Category: NCAA News Wire
ST. LOUIS — For Wichita State fans who were chanting “undefeated” in the last minute of Sunday’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament finals, it was another step into the NCAA Division I record books. For Tekele Cotton, the tourney’s Most Outstanding Player, it was simply a day where the No. 2 Shockers checked off another box […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The backboard was Syracuse’s biggest friend Sunday afternoon on the road at Florida State and the No. 7 Orange dominated the Seminoles 74-58 in their regular-season finale. Syracuse (27-4 overall, 14-4 in ACC) outrebounded Florida State 43-24, including 17 on the offensive end, and the Orange will now enjoy a double-bye in […]
AMHERST, Mass. — Saint Louis guard Jordair Jett hit the game-winning layup with 3 seconds remaining to lead the 17th-ranked Billikens to a gritty 64-62 victory over Massachusetts on Sunday. The win gave Saint Louis its second straight outright Atlantic 10 Conference championship. UMass led for most of the second half, and by four with […]
ST. LOUIS — Tark’s Sharks have company in the NCAA record books. Point guard Fred VanVleet scored a game-high 22 points as No. 2 Wichita State became only the second team in Division I history to start a season 34-0, defeating Indiana State 83-69 Sunday at Scottrade Center to win the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Mired in one of its worst slumps in years, No. 7 Syracuse broke out in a big way Sunday afternoon with a much-needed road win at Florida State, 74-58, that may very well push the Seminoles off the NCAA Tournament bubble. The Orange (27-4 overall, 14-4 in ACC), whose four biggest stars […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Northwestern still has a long road ahead to climb into Big Ten Conference championship discussion moving forward, but the improving Wildcats made another statement Sunday afternoon in Purdue’s Mackey Arena. Getting 27 points from senior forward Drew Crawford, Northwestern defeated slumping Purdue 74-65 to avoid a last-place Big Ten Conference finish […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland coach Mark Turgeon knew his team was close and on the brink of doing something special after playing in close games all season. After loses earlier in the year to three ranked teams — Pittsburgh, Duke and Syracuse — by a combined eight points, Saturday afternoon’s matchup with No. 5-ranked […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Playing in its last home game as a member of the ACC, Maryland upset No. 5 Virginia 75-69 in overtime Saturday afternoon at Comcast Center. After Virginia forward Anthony Gill tied the game with 0.5 seconds left in regulation, Maryland outscored the Cavaliers 11-5 in the extra session to come away […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Northwestern still has a long road ahead to climb into Big Ten Conference championship discussion moving forward, but the improving Wildcats made another statement Sunday afternoon in Purdue’s Mackey Arena. Getting 27 points from senior forward Drew Crawford, Northwestern defeated slumping Purdue 74-65 to avoid a last-place Big Ten Conference finish […]
EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon senior guard Jason Calliste was going to go down shooting. Calliste scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half as Oregon upset No. 3 Arizona 64-57 Saturday in front of a sellout crowd of 12,364 at Matthew Knight Arena. Calliste was 4-for-5 from three-point range off the bench, including […]
