The defamation lawsuit filed by two former ball boys against Syracuse University and head basketball coach Jim Boeheim will be heard in Syracuse, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Forget any talk of Kansas State as a team teetering on the NCAA Tournament bubble. After yet another convincing win over a Top 20 team, the Wildcats' bubble has burst - and coach Frank Martin couldn't be happier.
Compared to the rest of Kentucky's roster, Darius Miller is a dinosaur.
Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury could fault a thin roster and poor second-half shooting for Tuesday night's collapse.
Erick Green said the blame was his to shoulder.
Pierce Hornung scored 13 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and shut down Drew Gordon in leading Colorado State to a 71-63 upset of No. 18 New Mexico on Tuesday night.
Northwestern needed another marquee victory to bolster its chances of making the school's first-ever NCAA tournament bid.
Mike Scott scored 20 points and Sammy Zeglinski had 13, all in the second half, and No. 25 Virginia hung on to beat Virginia Tech 61-59 on Tuesday night.
Texas is still the last team to beat the top-ranked Baylor Lady Bears on their home court.
Aaryn Ellenberg scored 23 points and Morgan Hook 19 to lead Oklahoma to a 64-55 victory against No. 14 Texas A&M on Tuesday night.
Pittsburgh women's coach Agnus Berenato said there's never a good time to face Connecticut.
Rachel Coffey and Carmen Tyson-Thomas scored 22 points apiece to lead Syracuse to an 81-65 victory over No. 21 DePaul Tuesday night.
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer How many teams will be allowed to play for the national championship is just one of the many issues being considered by the guys who run the BCS.
April Sykes scored 17 points and No. 24 Rutgers defeated Seton Hall 62-39 on Tuesday night.
Trey Burke, Zack Novak and Stu Douglass hit 3-pointers to start overtime Tuesday night and No. 11 Michigan beat Northwestern 67-55 for its fourth straight victory.
Georgetown looked nothing like a team that has spent five weeks ranked in the Top Ten this season.
Brittney Griner had 18 points with 10 rebounds and top-ranked Baylor claimed the outright Big 12 title with an 80-59 victory over Texas on Tuesday night.
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 23 points to lead No. 4 Connecticut to an 86-37 win over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.
Deshaun Thomas scored 19 points and No. 8 Ohio State regained its shooting touch, rolling over Illinois 83-67 on Tuesday night to remain in the thick of the Big Ten race.
Kenny Boynton was part of a hot shooting night for No. 12 Florida, scoring 20 points as the Gators overcome 18 turnovers and beat Auburn 63-47 Tuesday night.
Nadirah McKenith matched her career-high with 26 points to help No. 20 St. John's keep rolling with a 63-54 victory over West Virginia on Tuesday night.
A Boston University hockey player accused of raping a female student has pleaded not guilty and has been ordered to have no contact with her.
A judge who heard arguments over whether two former ball boys suing Syracuse University and head basketball coach Jim Boeheim for slander can get a fair hearing in this basketball-loving city expects to decide on a trial...
A smiling Alex Bentley climbed atop the scorer's table and jumped to the Jordan Center floor as white confetti fell around her in a postgame celebration that hadn't been seen for eight seasons at Penn State.
At the end, Texas guard J'Covan Brown blamed himself..
Quincy Acy had 22 points and 16 rebounds to power No. 13 Baylor to a tough 77-72 win over Texas on Monday night.
Back home after losing three straight on the road and falling out of the Top 10, No. 13 Kentucky recovered with a 70-61 victory over Vanderbilt on Monday night.
A veteran of three-plus decades on the sideline, Ohio State coach Jim Foster suspects he's never seen his team get as dominated on the boards as the Buckeyes were Monday night at No. 11 Penn State.
Nikki Greene had 25 points and 15 rebounds to help No. 11 Penn State beat No. 8 Ohio State 84-66 on Monday night, clinching at least a share of its first Big Ten title since 2004.
