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Chuck Driesell's first season as head coach, and the 100th in the history of The Citadel Basketball program, will feature seven games against teams that reached the postseason tournament play according to the 2010-11 Basketball schedule released by the Athletics Department on Wednesday. More>>
Gamecocks will visit Michigan State, Ohio State, and will host Clemson, Wofford, and Boston College More>>
Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke fondly remembers his childhood days, when he looked forward to Indiana's basketball powers coming together during the holiday season. More>>
The athletic director at Connecticut, which faces allegations of NCAA violations in its men's basketball program, has been picked to chair the NCAA Division I men's basketball committee. More>>
The president of the University of Oklahoma said Wednesday that his school and Texas A&M both received invitations to join the Southeastern Conference during the last round of conference realignment. More>>
Cougars beat Terrapins in 1997 NCAA Tournament More>>
A former West Virginia high school basketball standout has transferred to Furman. More>>
College of Charleston has hired Jeff McCarragher as its director of broadcasting for the Cougar Radio Network. More>>
The Southern Conference basketball tournament is heading back to Asheville. More>>
Former Wofford standout Shane Nichols has joined the team as an assistant basketball coach. More>>
NCAA tournament teams Wofford and Georgetown are part of next fall's Charleston Classic. More>>
Chuck Driesell, who took over the reins of The Citadel basketball program in late April, has announced the hiring of three assistant coaches for the 2010-11 season. More>>
Former Ole Miss forward Murphy Holloway says he'll join South Carolina. More>>
Attorneys for Texas Tech asked a judge Friday to essentially throw out a lawsuit by former football coach Mike Leach, saying it has legal immunity under state law. More>>
John Calipari is reassuring Kentucky basketball fans that he plans to coach the Wildcats next year, despite speculation he is being pursued by the NBA. More>>
College basketball fans are still flocking to men's games by the millions. More>>
New Creighton coach Greg McDermott has kicked guard P'Allen Stinnett (pea-allen) off the team. More>>
South Carolina has promoted women's basketball assistant coach Lisa Boyer to associate head coach. More>>
Coker College has hired Jenny Finora as its women's basketball coach. More>>
A Winthrop walk-on basketball player has been arrested after police say they saw him throw a bag of marijuana out of a window during a search. More>>
Ann Hancock won't be back as UNC Wilmington's women's basketball coach. More>>
Mike Krzyzewski and his Duke team have been congratulated for their latest national title by an unexpected person: Jerry West. More>>
Lebo has hired Tim Craft, Ken Potosnak and Kyle Robinson. Craft and Robinson will join retained coach Michael Perry as assistant coaches, while Robinson will serve as director of basketball operations. More>>
DePaul coach Oliver Purnell has completed his coaching staff, bringing in three current assistants who worked with him at Clemson and retaining three others from the previous DePaul staff. More>>
Siena senior guard Ronald Moore, who helped lead the Saints to the NCAA Tournament the past three seasons, has been charged with drunken driving after being pulled over near campus. More>>
Georgetown center Greg Monroe is heading to the NBA, planning to hire an agent and skip his last two seasons of college eligibility. More>>
Former South Carolina star Kelsey Bone has decided to transfer to Texas A&M. More>>
Andre Dawkins could be preparing for the prom. More>>
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The women's Final Four will have a familiar look with three of last season's semifinalists returning, including defending national champion Connecticut. More>>
Tim Welsh was hired as men's basketball coach at Hofstra on Wednesday. More>>
George Mason coach Jim Larranaga (lah-rah-NAY-guh) has signed a contract extension through the 2015-16 season. More>>
Oklahoma withstood early adversity, composed itself and took control with balance, hustle and its trademark toughness. More>>
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer How much difference is there between a good season and a great one? Try 12 points. More>>
Michigan State star Kalin Lucas will miss the rest of the NCAA tournament after an MRI has confirmed he ruptured his left Achilles' tendon. More>>
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer The NCAA tournament's regional semifinals are set after a thrilling and exhausting first two rounds, which filled wastepaper baskets with battered brackets and left coaches... More>>
