Category: NCAA Basketball

Two coaching giants of college basketball with complicated history are set to spar again at the NCAA Tournament.

Saint Mary's guard Jordan Ross keyed a second-half rally while star Augustas Marciulionis dealt with foul trouble, and the seventh-seeded Gaels fended off 10th-seeded Vanderbilt 59-56 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Ross scored 10 points with Marciulionis on the bench to help the Gaels (29-5) pull even, and Marciulionis hit a couple of clutch shots down the stretch to set up a meeting with No. 2 seed Alabama on Sunday.

Aaronette Vonleh had 25 points and 11 rebounds, leading fourth-seeded Baylor to a 73-60 victory over Grand Canyon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Jada Walker scored 17 points as the host Bears (28-7) ended the Lopes' nation-leading winning streak at 30 games in Grand Canyon's first NCAA appearance. Baylor will play the Mississippi-Ball State winner in the second round Sunday.

Odom coached UMBC in the Retrievers' historic March Madness upset of Virginia in 2018.

Robert Morris' Amarion Dickerson came into the NCAA Tournament known as one of the nation's best shot blockers after being chosen the Horizon League's Defensive Player of the Year. Dickerson scored 25 points and had nine rebounds in the Colonials' 90-81 loss to No. 2 seed Alabama in a first-round game in the South Region in Cleveland. “I'm grateful to go out there and have a good game, but it don’t mean as much to me with the result we got,” said Dickerson, who tied Forest Grant for most points by a Robert Morris player in an NCAA Tournament game.

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and basketball analyst Isis ‘Ice’ Young react to the Blue Devils’ 93-49 win over Mount Saint Mary’s in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

Tyrese Proctor had 19 points and freshman star Cooper Flagg returned from an ankle injury as No. 1 seed Duke beat Mount St. Mary’s 93-49 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.

Flagg made his NCAA tournament debut a mere eight days after suffering a sprained left ankle in the ACC quarterfinals.

Cooper Flagg returned to the lineup after missing two-plus games with a sprained ankle and looked no worse for wear as No. 1 seed Duke went on to a commanding win.

Everything about Duke’s first game of the NCAA tournament went according to plan. Cooper Flagg returned from a two-game absence and had 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists in 22 minutes, an all-around impressive performance in the Blue Devils’ 93-49 victory against Mount St. Mary’s on Friday at Lenovo Center. Duke will play Baylor on Sunday in the second round.

Kyan Evans made a career-high six 3-pointers and scored 23 points to lead No. 12 seed Colorado State past fifth-seeded Memphis 78-70 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.

Video of Arkansas' John Calipari, players previewing the Round of 32 matchup against the St. John's Red Storm

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and basketball analyst Isis ‘Ice’ Young react to the Rams 78-70 win over Memphis in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

Another double-digit seed has advanced in the NCAA men's tournament. No. 12 Colorado State knocked off Memphis in their first-round game in Seattle.

The Rams were favored before the game despite being the lower seed.