College Basketball
Marinatto resigns as Big East commissioner
STORRS, Conn. — Big East Commissioner John Marinatto resigned Monday after less than three years on the job, admitting he was drained by several high-profile defections and mounting pressure from school presidents upset with the departures.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Sports
Conference USA expands by 5 members
Conference USA announced Friday that it's adding five new schools in 2013.Commissioner Britton Banowsky said Charlotte, Florida International, Louisiana Tech, North Texas and UT-San Antonio will join the league in all sports, with Charlotte joining in football two years later.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Sports
Kentucky gives Calipari a raise
Kentucky coach John Calipari is getting a raise following the Wildcats' NCAA basketball title in April.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Sports
Butler leaving the Horizon League
INDIANAPOLIS -- Butler is leaving the Horizon League and its next stop may be the Atlantic 10.
Date: 05/02/2012 | Sports
Murphy's Gordon headed to Cal Poly
Battling back from a serious knee injury was all worth it for Archbishop Murphy boys basketball player Zach Gordon.The senior post, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee last year, is set to sign his national letter of intent on Wednesday to play at Cal Poly next season.
Date: 04/24/2012 | High Schools
SMU introduces Brown as men's basketball coach
DALLAS — Larry Brown has returned to college coaching.Brown was formally introduced Monday as the men's basketball coach at SMU, his first college job in nearly a quarter century.
Date: 04/23/2012 | Sports
Virginia Tech fires basketball coach Greenberg
Virginia Tech has fired men's basketball coach Seth Greenberg.Athletic director Jim Weaver made the announcement Monday, saying "we need to go in another direction."
Date: 04/23/2012 | Sports
Larry Brown named coach at SMU
DALLAS -- Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown has been hired by SMU.
Date: 04/19/2012 | Sports
Griner won't play in London Olympics
WACO, Texas -- Baylor star Brittney Griner said Thursday that she will not play for the U.S. women's basketball team at the London Olympics this summer.The 6-foot-8 Griner had been seen as a candidate for the 12th and final roster spot on the U.S. national team.
Date: 04/19/2012 | Sports
Kentucky's starting 5 declares for NBA draft
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky's starting lineup of three freshmen and two sophomores did most everything together en route to the school's eighth national title. Now, they will each go their separate ways in the NBA.
Date: 04/17/2012 | Sports
Pitino says his son will coach Florida International
LUTZ, Fla. — After firing Isiah Thomas, Florida International is set to replace him with another recognizable name.
Date: 04/15/2012 | Sports
NCAA puts Baylor basketball teams on 3 years probation
WACO, Texas — The NCAA put Baylor on three years of probation Wednesday after an investigation turned up hundreds of impermissible telephone calls and text messages sent to prep recruits by coaches and assistants on the basketball teams.
Date: 04/11/2012 | Sports
TCU hires former LSU coach Johnson
FORT WORTH, Texas — Trent Johnson has been hired as TCU's new basketball coach.Johnson replaces Jim Christian and will lead the Frogs into the Big 12 Conference next season.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Sports
Baylor's Jones chooses to enter NBA draft
WACO, Texas — Baylor forward Perry Jones III is skipping his final two seasons of eligibility to enter the NBA draft.Jones made the announcement Monday in a statement issued by the school. He had returned for his sophomore season after being projected as a top pick last year.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Sports
Robinson opts for NBA
Kansas' Thomas Robinson could be one of first five picks in draft
Date: 04/09/2012 | Sports
LSU's Johnson resigns, expected to take job at TCU
Trent Johnson resigned Sunday as LSU's basketball coach, the announcement coming on the eve of his expected introduction as TCU's coach.LSU athletic director Joe Alleva said Johnson is leaving the Tigers after four seasons to take another head coaching position.
Date: 04/08/2012 | Sports
Florida International fires Hall of Famer Thomas
MIAMI — Isiah Thomas arrived at Florida International knowing that he was taking a risk.Three years later, the school didn't see enough reward.
Date: 04/06/2012 | Sports
Baylor wins NCAA title
Lady Bears beat Notre Dame 80-61 to cap perfect 40-0 season
Date: 04/03/2012 | Sports
Man shot in UK celebration has foot amputated
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexington police say they made more than 50 arrests during raucous celebrations after the Kentucky men's basketball NCAA championship victory over Kansas.
