Category: NCAA Basketball

John Calipari has been here before; just not recently. But every win could move focus away from the past and toward his future with the Razorbacks.

Bella Nascimento scored 24 points and William & Mary edged High Point 69-63 Thursday night for a victory in the Tribe's first NCAA Tournament appearance in either women's or men's basketball. The victory in the First Four matchup of 16-seeds sends William & Mary (16-18) into a game with No. 1 seed Texas on Saturday. William & Mary was the last original Division I basketball member from 1938-39 to have never made either NCAA Tournament.

Eric Dailey Jr. and Skyy Clark each finished with 14 points as UCLA overcame a temporary injury to Aday Mara to cruise to a 72-47 win over Utah State in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Video of Arkansas' John Calipari, Jonas Aidoo and Johnell Davis after the Razorbacks' win over Kansas.

Blue Devils open up what they want to be a run to national championship with game against Mount St. Mary's

The Jayhawks had won 17 straight first-round NCAA tournament games.

Wade will reportedly be moving on to coach the Wolfpack next season, but he reminded everybody how well he can coach with the Cowboys' first-round upset win over Clemson.

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and basketball analyst Isis ‘Ice’ Young react to the battle of the Bulldogs and if the 5-seed in the Midwest region could upset the Cougars in the second round.

Robert Jones spoke about the 16-seed Spartans’ chances against the Gators in Friday’s first-round NCAA tournament matchup.

PURDUE 75, HIGH POINT 63 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Trey Kaufman-Renn had 21 points and eight rebounds, and fourth-seeded Purdue held off High Point for a victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Big Ten player of the year Braden Smith added 20 points and six assists as Purdue (23-11) avoided a first-round exit after reaching the championship game last season. The Boilermakers will meet the winner of Clemson and McNeese State in the second round of the Midwest Region on Saturday.

Khalif Battle scored 24 points, Nolan Hickman had 18 and eighth-seeded Gonzaga routed Georgia 89-68 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. Braden Huff added 18 points on 8-for-11 shooting as Gonzaga (26-8) advanced to an intriguing second-round matchup with top-seeded Houston. Asa Newell scored 20 points for Georgia (20-13), one of a record 14 SEC teams that made the field for the tournament.

New Mexico Lobos vs. Marquette Golden Eagles Game Preview

Richard Pitino looked to his right and didn't hesitate to put his son Jack on the spot. The New Mexico coach wondered aloud ahead of the 10th-seeded Lobos' first-round meeting with seventh-seeded Marquette on Friday who Jack might have picked to win it all in his bracket. The same St. John's, by the way, that happens to be coached by Jack's grandfather, Hall of Famer Rick Pitino.

Egor Demin and Richie Saunders led BYU to an 80-71 victory over VCU in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, giving first-year Cougars coach Kevin Young a better memory of Ball Arena than his last one. The former Suns assistant watched the Denver Nuggets bounce Phoenix from the playoffs at this arena in 2023, leading Young to say this week that he still has nightmares of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. It was Saunders (16 points) and Demin (15) who haunted VCU and propelled the sixth-seeded Cougars (25-9) into a Saturday showdown against third-seeded Wisconsin, which handled Montana 85-66 earlier in the day in the East Region.

McNeese State basketball coach Will Wade, reportedly hired at NC State, soaked in Thursday's upset of No. 5 seed Clemson in March Madness bracket.