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Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino accepts job at St. John's
NEW YORK (AP) — Rick Pitino is back in the Big East Conference. St. John’s hired the Hall of Fame coach Monday to boost a storied program that’s been mired in mediocrity for much of this century. The school announced the move on Twitter, and Pitino is expected to...
Xavier shows off proficient passing, assist rate vs. Pitt
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Xavier spent the first half of its 84-73 NCAA Tournament win over Pittsburgh on Sunday sharing the ball at an incredible rate. The Musketeers tallied 17 assists on their 19 first-half baskets, a rate of better than 89% en route to building a 48-34 margin at...
Marquette coach Smart faces mentor Izzo in NCAA 2nd round
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Watching Tom Izzo's Michigan State team win the 2000 national title was a seminal moment for Shaka Smart, then a 22-year-old graduate assistant at Division II California University of Pennsylvania. “That cemented in my mind college basketball was where I...
FDU joins UMBC in the ultimate March Madness: Ousting No. 1
They are the five letters no No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament ever wants to see: upset. Five years and one day after UMBC pulled off the biggest upset in college basketball history by beating the tournament's top overall seed, Virginia, it happened again. Fairleigh...
Pegues, Furman hoping to extend March Madness stay
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — JP Pegues has watched the shot over and over. A March Madness memory for Furman for all time. In Pegues' wildest dreams, he never imagined himself becoming an instant star. But the 6-foot-1 sophomore rocketed into notoriety when his 3-pointer took down No. 4...
Baylor powers past UC Santa Barbara 74-56 in March Madness
DENVER (AP) — Caleb Lohner scored a season-best 13 points in just 18 minutes, and No. 3 seed Baylor beat UC Santa Barbara 74-56 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. “I was ready when my number was called,” said Lohner, who matched his scoring output from his...
Alabama, Miller face renewed questions about fatal shooting
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Brandon Miller sat in a folding chair in a corner of the locker room facing an assemblage of reporters and video cameras. Alabama's freshman All-American fielded few questions about his worst game in crimson and white, not with all the off-the-court matters...
NC State looks for another surprise, 40 years later
DENVER (AP) — If you let the video run long enough — past the Lorenzo Charles dunk and past Jim Valvano looking for someone to hug — you'll see a teenage kid with, in his words, “a bad sweater and bad hair” running on the floor of The Pit, just happy to be part of the madness. ...
Long March Madness run coming to a close for Jim Nantz
Jim Nantz has seen his share of magical moments and sendoffs during a career that has spanned nearly 40 years. He could get one of his own as he prepares to call his final NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Not only is the Final Four in Nantz’s adopted hometown of Houston, but...
Alabama's Miller tops list of NBA prospects at March Madness
This isn’t the type of NCAA Tournament that will give NBA fans an idea of what they can expect in the upcoming draft. The likely first two picks in the draft – Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson – aren’t playing college basketball. That’s a major change from last year,...
