Category: Basketball

No. 8 West Virginia began their March journey on Wednesday, in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament. The first taste of March left WVU with a bad taste in their mouth. The Mountaineers led by as many as 13 in the first half and nine in the second half, as WVU fell to No. 16 Colorado 67-60 in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament.

Jae’Lyn Withers scored 21 points — all on 3-pointers — and Ven-Allen Lubin had 17 points and 10 rebounds in North Carolina's 76-56 rout of Notre Dame on Wednesday, the second day of the ACC Tournament. Later, he made two more in a 12-0 run that gave the Tar Heels a 37-17 lead.

Arkansas basketball took a step toward earning an NCAA Tournament bid in coach John Calipari's debut season. The ninth-seeded Razorbacks held on to beat 16th-seeded South Carolina 72-68 Wednesday in the SEC Tournament after nearly losing a 20-point lead. “We have a bunch of guys that compete and did what they had to to win the game, so I’m happy,” Calipari said.

Donavan Yap had 19 points in San Jose State's 66-61 victory over Wyoming on Wednesday to begin the Mountain West Conference Tournament. No. seed San Jose State advances to play top-seeded New Mexico in Thursday's quarterfinals.

No. 12 Iowa State leaned on its big men to beat Cincinnati 76-56 in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday.

No. 9 seed Arkansas nearly blew a 20-point lead before holding off No. 16 seed South Carolina 72-68 on Wednesday to begin the SEC Tournament.

Reed Bailey had 25 points in Davidson’s 69-65 victory against Richmond on Wednesday to begin the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament.

Rick Pitino won his first Big East Coach of the Year award Wednesday and RJ Luis Jr. took Player of the Year honors.

Robert Morris coach Andrew Toole stood next to the staging area near midcourt Tuesday night, the confetti strewn around him as the Colonials danced, mingled with fans and climbed ladders to cut down the nets. “It was the worst locker room I've ever been in,” he said minutes after the victory over Youngstown State, describing a team meeting from five years earlier.

Nik Graves scored 18 points in Charlotte's 64-61 victory over Rice on Wednesday in the American Athletic Conference Tournament. Charlotte, seeded 13th, advances to a second-round game against No. seed Florida Atlantic when the tournament moves to Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday.

Video of Arkansas' John Calipari, D.J. Wagner and Jonas Aidoo after the Razorbacks' win over South Carolina.