NCAABB

7:15 AM ET DENVER — Time is gray hair. It’s grown-up kids. It’s dreams, stumbles, long days and fast years. Twenty-five years of basketball time meandered through the hallways inside Ball Arena on Thursday. A hoops family, an all-time moment, roads less traveled and two brothers still in the game. And me. I haven’t had

1:29 AM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, fresh off a closer than expected win over No. 16 seed Northern Kentucky during the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday night, defended the decision to play star guard Marcus Sasser, who recently suffered a groin injury. Sasser — the American Conference Player

9:48 PM ET An internal investigation of New Mexico State concluded that the school did not commit any legal or NCAA violations but made a series of recommendations following a controversial season that included a fatal shooting, a program shutdown amid hazing allegations and the termination of first-year head coach Greg Heiar. The investigation was

7:38 PM ET Sometimes you need a few hours before the upsets arrive in the NCAA tournament. Sometimes, the action doesn’t even really begin on the first Thursday. Not this year. We’d barely finished lunch when a late 4-seed Virginia turnover became an improbable, game-winning 3-pointer by JP Pegues to help 13-seed Furman advance. And

6:34 PM ET ESPN News Services SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ryan Langborg lifted Princeton to its first lead with 2:03 to play and the Tigers used a late-game run to earn their first NCAA tournament win in 25 years, topping No. 2 seed Arizona 59-55 on Thursday. The 15th-seeded Tigers (22-9) scored the final nine points,

6:56 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama star forward Brandon Miller, who has been dealing with a groin injury, was held scoreless for the first time this season as the Crimson Tide beat Texas A&M Corpus Christi 96-75 during the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday. Miller, who averaged a team-high 19.7 points

7:00 PM ET Brianna Williams More chaos has ensued in the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament, with the No. 15 Princeton Tigers‘ 59-55 upset of the No. 2 Arizona Wildcats. It marks the first time a school has lost twice in the NCAA tournament as a No. 2 seed in the round of 64. Arizona also

7:31 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne refuted a New York Times report placing men’s basketball walk-on Kai Spears at the scene of a shooting in January, saying it was “inaccurate” and “untrue.” Byrne made his remarks in a statement that was issued during halftime of the Crimson Tide’s game against

San Diego State tops Charleston 63-57 in NCAA tourney — Matt Bradley scored 17 points, including two free throws in the final minute, and No. 5 seed San Diego State held on to beat 12th-seeded College of Charleston 63-57 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.

11:04 AM ET DES MOINES, Iowa — Kansas advanced in the first round of the NCAA tournament without Bill Self. They might have to try again without their longtime coach in Saturday’s second round. Norm Roberts filled in for Self for the fourth straight game as the Jayhawks, the top seed in the West, beat

4:15 PM ET William E. Ricks The 2023 NCAA men’s basketball tournament has just begun, but the chaos has already started courtesy of the Furman Paladins. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Paladins, a 13-seed in this year’s tourney, knocked off the No. 4 seed Virginia Cavaliers in a wild 68-67 contest. After being down by

3:49 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — JP Pegues made a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds remaining, and No. 13 seed Furman completed a rally from a 12-point second-half deficit to hand fourth-seeded Virginia another first-round NCAA Tournament loss, 68-67 on Thursday. Making their first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 43 years, the Paladins

11:35 AM ET Ed Pinckney stepped away from his scouting duties at the Big East tournament last week to go back in time 40 years. The Villanova legend picked up the phone to talk about Jim Boeheim, a kingpin in the glory days of the Big East Conference who had just ended his reign as

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1:05 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. — Rick Pitino, Iona‘s 70-year-old Hall of Fame coach, sat at the dais in a place he was tremendously familiar with — the NCAA tournament — and said something that might surprise some people. He would like to coach for another 10 years. “Well, I’m physically fit and mentally I

10:00 AM ET While we love the First Four and the way Dayton, Ohio, embraces kicking things off, the 2023 NCAA tournament truly gets underway on Thursday — with 16 first-round games over the course of 12-plus hours. Three of the four 1-seeds are in action, with Kansas facing Howard at 2 p.m. ET, Alabama

11:04 AM ET Kansas coach Bill Self will miss Thursday’s game against Howard as he continues to progress well from a recent health issue, the school announced. Self missed the Big 12 tournament after undergoing a heart procedure last week. He arrived at the hospital March 8 after complaining of chest tightness and balance concerns.

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