Date: 04/03/2012 | Sports
Final Four was all about Kentucky's Davis
NEW ORLEANS — For the first time all night, it was hard to find him. Amidst all the exploding confetti, media swarm and deliriously celebrating teammates, finally young Anthony Davis seemed to simply vanish into the wonderful swirl of a crazed national championship postgame...
Date: 04/02/2012 | Sports
Kentucky wins NCAA title
Wildcats beat Kansas 67-59 to win eighth national title
Date: 04/02/2012 | Sports
Miller, Nelson, Sampson join Basketball Hall of Fame
NEW ORLEANS — Reggie Miller rode his sister's coat-tails all the way to the Hall of Fame.
Date: 04/02/2012 | Sports
Top of the mountain
Former Terrace star John Allen helped WWU win a national title
Date: 04/02/2012 | Prep Zone
Baylor tops Stanford, advances to NCAA title game
DENVER — Baylor is on the brink of perfection, and even a quiet night from Brittney Griner couldn't stop the Lady Bears.
Date: 04/01/2012 | Sports
Irish beat UConn in OT
Notre Dame wins 83-75, advances to NCAA women's title game
Date: 04/01/2012 | Sports
Kentucky, Kansas played earlier this season
NEW ORLEANS — Monday night's national championship game will be the second time this season Kentucky and Kansas meet with all of college basketball watching.
Date: 04/01/2012 | Sports
Kansas beats Ohio State
Jayhawks rally to win and advance to NCAA title game
Date: 03/31/2012 | Sports
Monterosso wins $10 million Dubai World Cup
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Monterosso won the $10 million Dubai World Cup, the world's richest horse race, to give Dubai's ruler an emotional victory after one of his horses was euthanized following a fall in an earlier race.
Date: 03/31/2012 | Sports
Florida's Walker charged with stealing $3 taco
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida guard Erving Walker has been charged with stealing a taco and running from police.
Date: 03/31/2012 | Sports
Baylor's Griner, Mulkey wins top AP awards
DENVER — Whether emphatically blocking shots or throwing down dunks on the other the end of the floor, Brittney Griner has been the most dominant player in women's basketball this season.
Date: 03/31/2012 | Sports
Davis, Haith win AP player, coach awards
NEW ORLEANS -- Anthony Davis was busier than any of the other players in the Final Four.The Kentucky freshman had to make the circuit of Player of the Year presentations Friday, not that he was complaining.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Sports
College Athlete of the Week
Western Washington's John Allen, a Terrace High alum
Date: 03/30/2012 | Sports
North Carolina trio of stars entering NBA draft
North Carolina's underclassmen decided they wouldn't put off their goal of playing in the NBA any longer.
Date: 03/29/2012 | Sports
Stanford wins NIT title with rout of Minnesota
NEW YORK -- Aaron Bright came off the bench to spark Stanford to an NIT title.
Date: 03/29/2012 | Sports
AP source: Ohio's Groce hired at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- John Groce took the Ohio Bobcats farther in the NCAA tournament than they had been in nearly 50 years.He will now get a chance to bring that level of success back to a Big Ten team.
Date: 03/29/2012 | Sports
Cougars fall in Game 2
Pittsburgh beats WSU 57-53 to even CBI series at 1-1
Date: 03/28/2012 | Sports
Louisville fan punches UK fan at dialysis clinic
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Authorities say the Kentucky-Louisville basketball rivalry boiled over at a Kentucky dialysis clinic when one patient punched another during an argument about the teams.
Date: 03/28/2012 | Sports
Illinois focused on hiring Ohio's Groce
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Ohio's John Groce appeared to still be the top choice Tuesday to take over the basketball program at Illinois, but two days after interest in the former Thad Matta assistant was reported the university said no deal has been reached.
Date: 03/27/2012 | Sports
Stanford beats UMass, advances to NIT final
NEW YORK — With his Stanford teammates struggling and the lead slipping away, Anthony Brown shot the ball with no hesitation.Brown scored 13 of his season-high 18 points in the second half to lead the Cardinal to a 74-64 win over Massachusetts in an NIT semifinal Tuesday night.
