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Duke remains at No. 1 in AP Top 25 entering March Madness; St. John’s rises to No. 5
Duke remained atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday a day after the committee that selects the 68-team field for the NCAA Tournament went with Auburn as the No. 1 overall seed. The Blue Devils (31-3) earned 49 of 59 first-place votes in the latest...
UCLA, South Carolina, USC, Texas earn top seeds for women’s NCAA TournamentVideo
UCLA is the top overall seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament. The Bruins were joined by South Carolina, Southern Cal and Texas as the No. 1 seeds that the NCAA revealed Sunday night. It’s the first time in school history that the Bruins are the top team in the tournament....
PJ Haggerty, No. 16 Memphis win AAC tourney over UAB
FORT WORTH, Texas — PJ Haggerty scored 23 points, Dain Dainja had another double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds and 16th-ranked Memphis won the American Athletic Conference tournament with an 84-72 win over UAB on Sunday. Haggerty put the Tigers (29-5) ahead to stay with his tiebreaking bankshot with...
Auburn, Duke, Houston, Florida receive No. 1 seeds for NCAA TournamentVideo
Auburn is the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, with Duke, Houston and Florida joining the Tigers on the No. 1 line in the March Madness brackets released Sunday. The NCAA selection committee favored the regular-season champs of the record-setting SEC despite three losses in their last four games,...
Tre Donaldson helps No. 22 Michigan rally to beat No. 18 Wisconsin for Big Ten titleVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Tre Donaldson and Vladislav Goldin each scored 11 points, and No. 22 Michigan closed Saturday’s Big Ten Tournament championship game on an 11-2 run to beat No. 18 Wisconsin, 59-53, and claim its first tourney crown since 2018. Donaldson also had eight assists one day after driving the...
Max Shulga scores 18, VCU holds off George Mason to claim Atlantic 10 title, NCAA berth
WASHINGTON — Max Shulga scored 18 points and Joe Bamisile sealed the win with two free throws with a half-second left as Virginia Commonwealth held off George Mason 66-63 to win the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament championship Sunday. VCU led by eight at the break, 36-28, but George Mason got...
No. 4 Florida beats No. 8 Tennessee for 1st SEC Tournament title since 2014Video
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Walter Clayton Jr. scored 22 points, and fourth-ranked Florida won its fifth SEC Tournament title and first since 2014 Sunday, beating the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers, 86-77. The Gators (30-4) lost in this game a year ago. This time, they made sure to finish their 12th appearance...
John Poulakidas’ 5 3s help carry Yale to Ivy League title
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — John Poulakidas knocked down five 3-pointers in the second half as regular-season champion Yale added the Ivy League Tournament championship with a 90-84 win over Cornell on Sunday to earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The senior...
Proctor, Knueppel carry No. 1 Duke past No. 13 Louisville 73-62 for 2nd ACC title in 3 yearsVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tyrese Proctor scored 19 points on six 3-pointers, Kon Knueppel added 18 points and No. 1 Duke defeated 13th-ranked Louisville, 73-62, on Saturday night to clinch its second ACC Tournament championship in three seasons under Jon Scheyer. It was Duke’s 23rd ACC title overall — the most...
No. 6 St. John’s beats Creighton 82-66 for 1st Big East Tournament crown in 25 yearsVideo
NEW YORK — RJ Luis Jr. scored all but two of his 29 points after halftime, and No. 6 St. John’s made 14 straight shots from the field in the second half to beat Creighton, 82-66, on Saturday night for its first Big East Tournament title in 25 years. Zuby...
Jae’Lyn Withers’ lane violation adds improbable twist to UNC’s failed comeback against No. 1 Duke in ACCs
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jae’Lyn Withers stood in a hallway of the Spectrum Center, his left arm resting around the shoulders of North Carolina coach Hubert Davis. He was surrounded by reporters, all wanting to know a simple question. How did it happen? It was roughly an hour after the Tar...
Clemson ‘disappointed’ after team locked out of locker room at halftime of ACC semifinal
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The 10th-ranked Clemson Tigers trailed No. 13 Louisville, 33-28, at halftime of Friday night’s semifinal game at the ACC Tournament and were in need of some in-game adjustments. So it didn’t help when the Tigers found themselves locked out of their locker room at halftime. Clemson players...
