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
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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
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
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
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
5:15 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson led his team to its fifth consecutive AAC tournament title game with a 69-48 win over Cincinnati in the semifinals on Saturday. But the longtime leader of a Cougars program chasing a No. 1 seed on Selection Sunday did it with a heavy
9:56 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Matt Bradley scored 16 points and Jaedon LeDee added 13 to lead No. 20 San Diego State to a 62-57 victory over Utah State in Saturday’s Mountain West tournament championship game. The Aztecs (27-6) claimed their seventh tournament title and second in three years. This also
6:02 PM ET Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Rick Stansbury has resigned after seven seasons as Western Kentucky’s head coach, citing a need to focus on his health and family. Stansbury missed nine games at midseason with an undisclosed health issue. He was 139-89 with the Hilltoppers, with three Conference USA championship game appearances
4:58 PM ET Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. — Jelani Williams scored 20 points including two free throws with 6.1 seconds left to lead Howard to a 65-64 win over Norfolk State on Saturday in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament championship game and secure the Bison’s first trip to the NCAA tournament in 31 years. This
5:15 PM ET Assocated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Marcus Sasser left the first half of top-ranked Houston’s AAC tournament semifinal game Saturday with an apparent groin injury. The school reported at the start of the second half of the game against Cincinnati that Sasser was doubtful to
5:16 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Wichita State is set to fire coach Isaac Brown, sources told ESPN. School officials are planning to meet with him today to formalize his departure. Wichita State went 17-15 this season after losing to Tulane on Friday in the AAC Tournament. He went 48-34 over his three seasons there, reaching
4:01 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Arkansas’ athletic director has apologized after a Kentucky student journalist said his cellphone was grabbed and thrown to the ground by a Razorbacks staffer following an early exit at the Southeastern Conference tournament. Assistants had to restrain Arkansas coach Eric Musselman a couple of times during a