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So happy together: Syracuse transfer Joseph Girard III helps lead Clemson to Sweet 16

Mar. 27, 2024 20:12 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joseph Girard III had one goal when he entered the transfer portal last year — find a team that would get him back to the Sweet 16. Girard has accomplished that by helping to lead Clemson into the NCAA Tournament's second weekend for the first time since 2018. ...

A mother killed her 5-year-old daughter and hid the body, prosecutors in Syracuse say

Mar. 25, 2024 17:15 PM EDT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York woman was charged Monday with beating her 5-year-old daughter to death nearly three months ago and hiding the body, which has not been found. Latasha Mott, 29, of Syracuse, was arraigned on charges of manslaughter and disposal of a corpse in the...

Book Review: 'Glorious Exploits' turns classical history into an endearing comedy about tragedy

Mar. 25, 2024 10:44 AM EDT

Best friends Lampo and Gelon are potters by trade, but their souls are filled with poetry. It’s 412 B.C. and the city of Syracuse doesn’t know what hit it when these two hatch up the best worst idea: They’ll put on a play using the Athenian prisoners of war who are starving to death down in...

Fair returns from injury to lead No. 6 seed Syracuse to a 74-69 opening-round win over Arizona

Mar. 23, 2024 19:46 PM EDT

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — It looked really bad for Syracuse when star Dyaisha Fair was being carried off the court at the end of the third quarter, unable to put any pressure on her legs. It looked a lot better after the third-team All-American returned from the locker room just over...

Back to school: Handful of coaches in women's NCAA Tournament leading their alma maters

Mar. 23, 2024 08:26 AM EDT

Kellie Harper always knew she wanted to coach college basketball, but never thought it would be at her alma mater Tennessee. That's because she thought Pat Summitt would be there forever. “For us, she's this (human) being that is always going to be there,” Harper...

March Madness is known for late-game winners. The guys who hit those last year are back for more

Mar. 19, 2024 11:51 AM EDT

Nearly a year has passed since Lamont Butler hit a buzzer-beater that sent San Diego State to the NCAA championship game. He’s seen it so often on social media and TV that he never had search it out himself. “It’s kind of hard to miss it,” he said. Especially...

N.C. State pulls away early in 2nd half, beats Syracuse 83-65 in ACC Tournament second round

Mar. 13, 2024 21:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jayden Taylor had 18 points and nine rebounds, and North Carolina State rolled to an 83-65 victory over Syracuse on Wednesday night in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. Tenth-seeded N.C. State (19-14), which avenged a regular-season...

Syracuse plays in ACC Tournament against the NC State

Mar. 13, 2024 03:47 AM EDT

NC State Wolfpack (18-14, 10-11 ACC) vs. Syracuse Orange (20-11, 11-9 ACC) Washington; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Orange -1.5; over/under is 153 BOTTOM LINE: Syracuse plays NC State in the ACC Tournament. The Orange's...

Tar Heels get top AP honors for RJ Davis and coach Hubert Davis to headline all-ACC team

Mar. 12, 2024 13:37 PM EDT

North Carolina guard RJ Davis is the unanimous choice as The Associated Press men's basketball player of the year in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while the Tar Heels' Hubert Davis was voted as coach of the year. Wake Forest guard Hunter Sallis, a transfer from Gonzaga, was named...

Conference tournaments begin in earnest with plenty of teams on the NCAA tourney bubble

Mar. 12, 2024 10:57 AM EDT

There were plenty of men's college basketball teams sitting on the NCAA Tournament bubble Monday that saw Drake beat Indiana State for the Missouri Valley Tournament title and did not know whether that was a good thing. Had the Sycamores done enough to earn at at-large bid? Would the...