Category: Basketball

Arkansas associate head coach Chin Coleman press conference previewing the game vs. Mississippi State on Saturday.

For the second day in a row, a Michigan basketball 7-footer has earned national recognition as one of the top players at his position in the country.

In the fast-changing world of college basketball, some things remain constant. Saint Mary's, the small school in San Francisco's East Bay region, keeps piling up wins at the rate that only the blue bloods of the sport can match. The Gaes (27-4) are ranked 21st in the country after winning back-to-back outright regular-season titles in the West Coast Conference and head into the conference tournament with a chance to become the first team to repeat as champions other than Gonzaga since Pepperdine in 1991-92.

“Just find peace in developing and continuing to get better,” Withers said. The Tar Heels have won six straight with their best stretch of sustained play all season, giving them at least the chance to play their way onto the right side of the NCAA Tournament bubble entering Saturday's visit from second-ranked rival Duke. It's been rooted in the 6-foot-9 Withers' rise, stablizing a team once teetering as it churned through guard-heavy lineups.

JuJu Watkins scored 31 points, Kiki Iriafen added 21 and each grabbed 10 rebounds in their first Big Ten Tournament games, leading No. 2 Southern California to an 84-79 victory over Indiana on Friday in Indianapolis. The Trojans (27-2) have now won all three games they've played in Indiana this season and will take an eight-game winning streak into Saturday's semifinal against fifth-seeded Michigan (22-9). Yarden Garzon had 23 points to lead the Hoosiers (19-12), making five of her six baskets from 3-point range.

JuJu Watkins scores 31 points and Kiki Iriafen added 21 as second-ranked USC, the top seed in the Big Ten conference tournament, survives upset-minded Indiana.

It's Northwestern vs No. 13 Maryland in the second game of Saturday's Big Ten men's doubleheader on Peacock.

Alyssa Ustby scored 12 points and grabbed 18 rebounds and freshman Lanie Grant made two free throws with 7.3 seconds left to give No. 14 North Carolina a 60-56 win over No. 22 Florida State in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Friday. Reniya Kelly, who missed the previous three games with an injury, hit a jumper with just over a minute remaining to give the Tar Heels the lead and she connected again near the foul line to make it 58-54 with 20.4 seconds left. Ta'Niya Latson made two free throws for the Seminoles with 11.4 to go but then they had to foul three times before Grant went to the line.

"We don't have to be tense about anything," Michigan basketball assistant Kyle Church said. "Let's get a little momentum headed into Indianapolis."

Don't miss this Saturday's Big Ten men's college basketball doubleheader starting at 1 PM ET on Peacock.