Category: NCAA Basketball

Troy Trojans vs. Kentucky Wildcats Game Preview

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and former Big 12 player of the year Marcus Morris Sr. react to the Cowboys’ stunning win over the 5-seed Tigers to move on to the second round.

Xavier Musketeers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini Game Preview

Fewer than a million perfect brackets remained on ESPN and just over a million were left on the NCAA's platform midway through the first day of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. ESPN's perfect bracket tracker listed 806,020 remaining out of more than 24 million filled out on its site following the seventh game of the day, No. 6 seed BYU's 80-71 win over No. 11 seed VCU. The NCAA listed about 1,100,000 perfect brackets out of more than 34 million.

McNeese coach Will Wade and his boombox-toting manager are moving on in March Madness after the 12th-seeded Cowboys held off late-charging No. 5 seed Clemson 69-67 on Friday in the first bracket buster of the NCAA Tournament. Brandon Murray scored 14 of his 21 points in a stifling first half, when the Southland Conference school from Lake Charles, Louisiana, held Clemson to 13 points. After falling behind by as many as 24 in the second, the Tigers rallied, erasing most of a 12-point deficit in the final minute before running out of time.

The 12th-seeded McNeese State Cowboys became the first team to slip on Cinderella’s slippers this March, upsetting No. 5 Clemson, 69-67, in stunning fashion on Thursday afternoon.

Lamont Butler’s Final Four background has earned him a nickname as the former San Diego State guard attempts to end Kentucky’s recent pattern of March sadness. Kentucky (22-11) is the No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region heading into its first-round game Friday against Sun Belt champion Troy (23-10).

The Blue Jays led by 15 at halftime and cruised in the second half.

Michigan will face UC San Diego in the NCAA Tournament First Round — here's the scoop on how to watch tonight's game.

Pat Kelsey got a technical foul during the Louisville-Creighton game, resulting in a delay after an angry fan through water onto the court.

Iowa State won’t have second-leading scorer Keshon Gilbert for the NCAA Tournament, but the Cyclones may be getting another guard back. Tamin Lipsey expressed cautious optimism that he’d be available Friday when Iowa State, the No. 3 seed in the South Region, faces Lipscomb (25-9) in the first round. Lipsey had missed Iowa State’s Big 12 Tournament quarterfinal loss to BYU with a groin issue.

Jeremy Roach couldn’t help but chuckle when the NCAA Tournament bracket was announced. Roach, who spent four seasons at Duke before transferring to Baylor last April, faces the prospect of an intriguing second-round matchup against his former team on Sunday. The ninth-seeded Bears face Mississippi State on Friday with the winner likely to take on No. 1 ranked Duke, providing the Blue Devils get past 16 seed Mount St. Mary’s.

Things look a little different for D.J. Wagner than they did 365 days ago. The same coach, sure, but a new city, new uniform and a chance to redeem last year's painful loss to Oakland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Around this time last year, Wagner went scoreless in 17 minutes as Oakland rained three-pointer after three-pointer to knock Kentucky out of the Big Dance in the first round.

Mark Pope is a man of his word. The first-year Kentucky coach is following through on his promise to pay for Wildcats' fans gas to Milwaukee.

As Wofford makes a run in March Madness, here's a closer look at why Wofford basketball center Kyler Filewich shoots free throws underhand.