11:55 PM ET COLUMBUS — Coach Tobin Anderson said he and his Fairleigh Dickinson players will remember it all. “Everything. Everybody chanting ‘F-D-U.’ The place going crazy. The police escorts. Leaving the hotel with the band playing,” Anderson said. “Every part of this I’ll remember forever — and they will, too.” FDU’s magical NCAA tournament
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12:20 AM ET So … how’s your bracket? Yeah, we understand. The first two rounds have given us historic moments and thrilling wins. Remember when Furman beat Virginia on a 3-pointer in the final seconds on Thursday? We don’t either. Because since then, Fairleigh Dickinson and Princeton manufactured more consequential upsets that quickly stole Furman’s
10:07 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. — The nightmares might come a little less frequently now for Connecticut coach Dan Hurley, a level of relief for the Huskies head coach. He’d been close to this stage of the NCAA tournament before as a head coach – years ago at Rhode Island. He didn’t get there then,
10:38 PM ET Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y — Saint Mary’s senior forward Alex Ducas was knocked out of Gaels‘ second-round NCAA tournament game against UConn on Sunday with a first-half back injury. The Australian had to be helped off the court with 4:52 left in the half after going down away from the play. He
Sources: Pitino in serious discussions to be St. John’s coach Iona coach Rick Pitino, whose Gaels lost in the NCAA Tournament on Friday to UConn, met with St. John’s officials on Sunday, and the sides remain in serious discussions about him becoming the school’s next coach, sources told ESPN.
8:42 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — Only 10 seconds remained, but Joey Hauser stooped down before inbounding the ball a final time to tie his sneakers anyway. As he went from one shoe to the next, the chants of “Joey, Joey” came cascading down Nationwide Arena. Michigan State‘s senior forward saved one of the best
John Calipari says playing for UK ‘not for everybody’ because of expectations After a loss to Kansas State in the NCAA tournament, UK coach John Calipari suggested the immense expectations that followed his team throughout this season may have played a part in some of his stars’ struggles.
6:55 PM ET GREENSBORO, N.C. — For the second time in as many years, Kentucky is going home after the first weekend of the NCAA tournament, and the Wildcats have now gone four years since they last played in a Sweet 16. That’s a stretch of disappointment the fan base hasn’t endured since before John
Nowell, late 3s lift Kansas State past Kentucky in NCAAs — Markquis Nowell scored 23 of his 27 points after halftime, and Kansas State overcame a horrid start from outside by hitting a couple of clutch 3-pointers while topping Kentucky 75-69 in Sunday’s second round of the NCAA Tournament.
10:32 PM ET The 2023 NCAA men’s tournament has already been a bruising experience for top seeds. Kansas played without its head coach and was eliminated in the round of 32 by Arkansas and Eric Musselman (who promptly celebrated by taking off his shirt). Houston was down 10 at the half against Auburn (in Birmingham!)
11:34 PM ET SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Beginning with the Ivy League men’s basketball tournament last week, Princeton seniors Tosan Evbuomwan, Ryan Langborg and Keeshawn Kellman knew that each time they took the court, it could be their last game for the Tigers. On its face, there’s nothing unique about that dynamic. That’s how college sports
10:25 PM ET SACRAMENTO, Calif. — No. 15-seeded Princeton advanced to the Sweet 16 with 78-63 win against No. 7 Missouri on Saturday, becoming the second Ivy League team to do so since the men’s NCAA basketball tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. It is the third straight year a No. 15 has advanced
11:07 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Houston coach Kelvin Sampson didn’t sense panic in his players as they trailed Auburn by 10 points at halftime in the second round of the NCAA tournament. So he chose not to light into his team as it gathered in the locker room. “Sometimes it’s not always about fussin’
8:25 PM ET William E. Ricks The NCAA men’s basketball tournament continues to provide upsets, and this time it was the No. 8 seed Arkansas Razorbacks defeating the No. 1 seed Kansas Jayhawks. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Kansas is the second 1-seed to be ousted from the tournament, joining the Purdue Boilermakers, who lost to
7:49 PM ET DES MOINES, Iowa — Kansas‘ worst fears about the Jayhawks’ second-round NCAA tournament matchup with Arkansas came true. As a result, the Jayhawks are no longer around to defend last year’s title. Kansas, the top seed in the West, fell to the Razorbacks 72-71. Arkansas, the region’s eighth seed, will move on
7:15 PM ET ORLANDO — Tennessee is headed to the Sweet 16 because they love playing in the mud. That’s the Vols’ term for the tough, physical, and sometimes ugly style of basketball they play. They don’t apologize or make excuses for it. It’s who they are. “That’s what we do,” forward Olivier Nkamhoua said.
5:05 PM ET COLUMBUS – The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights admit it won’t be easy to play Sunday on the heels of producing perhaps the biggest upset in college basketball history. But even after Friday’s “life-changing” victory over Purdue – just the second time ever a No. 16 seeded defeated a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament
3:35 PM ET GREENSBORO, N.C. — Xavier coach Sean Miller still squirms when he thinks about the last time — the only time, actually — he has coached against his alma mater. Miller, a Western Pennsylvania native and former point guard at Pitt, last faced off against the Panthers in 2009 in what would turn