Bryce Cotton News

One of the greatest aspects of March basketball is the seemingly endless amount of upsets that tend to come out of nowhere.

One of the many wonderful aspects of March Madness is the capacity for Cinderella teams to capture the nation's attention with an unexpected deep run.

No surprise to see Tony Bennett getting No. 1 seed Virginia rolling after what he accomplished as coach at Washington State.

Duke's Jabari Parker tries to shoot over Virginia's Akil Mitchell and Mike Tobey during the first half of the championship of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday.

The Seton Hall University Pirates came up short Friday night and they lost to the Providence College Friars 80-74.

It was announced on Sunday, March 16 that the Providence College men's basketball team will be a No.

All Friar fans are invited to a Selection Show watch party at Alumni Hall on the campus of Providence College on Sunday evening as the men's basketball team learns where it will be headed in NCAA Tournament play.

Your father is the coach and you get to shine at Madison Square Garden and treat the throng that trekked all the way from Omaha to cheer their humble star.

Patric Young scored 16 points and No. 1 Florida turned up the defensive pressure in the second half, rallying for a 56-49 victory over Tennessee in the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament Saturday.

Investigators are hoping to learn the cause of the deadly explosion that leveled two New York City apartment buildings now that most of the rubble has been cleared away.

Creighton head coach Greg McDermott talks to Doug McDermott, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Providence in the finals of the Big East Conference tournament Saturday, March 15, 2014, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Bryce Cotton scored 23 points and Providence won its first Big East tournament title since 1994 with a great defensive effort against Doug McDermott and No.

No. 8 Michigan blew a 12-point second-half lead, then finished the game on a 7-1 run to beat archrival Ohio State 72-69 in Saturday's Big Ten tournament semifinal.

Nebraska's Terran Petteway drives against Wisconsin in landmark win last week. The Cornhuskers' collapse against Ohio State in the Big Ten tournament on Friday shouldn't prevent the school's first NCAA bid in 16 years.

Creighton is looking to win its third straight conference championship game after winning the Missouri Valley Conference tournament the last two seasons.

The clock struck midnight on Cinderella in the Big East Tournament semifinals as Seton Hall fell to Providence 80-74.

The last time Providence went this deep in the Big East Tournament was 20 years ago, when Ed Cooley was a senior at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., watching his hometown Friars on television.

Doug McDermott scored 32 points and second-seeded and 14th-ranked Creighton advanced to the Big East tournament championship game in its first year in the conference with an 86-78 victory over Xavier on Friday night.

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

St. John's men's basketball head coach Steve Lavin talks about the team's chances at being selected for NCAA Tournament after today's loss to Providence, March 13, 2014.