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Not so long ago, having Butler and Xavier among the last 16 teams in the NCAA tournament would have spawned feel-good stories about the plucky mid-major conferences and the... More>>
Better luck picking next year, Mr. President. More>>
Turns out the turkey sandwiches bothered Ohio State a lot more than St. Francis did. More>>
Chris Kramer ignored his coach's final play call and demanded the ball with Purdue's season on the line. More>>
Dunking on LeBron James made him a sensation on YouTube. More>>
When Brian Zoubek is calling for the ball and scoring at will, you know things are going really well for Duke. More>>
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Who needs Robbie Hummel? More>>
Cleveland State's Kailey Klein couldn't escape Notre Dame's Ashley Barlow too often in the second half. More>>
Turns out Da'Sean Butler's familiarity with pressure trumped whatever defense Missouri could muster against West Virginia and their star player. More>>
Confident, relaxed and definitely on their game. More>>
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Gonzaga is up early on Florida State, which should put coach Mark Few at ease. His team went 0-2 against teams from the ACC during the regular season, losing to Wake Forest... More>>
The defining characteristic of Kansas' 2008 national championship team was its killer instinct, the joy it took in stepping on an opponent and never letting it up. Those Jayhawks were hope crushers. More>>
Slow and plodding early, fast and frantic late. No matter the tempo, Wisconsin stayed poised against pesky Wofford. More>>
"The Fastest 40 Minutes in Basketball" is still humming. More>>
Jermaine Dixon and Gilbert Brown scored 17 points apiece and Pittsburgh avoided becoming the latest Big East powerhouse to get knocked off in the first round of the NCAA tournament, overcoming a slow start to rout Oakland... More>>
Forgotten amid all that angst over Purdue's NCAA tournament chances without Robbie Hummel: The Boilermakers still have Keaton Grant. More>>
Tubby Smith dismissed a report that he is close to taking over at Auburn, calling it "just talk." More>>
West Virginia overcame a miserable shooting start to avoid another Big East flameout in the NCAA tournament. More>>
Jordan Crawford made a strong return to the NCAA tournament. More>>
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer The Gophers have gone the last 5 minutes without a field goal since Ralph Sampson's reverse hook at 16:43. And in case you were wondering, yes, it's that Ralph Sampson. His... More>>
Twenty-one years ago, Georgetown pulled into Providence as the top seed and nearly exited as a victim of the biggest upset in NCAA tournament history. More>>
From No. 1 to one and done: Ishmael Smith's last shot meant one more collapse for Texas. More>>
After all of Darington Hobson's big talk about a deep NCAA tournament run for New Mexico, Montana nearly shut up the Lobos right away. More>>
The Big East was a big letdown for President Barack Obama. More>>
Who knew that all this time Ohio used the regular season as a warm-up act? More>>
When Quincy Pondexter grabbed an offensive rebound with 34 seconds left in a tie game, Washington coach Lorenzo Romar twice considered calling a timeout to set up a final play. More>>
For a while, it appeared Lehigh was going to take down the biggest Goliath of them all. More>>
With the final seconds ticking away and Northern Iowa without a timeout, the chance to break an NCAA tournament funk came down to a bit of improvisation. More>>
Melvin Goins made his fourth 3-pointer with 19 seconds left after San Diego State cut the deficit to one point, and Tennessee held off the Aztecs 62-59 on Thursday night to advance to the second round of the NCAA... More>>
To call this one a yawner would be understating things. More>>
The Big East was a Big Bust on the first day of the NCAA tournament. More>>
Derrick Roland spent Christmas Eve in a hospital bed in Seattle. IVs were in his arms. Blood oozed from scars on a right leg full of metal, the result of surgery hours after his leg shattered during a game at Washington. More>>
It's not often an ACC school like Florida State gets mid-major envy. Then again, Gonzaga's basketball program has developed the kind of reputation that makes most schools blush. More>>
For Pittsburgh, making this year's NCAA tournament - as a No. 3 seed, no less - after losing four starters from last year's team was widely seen as an act of overachievement. More>>
California and Louisville are shuffling their starting lineups for their first-round matchup in the NCAA tournament. More>>