Louisville star Shoni Schimmel came away impressed. No. 3 Notre Dame definitely read the scouting report.
Skylar Diggins scored 21 points and freshman Kayla McBride added 15 to lead No. 3 Notre Dame over No. 16 Louisville 68-52 on Monday, moving the Fighting Irish one step closer to a Big East title.
Some day Boston College's very young team may become a contender in the Atlantic Coast Conference. For now, though, it's learning how to play against the conference's powers.
Indiana's proven it can beat anyone and everyone in Assembly Hall.
Iowa senior Matt Gatens has often been viewed as the steady though unspectacular leader of a rebuilding Hawkeyes program.
Penn State came close to ending a long stretch of frustration at Wisconsin.
Seth Curry scored 18 points and No. 5 Duke didn't need another late rally as it cruised to a 75-50 win over Boston College behind a smothering defense on Sunday night.
Becca Mills scored 17 points and Michigan State beat No. 17 Purdue 67-52 in overtime Sunday.
Point guard Morgan Toles has played four games this season for Florida State. On Sunday against No. 6 Miami, that wasn't enough.
It had been nearly a year since Duke's previous Atlantic Coast Conference loss, and coach Joanne McCallie didn't feel the need to lament the occasion.
Josh Gasser scored 15 points and No. 15 Wisconsin held off Penn State 65-55 on Sunday.
Jennifer George finished with 15 points to pace Florida, and the Gators used an 8-3 run in the game's final 2:47 to upset No. 18 Georgia 61-57 on Sunday.
Riquna Williams scored 24 points and No. 6 Miami moved into a tie atop the Atlantic Coast Conference standings by beating Florida State 67-60 Sunday.
La'Keisha Sutton turned in team highs of 13 points and seven rebounds to lead No. 25 South Carolina past Alabama 69-55 on Sunday.
Elena Delle Donne was struggling through the worst shooting game of her career, missing 15 of her first 18 shots. She was constantly hounded by Drexel players and couldn't get any open looks at the basket.
Drexel followed coach Denise Dillon's defensive game plan to near perfection. The Dragons fell just one stop short of pulling off one of the biggest wins in school history.
Robbie Hummel did everything he could to rally Purdue on Sunday.
Tianna Hawkins scored 19 points, including the tiebreaking basket with 14 seconds left, and No. 8 Maryland defeated fifth-ranked Duke 63-61 Sunday to end the Blue Devils' bid to go unbeaten in the Atlantic Coast...
Glory Johnson had 13 points and eight rebounds as No. 13 Tennessee beat Mississippi 66-56 Sunday.
A Top Ten team finally left the Rutgers Athletic Center with a win this season.
Jordan Hooper had 19 points, 18 rebounds and two blocks to lead No. 16 Nebraska to a 68-59 victory against Wisconsin on Sunday.
Tyaunna Marshall scored all 13 of her points in the first half as No. 20 Georgia Tech pulled away early for an 85-48 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Boston College on Sunday.
Elena Delle Donne's leaner from the wing with 2 seconds left lifted No. 10 Delaware to a thrilling 40-39 victory over Drexel on Sunday and clinched the Colonial Athletic Association regular season title.
C.J. Fair scored a career-high 21 points and Scoop Jardine added 17, including a dagger 3-pointer with 1:11 to play, as No. 2 Syracuse escaped another close one with a 74-64 victory over Rutgers on Sunday.
Thad Matta knows his team can shoot. That's why the coach was stunned by Ohio State's performance Saturday night.
Villanova coach Jay Wright bemoaned his team's missing leadership, experience and great guard play.
Texas Tech has played Baylor closer than any other Big 12 team this season.
The fight between Mike Leach and Texas Tech isn't over yet.
As strange as it may seem, Gonzaga coach Mark Few thinks Santa Clara is a tougher opponent to defend now that the Broncos have suspended their leading scorer for the rest of the season.
That wasn't the same Stanford team Oregon State faced earlier this season.
