Tag: NCAA Basketball
A San Diego St-UConn title game brings Fab Five memories
By EDDIE PELLS
HOUSTON (AP) — Thirty years ago, a group of disrupters with baggy shorts and black socks changed college basketball as we know...
Final Four newcomers: Grab your name tag at the door
By EDDIE PELLS
Everyone’s heard of UConn. All these other guys? They’ll need name tags at the Final Four.
When they travel to Houston next week...
Michigan State tops Indiana in 1st home game since shootings
By LARRY LAGE
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo gazed into the crowd, tears welling in his eyes, moments before his...
NCAA to increase number of coaches in baseball, softball
By RALPH D. RUSSO
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to eliminate the voluntary coach designation and increase the number of...
Former Rancho Christian players match up in NCAA Elite 8
March Madness brackets are being broken since one of the first games earlier this month saw Oral Roberts University beat the Ohio State University...
Picked last, Oregon State now Elite after beating Loyola
By DAVE SKRETTA
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Picked to finish dead last in the Pac-12, Oregon State instead might be the last one standing.
Led by unflappable...
UCLA, USC go from late night to NCAA prime-time spotlight
By JOE REEDY
LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA and Southern California games are usually late-night viewing for most college basketball fans during the regular season...
College hoops scheduling still chaotic as season approaches
By JOHN MARSHALL
The NCAA’s announcement of a college basketball start date led to huge scramble as schools tried to fill out schedules altered by...
NCAA basketball season set to open day before Thanksgiving
By ERIC OLSON
The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball season will begin Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving.
The Division I Council voted Wednesday to push...