3/16/2021 TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo men’s basketball team (21-8) opens postseason play on Wednesday, March 17 when it faces Richmond (13-8, 6-5) in Denton, Texas in the first round of the 2021 National Invitation Tournament. The contest will be televised nationally on ESPN2 and tip […]
College Basketball
Toledo Rockets Men’s Basketball News: MAC honors to Coach Kowalczyk, Jackson and Rollins
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Toledo men’s basketball program was honored for its tremendous 2020-21 season on Wednesday morning with the Mid-American Conference’s announcement of the specialty awards and all-conference teams. Senior guard Marreon Jackson received MAC Player of the Year, guard Ryan Rollins earned MAC Freshman of the Year […]
Toledo Rockets head coach Ted Kowalczyk a finalist for Skip Prosser Award
BOSTON, Mass. – University of Toledo head coach Tod Kowalczyk is a finalist for the 2020-21 Skip Prosser Man of the Year award. Kowalczyk has guided the Rockets to a 20-7 overall record and their ninth Mid-American Conference championship in program history this season, as well as […]
NIT Basketball: Toledo Rockets to play Richmond Spiders in First Round
3/14/2021 TOLEDO, Ohio – The University of Toledo men’s basketball team has qualified for post-season play with its selection to the National Invitation Tournament. The Rockets (21-8) will travel to Denton, Texas to face the University of Richmond (13-8) in the UNT Coliseum on Wednesday, […]
West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball News: Pepperdine Waves & Colbey Ross will play in the CBI Tournament
3/15/2021 MALIBU, California – The Pepperdine men’s basketball team’s season will continue and senior guard Colbey Ross will have one more chance to extend his remarkable career as the Waves will play in the upcoming College Basketball Invitational. Typically a 16-team event played at host sites, the CBI this […]
West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball News: Saint Mary’s Gaels Headed To National Invitation Tournament
3/14/2021 https://wccsports.com/documents/2021/3/14//21MBB_NIT_Bracket_3_14.jpeg MORAGA, Calif. — Saint Mary’s season will continue deep into March once again as the team was selected to compete in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) as announced today by the selection committee. SMC was named as a 2-seed in the field. It is […]
West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball News: BYU #6 Seed in NCAA Tournament
3/14/2021 Cougars make fourth appearance as a WCC member COMPLETE BYU RELEASE PROVO, Utah – BYU men’s basketball will face the winner of a UCLA and Michigan State play-in game and will hold a No. 6 seed in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament […]
West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball News: #1 Gonzaga rallies from double-digit deficit to beat BYU in 88-78 in title game
Zags remain unbeaten and win 23rd straight game LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gonzaga was out of sorts for one of the few times this season, falling into its biggest halftime deficit in three years. Corey Kispert got the Bulldogs back in it. Jalen Suggs finished it off. The […]
Atlantic Coast Conference has 7 Teams earning NCAA Tournament bids
March 14, 2021 GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Seven Atlantic Coast Conference programs earned bids to the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia and Virginia Tech were selected to compete in the event, which begins Thursday, with all games this year […]
Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Champions: The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
March 13, 2021 GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Michael Devoe scored 20 points and Georgia Tech shot 52% after halftime to beat No. 15 Florida State 80-75 in Saturday night’s 2021 New York Life ACC Tournament championship game. Devoe was named the tournament MVP after making 8 of […]
ACC Men’s Basketball Awards for 2020-21 Season
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Georgia Tech senior forward Moses Wright has been selected the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year,highlighting the All-ACC Men’s Basketball Team and award winners for the 2020-21 season, as released Monday morning by the conference office. The 2020-21 All-ACC Team was determined by […]
Houston, Wichita State to represent American Athletic Conference in upcoming NCAA Tournament; SMU, Memphis to NIT
03.14.21 FORT WORTH, Texas — Houston and Wichita State both earned bids to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and are headed to Indiana, as announced by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee Sunday, March 14. Houston (24-3), which won the 2021 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference […]
American Athletic Conference 20-21 Men’s Basketball Honors
IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the men’s basketball award winners and all-conference teams for the 2020-21 season. The selections were made by the league’s 11 head coaches. Houston junior Quentin Grimes and Wichita State sophomore Tyson Etienne both earned Player of the Year […]
American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Champion: The Houston Cougars
03.14.21 FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Quentin Grimes scored 21 points with five 3-pointers, Marcus Sasser had 16 points and No. 7 Houston beat Cincinnati 91-54 on Sunday in the third consecutive American Athletic Conference tournament championship game between the two teams. The Cougars (24-3) were a […]
Atlantic 10 Runnerup VCU earns At-Large bid to NCAA Tournament as 10th seed taking on 7th-seeded Oregon
3/14/2021 2021 NCAA BRACKET INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – VCU will dance again. The Rams are headed to a second consecutive NCAA Tournament after they were selected as an at-large berth Sunday. VCU is seeded 10th in the West Region and will take on seventh-seeded Oregon in the first […]
A 12-15 record, Four Years of no NCAA Tournaments leads Indiana to fire basketball coach Archie Miller
3/15/2021 Statement from Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson “As the Director of Athletics, I wanted to wait until the conclusion of the season before evaluating the leadership of our men’s basketball program. In the days following the completion of […]
As expected, Minnesota parts ways with Richard Pitino
3/15/2021 University of Minnesota Athletics Director Mark Coyle announced this evening that the University has parted ways with men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino. Statement from Mark Coyle “I recently met with Richard and told him that we were moving in a different direction. Richard is a tremendous person […]
Big Ten sets conference record for most teams selected to the 2021 NCAA Men’s Tournament with Nine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 ROSEMONT, Ill. — A record-setting nine Big Ten schools have been chosen to compete in the 2021 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Championship, it was announced Sunday on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Selection Show on CBS. Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, […]
A-10 Champion 9th-seeded St. Bonaventure to play 8th-seeded LSU in NCAA First Round
Posted: Mar 14, 2021 Printable Bracket From the very start of this unprecedented college basketball season, this year’s edition of the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team has added itself to the list of history-making squads in Bonnies history. St. Bonaventure added another moment for the […]
Bonnies head coach Mark Schmidt up for award named after a former boss, The Skip Prosser Coach of the Year Award
St. Bonaventure head coach Mark Schmidt is a finalist for the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award, officials announced Tuesday. The award honors those who not only achieve success on the basketball court, but also display moral integrity off the floor as well. Schmidt […]