College Basketball

NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 2ND ROUND: Battle of Illinois, 12:10 P.M.: Midwest (1) Illinois vs. (8) Loyola Chicago, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, CBS: Fighting Illini Game preview

March 20, 2021 1 ILLINOIS (24-6, 16-4 B1G) at the NCAA Tournament Social Media @IlliniMBB  | #Illini  | @IlliniMBB  | Facebook  | YouTube  HEAD COACH BRAD UNDERWOOD Career Record: 180-82 (.687), 8th yearAt Illinois: 71-55 (.563), 4th yearNCAA Tournament at Illinois: 1-0, 1st appearanceNCAA Tournament, Career: 3-0, 5th appearance ILLINI NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY Appearances: 31stRecord: 41-31Final Fours: 5 SERIES NOTES VS. LOYOLA CHICAGO Record: Illinois leads 12-3Streak: Illinois […]

NIT First Round Winner: Louisiana Tech uses 43-point second half to get past Ole Miss, 70-61

 3/20/2021  LA Tech advances to NIT Quarterfinals FRISCO, Texas – Louisiana Tech’s Kenneth Lofton, Jr. had his coming out party at LSU early on in the regular season, notching his first collegiate double-double. Apparently, the freshman likes playing SEC teams as he registered a career-high 22 points with […]

NIT First Round Winner: Exciting game won by Boise State on Doutrive’s rebound shot in final seconds over SMU, 85-84

3/18/2021 FRISCO, Texas –Devonaire Doutrive scored a go-ahead putback with 10.1 seconds left that proved to be the game winner as Boise State beat SMU 85-84 Thursday, in the first round of the 2021 National Invitation Tournament. With the win, the Broncos (19-8) advance to the […]

NCAA First Round Game at 9:50 PM: Abilene Christian, back-to-back champions of the Southland Conference, looking forward to Texas showdown in Circle City of Indianapolis

3/19/2021 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. –  After winning their second consecutive Southland Conference Tournament Championship, the Wildcats have their eyes on a bigger prize. With last year’s cancellation of the basketball postseason, the team is appearing in their second-straight tournament this time as a 14-seed matched up with […]

NCAA First Round Game, last of the day at 9:50 PM: Battle of The Lone Star State, Texas vs. Abilene Christian

Game 27: #9/9 Texas (19-7, 11-6 Big 12) vs. Abilene Christian (23-4, 13-2 Southland)NCAA Tournament First RoundSaturday, March 20, 2021 – 8:50 p.m. Central/9:50 p.m. EasternLucas Oil Stadium – Unity Court (8,000) – Indianapolis, IndianaGameDay Quick Facts• TELEVISION: The game will be televised nationally by truTV. Lisa […]

UCLA Bruins, gets First Four win by rallying past Michigan State; BYU next

March 19, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS – Hours after UCLA’s late-night overtime victory over Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament’s First Four on Thursday night, the team’s attention quickly shifted toward Saturday night’s showdown against BYU. Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored a career-high 27 points in the Bruins’ comeback win over […]

NCAA First Round Game at 9:20 PM: Top-ranked Gonzaga gets another test; athletic, quick Norfolk State ready to upset

3/19/2021 Zags look to extend national best 12th straight win in opening round of tournament #1-seed Gonzaga (26-0, 15-0 WCC) vs. #16-seed Norfolk StateSATURDAY, MARCH 20 | 6:20 P.M. PT | BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE | INDIANAPOLISTELEVISION: TBSLIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS THE TIP OFF– Gonzaga will meet […]

Norfolk State, behind Jalen Hawkins 24 points, survives late rally by Appalachian State in First Four Game; #1 Gonzaga awaits

3/19/2021 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Spartans dominated in a big first half before weathering a second-half Appalachian State comeback on Thursday evening, and in the end the Norfolk State men’s basketball team is still dancing. In a battle of No. 16 seeds in the NCAA Tournament First […]

NCAA First Round Game at 7:25 PM: Two former Big 12 foes ready to meet again, Oklahoma and Missouri

8 OKLAHOMA9 MISSOURINCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND / SATURDAY, MARCH 20 / 6:25 P.M. CT / LUCAS OIL STADIUM / INDIANAPOLIS, IND.Tickets / TNT / Radio / Live Stats / Game Notes (PDF) INDIANAPOLIS – It’s time to go dancing. Oklahoma (15-10, 9-8 Big 12) heads to the once-in-a-lifetime “controlled environment bubble” in Indianapolis for the 2021 NCAA Tournament. The […]