There are a million reasons to love the Florida Gulf Coast basketball story, of course. The Eagles are the first 15-seed ever to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. That, all alone, is awesome enough. But on their way to history, the [...]

We’ve really come to expect this from Baylor phenom Britney Griner. But every time we see it, it still should impress you. The senior all-everything center for the Bears finished with 33 points and 22 rebounds — and was pulled with 6:06 [...]

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) – Jeff Bzdelik will be back for a fourth season as Wake Forest’s basketball coach, athletic director Ron Wellman said Tuesday. In an interview with The Associated Press, Wellman re-affirmed his support for [...]

To follow along with the 2013 Coaching Carousel, click here. It appears that Memphis coach Josh Pastner will not fill either of the job vacancies at USC or UCLA, as the 35-year-old coach has reportedly agreed in principle a contract extension [...]

To follow along with the 2013 Coaching Carousel, click here. The Hurley coaching tree is branching out. Looks like Rhode Island assistant and college basketball legend Bobby Hurley is headed to take over the program at Buffalo. The news was [...]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana athletic director Fred Glass must be ready for the game each time he goes out. The minute he’s recognized at the supermarket or the barbershop, he knows he’ll be doing an impromptu news conference. [...]

Multiple reports are surfacing that Miami forward Reggie Johnson will not play and will not make the trip to Washington D.C. for the Hurricanes Sweet 16 match-up against Marquette due to an apparent “lower extremity” injury. Johnson suffered [...]

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) – Wake Forest athletic director Ron Wellman says basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik will be back for a fourth season. In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Wellman re-affirmed his support for Bzdelik [...]

Ronald Martinez / Getty Images If a coach gets fired because he isn’t a people person, maybe the real problem is the people. Ben Howland was axed as head basketball coach at UCLA on Sunday, primarily because he wasn’t deemed enough of a [...]

(Eds: With AP Photos.) AP Sports Columnist The guys from Dunk City had quite a celebration after putting on the show of the NCAA tournament and sending fans around the nation to their iPads in search of Florida Gulf Coast University. It was [...]

Every tournament needs a Cinderella. It’s one of the great recurring subplots that March madness supplies and it usually helps shape the tournament’s identity. No. 15-seed Florida Gulf Coast is in the midst of what could be the greatest [...]

To follow along with the 2013 Coaching Carousel, click here. Tubby Smith has been officially fired by Minnesota. The university announced that Smith, who has been at the school since the 2007-08 season, has been relieved of his duties as head [...]

This year’s NCAA tournament is madder than ever before. Mostly. Florida Gulf Coast (15) and La Salle (13) made the 2013 event the first to have two teams seeded 13 or lower reach the Sweet 16, but that’s not all. Adding Oregon (12) and Wichita [...]

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) – George Mason is paying an exit fee of $1 million to leave the Colonial Athletic Association for the Atlantic 10. The financial details of George Mason’s move were revealed Monday by the CAA, which is losing one [...]

To follow along with the 2013 Coaching Carousel, click here. According to a report from Jeff Goodman of CBSSports.com, Tubby Smith has been fired after six years as the head coach at Minnesota. Smith had a record of 124-81 overall at Minnesota, [...]

Every tournament needs a Cinderella. It’s one of the great recurring subplots that March madness supplies and it usually helps shape the tournament’s identity. No. 15-seed Florida Gulf Coast is in the midst of what could be the greatest [...]

If you think it feels like there are 25 different college basketball Player of the Year awards, you’re not that far off. There are six. That doesn’t take into count the countless awards offered up by every .com out there. (For the record, [...]

Below are the dates, times, channels and announcer assignments for Sweet 16 games to be played on Thursday and Friday. Thursday, March 28 East Region (Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.)Announcers: Verne Lundquist, Bill Raftery and Rachel Nichols 7:15 [...]

To follow along with the 2013 Coaching Carousel, click here. (UPDATE: As of Sunday night, it’s now official. Ben Howland has been fired by UCLA.) According to multiple reports, Ben Howland has been notified that he is going to be fired as [...]

Aside from perhaps Michigan point guard Trey Burke, Miami’s Shane Larkin has proven himself to be the biggest breakout star at that position this season. Sunday night with his team’s postseason fate on the line, Larkin took a fearless step-back [...]

The “Southwest Philly floater” sends La Salle to the Sweet 16. Tyrone Garland’s shot (and yes, he did name it on TV following the game) with 2.5 seconds remaining proved to be the difference in the Explorers’ 76-74 victory over West [...]

As they proved in a 66-50 win on Sunday night, No. 2 seed Duke turned out to just be a horrific matchup for No. 7 seed Creighton to draw in the round of 32. Because the Blue Devils aren’t a great defensive team. They were 29th nationally, [...]

After a relatively boring start to the NCAA tournament, Sunday provided us with enough fireworks. We’ve got a No. 15 seed in the Sweet 16 for the first time ever. They are joined there by a No. 13 seed, a No. 12 seed and a No. 9 seed. We’re [...]

Florida Gulf Coast made history Sunday night by beating San Diego State and becoming the first No. 15 seed in NCAA tournament history to make the Sweet 16. With how confident, explosive, and dominating they have been in two double-digit wins [...]

The Boston-area home of Syracuse guard Michael Carter-Williams was destroyed by fire as the sophomore and his team beat California Saturday night in San Jose, Calif., in the Round of 32 of the NCAA tournament, multiple outlets are reporting. The [...]

George Mason and the Atlantic 10 sent out simultaneous and cryptic releases on Sunday night, with both scheduling a press conference for a “major announcement” by both the conference and the school. It didn’t take a genius to do the math, [...]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – UCLA fired Ben Howland on Sunday night after 10 seasons as Bruins coach that included three Final Four appearances, but culminated with another early-round exit from the NCAA tournament. Athletic director Dan Guerrero [...]

Aaron Craft missed a jump shot with 29 seconds remaining and the game tied at 75-75 Sunday in Dayton against Iowa State. The ball then slipped out of bounds off of the Cyclones, giving Ohio State one more shot. And all Craft needed was another [...]

The “Southwest Philly floater” sends La Salle to the Sweet 16. Tyrone Garland’s shot (and yes, he did name it on TV following the game) with 2.5 seconds remaining proved to be the difference in the Explorers’ 76-74 victory over West [...]