BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) – California coach Mike Montgomery has been reprimanded by the Pac-12 for shoving one of his own players in the chest during a game. Commissioner Larry Scott said Monday coaches are expected to conduct themselves [...]

Offensively the game between No. 3 Miami and Clemson was not one that the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will request a recording of anytime soon. But all that matters is the result, and with the 45-43 victory the Hurricanes move [...]

Game of the Day: James Madison 72, Delaware 71  The Blue Hens entered Sunday’s game against JMU with a chance to pull within a game of first-place Northeastern (in the loss column) in the CAA, but a lob from Devon Moore to Andre Nation with [...]

Did you have a good weekend? I was in College Park, Md. on Saturday night. I went for the basketball and stayed for the riots. Ready for another crazy week of college hoops? Let’s hit the links. Monday’s Top games: 7:00 p.m. – No. 21 [...]

Indiana has held on to the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press’ Top 25 for the third straight week. The Hoosiers received 43 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday. Miami had 20 No. 1 votes and moved up one spot [...]

Team of the Week: Maryland Terrapins Maryland may as well have been playing a tournament game on Saturday when they hosted No. 2 Duke. After putting together a non-conference schedule that featured Kentucky and … well … nothing else, the [...]

League standings have nothing to do with NCAA tournament seeding: I spent 16 hours over the course of two days last week locked in a room with 19 other writers as we traversed our way through the NCAA tournament selection process. And one thing [...]

“You are what your record says you are.” – Bill Parcells While the words of one of the football’s greatest coaches are true, they can sometimes mask the steps a struggling programs has taken towards at the very least being more competitive. [...]

There are two key ways to beat Ohio State: 1) Force Deshaun Thomas to be the lone offensive option and dare some other Buckeye to beat you. 2) Keep up the offensive pressure and make shots, which stops Ohio State from turning defense into offense. [...]

Offensively the game between No. 3 Miami and Clemson was one that the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will request a recording of anytime soon. But all that matters is the result, and with the 45-43 victory the Hurricanes move to 12-0 [...]

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – With just six games left in the regular season for the Maryland Terrapins, the opportunities to impress the selection committee were running out. But the Terrapins made the most of their last opportunity against a ranked [...]

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – Duke guard Chelsea Gray left the fifth-ranked Blue Devils’ game against Wake Forest early on Sunday with an apparent knee injury. Gray screamed and grabbed her right knee as she collapsed to the court with 8:07 [...]

Brittney Griner vividly remembers her last trip to Connecticut in two simple words: free throws. As a sophomore, Griner had a miserable time at the line, missing eight foul shots – including a few key ones down the stretch – in Baylor’s [...]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Chiney Ogwumike scored 26 points to help No. 4 Stanford beat 15th-ranked UCLA 68-57 on Sunday for the Cardinal’s 15th straight win over the Bruins. Ogwumike has played well against ranked teams this season averaging [...]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Rick Pitino spoke, and Russ Smith listened. Inspired by a morning conversation with his coach, Smith scored 15 points and No. 12 Louisville stayed within a game of first place in the Big East by shutting down South Florida [...]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – Glen Robinson III bounced back from one of his worst games to help No. 4 Michigan respond to an embarrassing loss with a much-needed win. Robinson matched a career high with 21 points and Trey Burke scored a season-high [...]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Mark Lyons scored 18 points, freshman Brandon Ashley added 10 in a reserve role and No. 9 Arizona defeated Utah 68-64 on Sunday to snap a two-game skid. Arizona led by as many as 13 early in the second half only to [...]

In the nation’s toughest conference, Iowa has lost a handful of disappointing games in the final minutes, games that, had they been wins, would have made for an impressive league record. That includes being within one point in the final six [...]

There are two key ways to beat Ohio State: 1) Force Deshaun Thomas to be the lone offensive option and dare some other Buckeye to beat you. 2) Keep up the offensive pressure and make shots, which stops Ohio State from turning defense into offense. [...]

The game started with John Calipari trying to make a statement, as Jarrod Polson started at the point over Ryan Harrow. But that didn’t make much of a difference for the Wildcats, as Kentucky found themselves down 33-12 just 11 minutes into [...]

Arizona State had fallen off the bubble when they lost at Utah on Saturday, their third loss in the last four games. Their RPI was in the 70′s. It was their second loss of the season to a team with an RPI above 150. The Sun Devils needed to [...]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – The road hasn’t been the best of places for No. 6 Syracuse and the chances of another detour loomed against struggling Seton Hall until senior guard Brandon Triche took over. Triche scored a career-high 29 points [...]

If you only look at the final score of No. 18 Marquette’s 79-69 win over No. 16 Pitt on Saturday afternoon, you probably wouldn’t be that impressed with the outcome. The No. 18 team in the country is supposed to be their Big East brethren [...]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – America’s No. 1 team finally came out a winner twice this week. Indiana’s reward: It can stop worrying about votes and start focusing on the Big Ten title chase. Will Sheehey scored a career-high 22 [...]

For Big 12 fans, this is one of those days that plays out perfectly. Three teams are wrangling for the league lead, and all three play on the same day, evenly spaced so that nobody has to miss a minute of each crucial televised game. Oklahoma [...]

There was no glossing over the fact that Kentucky was going to have difficulties adjusting to the lack of star freshman Nerlens Noel in the middle of its defense. That being said, Saturday was ugly for the Wildcats, even with expectations being [...]

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – With just six games left in the regular season for the Maryland Terrapins, the opportunities to impress the selection committee were running out. But the Terrapins made the most of their last opportunity against a ranked [...]

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – Mike Rosario, Kenny Boynton and No. 7 Florida were brutally efficient. The Gators made the extra passes, hit a season-high 15 3-pointers and pretty much confounded Auburn’s shooters in a systematic 83-52 rout [...]

There was no glossing over the fact that Kentucky was going to have difficulties adjusting to the lack of star freshman Nerlens Noel in the middle of its defense. That being said, Saturday was ugly for the Wildcats, even with expectations being [...]

A week after visiting Texas and just weeks before a potential return to the floor, one of the nation’s top recruits Julius Randle (Prestonwood Christian/Plano, Texas) will take an official visit to Kansas this weekend. The Jayhawks are in [...]