By JIM LITKE AP Sports Columnist Some six years after the NCAA warned members to get serious about graduating student-athletes or lose scholarships and face a postseason ban, here's the list of Division I... More>>
He returned from a back injury to become perhaps the nation's best player, and his late-game long shot to beat Michigan in the Big Ten tournament has been played over and over on TV sports highlight shows. More>>
When Jimmer Fredette planted a seed with Florida's Chandler Parsons before their NCAA tournament game, he couldn't have known it would sound prophetic. More>>
On an opening day of upsets and close calls in the NCAA tournament, Kansas State got an early scare. More>>
Scottie Reynolds learned a lesson starting the game on the bench. More>>
Ekpe Udoh did everything Baylor needed to stave off upset-minded Sam Houston State and end a 60-year drought in the NCAA tournament. More>>
As Carleton Scott's 3-pointer sailed toward the hoop and rattled around the rim, Old Dominion's Keyon Carter was already bracing for the possibility of a tie game. More>>
Murray State coach Billy Kennedy went with his gut and drew up a play his team had never run before, with Isacc Miles the go-to guy at the end. More>>
Richmond was on the wrong side of an NCAA tournament upset this time, and Saint Mary's is moving on for the first time in more than 50 years. More>>
Florida redshirt freshman defensive tackle Gary Brown is accused of misdemeanor battery in a dispute at a party near Gainesville. More>>
JaJuan Johnson had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 6 Purdue beat Iowa 63-40 on Saturday for its seventh straight win. More>>
A.J. Rompza scored 17 points and Central Florida used a 23-7 run in the final 9:42 as the Knights defeated Tulane 61-54 on Saturday. More>>
Ekpe Udoh's tip-in with 1.3 seconds remaining capped a wild finish Saturday and gave No. 24 Baylor a 64-62 victory over Missouri. More>>
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Rutgers suspended Hall of Fame women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer on Tuesday for one game for misusing practice players. More>>
Shenneika Smith scored 21 points to lead a balanced St. John's offense and the No. 25 Red Storm forced 31 turnovers to beat Louisville 91-56 on Wednesday. More>>
Eighty-two miles and a sea of orange. That's what former Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson remembers on the way to Oklahoma State. More>>
E'Twaun Moore scored a season-high 25 points and JaJuan Johnson added 19, lifting No. 6 Purdue to a 76-64 victory over No. 10 Michigan State on Tuesday night. More>>
John Wall had 22 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double, and fellow freshman DeMarcus Cousins got his seventh in a row, as No. 3 Kentucky outmuscled Alabama 66-55 on Tuesday night. More>>
Cam Long had 19 points as George Mason erased a 15-point second half deficit and ended a two-game losing streak with an 82-77 overtime win over Virginia Commonwealth on Tuesday night. More>>
Now that he's locked up the top-rated recruiting class in the country, Urban Meyer will finally take that break he's been talking about. More>>
Devin Sweetney scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead St. Francis (Pa.) in a 64-52 win over Hartford on Saturday. More>>
Herb Pope finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead Seton Hall to a 93-53 win over New Jersey Institute of Technology on Monday night. More>>
Corey Hassan and Ryan Litke scored 19 points apiece to lead Sacred Heart to a 60-55 win over Columbia on Monday night. More>>
Syracuse was so impressive in the 2K Sports Classic that it made one of the best entrances ever into The Associated Press' college basketball poll. More>>
Junior Jay Couisnard led Missouri-Kansas City with 17 points in leading the Kangaroos to an 80-33 season-opening victory over Truman State Saturday night. More>>
Freshman Noel Johnson had four of No. 24 Clemson's 14 3-pointers in a season-opening 84-41 victory over Presbyterian on Friday night. More>>
The University of Arkansas suspended five players Tuesday, including three athletes identified in a rape complaint that did not result in charges, for violating unspecified team rules. More>>
Jim Boeheim became the eighth Division I coach to reach 800 wins with the latest milestone a 75-43 victory over Albany on Monday night in the 2K Sports Classic. More>>
Jerome Dyson scored 32 points in his season debut, and No. 12 Connecticut breezed to an 88-50 exhibition victory over UMass Lowell on Sunday. More>>
Associated Press - August 24, 2009 12:45 PM ET CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Charleston Southern has a new men's basketball assistant in former South Carolina State captain Will Jones. More>>
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