Date: 03/27/2012 | Sports
Huskies are all business in NIT's Final Four
NEW YORK — After flying all the way across the country for the second time this season, Washington wants to make this trip to Madison Square Garden much more successful than the first one.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Sports
Sources: South Carolina hires Kansas State's Martin
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Frank Martin has agreed to become South Carolina's next men's basketball coach, said people familiar with the decision say
Date: 03/26/2012 | Sports
Davis, Sullinger top Wooden All-American team
LOS ANGELES -- Anthony Davis of Kentucky, Jared Sullinger of Ohio State and Thomas Robinson of Kansas are among players chosen for the John R. Wooden Award All-American team.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Sports
Kansas' Robinson leads AP All-America team
Kansas forward Thomas Robinson has even more in common with Blake Griffin now. Not everything, though.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Sports
Kansas tops N. Carolina, advances to Final Four
ST. LOUIS — Back in December, Kansas was scuffling along at 7-3 and simply making the NCAA tournament would have been considered an achievement.Look where the overachievers are headed now.
Date: 03/25/2012 | Sports
Kentucky beats Baylor, advances to Final Four
ATLANTA — Kentucky could've cut the nets down at halftime.Actually, the Wildcats probably would've been good skipping the ceremony altogether.A South Regional title is fine, but what matters to this bunch of future NBA stars is breaking out the scissors in the Big Easy.
Date: 03/25/2012 | Sports
Ohio State beats Syracuse to earn berth in Final Four
BOSTON — Ohio State coach Thad Matta sized up his team in the middle of the season and had it figured for an early loss when the NCAA tournament came around.The final weekend of March Madness is next, and the Buckeyes will be there.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Sports
Louisville beats Florida, advances to Final Four
PHOENIX — Once upon a time, Billy Donovan took Rick Pitino on an improbable ride to the Final Four.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Sports
Western men play for national title this morning
A small clique of faithful Vikings has been following the most historic season in the history of Western Washington University men's basketball.This morning, the rest of the nation gets a chance to see what all the hype is about.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Sports
Western Washington advances to Div. II finals
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. -- Western Washington University opened up a 20-point lead then survived a late rally to defeat Stonehill College 71-66 in a semifinal game of the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Elite Eight on Thursday at The Bank of Kentucky Center on the campus of host Northern Kentucky...
Date: 03/22/2012 | Sports
Smart turns down Illinois, stays at VCU
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Virginia Commonwealth basketball coach Shaka Smart on Wednesday ended speculation that he might take the open job at Illinois by announcing that he'll stay with the Rams.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Sports
Western men advance to national semifinals
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. -- The Western Washington Vikings overcame a six-minute scoring drought to open the game and rallied to beat Midwestern State 64-63 Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Sports
W. Washington confident about Elite Eight chances
The 70-degree temperatures and sunshine glowing on the rolling hills of Kentucky bluegrass served as reminders that the Western Washington University men's basketball team was far from home Tuesday afternoon.And yet the Vikings certainly felt like they belonged.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Sports
Baylor's Griner 2nd woman to dunk in NCAA tourney
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — It had been over a year since Brittney Griner dunked in a game.She finally did it again — this time in the NCAA tournament.
Date: 03/20/2012 | Sports
North Carolina preparing to play without Marshall
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina is preparing to play without injured point guard Kendall Marshall.The Tar Heels just haven't figured out how yet.
Date: 03/20/2012 | Sports
Motum leads Cougars past Wyoming in CBI game
PULLMAN — Brock Motum scored 25 points to lead Washington State past Wyoming 61-41 in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational tournament on Monday night.
Date: 03/19/2012 | Sports
Gonzaga upsets Miami in NCAA women's tourney
SPOKANE — Kayla Standish scored 19 points as 11th-seeded Gonzaga upset No. 3 Miami 65-54 on Monday to advance to the round of 16 in the NCAA women's basketball tournament for the second consecutive season.
Date: 03/19/2012 | Sports
Tar Heels' Marshall recovering from surgery
The father of North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall said his son is recovering from surgery on his broken right wrist.
