Big 12 Conference Tournament Opening Round:No. 9 Oklahoma nearly blew a big first-half lead against No. 8 Iowa State but held on to win 68-63 and move on to the quarterfinals against No. 1 Kansas. Nate Carter led the Sooners with 22 points, and he hit two free throws in […]

Western Athletic Conference Tournament Quarterfinals: No. 1 Nevada rolled over No. 9 Idaho 88-56. Only one starter played more than 20 minutes for the Wolf Pack, who should be well-rested for tomorrow’s game against No. 4 Utah State. The Aggies beat No. 5 Hawaii 73-70. Jaycee Carroll had 24 points […]

Mid-Continent Conference Championship: Oral Roberts will make its second straight NCAA Tournament appearance after pulling out a 71-67 win over No. 2 Oakland in the Mid-Continent Championship game. With the game tied at 67, Ken Tutt scored the two biggest of his 20 points on a jumper with 33 seconds […]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament Opening Round: No. 7 Hampton took care of business against No. 10 Howard in the opening round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, winning 76-61. Matthew Pilgrim led the Pirates with 21 points. The Pirates hit 60 percent of their field goal attempts to bury Howard. […]

Big Sky Conference Tournament Semifinals: No. 2 Northern Arizona avenged last season’s Big Sky championship loss to No. 3 Montana, beating the Grizzlies 78-71. The Lumberjacks built a 20-point first-half lead, then watched Montana chip away at it until the Grizzlies built a four-point lead in the second half. But […]

Evans Reaches End of Road at Southern Utah: Southern Utah will not retain the services of coach Bill Evans, whose contract ends this season. Evans had a 209-223 record in 15 years at Southern Utah. He led the team to the NCAA Tournament in 2001, the team’s only appearance in […]

Horizon League Tournament Championship: Usually, the No. 1 seed is the conference tournament favorite after claiming the regular-season title. But Wright State wasn’t favored against No. 2 Butler, despite the higher seed. DaShaun Wood was unstoppable in the 60-55 upset, scoring 27 points and accounting for nearly half the Raiders’ […]

Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship: No. 5 North Texas ended an improbable run to the Sun Belt championship with an 83-75 win against No. 2 Arkansas State, earning the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The bid is the Mean Green’s first since 1988. Calvin Watson scored 24 points, […]

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Championship: The No. 2 Niagara Purple Eagles defeated No. 4 Siena 83-79 Monday night to win the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship, clinching an NCAA tournament bid in the process. Tyrone Lewis led Niagara with 26 points and was 3-of-6 from three-point range. Lorenzo Miles […]

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament Championship: No. 1 Virginia Commonwealth came back from a 56-52 hole in the final 2:22 to beat last year’s March Cinderella, No. 6 George Mason, in the Colonial Athletic Association championship and lock up a spot in the NCAA tournament. Eric Maynor came up with two […]