Category: NCAA Basketball

Isaiah Swope had 26 points in Saint Louis' 83-75 win over Davidson on Thursday in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament. Saint Louis (19-13) plays No. seed Loyola Chicago on Friday in the quarterfinals.

Just your typical nonchalant, meaningless logo 3-pointer to crush the spirits of certain bettors.

Nolan Winter and John Tonje each scored 18 points to lead No. 18 Wisconsin to a 70-63 victory over Northwestern in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday. The Badgers (24-8), seeded fifth, will face No. 4 seed UCLA in Friday’s quarterfinals. Winter hit 4 of 5 shots and 9 of 10 free throws.

RJ Davis had 23 points and five 3-pointers, Ven-Allen Lubin added 10 points and 13 rebounds, and No. seed North Carolina beat fourth-seeded Wake Forest 68-59 on Thursday in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals for coach Hubert Davis' 100th victory with the program. North Carolina (22-12), which has won eight of its last nine games, advances to play No.

Kon Knueppel scored 28 points as No. 1 Duke overcame injuries to star Cooper Flagg and Maliq Brown to beat Georgia Tech 78-70 and advance to the ACC Tournament semifinals.

Jackson Shelstad had 18 points and TJ Bamba scored 17 to help No. 23 Oregon pull away late for a 72-59 victory over Indiana in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.

Video of Arkansas' John Calipari, Jonas Aidoo and Karter Knox after the Razorbacks' loss to Ole Miss.

Flagg's sprained ankle looms large for Duke with March Madness right around the corner. But his coach appears to be taking the right approach.

Sean Pedulla sank a long 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left after two missed two free throws at the other end to give No. 8 seed Mississippi an 83-80 victory over ninth-seeded Arkansas on Thursday in the second round of the SEC Tournament. Arkansas forward Trevon Brazile was at the free-throw line with 7.4 seconds left after he was fouled going for an offensive rebound. Davis passed it ahead to Pedulla, who dribbled up the court for a shot well behind the arc for a go-ahead 3-pointer.

BYU coach Kevin Young still remembers the day then-Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie pulled the up-and-coming assistant into a conference room and showed him what amounted to a heat map of 3-pointers. After moving onto the Phoenix Suns, then landing the head job at BYU last April, the 43-year-old Young found himself on the sideline at his first Big 12 Tournament on Thursday. It was the best spot in the building to watch his No. 17 Cougars go 18 of 36 from beyond the arc, setting a tourney record for made 3s, and rally for a 96-92 victory over No. 12 Iowa State.

Explaining what happens when the games get extended beyond the second half.

No. 17 BYU overcame a big game from Curtis Jones in a 96-90 victory over No. 12 Iowa State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament on Thursday.

RJ Luis Jr. scored 20 points and No. 6 St. John’s romped to a 78-57 blowout of Butler in their Big East Tournament quarterfinal Thursday.

Arkansas basketball HC John Calipari. © Steve Roberts-Imagn Images Coach John Calipari and the Arkansas Razorbacks (20-13, 8-10 SEC) lost Game 2 of the SEC Tournament, 83-80, to the Ole Miss Rebels on Thursday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

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