Jamie Katuna scored 21 points and Rheina Ale added 17 points and six rebounds as San Francisco upset No. 23 BYU 71-64 on Thursday night.
North Carolina State started losing its key players to fouls. Not long after that, the Wolfpack lost their huge lead - and the game, too.
Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 27 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 3 Stanford to a 78-45 win over Oregon State on Thursday night.
Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 27 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 3 Stanford to a 78-45 win over Oregon State on Thursday night.
Road wins are never an easy proposition, but this one was particularly ugly.
Seth Curry scored 21 of his season-high 26 points in the second half, and No. 5 Duke rallied from 20 points down with 11:33 to play and beat North Carolina State 78-73 on Thursday night.
Dannielle Diamant had 19 points and eight rebounds to lead Northwestern to a 63-51 upset of No. 16 Nebraska on Thursday night.
A night Florida State's Michael Snaer wanted to forget turned out to be one he'll always remember.
Shekinna Stricklen had 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 13 Tennessee to a 57-41 victory over Mississippi State on Thursday night.
Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell gave his team a little shake-up by opening the second half with three starters on the bench, including star A'dia Mathies.
It was a startling contrast: One team so deep that it could afford to be without the Big Ten's leading scorer, the other struggling to try to compete and end a long skid.
North Carolina State played most of the first half without one starting guard and most of the second half without another.
It wasn't just another loss for Hofstra guards Nicole Capurso and Candice Bellocchio.
Joanne Boyle minced no words after Virginia got rocked early and lost 73-56 to No. 8 Maryland.
Jordan Taylor has carried Wisconsin through its comeback this season, helping his team win seven of eight games after a rough start in the Big Ten.
Julie Wojta scored 23 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and dished out five assists as No. 11 Green Bay beat Cleveland State 90-59 on Thursday night.
Riquna Williams scored 17 of her 24 points in the first half to help No. 6 Miami beat North Carolina State 73-61 on Thursday night.
Jasmine Robinson scored 17 points and Alabama held off a big rally for a 77-75 victory over No. 7 Kentucky on Thursday night, the Crimson Tide's first win against a ranked team in more than nine years.
Dawnn Maye had 23 points and Tyaunna Marshall tallied a double-double to lead No. 20 Georgia Tech over Wake Forest 67-52 on Thursday night.
Draymond Green had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Keith Appling scored 20 points and No. 7 Michigan State beat No. 15 Wisconsin 69-55 on Thursday night to move back into a first-place tie with No. 6 Ohio State.
Tayler Hill scored 27 points and No. 9 Ohio State never trailed in handing Indiana its 13th straight loss, 75-54 on Thursday night, even with the Buckeyes playing without Big Ten scoring leader Samantha Prahalis.
Maggie Lucas scored 28 points and No. 12 Penn State maintained its Big Ten lead by defeating No. 17 Purdue 74-63 Thursday night.
Some fans will no longer be able to watch every NCAA men's basketball tournament game online for free.
Saint Mary's coach Randy Bennett's team is going to need some help if the 21st-ranked Gaels are to clinch an outright conference championship this season.
The No. 13 San Diego State Aztecs aren't used to losing like this.
The New Mexico Lobos came into No. 13 San Diego State's loud, crazy arena and made a bold statement of their own.
Drew Viney scored 17 points, Anthony Ireland had 16 and Loyola Marymount bounced back from one of its most lopsided losses of the season to beat No. 21 Saint Mary's 75-60 on Wednesday night.
The setting was perfect. Southeast Missouri State sold out the Show Me Center for the first time in a dozen years for the home finale against No. 16 Murray State.
After handing No. 3 Missouri one of its two losses of the season three weeks ago in Stillwater, Oklahoma State expected a significantly better effort from the Tigers in their rematch Wednesday night.
The North Carolina Tar Heels lead the nation in scoring and rebounding. They showed Miami they can be good on defense, too.
Even after a late-season fade and a lopsided loss against top-ranked Baylor, coach Jim Littell still has postseason hopes for Oklahoma State.
