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Nowell breaks NCAA assist record, KSU beats MSU 98-93 in OT
NEW YORK (AP) — Markquis Nowell broke the NCAA Tournament record for assists in a game with 19, his last two on spectacular passes in the final minute of overtime, and Kansas State beat Michigan State 98-93 on Thursday night in a Sweet 16 thriller at Madison Square Garden. Playing...
UConn a step from Final Four after 88-65 blowout of Arkansas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jordan Hawkins scored 24 points for UConn and the Huskies are one step away from the Final Four after an 88-65 rout of Arkansas in a West Region Sweet 16 matchup Thursday. The fourth-seeded Huskies (28-8) will play the winner of UCLA or Gonzaga in an Elite Eight...
Xavier's Souley Boum is savoring his only March Madness
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Souley Boum never played on a losing team at his previous two schools. He also never played in an NCAA Tournament. So Boum is savoring every moment of his one and only season at Xavier, the school he chose because he felt it gave him his best opportunity to...
March Madness: Sweet 16 begins from NYC to Las Vegas
March Madness has reached Sweet 16 weekend. Two No. 1 seeds, Kansas and Purdue, are already gone along with millions of busted brackets and a host of bluebloods including Kentucky, Duke and Indiana —though UCLA's drive for a 12th national title remains alive. Here is what to know: ...
March Madness: Alabama aims to avoid giant-killers in South
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Alabama was expected to be in the Sweet 16 as the overall top seed in the NCAA Tournament. Few thought the teams standing between the Crimson Tide and a trip to the Final Four would be No. 5 seed San Diego State, sixth-seeded Creighton and 15th-seeded...
Texas has Terry coaching among March Madness heavyweights
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Of the four coaches who led their teams to the semifinals of the Midwest Region at the NCAA Tournament, the most unlikely of them might feel the most at home when he walks into T-Mobile Center on Friday night. Sure, Kelvin Sampson has taken Oklahoma and...
Southern men’s basketball coach fired after 5 seasons
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Southern University's men's basketball program is looking for a new leader after the school announced Wednesday that Sean Woods would not be returning as coach. Woods ends his five-year tenure with a 64-82 overall record. “At this time, we...
Soundtrack of this year's March Madness begins with 'CLANK!'
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Folks across the country watching the first-round of the NCAA Tournament last week thought it rightfully funny when they saw a couple of stadium workers scurry up a ladder and place a construction level across the rim. Turns out Iowa State players, puzzled...
Women hope Sweet 16 next step to own March Madness TV deal
Women’s college basketball believes it has the makings for a hit reality TV show with star power driving a marketable product that has a growing audience. So they're taking the ensemble on the road for the Sweet 16. The NCAA changed the format of the tournament this...
Gonzaga's Timme, UCLA's Jaquez to meet one more time
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Drew Timme and Jaime Jaquez Jr. grew up in different states, yet often came across each other at AAU tournaments, sometimes as roommates. The two fancy-footworking forwards with fantastic facial hair will be reunited Thursday night in the desert, when Gonzaga meets...