Date: 03/19/2012 | Sports
Ducks win, play Huskies in NIT quarterfinals Tuesday
EUGENE, Ore. — E.J. Singler scored 25 points, Olu Ashaolu had 22 points and Oregon defeated Iowa 108-97 in the second round of the NIT on Sunday.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Sports
Cincy beats Florida St. to advance to Sweet 16
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Cincinnati Bearcats are making it an Ohio party in the NCAA tournament, giving the Buckeye State four teams in the final 16.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Sports
Kansas rallies to beat Purdue, advance to Sweet 16
OMAHA, Neb. — Bill Self leaped to his feet on the Kansas sideline, the typically restrained coach finally unloading with a moment of sheer exuberance.After trailing almost the entire way against Purdue, his Jayhawks are moving on.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Sports
Xavier knocks Lehigh out of NCAA tourney
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Xavier is making a habit of reaching the round of 16.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Sports
No. 13 seed Ohio beats S. Florida in NCAA tourney
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Walter Offutt scored 21 points, D.J. Cooper had 19 and No. 13 seed Ohio beat South Florida 62-56 on Sunday night to advance to the NCAA tournament's Midwest Regional semifinals.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Sports
Tar Heels' Marshall breaks bone in right wrist
GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall broke a bone in his right wrist during the second half of Sunday's win against Creighton in the NCAA tournament.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Sports
Creighton bus driver suffers apparent heart attack
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Creighton coach Greg McDermott says a bus driver transporting the Bluejays to the Greensboro Coliseum on Sunday had an apparent heart attack on the way to the game.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Sports
N. Carolina tops Creighton, move on to Sweet 16
GREENSBORO, N.C. — John Henson proved he's healthy enough to help North Carolina's latest push for the Final Four. It remains to be seen if Kendall Marshall will be able to help the Tar Heels.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Sports
Florida tops Norfolk St., advances to Sweet 16
OMAHA, Neb. — No big upset this time. Kenny Boynton and Florida were just too good for surprising Norfolk State.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Sports
Michigan St. tops Saint Louis in NCAA tourney
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Draymond Green grabbed a mop in the final minute and helped sweep sweat off the floor.Moments later, Michigan State finally brushed aside Saint Louis.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Sports
N.C. St. ousts Georgetown from NCAA tourney
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's been a long time since North Carolina State was mentioned in the same breath with the elite programs in the nation — let alone its own state.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Sports
Louisville edges New Mexico 59-56 in NCAA tourney
PORTLAND, Ore. — Louisville's late regular-season slide has turned into a postseason surge.Russ Smith had 17 points as Louisville held off a late New Mexico rally 59-56 Saturday night for its sixth consecutive win, advancing to the regional semifinals for the first time since 2009.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Sports
Baylor beats Colorado 80-63 in NCAA tourney
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — With his 3-point goggles on, the bucket never looked quite so big for Brady Heslip. Because of that, the future's looking as bright as those uniforms for the Baylor Bears.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Sports
Kentucky tops Iowa State, advances to Sweet 16
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Freshman Marquis Teague is taking Kentucky to the South Regional semifinals in Atlanta.And maybe a lot farther than that.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Sports
Indiana rallies, tops VCU 63-61 in NCAA tourney
PORTLAND, Ore. — Four years after hitting rock bottom, Indiana is making noise again in the NCAA tournament.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Sports
Wisconsin tops Vanderbilt 60-57 in NCAA tourney
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Wisconsin Badgers are riding the nation's stingiest defense back to the round of 16.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Sports
Marquette knocks Murray St. out of NCAA tourney
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It took a while for Jae Crowder and Marquette to get going.When they finally did, however, Murray State's hopes of making its first trip to the regional semifinals never stood a chance.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Sports
Top-seeded Syracuse beats Kansas State 75-59
PITTSBURGH — It had been a while since Syracuse played like the team that spent all season ranked in the top five.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Sports
Ohio State ousts Gonzaga from NCAA tourney
