Category: NCAA Basketball

Ethan Dietz, a sophomore forward at Connors State College in eastern Oklahoma, died on Nov. 25 after he was injured in a game on Nov. 22.

Here are the latest college volleyball AVCA Top 25 rankings and updated NCAA RPI rankings ahead of Sunday's selection show.

There's so much great women's college basketball left before the new year, including seven top-15 matchups. Here are the biggest through December.

Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn led the way for UNLV (3-4) with 25 points while Issac Wiliamson scored 18 points and Kimani Hamilton added 13. The Rebels kept the lead under 10 points through much of the first half and trailed by only four, 29-25, with 8:04 remaining before halftime. But the Crimson Tide scored the next eight points to go up by 12.

No. Michigan will play No. Gonzaga in the title game of the Players Era Championship on Wednesday.

Braden Huff scored 20 points on 9-of-10 shooting as No. 12 Gonzaga shredded Maryland's defense in a 100-61 blowout Tuesday night at the Players Era Championship. Emmanuel Innocenti added 15 points off the bench on five 3-pointers for the Bulldogs (7-0). Steele Venters had 14 points, including four 3s, and Graham Ike scored 13.

MICHIGAN 102, AUBURN 72 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Roddy Gayle Jr. and Yaxel Lendeborg both scored 17 points as Michigan routed Auburn in the second round of the Players Era Championship. It was the second time Michigan (6-0) topped the century mark this season. The Wolverines improved to 2-0 in this event, following a 94-54 win over San Diego State on Monday.

Roddy Gayle Jr. and Yaxel Lendeborg both scored 17 points as No. Michigan routed No. Auburn 102-72 on Tuesday in the second round of the Players Era Championship.

Michigan basketball score: For the second night, Yaxel Lendeborg led a dominating performance by U-M at the Players Era Festival tourney in Las Vegas.

Reed Bailey scored 21 points and No. Indiana limited the nation's leading scorer, P.J. Haggerty, to 12 below his average in an 86-69 home win over Kansas State on Tuesday night. The senior Bailey did most of his work at the line, where he hit 13 of 15 free throws.

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson repeatedly referred to the disparity in free throws after his third-ranked Cougars lost 76-73 to No. 17 Tennessee on Tuesday in the Players Era Championship. Houston was 8 of 11. Sampson frequently returned to the topic during the postgame news conference.

Henri Veesaar scored 24 points and Caleb Wilson added 20 as No. North Carolina pulled away in the second half for an 85-70 victory over St. Bonaventure in the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Tuesday night. Kyan Evans added 11 points and Luka Bogavac 10 for the Tar Heels (6-0), who are off to their best start since 2016-17.

Tennessee is 2-0 at the festival and just knocked off the No. 3 team in the country. But it awaits its fate for the championship round, thanks to a convoluted tiebreaker format at the 18-team event.

Bryce Hopkins scored 26 points, Oziyah Sellers added 22 and No. 14 St. John’s beat Baylor 96-81 on Tuesday in the second round of the Players Era Festival.

Bryce Hopkins scored 26 points, Oziyah Sellers added 22 and No. 14 St. John’s beat Baylor 96-81 on Tuesday in the second round of the Players Era Championship. Using a dominant second half to open a 23-point lead, the Red Storm (4-2) bounced back from an 83-82 loss to No. 15 Iowa State in the opening round Monday. Sellers went 5 for 7 from beyond the arc, and Hopkins was 9 of 12 from the floor while adding five rebounds and five assists.