MILWAUKEE — Third-seeded Kentucky will face a maturing Illinois team getting healthy at the right time in a second-round matchup in the NCAA Tournament’s Midwest Region on Sunday.Sixth-seeded Illino… MORE
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Duke braces to face familiar foe in Jeremy Roach, Baylor
RALEIGH, N.C. — There should be a familiar feel for top-seeded Duke in its NCAA Tournament second-round game with ninth-seeded Baylor on Sunday afternoon.The Blue Devils will encounter some old frie… MORE
Michigan’s packed slate has Texas A&M up next
DENVER — The Michigan Wolverines made a surprising run to win the Big Ten Tournament last weekend, but their reward was the No. 5 seed in the South Region and a trip West to play at altitude.Michiga… MORE
NCAA Tournament roundup: No. 12 Colorado State stuns No. 5 Memphis
Kyan Evans scored a game-high 23 points with six 3-pointers as No. 12 seed Colorado State increased its winning streak to 11 games with a 78-70 victory over fifth-seeded Memphis in an NCAA Tournament… MORE
Mark Sears, Alabama set to battle defensive-minded Saint Mary’s
Second-seeded Alabama and its East Region second round opponent, No. 7 seed Saint Mary’s, come into Sunday’s matchup in Cleveland each having received a dose of high-stakes basketball.The Crimson Tid… MORE
Cooper Flagg returns, scores 14 as Duke blows by Mount St. Mary’s
RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg scored 14 points in his return to action after missing two-plus games and the Blue Devils blew out No. 16 seed Mount St. Mary’s 93-49 in the NCAA Tourn… MORE
Precocious coaches get together as Texas Tech faces Drake
Grant McCasland is trying to steer Texas Tech to the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in the past seven NCAA Tournaments and the first time in his two seasons at the school.Standing in his way is his bes… MORE
No. 4 Purdue handles McNeese to reach Sweet 16
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Trey Kaufman-Renn recorded 22 points and 15 rebounds to help Purdue punch its sixth Sweet 16 ticket in the last eight NCAA Tournaments with a 76-62 win over McNeese in second-round… MORE
Ole Miss meets Iowa State — ‘one of the best’ — in second round
MILWAUKEE — Ole Miss probably can’t afford another late letdown when the sixth-seeded Rebels face third-seeded Iowa State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament’s South Region on Sunday evening.… MORE
No. 1 Florida has no trouble with 16 Norfolk State
RALEIGH, N.C. — Walter Clayton Jr. scored 23 points and top-seeded Florida built a big early lead on the way to dismissing No. 16 Norfolk State with a 95-69 victory in the West Region first-round gam… MORE
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