Former New Mexico Coach McKay Finds New Gig: Ritchie McKay, fired just over a month ago at New Mexico, has been named Liberty’s new head coach. McKay, 41, had an 82-69 record in five years with the Lobos and led them to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2004-05. However, New […]

Fife Gets New Life as IPFW ‘s Coach: Indianapolis-Purdue at Fort Wayne, which will move into the Mid-Continent Conference next season, gave head coach Dane Fife a contract extension through 2013. Fife has a 22-35 record in two years at IPFW and went 12-17 this season. Financial terms were not […]

North Dakota State Promotes Phillips to Coach: North Dakota State has replaced former men’s basketball coach Tim Miles with assistant Saul Phillips. Phillips, an assistant coach for three years, helped the Bison to a 20-8 record in 2006-07. It was the first 20-win for North Dakota State since moving to […]

Heath Dismissed Despite NCAA Tournament Berths: Despite having led the Razorbacks to back-to-back 20-win and NCAA Tournament seasons, Arkansas coach Stan Heath was fired Monday. Arkansas went 21-14 this season, including 7-9 in SEC West play, but lost to USC in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Athletic Director […]

Midwest Regional Final: No.1 Florida is headed back to the Final Four after the Gators defeated No.3 Oregon 85-77. Florida let Oregon hang around because the Gators could not knock down their free throws in the last minute. Florida dominated from the perimeter, hitting 11 three-pointers. Lee Humphrey led the barrage with seven threes […]

East Regional Final: No. 2 Georgetown put together a remarkable rally in the final 10 minutes of the second half to overcome No. 1 North Carolina and win 96-84 in overtime to advance to the Final Four. The Hoyas trailed North Carolina by 10 points with about eight minutes remaining […]

South Regional Final: No. 1 Ohio State became the first team to advance to the final four with a 92-76 victory vs. No. 2 Memphis. Ohio State was able to take advantage of Memhis’ foul trouble as the Buckeyes got to the line often and made 35-of-41 attempts from the […]

East Regional Semifinals No. 1 North Carolina used an 18-0 run in the second half to erase a 10-point hole with 10 minutes remaining and go on to beat No. 5 USC 74-64. The run coincided with freshman Taj Gibson’s fourth foul, sending him to the bench. Gibson and the […]

Midwest Regional Semifinals: No.1 Florida got one step closer to defending its title, advancing to the Elite Eight after overcoming a nine-point deficit in the first half of their 67-55 victory vs. No. 5 Butler. Butler’s hot shooting put the Gators down early in the game until Florida coach Billy Donovan […]

West Regional Final: No. 2 UCLA won a spectacular defensive battle against No. 1 Kansas 68-55 to advance to a second consecutive Final Four. Junior Arron Afflalo led the hot-shooting Bruins with 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting. The two teams combined for 32 steals and nine blocks in a frenetic […]