NCAA Basketball 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.

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

Now that one of the nation's best defenses is reaching its peak, it's hard to imagine anyone having much of a chance against No.

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.

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.

Smith scored a career-best 42 points and the fifth-ranked Cardinals coasted to a 94-65 victory over the Cougars in the semifinals of the inaugural American Athletic Conference tournament Friday night.

Mar 14, 2014; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Minnesota Gophers guard Andre Hollins and Gophers center Elliott Eliason walk off the court after loosing to the Wisconsin Badgers, 83-57 in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten college basketball tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Ohio State guard Amedeo Della Valle cheers as he comes off the court for a timeout against Nebraska in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament March 14, 2014.

Talib Zanna had 19 points and a career-high 21 rebounds to help Pittsburgh beat No.

Joe Harris matched a season high with 20 points, and No. 6 Virginia pulled away to beat Florida State 64-51 on Friday in an Atlantic Coast Conference tournament quarterfinal.

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.

Jordan Morgan scored on a layup with 7.9 seconds left, giving No. 8 Michigan a 64-63 victory over Illinois in Friday's Big Ten tournament.

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.

Josh Greene scored 27 points and Stephan Hicks added 21 to help No. 5 seed Cal State Northridge outlast fourth-seeded Hawaii in overtime 87-84 in the Big West Conference tournament quarterfinals Thursday night.

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.

UCLA had a superb night shooting and clamped down on Oregon in the second half to turn what had been a close game into a runaway after halftime.

Memphis coach Josh Pastner was pretty succinct in describing his team's ragged performance in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference tournament.

Doug McDermott is playing in New York City this week, just a few blocks from Broadway.

Coach Donnie Jones waited until the second half for his UCF team to employ a junk defense on Cincinnati's Sean Kilpatrick.

LaQuinton Ross scored 19 points and Aaron Craft finished with 16 on Thursday, helping No.