PITTSBURGH — Kevin Pangos caught the ball in the corner and let it fly. The unflappable Gonzaga freshman guard watched the arc and figured the Bulldogs had just tied Ohio State with 90 seconds to go."I thought it was good for sure," Pangos said.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Sports
NCAA tournament, Thursday's results
EAST REGIONALNo. 1 SYRACUSE 72, No. 16 UNC-ASHEVILLE 65
Date: 03/15/2012 | Sports
S. Florida beats Cal 65-54 in NCAA tourney
DAYTON, Ohio — Every air ball and swatted shot sent another chill into a California team that had never seen anything like it.Must have made the other teams in South Florida's bracket shudder just a bit, too.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Sports
Vermont tops Lamar 71-59 in NCAA tourney
DAYTON, Ohio — Seven games ago, Pat Knight ripped his seniors.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Sports
Huskies' Ross probable for Friday's NIT game
SEATTLE — A hip injury that limited sophomore Terrence Ross during the second half of Tuesday's game and again at Wednesday's practice is not supposed to keep the University of Washington's most explosive scorer from playing against Northwestern on Friday night.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Sports
Obama picks N. Carolina to win NCAA title
BRISTOL, Conn. — President Barack Obama likes North Carolina's chances of winning the NCAA title.Obama picked the Tar Heels to win it all in his 2012 NCAA bracket, which was revealed Wednesday on ESPN. He correctly picked North Carolina to win the 2009 NCAA championship.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Sports
W. Kentucky beats MVSU 59-58 in NCAA opener
DAYTON, Ohio — T.J. Price's three-point play with 16 seconds left completed Western Kentucky's furious comeback Tuesday night for a 59-58 victory over Mississippi Valley State in an NCAA tournament opener featuring a presidential audience.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Sports
Syracuse star ineligible for NCAA tourney
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Syracuse sophomore center Fab Melo has been ruled ineligible for the NCAA tournament, another shot in a season full of them for the Orange.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Sports
UCLA sticking with Howland
LOS ANGELES -- UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero says men's basketball coach Ben Howland will remain in charge of the troubled program. Guerrero issued a statement Tuesday saying he had reviewed what was best for program and decided to stay with Howland.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Sports
Women's top seeds: Baylor, Stanford, UConn, Irish
Brittney Griner and the Baylor Bears have had one goal this season — a national championship.Anything short would be a disappointment for the undefeated top-seeded Lady Bears, who are looking to become the seventh school to run through a season unbeaten.
Date: 03/12/2012 | Sports
Pac-12 women's tourney coming to Seattle
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Pac-12 women's basketball tournament is headed to the Pacific Northwest next spring: Seattle's Key Arena.
Date: 03/12/2012 | Sports
Butler settles for CBI bid
Butler has a chance to reach another championship game — in the College Basketball Invitational.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Sports
UW, Arizona earn No. 1 seeds in NIT
NEW YORK — Washington and Seton Hall were hoping to get sent anywhere for the NCAA tournament. Instead, they wound up at home with No. 1 seeds in the NIT.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Sports
UK, Syracuse, UNC, Michigan St. get top NCAA seeds
Kentucky, Syracuse and North Carolina tried to manufacture some chaos before the brackets came out. Like a group of 7-foot forwards roaming the middle, the members of the NCAA selection committee simply swatted all that noise away.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Sports
Momentum is overrated in NCAA seedings
LOS ANGELES -- Here's to the big-time basketball teams that geared up for runs to this year's NCAA championship by spitting up bits but not seeds.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Sports
Gonzaga plays W. Virginia in NCAA tourney
Gonzaga drew a seventh seed in the NCAA tournament and will face 10th-seeded West Virginia on Thursday in Morganto..., err, Pittsburgh.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Sports
NCAA tournament: Schedule
FIRST ROUNDAt UD ArenaDayton, OhioTuesday, March 13MVSU (21-12) vs. Western Kentucky (15-18)BYU (25-8) vs. Iona (25-7)Wednesday, March 14Lamar (23-11) vs. Vermont (23-11)California (24-9) vs. South Florida (20-13)EAST REGIONALSecond Round
Date: 03/11/2012 | Sports
Michigan St. beats Ohio St. for Big Ten title
INDIANAPOLIS — Draymond Green now has the winning chapter in Michigan State history he has longed for.Green had 12 points and nine rebounds to help the eighth-ranked Spartans beat No. 7 Ohio State 68-64 on Sunday in the Big Ten tournament championship game.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Sports
Vanderbilt tops Kentucky for SEC title
NEW ORLEANS — John Jenkins lay on the court with his hands over his face as Vanderbilt teammates celebrated all around, exuberant after beating No. 1 Kentucky 71-64 for the program's first Southeastern Conference tournament title in more than 60 years.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Sports
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