Miami Hurricanes coach Jim Larranaga and his players visited campus dorms this week inviting students to Wednesday night's game against North Carolina, and a near-capacity crowd showed up.
Aerial Wilson's strong start gave Virginia Tech an early lead. She just couldn't get help her team hold on to it.
Missouri State coach Paul Lusk looked at the stat sheet, and he quickly realized the positives added up to one big negative in the Bears' 73-58 loss to No. 24 Wichita State on Wednesday night.
Rutgers coach Mike Rice found himself standing in front of a silent huddle while looking for someone to step up in the second half against Notre Dame.
Brittney Griner had 28 points and 10 rebounds, Kimetria Hayden scored a season-high 20 points and top-ranked Baylor remained perfect this season by beating Oklahoma State 83-51 on Wednesday night.
Northwestern came to Indiana with one goal Wednesday night: Put another impressive victory on its NCAA tournament resume.
Donte Poole hit four 3-pointers and scored 25 points as No. 16 Murray State, despite a poor game from leading scorer Isaiah Canaan, clinched its third straight Ohio Valley Conference title with a 75-66 victory over Southeast...
Christal Caldwell scored 16 points and Asya Bussie had a double-double as West Virginia beat its second ranked team this week, defeating No. 21 Rutgers 60-50 on Wednesday night.
Hugh Robertson and Victor Rudd Jr. scored 14 points each as South Florida beat Villanova 65-51 on Wednesday night.
Jack Cooley scored 17 of his 22 points in the second half to lead No. 23 Notre Dame to a 71-53 win over Rutgers on Wednesday night.
Tricia Liston scored 17 points to help No. 5 Duke beat Virginia Tech 67-45 on Wednesday night.
Cody Zeller kept Indiana in the game Wednesday night. Verdell Jones' late charge proved to be the difference.
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was remembered at a memorial Mass on Wednesday as an inspirational leader, devoted family man and someone who tried to live according to the tenets of his religion.
When ESPN and the University of Texas announced their 20-year, $300 million partnership for the Longhorn Network a year ago, they created the wedge that nearly split apart the Big 12.
Twice in a six-game stretch, Oklahoma faced the nation's top-ranked team and wilted quickly after facing adversity.
Given an opportunity to pull off a major upset of No. 4 Kansas, in-state rival Kansas State simply self-destructed.
Tyshawn Taylor had 20 points in a virtuoso performance for No. 4 Kansas, which fended off a stiff test from Kansas State for a 59-53 victory Monday night that put the Jayhawks alone in first place in the Big 12.
Tiffany Hayes scored 23 points, Bria Hartley added 20 and No. 2 Connecticut beat Oklahoma 73-55 on Monday night for its 12th straight victory.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim preferred to look on the bright side despite all his team's problems.
Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell is surprised the seventh-ranked Wildcats didn't get docked two losses for the way they played against No. 13 Tennessee on Monday night.
Freshman Chane Behanan rallied Louisville late. Even he wasn't sure exactly how it all slipped away.
Kionna Kellogg's basket broke a tie with 1:01 left as Minnesota beat No. 16 Nebraska 64-58 on Monday night.
Even when Iowa State started making shots, the Cyclones never really had a chance for an upset at No. 9 Baylor.
Meighan Simmons scored a season-high 25 points and No. 13 Tennessee routed No. 7 Kentucky 91-54 on Monday night.
Perry Jones III rediscovered his shooting touch with 18 points and No. 9 Baylor rebounded from consecutive losses with a 79-64 victory over Iowa State on Monday night.
Coach Sharon Versyp knows there is nothing more important for her Purdue team than to learn from its mistakes.
Markeshia Grant had 20 points, making five 3-pointers, and LaKeisha Sutton scored on a left-handed scoop shot in the final minute as No. 24 South Carolina held off Florida 62-58 on Sunday.
Kim Barnes Arico became the winningest coach for St. John's when the Red Storm defeated 17th-ranked Rutgers 61-52 on Sunday.
