NCAABB

11:28 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Drew Timme scored 18 points and became Gonzaga’s all-time leading scorer to lead the sharpshooting No. 9 Bulldogs past No. 16 Saint Mary’s 77-51 on Tuesday night in the West Coast Conference tournament championship game. The Zags (28-5) continued their domination of the WCC with their

11:43 PM ET Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Max Abmas had 26 points and 11 assists and Oral Roberts overwhelmed North Dakota State 92-58 in the Summit League tournament championship game Tuesday night to clinch an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. Reserve Patrick Mwamba scored 17 of his 20 points in the first

9:55 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Marques Warrick scored 18 points and Sam Vinson added 16 to lead Northern Kentucky to a 63-61 victory over Cleveland State and win the Horizon League Tournament championship on Tuesday. The Norse (22-12), one-point losers to Wright State in last year’s title game, advance to the NCAA Tournament

11:19 AM ET ESPN News Services Alabama freshman Brandon Miller, whose tremendous season on the court has been clouded by controversy off it, is the Associated Press player of the year and newcomer of the year in the SEC. The AP released the results one day after Miller also was announced as the winner of

9:00 AM ET When Amir Abdur-Rahim arrived at Kennesaw State in the spring of 2019, he was aware the program had history. Sure, it didn’t come at the Division I level, but it was still a program with a national championship in 2004. Yet when he walked into the team’s home arena four years ago,

10:29 PM ET ESPN News Services PENSACOLA, Fla. — Themus Fulks scored a career-high 23 points, Jordan Brown had 13 points and 16 rebounds and second-seeded Louisiana beat No. 8 seed South Alabama 71-66 on Monday night to claim the Sun Belt Conference tournament championship. Louisiana (26-7) secured its 11th NCAA tournament berth and first

10:34 PM ET Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Jalen Slawson scored 20 points and Furman beat Chattanooga 88-79 on Monday night to win the Southern Conference tournament and advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1980. The NCAA field contained 48 teams the last time the top-seeded Paladins made the Big Dance.

12:36 PM ET Associated Press UCLA is surging, both toward the postseason and in the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. While Houston was No. 1 for a third straight week in Monday’s poll, the Bruins rose two spots to No. 2 for their highest ranking of the season. UCLA (27-4) has won its past

8:00 AM ET While the NCAA tournament gets all of the buzz each year, Champ Week often produces the best basketball of the postseason. While many of the auto-bid leagues have already given us buzzer-beaters and game-winners to send their lone representatives to the field of 68 for the 2023 edition, the major conferences are

7:00 AM ET Another week of upsets, another No. 1 debate, and more upheaval and losses throughout the Power Rankings. The final week of the 2022-23 men’s college basketball regular season looked much like the previous four months did, with the added intrigue of conference championship games and bubble battles. If the past couple of

9:55 PM ET Xavier star big man Zach Freemantle will undergo left foot surgery on Tuesday and won’t return this season, the school announced Sunday. Freemantle hasn’t played since Jan. 28 due to a left foot injury that was expected to sideline him for around a month. This week’s Big East conference tournament had been

9:35 PM ET Austin Peay has fired coach Nate James after just two seasons, sources confirmed to ESPN. James went 21-38 in his two seasons at the helm. In his first year, he guided Austin Peay to an 8-10 record in the Ohio Valley Conference, finishing 12-17 overall. The school then left the OVC and

6:42 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti blamed Real Madrid‘s “lack of efficiency” for the “strange” goal drought which continued with a 0-0 draw at Real Betis to leave them nine points behind LaLiga leaders Barcelona. Madrid have followed last week’s stunning 5-2 win at Liverpool in the Champions League round-of-16 with a

6:43 PM ET Associated Press KENNESAW, Ga. — Terrell Burden scored 19 points and made a free throw with less than a second left to rally Kennesaw State to a 67-66 victory over Liberty on Sunday, earning the Owls their first Atlantic Sun Conference championship and their first trip to the NCAA tournament. It is

4:33 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Drew Pember had 29 points, Tajion Jones scored 16 in the final 7:35 and No. 1 seed UNC Asheville stormed back to beat seventh-seeded Campbell 77-73 on Sunday, winning the Big South conference tournament championship and advancing to the NCAA tournament for the fifth time. Ricky Clemons

12:56 PM ET Pete Thamel Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Texas Tech has suspended men’s basketball coach Mark Adams for what the school is calling an “inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment.” According to the school, Adams was encouraging a

12:40 AM ET ESPN News Services EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Chris Harris scored 26 points, Phillip Russell added 21 — including the game’s last seven points — and No. 5 seed Southeast Missouri State beat Tennessee Tech 89-82 in overtime Saturday night to win the Ohio Valley Conference men’s basketball tournament and earn an automatic bid

11:22 PM ET Championship Week and March Madness are nearly here. Beginning with the ASUN on Feb. 27 and ending with the Ivy, A-10, SEC, American and Big Ten right up until the bracket is revealed on Selection Sunday (March 12), teams across Division I men’s college basketball will be competing for the chance to