TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The UCLA Bruins like it in the desert — and they hope to come back soon.
After routing Arizona State 70-49 on Thursday night, the fourth-ranked Bruins allowed themselves to look ahead to the NCAA Tournament, and a possible return to Phoenix, site of the West Regional.”We want to be back here […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville coach Rick Pitino never doubted the Cardinals would recover after injuries and inconsistent play sent them tumbling from the polls more than two months ago.
Now his team is back where Pitino thought it’d be all along: atop the Big East.David Padgett scored a season-high 26 points and Louisville (No. 17 […]
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford knew it would have to get through the dog days of its Pac-10 schedule to stay in the running for the conference title.
After hanging on for an ugly victory over the Washington Huskies, the eighth-ranked Cardinal can prepare for the main events.Brook Lopez had 21 points and seven rebounds, and […]
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — For a team known for its lock-down defense, No. 22 Washington State showed what it can do on the offensive end too.
Taylor Rochestie scored 18 points, Kyle Weaver added 17 and the normally defense-minded Cougars dominated on both ends of the court in a 70-49 victory over California on Thursday night.Washington […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — By the time Wright State figured out how to guard Butler’s Julian Betko, it was too late.
Betko scored a career-high 17 points, all in the first half, and the Bulldogs (No. 13 ESPN/USA Today, No. 14 AP) held off Wright State 66-61 Thursday night to clinch the No. 1 seed in next […]
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Sitting in the K-State Student Union building, Michael Beasley’s attempts to inconspicuously fold himself into a coffee shop armchair have failed miserably.
Barely 19, the basketball prodigy is analyzing the concept of fame. As he grapples with why his ability to “put a ball in a basket or snatch the ball off the […]
he hallmark of Florida’s back-to-back national championship teams was the Gators’ incredible scoring balance. In both title seasons, they put all five starters in double figures while never having one player average more than 14.3 points per game.
While having a quintet in double figures is not as rare as you think — 19 Division I […]
BOONE, N.C. — His giant shoulders and arms look out of place on his 6-foot-4 frame, as if they were switched out from a pro-wrestling action figure. As the ball deflects off the rim, he muscles for position in amongst players many inches taller and leaps high in the air, opening his wingspan wide to […]
Last year was a bad NCAA Tournament to be a low-seeded underdog. Unlike 2006, when 11th-seeded George Mason made its historic run to the Final Four, 2007 produced only three modest upsets. That was easily the lowest number of Cinderella surprises in the 23 years of the 64/65-team era. And if you think 2008 will […]
By Andy Katz
ESPN.com
Kentucky isn’t supposed to talk about making the NCAA Tournament. There is no directive to keep quiet, just a request from the staff to focus on the next game and not get caught up in the euphoria that the Wildcats could be on the verge of a remarkable in-season turnaround. But […]