NCAA Basketball News

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.

Kansas coach Bill Self was chatting this week with someone who brought up the possibility that some unfortunate team with a No.

Senior forward Kyle Kelm had a double-double as Milwaukee's front line dominated, and the Panthers led the whole way during a 69-63 victory over Wright State for the Horizon League tournament title.

The fourth-seeded Mountaineers built a 20-point first-half lead and never looked back, shooting 60.4 percent from the field to win their fourth conference title in school history and first since 2008.

Arizona is the top seed and is ranked at No. 4. UCLA is seeded second and was ranked for good parts of the season, while Arizona State and California will each get a bye for the opening round.

Haws, the WCC player of the year, had a hard time freeing himself from San Francisco's defense, shooting 5 of 19, but made all 14 of his free throws San Francisco fought back several times, including a late run in overtime.

It's easy to skim through a list of conference tournaments and skip over the opening days of the major conferences as games between teams that would be considered long shots to make the NCAA's field of 68 unless they won the whole thing.

Cochran scored 23 points, and the Terriers beat Western Carolina, 56-53, on Monday night to capture the Southern Conference championship and a spot in the NCAA tournament.

The rivalry between Gonzaga and Saint Mary's has been a good one, almost every game going down to the wire.

A few years from now, the kid just might find himself working as a basketball coach.

Toronto's Melvin Ejim accomplished much more than just one record-setting game this season.

4 seed Albany stunned top-seeded Vermont 67-58 in the semifinals of the America East tournament Sunday.

Villanova teammates Darrun Hilliard and Daniel Ochefu were co-winners of the most improved player of the year award and Marquette redshirt senior Chris Otule won the sportsmanship award.

Sixth man David Laury didn't have a gaudy stat line this time, but the result was the same as it's been in 14 of the Iona College basketball team's last 15 games.

Langston Hall and Anthony White Jr. scored 15 points each and Mercer earned its first NCAA tournament berth since 1985, beating top-seeded Florida Gulf Coast 68-60 in the Atlantic Sun Conference championship game on Sunday.

Shavon Shields and Terran Petteway scored 26 points apiece, and Nebraska beat No.

LaQuinton Ross scored 22 points and Aaron Craft added 12, including a late free throw, to lead Ohio State past No.

The Seminoles were unable to do so in a 74-58 loss to No. 7 Syracuse on Sunday in the regular season finale.