During much of the non-conference portion of their schedule, No. 23 Illinois had it rolling from beyond the arc. That success from the perimeter led some to believe that maybe John Groce’s team could compete for a spot in the top half of the [...]

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Alex Len finished with 10 points and six boards, tipping in an errant Pe’Shon Howard shot with just 0.9 seconds left on the clock as the Terps knocked off No. 14 NC State at the Comcast Center, 51-50. Maryland had twice [...]

The matchup of two teams looking to rebound from losses last weekend nearly turned into a laugher, as No. 5 Michigan led by as many as 19 points during the second half. But No. 9 Minnesota fought back as they did at Indiana last Saturday, cutting [...]

Tony Snell scored 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting to lead No. 19 New Mexico to a gritty road win over Boise State, 79-74, Wednesday night at Taco Bell Arena in Boise, Idaho. Leon Rice’s Broncos led by as many as six points with 8:32 remaining [...]

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Anthony Marshall scored a season-high 20 points, and Justin Hawkins and Khem Birch scored off rebounds on consecutive possessions in the final 1:18 to help UNLV upset No. 15 San Diego State 82-75 on Wednesday night. Bryce [...]

(Eds: Updates with quotes and details. With AP Photos.) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Tubby Smith drew some criticism in his first five seasons in Minnesota for a substitution pattern that often looked more like a hockey philosophy. He would run [...]

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Alex Len finished with 10 points and six boards, tipping in an errant Pe’Shon Howard shot with just 0.9 seconds left on the clock as the Terps knocked off No. 14 NC State at the Comcast Center, 51-50. Maryland had twice [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Georgetown forward Greg Whittington has been declared academically ineligible. “Greg will not participate in competition until further notice,” Georgetown coach John Thompson III said in a statement. Whittington [...]

At 73, wily broadcaster Brent Musburger appears to have become a master of what in sports they call “extending the play.” He managed to make a college basketball blowout by home team Kansas over Baylor Monday night into a news story by seemingly [...]

North Carolina State may have upset top-ranked Duke over the weekend, but the real play of the game came after the victory when Wolfpack fans stormed the court. Wheelchair user Will Privette was one of the first students to rush the court, only [...]

When the soreness in Rotnei Clarke’s shoulders dissipates, Butler’s senior guard plans to carry the Bulldogs as far as he can. For now, all he can do is watch, wait and heal. The top scorer for the 14th-ranked Bulldogs said Tuesday [...]

(Eds: Adds details, quotes. With AP Photos.) Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Gonzaga forward Kelly Olynyk figured he wouldn’t get much playing time behind Robert Sacre and Elias Harris last season, so he redshirted. Good move. The [...]

And the streak continues. For the 11th consecutive time, Wisconsin has beaten Indiana, with Tuesday’s win coming as the unranked Badgers went into Assembly Hall and knocked off No. 2 Indiana, 64-59. All of a sudden, in the loaded Big Ten, [...]

NEW YORK (AP) – JaKarr Sampson scored 14 of his 17 points in the first half and St. John’s handed No. 20 Notre Dame its second straight loss, 67-63 at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. The Red Storm (10-7, 2-3 Big East), who [...]

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – There’s only one undefeated basketball team left in Division I – and it’s the Duke women. The fourth-ranked Blue Devils (15-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) are off to another hot start, winning their [...]

Game of the Day: Wisconsin at No. 2 Indiana (9:00 p.m. ET, ESPN) Want to hear one of the stranger stats in college hoops? Wisconsin has beaten Indiana the last ten times they played. Seriously. The Badgers also come in having won their last [...]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Louisville passed its first test as the No. 1 team in the country, beating Connecticut with a spirited second half. Next comes No. 6 Syracuse on Saturday after a 73-58 win Monday night. There are a bunch of other [...]

Healthy and hungry, the Louisville Cardinals are pushing toward the top position on the s-curve.  Duke retains that position for another week.  The Blue Devils’ overall body of work remains impressive, and Ryan Kelly’s foot injury is a [...]

We posed the question last night: Now that there are no more undefeated teams, who will be the No. 1 team in the country? On Monday, we got our answer: Louisville. The Cardinals got 36 of the 65 first-place votes, climbing to No. 1 in the polls [...]

No. 4 Kansas looked every bit like the No. 4 team in the country on Monday night. Their defense held Baylor to — get this — 23.2% shooting from the floor in a 61-44 win, getting 17 points and eight boards from star freshman Ben McLemore [...]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Louisville passed its first test as the No. 1 team in the country, beating Connecticut with a spirited second half. Next comes No. 6 Syracuse on Saturday after a 73-58 win Monday night. There are a bunch of other [...]

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Prosecutors have dismissed a sexual abuse charge against Iowa State basketball player Bubu Palo. Palo was suspended from the team in September after being charged with sexually abusing a woman he was driving home in May. The [...]

We posed the question last night: Now that there are no more undefeated teams, who will be the No. 1 team in the country? On Monday, we got our answer: Louisville. The Cardinals got 36 of the 65 first-place votes, climbing to No. 1 in the polls [...]

USC head coach Kevin O’Neill has been fired by the school, the school announced in a release on Monday morning. Longtime assistant Bon Cantu has been named the interim head coach. “I would like to thank Kevin O’Neill for his four years [...]

While Louisville handled its first three Big East foes with relative ease, the new No. 1 team in the nation could be in for a tough test Monday night. Hoping to open 4-0 in conference play for the first time in four seasons, the Cardinals visit [...]

Rick Pitino is guessing his Louisville Cardinals won’t be the last team to be No. 1 this season. The Cardinals took advantage of losses by Duke and Michigan to move up two spots to No. 1 on Monday in The Associated Press’ Top 25 [...]

Team of the Week: Ohio State The Buckeyes certainly weren’t concerned with the number of people questioning whether or not they deserved to be mentioned as a contender in the Big Ten, and they did just about all that they could to prove to [...]

When Trey Burke stepped up and hit a three-pointer on Michigan’s opening possession Sunday against Ohio State, it looked like the Wolverines were on the right track. Score early, score often, and get a win on the road. But things quickly went [...]

With four undefeated teams teams losing for the first time this week (Duke, Wyoming, Arizona, Michigan), there will be some shuffling at the top of the polls when they are released Monday. Who will be the new No. 1? We take a look at the top [...]

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) – Kenny Kadji scored 14 points as Miami defeated Maryland 54-47 Sunday night. Trey McKinney Jones finished with 12 points to help the Hurricanes (12-3, 3-0) open Atlantic Coast Conference play with three consecutive [...]