Samantha Prahalis hit a 3-pointer from the right wing with 41 seconds left, giving No. 10 Ohio State the boost it needed to hold off No. 16 Purdue 80-71 Sunday, turning the Big Ten race into a four-team logjam.
Duke made the tough shots that Florida State didn't, and that was enough for the fifth-ranked Blue Devils to stay undefeated in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Maryland blew a golden opportunity to beat Miami.
Georgia Tech had been looking for a signature victory all season long, and on Sunday the Yellow Jackets finally got one.
Georgetown coach John Thompson III doesn't want to hear kudos after a losing a tough game to a top-notch opponent. St. John's assistant coach Mike Dunlap doesn't mind at all.
Elena Delle Donne, the leading scorer in NCAA Division I, had 31 points in 25 minutes and No. 12 Delaware beat Georgia State 94-56 on Sunday for its 12th consecutive victory.
Stefanie Yderstrom scored a career-high 26 points and Shenise Johnson added 20 to help sixth-ranked Miami rally to beat No. 8 Maryland 76-74 on Sunday.
Stefanie Yderstrom scored a career-high 26 points and Shenise Johnson added 20 to help sixth-ranked Miami rally to beat No. 8 Maryland 76-74 on Sunday.
This is how rough a stretch Illinois is mired in: Even Michigan's slumping sophomores shot the ball well against the Fighting Illini.
Anne Marie Armstrong scored a career-high 23 points and No. 21 Georgia defeated Vanderbilt 76-63 on Sunday.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 15 points and Evan Smotrycz added 13, helping No. 22 Michigan remain unbeaten at home with a 70-61 win over Illinois on Sunday.
Alex Bentley scored 18 points to lead four players in double figures, and No. 18 Penn State beat Northwestern 77-63 on Sunday.
Herb Pope scored 19 points, including four free throws in final 10 seconds, and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Seton Hall to a 73-66 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Kentucky finally got another test in the Southeastern Conference and the Wildcats' stingy, sticky defense helped them pass yet again and take a big step toward the regular-season conference title.
It's the little things that are keeping Santa Clara winless in the West Coast Conference this season.
Rob Jones had 25 points and 12 rebounds, Matthew Dellavedova added 16 points and 10 assists, and No. 16 Saint Mary's rebounded from a loss at Gonzaga with an 82-67 victory over cross-bay rival Santa Clara on Saturday...
Austin Peay got on the board first against Murray State on Saturday night. It was all downhill from there for the Governors.
The Vanderbilt Commodores have the nation's top 3-point shooter and the Southeastern Conference's top two scorers in league play. All that offensive firepower disappeared in the final four minutes with a chance to...
Harvard coach Tommy Amaker is more worried about the Ivy League standings than the national rankings.
The Big Ten's best shooting team over the first 11 conference games was far from its best on Saturday.
Ian Hummer had 20 points and Princeton beat No. 25 Harvard 70-62 on Saturday night, handing the Crimson their first Ivy League loss of the season.
Three losses in eight days have Creighton on the verge of a total collapse.
This time, Scoop Jardine was ready when Syracuse was tested by a heated rival.
Adreian Payne scored 15 points, Draymond Green had 12 and defense-minded No. 11 Michigan State beat No. 3 Ohio State 58-48 Saturday night, ending the Buckeyes' 39-game home winning streak.
Florida coach Billy Donovan saw this coming.
Brittney Griner scored right away and top-ranked Baylor was quickly on the way to avenging its last loss, beating No. 15 Texas A&M 71-48 Saturday night in their first meeting since last year's NCAA tournament.
UNLV shot inconsistently, blew a 13-point lead late in the second half and went more than four minutes without scoring a point.
What a difference one season makes.
Joe Ragland scored 24 points, Ben Smith matched his career high with 22 and Wichita State moved a step closer to the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship on Saturday with an 89-68 victory over No. 17...
