Basketball Page 422 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Michigan State fends off Minnesota, faces Purdue next
A.J. Hoggard had 17 points and six assists as No. 8 seed Michigan State pulled away from No. 9 seed Minnesota 77-67 in the Big Ten tournament at Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon....
Second-half surge propels No. 2 UConn past Xavier
NEW YORK — Donavan Clingan scored 11 of his 13 points after halftime as No. 2 UConn recovered from a slow start and asserted its will in an 87-60 victory over ninth-seeded Xavier on Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament....
Report: Vanderbilt parting ways with Jerry Stackhouse
Vanderbilt plans to sever ties with men's basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse, CBS Sports reported Thursday....
Caitlin Clark heads Naismith Award semifinalists
The 10 semifinalists for the women's Naismith Award, given to the top player in college basketball each season, were revealed Thursday, with the result expected to be a foregone conclusion....
Report: Oklahoma State fires Mike Boynton after 7 seasons
Oklahoma State fired men's basketball coach Mike Boynton after seven seasons, ESPN reported Thursday....
Report: South Carolina's Lamont Paris lands new deal
South Carolina is awarding 2023-24 SEC men's basketball Coach of the Year Lamont Paris a new six-year contract, ESPN reported Thursday....
Blazers' Deandre Ayton aims to continue torrid stretch in matchup with Knicks
Portland Trail Blazers center Deandre Ayton is making major in-roads on shedding his label as an underperformer....
Colorado, Utah fight in Pac-12 quarters has win-or-else vibes
Colorado coach Tad Boyle kept it simple assessing the stakes for Thursday night's Pac-12 tournament quarterfinal matchup with Utah in Las Vegas....
Daniel Gafford to steal attention as Thunder host Mavericks
In any showdown between the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder, the Mavericks' Luka Doncic and the Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander figure to be at the center of both attention and action....
Without Tyler Kolek, No. 10 Marquette vies to stave off Villanova
NEW YORK — No. 10 Marquette won't have Tyler Kolek when it faces Villanova in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament on Thursday....
Florida looks to regain footing in encounter vs. Georgia
Florida stumbled down the stretch of the regular season and will look for a turnaround when it faces Georgia on Thursday night in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament at Nashville....
No. 23 Nevada goes for third win over Colorado State
LAS VEGAS — Nevada rolls into the Mountain West tournament quarterfinals Thursday riding a seven-game winning streak and will face a Colorado State team that it defeated twice in the regular season....
Clippers aim to have 'right approach' in clash vs. Bulls
Only four games separate the Los Angeles Clippers from the Western Conference-leading Denver Nuggets with 18 games remaining on their regular-season schedule....
No. 14 Baylor bids to bolster NCAA resume in clash vs. Cincinnati
No. 14-ranked Baylor will attempt to improve its NCAA Tournament seeding on Thursday night when it battles upstart Cincinnati in the final quarterfinal game in the Big 12 Conference tournament in Kansas City, Mo....
'Win and in' for Virginia, do or die for Boston College in ACC tourney
WASHINGTON — ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi thinks Virginia is one win away from securing a spot in the NCAA Tournament....
Indiana, Penn State taking things one day at a time
No. 6 seed Indiana will go for its fifth win in a row when it tips off against No. 11 seed Penn State on Thursday night in the second round of the Big Ten Conference tournament in Minneapolis....
No. 24 Dayton has unfinished A-10 business, takes on Duquesne
Despite being one of the dominant teams in the Atlantic-10 Conference's recent history, success in the yearly conference tournament has eluded Dayton....
No. 22 Washington State faces Stanford, aims to continue winning ways
LAS VEGAS — No. 22-ranked Washington State will look to take down Stanford in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament on Thursday night in a bid to continue its "surreal" season....
Kansas State braces for stern test vs. No. 7 Iowa State
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas State knows it has to keep winning to keep alive its chances for an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament....
No. 8 Creighton meets Providence, begins quest for first Big East tourney title
NEW YORK — Eighth-ranked Creighton is ready to make its entrance at Madison Square Garden after a Big East tournament opening-round bye....