On January 25, 1988, Pittsburgh forward Jerome Lane threw down one of the college basketball’s most unforgettable dunks. After receiving a pass on the break from point guard Sean Miller, Lane took flight, dunking over Providence guard Carlton [...]

The UCLA compliance department is taking a look at the Gucci-brand backpack that freshman Shabazz Muhammad wore during postgame interviews, following the Bruins’ win over No. 6 Arizona on Thursday. ESPNLosAngeles.com was the first to report [...]

Who’s Getting Upset?: Oklahoma at No. 3 Kansas (4:00 p.m. ET, ESPN) I think that Oklahoma has a chance to knock off Kansas in Phog Allen this weekend. If you remember earlier this season, Iowa State nearly beat Kansas before getting bailed [...]

Someone wants to be relevant in the Triangle, right?: North Carolina heads to Raleigh to take on No. 18 NC State on Saturday (7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN) in a game that features two of the bigger disappointments in the ACC this season. And, frankly, [...]

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Trey Zeigler thought he had it all figured out. On paper, it looked so obvious. When the former Central Michigan guard transferred to Pitt over the summer and was granted a waiver by the NCAA that allowed him to play [...]

(Eds: Updates.) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The banners hanging from Hinkle Fieldhouse’s dusty rafters are a constant reminder of achievement at Butler. More national championship game appearances than any school in America over the last [...]

College basketball has a different feel this season than it has in year’s past. Why? Because it’s not dominated by freshmen. There is no Anthony Davis or Kyrie Irving this season. The teams that are built around a recruiting class — Kentucky [...]

Game of the Weekend: No. 13 Michigan State at No. 7 Indiana (Sun. 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS) It hasn’t been pretty for the Spartans, but after almost a month of Big Ten play, Tom Izzo’s team is sitting all alone in first place in the league standings [...]

(Eds: APNewsNow. With AP Photos.) LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Mario Chalmers remembers the first time he gazed up to the rafters in Allen Fieldhouse and read the names on the jerseys hanging above one end. Wilt Chamberlain. Paul Pierce. Clyde [...]

Ole Miss was ice cold for the first 20 minutes. Heading into halftime, the Rebel Black Bears were down 25-18 to Tennessee and were shooting — get this — 4-24 from the field. That’s a crisp 16.7%. Marshall Henderson? Leading scorer in the [...]

No. 19 VCU had this game won. After struggling to gain control against a fired up and feisty Richmond team for the first 35 minutes of the game, the Rams had all but sealed up a win over their intra-city rival. There were 43 seconds left, and [...]

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Kelly Olynyk was nearly perfect for No. 10 Gonzaga against BYU on Thursday night. Olynyk scored 26 points on 9-for-9 shooting from the field and 8-for-8 on free throws, and had nine rebounds and five assists as Gonzaga [...]

Shabazz Muhammad went for 23 points and Jordan Adams added 15 as UCLA went into the McKale Center and knocked off No. 6 Arizona 84-73 on Thursday night. It was as impressive of a performance as we’ve seen out of this Bruin program since Ben [...]

With No. 1 Duke going down in emphatic fashion on Wednesday night the door has once again opened in regards to debating who should sit atop the polls next week. One team in the discussion is No. 2 Michigan, but with Purdue hitting seven three-pointers [...]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – There are some coaches in college basketball who always seem composed. They may be churning below the surface, but outwardly they’re calm, keeping everything bottled up until a player makes an errant pass or [...]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Butler shooting guard Rotnei Clarke has returned to practice and could play Saturday against Temple. The ninth-ranked Bulldogs have been without their leading scorer since he sustained a severely sprained neck after [...]

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – Basketball fans in the Bluegrass State have had the wind knocked out of them with both Louisville and Kentucky being punched in the gut this week. The fifth-ranked Cardinals (16-3, 4-2) have lost back-to-back games [...]

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) – A burly man with a big grin hollered in support of the Miami Hurricanes, his voice standing out even amid the crowd’s clamor. “I heard somebody scream my name when I was shooting a free throw,” [...]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Kendall Anthony scored 21 of his 26 points after halftime and Darien Brothers hit two huge 3-pointers Thursday night as Richmond ended No. 19 VCU’s 13-game winning streak, 86-74 in overtime. Brothers had 18 points [...]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – Tim Hardaway Jr. can’t help but notice Michigan’s place in the latest national ranking. With a win this weekend, the Wolverines could take over the No. 1 spot in the AP poll for the first time since [...]

No. 1 Duke lost tonight at No. 25 Miami. That much isn’t a surprise. Miami got Reggie Johnson back tonight, and Duke is still playing without Ryan Kelly. The Hurricanes are the second best team in the ACC. They probably should be beating a [...]

College basketball has a different feel this season than it has in year’s past. Why? Because it’s not dominated by freshmen. There is no Anthony Davis or Kyrie Irving this season. The teams that are built around a recruiting class — Kentucky [...]

Wednesday night is the night of the court stormers, but the fans at Northwestern, even after watching their team beat No. 12 Minnesota, 55-48, remained in the stands to take in the victory. Court storm or not, it marks another solid Big Ten [...]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – No. 15 New Mexico let almost all of a 22-point lead slip away until Tony Snell scored four points over the closing minutes to help the Lobos preserve a 66-61 victory over Colorado State on Wednesday night. The [...]

Wednesday night is the night of the court stormers, but the fans at Northwestern, even after watching their team beat No. 12 Minnesota, 55-48, remained in the stands to take in the victory. Court storm or not, it marks another solid Big Ten [...]

Miami center Reggie Johnson entered Wednesday’s game against No. 1 Duke at the 14:17 mark of the first half to a crowd chanting his name. His unexpected return to the Hurricanes’ lineup after missing eight games with a broken thumb might [...]

No. 1 Duke lost tonight at No. 25 Miami. That much isn’t a surprise. Miami got Reggie Johnson back tonight, and Duke is still playing without Ryan Kelly. The Hurricanes are the second best team in the ACC. They probably should be beating a [...]

Former Providence forward James Still has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with four to serve after being found guilty of assaulting a fellow student in 2010, leaving the victim with 16 facial fractures and a permanently altered appearance, [...]

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) – Jerrold Brooks netted 20 points as Southern Mississippi rolled over Marshall 102-46 for its largest ever Conference USA win Wednesday night. The Golden Eagles (16-4, 5-0) also had their largest offensive output [...]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) – Reggie Bullock scored 17 points and North Carolina beat Georgia Tech 79-63 on Wednesday night for its third straight win. P.J. Hairston had 15 points and James Michael McAdoo added 14 for the Tar Heels (13-5, 3-2 [...]