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ESPN News Services Mar 17, 2024, 05:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Defending national champion UConn, a day removed from winning the Big East Tournament and improving to 31-3, was selected as the No. 1 overall seed Sunday during the NCAA Tournament selection show. The Huskies, who have won seven in a row and finished

Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 03:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Matt Knowling hit a jumper at the buzzer and Yale closed the game on an 8-1 run to beat Brown 62-61 in the championship game of the Ivy League tournament Sunday, sending the Bulldogs to the NCAA tournament for the seventh

Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 03:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Duquesne earned an NCAA Tournament bid for the first time in 47 years, beating fifth-seeded seeded VCU 57-51 Sunday to win the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship. The sixth-seeded Dukes (24-11) led by 14 at the half, but bringing home that long-awaited invite to March

Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 04:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Johni Broome scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. 12 Auburn won the Tigers’ third Southeastern Conference tournament championship by beating Florida 86-67 on Sunday in a game marred by a gruesome injury to Gators center Micah Handlogten. The

Mar 17, 2024, 01:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Florida Gators center Micah Handlogten was taken off the court with an apparent severe ankle injury during the SEC tournament final against Auburn on Sunday. Handlogten, a 7-foot-1 sophomore, was going up for an offensive rebound and came down hard on his leg and crumpled to

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMar 17, 2024, 12:48 AM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions For Dan Monson, it ain’t over yet. Six days after he was dismissed by the team, Monson led Long Beach State to the NCAA tournament with a 74-70

Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 12:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — N’Faly Dante, playing with a bruised tailbone, made all 12 of his shots and scored 25 points, and Oregon secured an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament by defeating Colorado 75-68 on Saturday night in the conference tournament title game to

Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 12:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Jourdan Smith scored 16 of his 20 points in the first half and Grambling won its first Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament title with a 75-66 victory over Texas Southern on Saturday night. Top-seeded Grambling (20-14) built a double-digit lead midway through

ESPN News Services Mar 16, 2024, 11:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — With their pair of DJs spinning a winning tune, the NC State Wolfpack are going dancing in the NCAA tournament after capping a historic run by knocking off fourth-ranked North Carolina. DJ Horne scored 29 points, DJ Burns Jr. had 20,

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 16, 2024, 11:08 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Ohio State is expected to promote interim head coach Jake Diebler to the full-time role, sources told ESPN on Saturday night. Diebler took over for Chris Holtmann in mid-February

Paul Gutierrez, ESPN Staff WriterMar 16, 2024, 10:20 PM ET Close Paul Gutierrez joined NFL Nation in 2013 and serves as its Las Vegas Raiders reporter. He has a multi-platform role – writing on ESPN.com, television appearances on NFL Live and SportsCenter, and podcast and radio appearances. Before coming to ESPN, Gutierrez spent three years at CSN Bay Area

ESPN News Services Mar 16, 2024, 09:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Donovan Clingan scored 22 points and Jaylin Stewart gave No. 2 UConn an unexpected boost with three second-half 3-pointers during a decisive run as the top-seeded Huskies beat No. 10 Marquette 73-57 on Saturday night to win the Big East

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMar 16, 2024, 09:46 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions FORT WORTH, Texas — With his team on the cusp of its first trip to the NCAA tournament since 2019 after an improbable win over Florida Atlantic in

Associated Press Mar 16, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Keshon Gilbert wrapped up a spectacular Big 12 Tournament for Iowa State with 16 points, and the seventh-ranked Cyclones blitzed No. 1 Houston to begin the second half Saturday night, allowing them to roll to a 69-41 win and their

Associated Press Mar 16, 2024, 07:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BUFFALO, N.Y. — Canisius University will not renew Reggie Witherspoon’s contract after eight seasons and is launching a search for its next men’s basketball coach. The school termed the decision a mutual parting of ways in announcing Saturday that Witherspoon will not return. The

ESPN News Services Mar 16, 2024, 07:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Terrence Shannon Jr. scored a career-high 40 points for a Big Ten Tournament record to lead a second-half surge by 13th-ranked Illinois in a 98-87 victory over Nebraska in the semifinals on Saturday. Marcus Domask added 16 points, eight assists and

Associated Press Mar 16, 2024, 04:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORFOLK, Va. — Jordan Hairston scored 18 points and Bryce Harris and Seth Towns each scored 16 points and Howard beat Delaware State 70-67 on Saturday in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament championship to secure an NCAA Tournament bid. Harris’ jump shot broke a

Associated Press Mar 16, 2024, 04:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Max Klesmit made a runner in the lane with 4.8 seconds to play in overtime and Wisconsin beat Big Ten Tournament top-seed Purdue 76-75 on Saturday for a spot in the conference championship game. Klesmit’s clutch shot followed his teammate Chucky Hepburn‘s