No. 1 Duke holds off furious North Carolina rally to win 74-71, reach ACC title game without FlaggVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kon Knueppel scored 17 points, and No. 1 Duke held off a furious second half rally by rival North Carolina to beat its rival for the third time this season, 74-71 on Friday night to reach the ACC Tournament championship game. Khaman Maluach added 13 points and...
Hawkeyes’ worst season in 7 years prompts firing of Fran McCaffery, program’s all-time wins leader
Iowa fired coach Fran McCaffery on Friday after the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years. The 65-year-old McCaffery, who was under contract through 2028, had said last week that he intended to return for a 16th season rather than retire....
Injuries to freshman star Cooper Flagg, Maliq Brown hit at inopportune time for No. 1 DukeVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cooper Flagg went airborne to snag a rebound in his first ACC Tournament game when Duke’s freshman star landed awkwardly and crashed to the court, holding his left ankle and writhing in pain. It came moments after defensive whiz Maliq Brown had to be helped to the...
Copeland leads as McNeese goes back-to-back in Southland
LAKE CHARLES, La. — Quadir Copeland scored 18 points, and McNeese defeated Lamar, 63-54, in a cold-shooting, defensive battle Wednesday, giving the Cowboys back-to-back Southland Tournament championships. The top-seeded Cowboys (27-6) will be making their fourth appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Cowboys led wire-to-wire. The gap was 31-22 with...
New-look Big 12 Tournament set to begin Tuesday in Kansas City with Houston as the No. 1 seedVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The new-look Big 12 Tournament begins with the first of three straight quadruple-headers Tuesday, and the addition of four programs and the departure of Texas and Oklahoma aren’t the only things that promise to make it look a bit different. Kansas as the No. 6 seed...
UCLA and South Carolina are 1-2 in women’s AP Top 25; No. 6 TCU has highest ranking in its history
UCLA vaulted back up to No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 on Monday after beating USC for the Big Ten title over the weekend. The Bruins, who spent 12 weeks atop the poll before losing to the rival Trojans in early February, received 16 first-place votes...
Duke ends Auburn’s 8-week stay at No. 1 in AP Top 25; Oregon, Illini return as postseason heats up
Duke ended Auburn’s eight-week stay at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday, while the Tigers dropped to third behind Houston as all three programs began preparing for their conference tournaments. The Blue Devils took advantage of back-to-back losses by Auburn to ascend to...
NC State fires coach Kevin Keatts a year after improbable ACC title and Final Four runVideo
RALEIGH, N.C. — N.C. State fired men’s basketball coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, an abrupt end to an eight-year tenure coming less than a year after the Wolfpack’s improbable run to the ACC championship and the Final Four. The school announced the move a day after the Wolfpack closed a...
No. 2 USC has best ranking in AP Top 25 in 39 years after beating UCLA; Texas still No. 1
Southern California has its best ranking in 39 years after moving up to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll on Monday. The Trojans won the Big Ten regular-season title Saturday, beating then-No. 2 UCLA for the second time this year. That victory vaulted USC up...
Auburn atop AP Top 25 for 8th straight week; No. 6 St. John’s has highest ranking in 34 years
Auburn and Duke remain atop the AP Top 25. The rest of the poll was a big jumble. Auburn was the unanimous pick at No. 1 for the second straight week, receiving all 61 votes from a media panel in the poll released on Monday. The Tigers held the top...
ACC, FSU, Clemson reach proposed settlement to end legal fight, change money distribution
The legal fights between the Atlantic Coast Conference and high-profile member schools Clemson and Florida State appear close to resolution, which could provide the league with a measure of stability for the coming years. The league and the two schools have reached a proposed settlement that would include changing the...
Export native Luciana Perry continues to rise in women’s college tennis ranks at Ohio State
Luciana Perry was encouraged to try different sports while growing up in Export. But she always came back to tennis. There was a natural pull to the sport. Her father, Craig, grew up in Florida and played tennis at Rollins College before moving to Pittsburgh to teach the sport at...
Highlands grad Brooke Signorella showing promise in volleyball, track at DeSales despite late introduction to both sports
There are those who would debate the notion that competitive cheer is a “sport” on par with the likes of football, wrestling, tennis, etc. Regardless of the answer, Brooke Signorella knows without a doubt where she gets her athleticism. From 13 years in competitive cheer. “I was flipping my body....
