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Arizona big man Oumar Ballo enters the transfer portal
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona center Oumar Ballo entered the transfer portal on Monday, leaving coach Tommy Lloyd with a huge hole to fill. “I would like to thank my coaches, teammates, friends and family for their ongoing support to make me the best player and person I can be,”...
Sweet 16 nets another big win for Purdue and big man Zach Edey, 80-68 over Gonzaga
DETROIT (AP) — They leaned on him. They jawed at him. One time, they slapped him right across the forehead. None of it came close to stopping Purdue's big man, Zach Edey, and now he and the Boilermakers are one win away from the Final Four. The 7-foot-4 Edey withstood all the abuse...
For Gonzaga, the Sweet 16 brings with it the tall task of guarding Purdue's Zach Edey -- again
DETROIT (AP) — For most teams, facing a 7-foot-4, 300-pound force of nature like Zach Edey is uncharted territory. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, for the Gonzaga Bulldogs, Edey is no mystery to them. Twice over the past 16 months, the Zags have faced Edey and...
FAU hires Baylor associate head coach John Jakus as its coach, gives him 5-year deal
Florida Atlantic is hiring Baylor associate head coach John Jakus as its coach, a move that comes four days after Dusty May capped his six-year run with the Owls and took over at Michigan. Jakus and the school have agreed on a five-year contract. Financial terms were not immediately...
In March Madness, Gonzaga plays near-perfect 2nd half to dispatch Kansas 89-68
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — And to think, some folks said they might not make it to March Madness. The Gonzaga Bulldogs laughed that off as easily as they swatted away an exhausted Kansas team Saturday, rolling past the Jayhawks 89-68 to return to the Sweet 16 for the nation-leading...
March Madness brings an early showdown of power programs: Gonzaga vs Kansas
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gonzaga is fresh. The Bulldogs cruised to a stress-free victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament that ended with the starters watching garbage time from the bench. Kansas is fragile. The Jayhawks were missing their top scorer and had to fight to the...
Ike's perfect game leads hot-shooting Gonzaga to easy March Madness win over McNeese State
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Graham Ike scored 16 points and Anton Watson added 13 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists to power fifth-seeded Gonzaga over No. 12 seed McNeese State 86-65 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Ike made all six of his field goals and...
March Madness is the last dance for Long Beach St coach Dan Monson, who was let go last week
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The film session last week was a cringeworthy review of bad boxouts, poor spacing and defenders standing flat-footed. In other words, Long Beach State coach Dan Monson told his team, “The kind of plays that get coaches fired.” This week, it's easy to laugh...
Division I's longest-tenured coach leads Oakland back to March Madness after 12-year absence
Greg Kampe accepted his first head coaching job years before Tom Izzo, Mark Few, Roy Williams or Jay Wright ran their own programs. And while Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim were winning national championships, Kampe was putting his signature on Oakland...
Antelope Valley was the college basketball team without a college. Its season has come to an end
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Michael Hayes stood in the drizzle outside of the gym about 30 minutes after his final college basketball game, contemplating one of the weirder seasons for any team in recent memory. The journey for the Antelope Valley Pioneers — college basketball's team...
