NCAABB

9:10 PM ET Alabama received the No. 1 overall seed, but sportsbooks have Houston as the consensus favorite to win the national championship ahead of what oddsmakers believe is a wide-open men’s NCAA basketball tournament. Houston, the top seed in the Midwest Region, is listed at 6-1 at Caesars Sportsbook, followed by Alabama at 7-1

6:24 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kendric Davis scored 31 points, including 14 in a big run before halftime, and Memphis held on to beat short-handed No. 1 Houston 75-65 in the American Athletic Conference tournament championship game Sunday. DeAndre Williams had 16 points and 13 rebounds for coach Penny Hardaway and

8:25 PM ET North Carolina entered the season as the No. 1 team in America in the Associated Press preseason poll. After an improbable fall that ended without a spot in the NCAA tournament on Selection Sunday, UNC’s season has ended. The Tar Heels, the first team to start No. 1 and miss the NCAA

6:55 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Zach Edey draped the net around his neck and had no plans to relinquish it until whenever coach Matt Painter asked for it. He wanted to soak up every last drop of this moment. Edey scored 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and No. 5 Purdue hung on

8:35 PM ET Another year, another verdict from the NCAA men’s basketball selection committee on the 2023 field of 68. It generally hit the mark, but it also left plenty of room for nitpicking among those of us who otherwise need to get a life. Here’s what it got right, and what it did not:

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6:45 PM ET We have our bracket! In men’s college basketball, the chaos will soon begin now that the field of 68 has been announced. And this season, it seems as if anything could happen. Maybe the powerhouses will dominate the next three weeks of action. Or maybe a team like last year’s Saint Peter’s

6:23 PM ET ESPN News Services INDIANAPOLIS — Alabama is the overall top seed in the NCAA Tournament after cruising through the end of a season clouded by a murder case over the past two months. The Crimson Tide was awarded the top spot Sunday over Kansas and Houston, each of whom exited their conference

5:45 PM ET Kansas coach Bill Self was discharged from the University of Kansas Health System on Sunday and returned home, the school announced. He is expected to rejoin the team this week in advance of the NCAA tournament. Self missed the Big 12 tournament after going to the hospital Wednesday night complaining of chest

3:45 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Washington men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins will return for his seventh season in charge of the Huskies despite four straight years without an NCAA tournament appearance. Washington athletic director Jen Cohen said in a statement Sunday that though the recently concluded season did not meet expectations, the school

4:02 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brandon Miller scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as fourth-ranked Alabama smothered No. 18 Texas A&AM 82-63 on Sunday for the Crimson Tide’s second Southeastern Conference tournament championship in three seasons. The Crimson Tide also capped their second SEC double dip in three seasons after picking

1:09 PM ET Former LSU coach Will Wade will be the next head coach at McNeese State, the school announced Sunday. A news conference to introduce Wade is scheduled for Monday. “I’m so excited to welcome Coach Wade, his wife Lauren and daughter Caroline to Southwest Louisiana and McNeese!” athletic director Heath Schroyer said. “This

6:14 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — An Arizona fan yelled at UCLA coach Mick Cronin’s father, Hep, following Saturday night’s Pac-12 championship game, according to the Bruins radio broadcast. When a reporter told Cronin about the apparent incident involving his 81-year-old father after the Bruins’ 61-59 loss to the Wildcats, he immediately left

11:20 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — Jon Scheyer stood on the stage, wiping his brow as he scanned the bubbly crowd while his Duke players danced around the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship trophy. That’s when Kyle Filipowski walked up behind his coach and wrapped an arm around him. The youthful Blue Devils

1:31 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Courtney Ramey made a 3-pointer with 16.7 seconds left to put Arizona in front and the eighth-ranked Wildcats beat No. 2 UCLA 61-59 on Saturday night in the Pac-12 championship game. The Wildcats (28-6) boosted their case for a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. UCLA

11:43 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas hopes to have Hall of Fame basketball coach Bill Self, who missed the entire Big 12 tournament after a medical procedure earlier week, back on the sideline when it begins its NCAA tournament title defense next week. Assistant coach Norm Roberts, who led the third-ranked

10:11 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The final night of the Big East Tournament never sounded like this before. Tyler Kolek and No. 6 Marquette raced out to a hefty lead and didn’t look back, beating No. 15 Xavier 65-51 on Saturday to win its first Big East championship after 18 seasons

10:02 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The players flooded off the Texas bench, right past interim coach Rodney Terry and to the middle of the court inside T-Mobile Center, where they couldn’t wait to get their hands on the trophy crowning them Big 12 champions. After the season they had, who could