Category: NCAA News Wire
Louisville and Kentucky are not friendly rivals, but players downplayed that factor entering Friday’s Midwest Regional semifinal matchup, a rematch of Kentucky’s victory in December. Coach John Calipari is 5-1 against Cardinals coach Rick Pitino since joining the Wildcats. “If you aren’t from Kentucky, you don’t understand it,” Kentucky sophomore center Willie Cauley-Stein said. “It’s […]
Michigan knows all about the Final Four. The Wolverines are not as familiar with the First Four. The second-seeded Wolverines draw No. 11 Tennessee in Friday’s Midwest regional semifinal in Indianapolis (7:15 p.m. ET) at Lucas Oil Stadium, where the winner faces eight-seeded Kentucky or Louisville, the No. 4 seed and defending national champion, in […]
Kansas freshman 7-footer Joel Embiid, considered one of the surprise newcomers in college basketball season, plans to enter the 2014 NBA Draft. According to multiple reports, Embiid will make a formal announcement as soon as this weekend and he is in the process of selecting an agent. The 20-year-old Cameroon native told The Sports Xchange […]
The Atlantic Coast and Atlantic 10 reached agreement with the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., to host future conference postseason tournaments. The ACC tournament will be played at the Barclays Center for the first time in 2017 and again in 2018. The Atlantic 10 tournament will remain at the Barclays Center in 2015 and 2016 […]
South Florida is looking for a new head basketball coach again after the school rescinded its offer to Manhattan’s Steve Masiello late Tuesday night. The university had extended an five-year offer worth a reported $1 million annually to Masiello on Tuesday. But a background check uncovered that Masiello did not graduate from the University of […]
Houston Cougars head coach James Dickey resigned Monday due to private family matters. ESPN.com reported that Houston Rockets assistant Kelvin Sampson is being targeted as Dickey’s replacement. Sampson was fired from Indiana in 2008 and hit with a five-year show cause by the NCAA after being caught making impermissible phone calls. He has since worked […]
A day after Indiana lost freshman forward Noah Vonleh to the NBA draft, three Hoosiers announced they are transferring out of the program Monday. Forwards Jeremy Hollowell and Austin Etherington, and walk-on guard Jonny Marlin, all plan to transfer. Vonleh, 6-foot-10, averaged 11.3 points and nine rebounds for the Hoosiers, who missed the NCAA Tournament […]
SAN DIEGO — The last time Arizona and Gonzaga met in the NCAA Tournament, it was epic. On Sunday, it was easy — for the Wildcats. Top-seeded Arizona punched its ticket to Anaheim, Calif., and the Sweet 16 by defeating the Bulldogs 84-61 in a third-round West Region game Sunday. On Thursday, the Wildcats will […]
SAN DIEGO — The last time Arizona and Gonzaga met in the NCAA Tournament, it was epic. On Sunday, it was easy — for the Wildcats. Top-seeded Arizona punched its ticket to Anaheim, Calif., and the Sweet 16 by defeating the Bulldogs 84-61 in a third-round West Region game Sunday. On Thursday, the Wildcats will […]
RALEIGH, N.C. – Virginia is headed to the Sweet 16 with so much confidence that even center Mike Tobey is showing shooting range. The top-seeded Cavaliers drubbed No. 8-seeded Memphis 78-60 on Sunday night in the NCAA Tournament’s East Regional third round at PNC Arena. It was such a blowout that Tobey dialed up a […]
