Mountain West Conference Tournament: No. 8 Colorado State beat No. 9 TCU 64-60 in the opening round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament, earning a Thursday date with No. 1 San Diego State. Sophomore forward Jason Smith, held scoreless for most of the game, exploded in the last 10 minutes […]

Big East Conference Tournament: Senior guard Gerry McNamara saved No. 9 Syracuse’s season with a game-winning three-pointer with less than a second remaining. McNamara sprinted across the entire court and drained a running three-point attempt to give the Orange a 74-73 victory against No. 8 Cincinnati. The Orange move on […]

Atlantic 10 Tournament: No. 10 Temple started the opening round by scoring 22 unanswered points in the second half to turn a close game into a 30-point lead en route to a 74-45 blowout of No. 8 Rhode Island. Antywane Robinson scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead […]

Conference USA Tournament: No. 10 SMU opened the Conference USA Tournament with a 61-59 upset win against No. 7 Rice. Junior forward Donatas Rackauskas and Devon Pearson each scored 15 points for the Mustangs, who dominated Rice in the paint with 41 rebounds. SMU will play No. 2 Alabama – […]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament: No. 6 Hampton beat No. 11 Morgan State 63-51 to complete opening round play and set up a quarterfinal match up with No. 3 Bethune – Cookman Thursday. Morgan State played better against the Pirates than in two previous meetings in which they lost by at […]

Pac-10 Conference Tournament: No. 9 Oregon State rallied from 15 points down to beat No. 8 Arizona State 71-68 in the opening round of the Pac-10 Tournament. The Beavers earn a trip to the quarterfinals and a chance to play No. 1 UCLA. Junior center Kyle Jeffers scored 20 points […]

Big West Conference Tournament: No. 5 UC – Santa Barbara blasted No. 8 UC – Riverside 76-44 by defensively suffocating the Highlanders. The Gauchos held Riverside to 27 percent shooting from the field and forced 25 turnovers. Senior forward Cameron Goettsche blocked a career-high six shots in addition to scoring […]

Mid-Continent Conference Championship: No. 1 Oral Roberts exorcised some demons by beating upstart No. 6 Chicago State 85-72 in the Mid-Continent Conference Championship. Junior guard Ken Tutt scored 25 points to help the Golden Eagles return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1984. Last season, Oral Roberts […]

Big Sky Conference Tournament: Senior guard Kevin Criswell led No. 2 Montana with 25 points, including six in overtime, to push the Grizzlies into the Big Sky Conference Championship with a 73-71 win against No. 3 Eastern Washington. Montana survived despite blowing a 13-point lead in the final eight and […]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Tournament: No. 7 Norfolk State slipped past No. 10 Maryland – Eastern Shore 73-71 to advance to the quarterfinals against No. 2 Coppin State. The Spartans beat Maryland – Eastern Shore for the third time this season, sweeping the season series. No. 9 Howard whacked No. 8 North […]