No. 5 Louisville defeats No. 21 UConn to win AAC tournament

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – If the No. 5 Louisville Cardinals are just getting warmed up, no one is going to want to be in their part of the NCAA bracket. The Cardinals continued their dominating run to win the first American Athletic Conference tournament championship, defeating No. 21 Connecticut, 71-61, Saturday night at FedExForum. That was […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NC Central upsets Morgan St. to win first tourney in 64 years

NORFOLK, Va. — As a native of Boston and longtime Red Sox fan, LeVelle Moton grew up hearing about how his baseball team was cursed. Upon becoming North Carolina Central’s head coach five years ago, Moton began hearing it again. The Eagles put an end to such talk Saturday, though. Eagles guard Jeremy Ingram scored […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Adams’ 3-pointer leads UCLA to 75-71 upset of No. 4 Arizona

LAS VEGAS — UCLA guard Jordan Adams has a way of beating Arizona in the Pac-12 tournament. This time, he did it without hurting himself. Adams had a team-high 24 points last season as the Bruins beat the Wildcats in the conference tournament semifinals, although he suffered a broken foot on the final play, derailing […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
North Carolina Central 71, Morgan State 62

NORFOLK, Va. — North Carolina Central guard Jeremy Ingram scored 29 points to lead the top-seeded Eagles past No. 3 Morgan State 71-62 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship game on Saturday night at the Scope Arena. The victory was NC Central’s 20th straight and gave the Eagles, who rejoined the MEAC in 2011, their […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
New Mexico 64, San Diego State 58

LAS VEGAS — It took just a week for the New Mexico Lobos to get some sweet revenge. The 20th-ranked Lobos, who blew a 16-point lead in the final 12 minutes of a 51-48 Mountain West Conference regular-season title deciding loss at San Diego State on March 8, got sweet payback with a 64-58 victory […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Louisville 71, Connecticut 61

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The No. 5 Louisville Cardinals continued their dominating run to win the first American Athletic Conference tournament championship, defeating No. 21 Connecticut, 71-61, Saturday night at FedExForum. Forward Montrezl Harrell led Louisville with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Guard Russ Smith scored 19 points with three assists and five steals and was […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
UCLA 75, Arizona 71

LAS VEGAS — UCLA guard Kyle Anderson had 21 points and 15 rebounds and guard Jordan Adams hit a late go-ahead 3-pointer as the Bruins won the Pac-12 tournament title with a 75-71 victory over fourth-ranked Arizona on Saturday. Anderson tied the score at 68 by making two free throws with 3:59 left at the […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
VCU tops George Washington, advances to Atlantic 10 final

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Virginia Commonwealth Rams coach Shaka Smart lives for March. Smart’s Rams are now in their fourth conference final in the last five seasons after wreaking havoc against the George Washington Colonials on Saturday and pulling away in the second half on their way to a 74-55 victory in the Atlantic 10 Conference […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Michigan State survives Wisconsin rally

INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan State scored early and often and built too large a lead for Wisconsin to surmount on Saturday. But that did not mean there were not nervous moments for the Spartans, who held off the Badgers’ second-half comeback for an 83-75 Big Ten tournament semifinal victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. “Man, we had […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021