NCAA Basketball News

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.

Boris Bojanovsky took a pass from Okaro White and threw down a dunk with 0.4 seconds left to lift Florida State past Maryland 67-65 in Thursday's second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Utah played Arizona close in two games during the regular season, giving the Utes reason to believe they'd have a shot at the top-seeded Wildcats in the Pac-12 tournament.

He had a hard time trying to figure out how they had scored 85 points against Iowa State, shot better than 54 percent from the field - and still lost.

3 Villanova 64-63 in a thrilling Big East quarterfinal Thursday, a loss that could cost the Wildcats a No.

Guard Sterling Gibbs' jumper from the top of the key at the buzzer gave Seton Hall a stunning 64-63 over No.

Trae Golden's three-point play with 35.3 seconds left in overtime helped Georgia Tech beat Boston College 73-70 on Wednesday night in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Baylor coach Scott Drew wanted to make sure his guys had fresh legs if they advanced in the Big 12 tournament, so he decided Wednesday night to go deeper into his bench.

Stanford shot 58 percent against the 11th-seeded Cougars and used a 16-4 run in the second half to take control of what had been a tight game.

The top-seeded Jayhawks earned a bye into Thursday's showdown with their 10th consecutive regular-season title, but the eighth-seeded Cowboys - who at one point lost seven straight league games - needed to beat Texas Tech in a first-round matchup just to get the opportunity.

Mar 12, 2014; New York, NY, USA; The Georgetown Hoyas players react from the bench against the DePaul Blue Demons in the first round of the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden.

The Eagles advanced to the NCAAs for the first time in five years, stymieing Boston with smothering defense and beating the top-seeded Terriers 55-36 Wednesday night in the Patriot League championship game.

Coron Williams scored a season-high 25 points and Wake Forest beat Notre Dame 81-69 on Wednesday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Michael Murray scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds as No. 7 seed Coppin State beat 10th-seeded Bethune-Cookman 75-68 in first-round action of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament Tuesday.

Taylor Braun made a key layup while being fouled with 12 seconds left and added the free throw to lead North Dakota State to a 60-57 win over Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne for the Summit League title on Tuesday and the Bison's second trip to the NCAA tournament.

In most seasons, the Big Ten tournament seems to be regarded as simply a speed bump for Michigan State coach Tom Izzo.