NCAA Sports News

Dwayne Polee II had 18 points and six rebounds to lead No. 8 San Diego State to a 59-51 win over UNLV in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament Friday night.

Aaron Gordon slid across the lane, sprang off the floor and blocked Xavier Johnson's one-handed dunk at the top of its arc.

"I told him it's been an honor playing against his teams," Crawford said after Friday night's 67-51 loss to the No.

Rodney Hood hit two free throws with 3.8 seconds left to lift No. 7 Duke past Clemson 63-62 Friday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinals.

LaDontae Henton had 26 points and 14 rebounds, Bryce Cotton added 18 points and 10 assists, and Providence advanced to its second conference championship game with an 80-74 victory over stubborn Seton Hall on Friday night.

Ben Brust scored a career-high 29 points and Frank Kaminsky had 12 rebounds to lead No.

Krakauer's book deals in part with how the Montana Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education handled a decision in a student complaint of sexual assault against Johnson, according to the petition filed Feb. 12 by attorney Mike Meloy.

15 North Carolina on the boards to help Pittsburgh win what amounted to a road game in its new league tournament.

A man who became known for claiming he was the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square in a famous World War II-era photo taken by a Life magazine photographer has died.

A little more than one year after missing a last-second tip-in that would have given the Wolverines a share of the Big Ten regular-season title, the 6-foot-8 forward scored on a layup with 7.9 seconds left to give No.

Scottie Wilbekin scored 15 points and No. 1 Florida remained unbeaten in the Southeastern Conference, using one of its customary spurts to rout Missouri 72-49 in the quarterfinals of the league tournament Friday.

In the nearly 40 years after he escaped from the maximum-security military prison at Fort Leavenworth, convicted killer James Robert Jones carved out a new life for himself in Florida, living under an assumed name,... In the nearly 40 years after he escaped from the maximum-security military prison at Fort Leavenworth, convicted killer James Robert ... (more)

18 Saint Louis 71-68 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament Friday. The ninth-seeded Bonnies came into the tourney on a four-game losing streak before beating La Salle on Thursday.

Jonathan Martin is joining the San Francisco 49ers with a clean slate and hoping to get his football career back on track in familiar territory.

LAS VEGAS - Cameron Bairstow and Alex Kirk each scored 21 points to lead No. 20 New Mexico to a 93-77 victory over Fresno State in the Mountain West Conference tournament Thursday night.

"He just said, 'You wouldn't believe how amazing it is if you are not there to witness it,'" Andrew Wiggins recalled Thursday.

In a performance hardly indicative of their No. 19 ranking, the Tigers got down early, fell victim to bad defense on Connecticut's outside shooting and never had much of a chance losing 72-53 to the 21st-ranked Huskies on Thursday night.

And by the looks of it, he plans to put on a show. The nation's leading scorer delivered Thursday night with a dazzling shooting display in his Big East tournament debut, scoring a record 27 of his 35 points in the first half for No.

While a junk defense may have contained Cincinnati's Sean Kilpatrick, it left Kevin Johnson open for a key 3-pointer.

Unable to match Arizona's defensive intensity, Utah bowed out of the Pac-12 tournament in record-setting fashion, blown out 71-39 by the fourth-ranked Wildcats on Thursday to match the most lopsided loss in tournament history.