Category: NCAA News Wire
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The No. 5 Louisville Cardinals cruised to a 92-31 victory over Rutgers on Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference at FedExForum. Louisville (27-5), the tournament’s No. 2 seed, will face No. 6 seed Houston in the semifinals on Friday after the Cougars upset 25th-ranked and No. 3 seed […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Guard Rion Brown scored 15 points, including two free throws with 8 seconds to play, as 10th-seeded Miami finally beat Virginia Tech 57-53 in the ACC Tournament’s first-round game on Wednesday afternoon at the Greensboro Coliseum. Virginia Tech forward Jarell Eddie failed to convert off a rebound of guard Devin Wilson’s missed […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Erik Swoope’s big impact for the Miami Hurricanes came just in time. There was more evidence of that Wednesday afternoon as he scored 10 of his 14 points in the second half and made a key defensive play. His efforts allowed the Hurricanes to hold off Virginia Tech 57-53 in an ACC […]
Sixth-seeded Old Dominion scored the first eight points of the second half and never looked back, roaring past 11th-seeded Marshall 73-58 in the second round of the Conference USA tournament Wednesday at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. Guard Aaron Bacote scored 25 points and guard Dimitri Batten scored all 13 of his […]
There is something about Marshall that brings out the best in Old Dominion — over the final 20 minutes. The sixth-seeded Monarchs scored the first eight points of the second half and never looked back, roaring past the 11th-seeded Thundering Herd 73-58 Wednesday in the second round of the Conference USA tournament at the Don […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Seventh-seeded Coppin State went 11 of 12 from the free throw line in the final 1:18 to upset No. 2 Hampton 81-77 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinals Wednesday night at the Scope Arena. The Eagles (12-19) will face top-seeded North Carolina Central on Friday at 6 p.m. in the tournament’s […]
Loyola Marymount wasted no time filling the head coaching vacancy left after the school announced Tuesday that he would not renew Max Good’s contract. The Lions hired former Charlotte Bobcats coach Mike Dunlap on Wednesday to lead the program. Dunlap is a graduate of the school and also has college experience as a head coach […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Seventh-seeded Coppin State sped off on a 7-0 run inside the final two minutes to snap a 68-68 tie and defeat No. 10 Bethune-Cookman 75-68 in the first round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament on Tuesday night at the Scope. A free throw by forward Dallas Gary with 1:48 left gave […]
NORFOLK, Va. — So much for the Coppin State Eagle’s opening round blues. The seventh-seeded Eagles sped off on a 7-0 run inside the final two minutes to snap a 68-68 tie and defeat the No. 10 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 75-68 in the first round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament on Tuesday night at the […]
With the end of the college basketball season comes the annual rite of firing coaches. Four Division I coaches lost their jobs on Tuesday. Travis Williams was dismissed after two seasons at Tennessee Tech, Bowling Green did not renew the contract of Louis Orr, North Carolina Wilmington ousted Buzz Peterson and South Dakota interim coach […]