Katelan Redmon scored 18 points, Kayla Standish recorded her third consecutive double-double and No. 19 Gonzaga bounced back from its worst conference loss in a decade to beat San Francisco 79-59 on Saturday.
After watching his team throw away an early lead in a flurry of turnovers and transition baskets, Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin didn't hold much back.
Nothing was going to stop No. 7 Kansas in the first half, not even 5-foot-9 Keiton Page.
Trae Golden scored 17 points, Jeronne Maymon added 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Tennessee upset No. 8 Florida 75-70 Saturday, ending the Gators' home-winning streak at 19.
Miles Plumlee had 13 points and a career-high 22 rebounds, and No. 10 Duke pulled away to beat Maryland 73-55 on Saturday.
Country music star Trace Adkins' latest performance was for his college crush.
Jeff Withey and Thomas Robinson each logged impressive double-doubles for No. 7 Kansas, which wasted a big chunk of a 29-point second-half cushion before pulling away for an 81-66 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday.
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 23 points and third-ranked Connecticut got its 99th consecutive home victory, beating No. 14 Georgetown 80-38 on Saturday.
The shots weren't falling inside or out for Miami, and the Hurricanes' five-game winning streak ended as a result.
Julie Wojta had career highs of 30 points and 20 rebounds as No. 9 Wisconsin Green Bay bounced back from its first loss of the season and beat Wright State 64-59 on Saturday.
Darius Johnson-Odom and Jae Crowder scored 23 points each, helping No. 18 Marquette beat Cincinnati 95-78 on Saturday.
For Virginia coach Tony Bennett, the message after falling at North Carolina was simple: rebound better.
Becky Burke made eight of Louisville's school-record 18 3s and scored a career-high 28 points as the No. 20 Cardinals beat Syracuse 89-62 Saturday.
Megan Van Tatenhove scored on a spinning jumper in the lane with 23 seconds left to give No. 25 St. Bonaventure a 56-55 win over Dayton on Saturday.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 20 points, including a crucial 3-pointer late in overtime, and Georgia beat No. 20 Mississippi State 70-68 on Saturday.
Rick Pitino's deep bench is paying off in the rugged Big East. With heralded freshman Wayne Blackshear back in the mix, No. 24 Louisville is riding a six-game winning streak.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 20 points, including a crucial 3-pointer late in overtime, and Georgia beat No. 20 Mississippi State 70-68 on Saturday.
Bernard James scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half and No. 15 Florida State snapped Miami's five-game winning streak with a 64-59 victory on Saturday.
There were no late-game thrills for Zack Rosen and Tyler Bernardini, and Penn is running out of hope for an Ivy League title.
Salacious claims about the wife of an assistant Syracuse University basketball coach who was fired after claims that he molested boys have no bearing in a slander lawsuit two of the men brought against the team's head...
Steve Prohm had never lost a game as a head coach. He doesn't think much of what his first loss will do for his sleeping habits.
For the first 30 minutes of Thursday night's game, Gonzaga and No. 16 Saint Mary's fought basket-for-basket in a showdown of the West Coast Conference leaders.
Kim Parker had 16 points and BYU scored 20 straight in the second half to rout No. 19 Gonzaga 70-40 on Thursday night, handing the Bulldogs their worst conference loss in a decade.
At this stage, Michael Cooper is working to position Southern California in the best possible spot for the Pac-12 tournament.
Leading Illinois by one with less 16 seconds left in the game, Ohio State head coach Jim Foster stressed one simple message to his players: don't get beaten off the dribble.
Kim Parker had 16 points and BYU scored 20 straight in the second half to rout No. 19 Gonzaga 70-40 on Thursday night, handing the Bulldogs their worst conference loss in a decade.
Tiffany Clarke scored 23 points, and the Vanderbilt Commodores upset No. 11 Tennessee 93-79 on Thursday night for their fifth straight win overall and a very rare victory over their in-state rival.
Kim Parker had 16 points and BYU scored 20 straight in the second half to rout No. 19 Gonzaga 70-40 on Thursday night.
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