Roadrunners Cancel Carter: Texas – San Antonio officials canned the school’s all-time leader in coaching victories by firing Tim Carter. With a record of 160-152 in 11 seasons, Carter had compiled the most wins of any Roadrunner coach. He led the team to the NCAA Tournament in 1999 and 2004. […]

Atlanta Region – Second Round: No. 2 Texas manhandled No. 10 North Carolina State 75-54, outscoring the Wolfpack 33-17 during the last 15 minutes. P.J. Tucker and Daniel Gibson each scored 17 points to lead the Longhorns, who held the three-point happy Wolfpack to 3-of-22 shooting from beyond the arc. […]

Atlanta Region – Second Round: No. 1 Duke opened the day’s action with an easy 74-61 victory against No. 8 George Washington. J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams led the Blue Devils once again, but freshmen Josh McRoberts and Greg Paulus provided more support than they did in the first-round game […]

Purple Ace Dies in Car Crash: Evansville forward Eric Ottens died in a car crash Friday night near his hometown of Morrison, Ill. Ottens ran a stop sign, and another car hit his vehicle, according to police reports. The school held an impromptu memorial service to remember Ottens yesterday evening. […]

Oakland Region – Second Round: No. 13 Bradley became the second Missouri Valley team to advance to the Sweet 16, using a 26-for-32 effort from the foul line and 28 points and seven rebounds from Patrick O’Bryant to score a 72-66 win against No. 5 Pittsburgh. The Braves (22-10) trailed […]

Oakland Region – Second Round: No. 2 UCLA did just about everything it could to give No. 10 Alabama chances to win but managed to hold on for a 62-59 win against the Crimson Tide in San Diego, advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time in four years. […]

Atlanta Region – First Round: No. 2 Texas hushed the No. 15 Quakers 60-52 behind the strong play of LaMarcus Aldridge and P.J. Tucker. The two forwards combined to score 36 points and grab 22 rebounds. Penn stayed in the game until the final minutes, trailing by only one point […]

Atlanta Region – First Round: No. 9 UNC-Wilmington looked to be in the driver’s seat when they held a 64-46 lead with over 11 minutes left. But No. 8 George Washington came back by scoring the next 19 points, then scored the last seven points of the game in overtime […]

Harrison Out as Coach: Larry Harrison resigned as Hartford’s head coach on Thursday after six seasons at the helm, and just weeks after winning America East’s Coach of the Year award. Harrison went 67-107 during an up-and-down tenure, including a 13-15 mark this year with a fourth-place finish in America […]

Morgan Fired: Iowa State has fired head coach Wayne Morgan, ESPN.com is reporting. Morgan replaced Larry Eustachy less than three years ago, and the Cyclones have gone downhill in the win-loss column each year. They were 20-13 in his first season, 19-12 last year and 16-14 this season, and were […]