Category: NCAA News Wire
Duke forward Jabari Parker was named the Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year on Monday. Parker will be given the award April 14 in Oklahoma City. It is selected annually by the United States Basketball Writers Association. Round out the Freshman All-America team were Kansas center Joel Embiid, Syracuse guard Tyler Ennis, Kentucky forward Julius […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Florida earned the NCAA Tournament’s overall No. 1 seed, while Michigan’s bid for one of three remaining top berths slipped away Sunday afternoon. The top-ranked Gators (32-2) secured the No. 1 seed in the South after holding off Kentucky for a 61-60 victory in the Southeastern Conference championship game Sunday. Also earning a […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Guard Malcolm Brogdon’s 23 points and guard Joe Harris’ 15 points carried sixth-ranked Virginia to its first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship in 38 years in a 72-63 victory over seventh-ranked Duke on Sunday afternoon at the Greensboro Coliseum. The Cavaliers (28-6) pulled away from a second-half tie and are in position […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — There was some uncertainty about the postseason before Saint Joseph’s got to the Atlantic 10 tournament. The Hawks were on the NCAA Tournament bubble and nobody was sure how many games they would have to win to ensure a spot in the big dance. Saint Joseph’s erased all doubt on Sunday, landing […]
NEW YORK — Providence Friars coach Ed Cooley had a gut feeling that playing zone against the best 3-point shooting team in the country might just work in the Big East Conference tournament championship. He was right. Providence worked the zone to near perfection, earning a 65-58 win over the No. 4 Creighton Bluejays at […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It may have been a neutral-site game, but it felt more like a home game for Iowa State. The 16th-ranked Cyclones surged ahead late to defeat Baylor 74-65 in front of a largely favorable crowd to claim their second Big 12 tournament title — and first since 2000 — on Saturday […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — No. 16 Iowa State rallied late to defeat Baylor 74-65 in the championship game of the Big 12 tournament on Saturday night at Sprint Center. It was the second Big 12 tournament championship for the Cyclones and their first since 2000. Iowa State (26-7) was led by guard DeAndre Kane, who […]
NEW YORK – In the new-look Big East Conference, it was one of the original teams that wound up grabbing the tournament title. The Providence Friars, a member of the conference since its formation 35 years ago, captured their second title with a 65-58 win over No. 14 Creighton Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Providence […]
LAS VEGAS – It took just a week for the New Mexico Lobos to get some sweet revenge. On March 8, the 20th-ranked Lobos blew a 16-point lead in the final 12 minutes of their Mountain West Conference regular-season, title-deciding loss at San Diego State. But one week later, the Lobos got sweet payback with […]
NORFOLK, Va. — As a native of Boston and longtime Red Sox fan, LeVelle Moton grew up hearing about how his baseball team was cursed. Upon becoming North Carolina Central’s head coach five years ago, Moton began hearing it again. The Eagles put an end to such talk Saturday, though. Eagles guard Jeremy Ingram scored […]
