Category: NCAA Basketball

Cleveland State Vikings (24-8, 15-6 Horizon) vs. Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (24-7, 19-2 Horizon) Indianapolis; Monday, 2:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Purdue Fort Wayne takes on Cleveland State in the Horizon Tournament. The Mastodons' record in Horizon play is 19-2, and their record is 5-5 against non-conference opponents.

The Gaels are 8-12 against MAAC opponents. Iona gives up 63.0 points to opponents and has been outscored by 6.8 points per game. Saint Peter's is shooting 36.6% from the field this season, 6.2 percentage points lower than the 42.8% Iona allows to opponents.

East Carolina Pirates (17-14, 9-10 AAC) vs. North Texas Eagles (23-7, 15-3 AAC) Fort Worth, Texas; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: North Texas plays in the AAC Tournament against East Carolina. The Eagles have gone 15-3 against AAC opponents, with an 8-4 record in non-conference play.

Temple is sixth in the AAC scoring 67.4 points while shooting 39.1% from the field. The 49ers are 6-14 against AAC teams. Charlotte is 1-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.

Sophomore Ryan Beasley scored a career-high 29 points and San Francisco defeated Washington State 86-75 on Sunday night in the quarterfinals of the West Coast Conference Tournament. The third-seeded Dons (24-8) move on to play No. seed Gonzaga in a Monday semifinal.

Moe Odum finished with 19 points and 13 assists to help Pepperdine pull off a 78-76 upset victory over Santa Clara on Sunday night in the quarterfinals of the West Coast Conference Tournament. The ninth-seeded Waves (13-21) move on to play No. seed Saint Mary's in a Monday semifinal.

Coming down the final stretch of the regular season, USC's men's basketball team wasn't even assured of having a spot in the Big Ten tournament, where only 15 of 18 teams make it onto the bracket. The Trojans (15-16, 7-13 Big Ten) will open conference tournament play Wednesday vs. No. 11-seed Rutgers (15-16, 8-12) in the late game of the day at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, with the winner advancing to play No. 6 Purdue on Thursday. USC, which lost eight of its final 10 games with the lone wins coming over two teams that missed the Big Ten tournament cut in Washington and Penn State, lost 95-85 at Rutgers in late February in the teams' only regular-season meeting.

The Ducks (23-8, 12-8 Big Ten) closed out the regular season with seven straight wins and completed a season-sweep of the rival Huskies

Lauren Jensen scored 19 points and No. 23 Creighton cruised past Seton Hall 73-44 on Sunday in the semifinals of the Big East Conference Tournament. The second-seeded Bluejays get a chance to avenge its only two conference losses to UConn — by 11 and 19 points — when they face the No. 3 Huskies in the championship game on Monday. Morgan Maly added 14 points, hitting a 3-pointer in her 51-straight game, for Creighton (27-5), which had to rally from 12 down to beat Georgetown in the quarterfinals before coasting to its first title game since 2016.

Marcus Millender scored 20 points as UTSA beat Charlotte 83-80 on Sunday in the final game of the regular season. Both teams advance to the American Athletic Conference tournament that begins Wednesday. Charlotte travels to Denton, Texas to play Rice for the chance to take on fifth-seeded Florida Atlantic in Thursday's second round.

Paula Suarez scored 23 points, Zahirah Walton added 19, and second-seeded George Mason advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time, defeating No. seed Saint Joseph's 73-58 in the title game of the Atlantic 10 Tournament on Sunday. Nalani Kaysia converted a three-point play and followed with a 3-pointer and two free throws in a 14-0 run to finish the third quarter, giving George Mason a 53-39 lead heading to the final 10 minutes.

Michigan guard Phat Phat Brooks shoved Michigan State guard Tre Holloman after he pushed Wolverines guard L.J. Cason on Sunday at midcourt of the Breslin Center.

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Pettiford scored 17 points off the bench and High Point rallied from a 15-point second half deficit to defeat Winthrop 81-69 in the Big South Championship title game on Sunday

Wednesday’s first-round games will be Northwestern-Minnesota, Iowa-Ohio State and USC-Rutgers.