 to deny the Cyclones a chance at a share of the Big 12 Championship....
Tyrese Hunter scores 30 as Texas defeats Oklahoma
Tyrese Hunter poured in a career-high 30 points to lead a torrid Texas offensive attack as the Longhorns rolled to a 94-80 victory over Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon in the teams' final regular-season Big 12 game in Austin, Texas....
Manny Obaseki fuels Texas A&M's rout of Ole Miss
Manny Obaseki poured in a season-best 25 points and Wade Taylor IV added 19 points that included five 3-pointers as visiting Texas A&M made a statement with an 86-60 win over Ole Miss on Saturday afternoon in a Southeastern Conference clash in Oxford. Miss....
Cincinnati rolls past West Virginia with big 2nd half
John Newman III celebrated his final home game with 14 points as the Cincinnati Bearcats routed the visiting West Virginia Mountaineers 92-56 in the Big 12 regular season finale for both teams....
Heat aim for bounce-back win, welcome Wizards
The Miami Heat are looking to get back to their winning ways....
Roundup: No. 14 Notre Dame too much for No. 11 Virginia Tech
Sonia Citron scored 19 points to help No. 14 Notre Dame roll past No. 11 Virginia Tech 82-53 on Saturday in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament in Greensboro, N.C....
No. 16 Alabama overcomes struggles, Arkansas in overtime
Aaron Estrada struggled throughout but converted a tiebreaking layup with 2:03 remaining in overtime as No. 16 Alabama outlasted visiting Arkansas for a 92-88 victory Saturday afternoon in Tuscaloosa, Ala....
Pelicans, short-handed Hawks put win streaks on line
The visiting New Orleans Pelicans and Atlanta Hawks will each put their three-game winning streaks on the line Sunday when they meet for the final time of the regular season....
Reigning winner Zach Edey heads list of 15 Wooden Award finalists
Purdue center Zach Edey has an opportunity to be the first repeat winner of the Wooden Award in more than 40 years with the announcement Saturday of the 15 finalists for best men's college basketball player....
Maryland chasing regular-season sweep of Penn State
Two teams lingering near the bottom of the Big Ten standings conclude their regular season Sunday when Maryland visits Penn State at University Park, Pa....
St. John's stays on a roll with victory over Georgetown
Dannis Jenkins scored 23 points as host St. John's ended its first regular season under coach Rick Pitino with an 86-78 victory over Georgetown on Saturday afternoon at New York....
Plenty still on line as Michigan State visits Indiana
Michigan State and Indiana have arrived at their matchup to end the regular season nowhere near where they hoped to be when the campaign started....
With double-bye in sight, Nebraska bids to topple Michigan
Nebraska can clinch a top-four seed in the Big Ten tournament when it takes on last-place Michigan in the regular-season finale on Sunday afternoon in Ann Arbor, Mich....
Ohio State takes rebirth into matchup with Rutgers
Ohio State will try to end a challenging regular season with a four-game winning streak when it visits Rutgers on Sunday in Piscataway, N.J....
What matters most about Rudy Gobert’s money signs is he meant it
Renowned aggravator Rudy Gobert pissed off another group of people Friday night, and though getting T’d up isn’t newsworthy in itself, it’s what the Frenchman did to earn a technical that’s interesting. In the closing seconds of the Cleveland-Minnesota game with his team ahead by a point, the Timber...
Loyola (Md.) basketball coach Tavaras Hardy resigns
Loyola (Md.) men's basketball coach Tavaras Hardy announced his resignation after six seasons....
This week in the NBA & WNBA March 09, 2024
Need any more evidence that Gilbert Arenas’ bellyaching about Europeans and foreigners ruining basketball with their sweet outside strokes is all hot air? I’ll give you one: Josh Giddey. Now that his legal woes appear to be in the rearview mirror, the whispers about his liabilities in the Oklahoma C...
Latest problem with Josh Giddey; Dame Lillard finally steps up; Dalton Knecht and Reed Sheppard on verge of history
Need any more evidence that Gilbert Arenas’ bellyaching about Europeans and foreigners ruining basketball with their sweet outside strokes is all hot air? I’ll give you one: Josh Giddey. Now that his legal woes appear to be in the rearview mirror, the whispers about his liabilities in the Oklahoma C...
No. 3 Purdue looks to maintain momentum vs. Wisconsin
Before Purdue's Zach Edey takes his 7-foot-4, 300-pound frame into a pace-and-space NBA that doesn't seem suited for a classic big man like him, he has one last home game to play and a national championship to pursue....