College Basketball

March 15, 2021 THE GAME: Oregon State (17-12, 10-10 Pac-12) will face Tennessee (18-8, 10-7 SEC) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) on Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. TELEVISION: The game will be televised on TNT with Spero Dedes and Brendan Haywood calling the action…

March 17, 2021 GAMEDAY TIMES & BROADCAST INFO Opponent: Oregon State Tipoff: March 19, 4:30 p.m. Venue: Bankers Life Fieldhouse Watch Online: TNT Radio: Vol Network Online: Live Audio | Live Stats INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Tennessee basketball opens its account at the 2021 NCAA Tournament, with a first round matchup in the Midwest Region with 12th-seeded Oregon State. Friday afternoons tipoff from Bankers…

MARCH 18, 2021 Complete Game Notes TV: TBS | Listen online (680 the Fan) NCAA Tournament home page INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – Ending an 11-year hiatus from the NCAA Tournament, Georgia Tech plays its first-round game of the 2021 tournament at 4 p.m. Friday afternoon against Loyola Chicago at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. The Yellow Jackets are a…

3/17/2021 Ramblers enter postseason having won 17 of last 18 contests INDIANAPOLIS (March 17, 2021) – Eighth-seededLoyola, which enters the postseason having won 17 of its last 18 contests, including each of the last six, is making its second NCAA Tournament appearance in the last four years and will take on No. 9 seed Georgia Tech…

3/18/2021 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — After claiming an America East Championship for the first time in program history, the Hartford men’s basketball team makes its NCAA Tournament debut on Friday afternoon, when it takes on #1 seeded Baylor. Tipoff from Lucas Oil Stadium is set for 3:30 p.m. on truTV, with Lisa Byington and Steve Smith on the…

3/17/2021 Baylor is appearing in the NCAA postseason for a school-record ninth consecutive season No. 1 BAYLOR BEARS (22-2, 13-1)Location: Waco, Texas Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) No. 16 HARTFORD HAWKS (15-8, 8-6)Location: West Hartford, Conn.Head Coach: John Gallagher (Saint Joseph’s, 1999)Roster | Stats (PDF) | Game Notes (PDF) BAYLOR (22-2, 13-1) vs. HARTFORD (15-8, 8-6)March 19, 2021 • 2:30 p.m. CTIndianapolis, Ind. • Lucas Oil Stadium –…

3/14/2021 USU will be making its 22nd NCAA Tournament appearance all-time, including its 10th in the last 22 years, when the 11th-seeded Aggies face sixth-seeded Texas Tech in the first round of the South Region on Friday, March 19, in Indianapolis. Utah State NCAA Tournament Information Packet (PDF) LOGAN, Utah – Utah State men’s basketball will be…

March 16, 2021 No. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 Utah State | 12:45 p.m. (CST), Friday | TV: TNT | Bloomington, Indiana INDIANAPOLIS – No. 21 Texas Tech is set to open the 2021 NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed in the South Region against 11th-seeded Utah State at 12:45 p.m. (CST) on Friday…

3/18/2021 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The long awaited return to the NCAA Tournament is over. The Drexel men’s basketball team will be back on the national stage on Friday afternoon when the Dragons face top-seeded Illinois in the opening round of the NCAA Midwest Region. The Illini enter the game ranked second in the nation with a…

March 18, 2021 Illini make first NCAA appearance since 2013 on Friday 1 ILLINOIS (23-6, 16-4 B1G) at the NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament Illini Tournament Central | NCAA Tournament Central  First Round vs. 16 Drexel (12-7, 4-5 Colonial) Date | Time Friday, March 19, 2021 | 12:15 p.m. CT (1:15 p.m. ET) Location Indianapolis, Ind. | Indiana Farmers Coliseum Television TBS (Kevin Harlan, Dan…

3/18/2021 RUSTON – Postseason play is back for Louisiana Tech as the Bulldogs open the National Invitation Tournament on Friday night at 8 p.m. versus the Ole Miss Rebels inside the Comerica Center. The matchup will be nationally televised on ESPN2 with Wes Durham and Chris Spatola calling the action.  Fans can also listen to Malcolm Butler and Jack…

#1 SEED OLE MISS (16-11, 10-8 SEC)vs. #4 SEED LOUISIANA TECH (21-7, 12-4 C-USA)Friday, March 19 • 8 p.m. • Frisco, TexasComerica Center Watch • Live Stats •Listen Ole Miss Game Notes (PDF) • Louisiana Tech Notes (PDF) • SEC Game Notes (PDF) GAME 28 – NITDate: March 19, 2021Time: 8 p.m. CTLocation: Frisco, TexasArena: Comerica Center (6,000)Television:ESPN2    Wes Durham, play-by-play    Chris Spatola, analystRadio: Ole Miss Sports Network    David Kellum,…

Opening Tip• The Rams are the top seed in the upper left bracket and will take on fourth-seeded Buffalo in the opening round of the National Invitation Tournament on Friday night in Denton, Texas.• The game will have veteran sports announcer Dave Feldman and former Coastal Carolina women’s basketball standout Brooke Weisbrod handling the broadcast.•…

03/17/2021 DENTON, TEXAS – With their top two scorers sidelined with injuries and one of the nation’s best shooting teams hitting from all over the court, things looked grim for the Spiders early in Wednesday night’s NIT opener against MAC regular-season champion Toledo. Richmond found itself down 13-4 just five minutes into the game and was…

3/17/2021 Broncos, Mustangs Tangle Thursday No. 2 Boise State (18-8) vs No. 3 SMU (11-5)Thursday, March 18 | 8 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. MTFrisco, Texas | Comerica CenterTV: ESPN | Live Video | Live Audio | Live Stats Boise State Game Notes Boise State men’s basketball opens the National Invitation Tournament Thursday, in a first-round matchup against SMU at…

INDIANAPOLIS – The SMU men’s basketball team received a bid in the 2021 National Invitation Tournament and will face Boise State on Thursday at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas, the tournament committee announced on Sunday night. SMU and Boise State will tip at 8 p.m. CT on Thursday on ESPN. For tickets, click HERE. SMU earned its…

3/18/2021 BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Hilltopper Basketball junior center Charles Bassey earned more All-American honors as he was named a Basketball Times Second Team All-American and a Lute Olson All-American. The second honor comes with being named one of 25 finalists for the Lute Olson National Player of the Year. The Hilltoppers have had two Basketball Times All-Americans…

 3/18/2021 FRISCO, Texas — WKU Hilltopper Basketball proved its resiliency Wednesday night, bouncing back from a devastating loss in the Conference USA championship game with a 69-67 win over Saint Mary’s in the first round of the NIT. Just four days after falling in overtime to North Texas for the C-USA title and a spot in the…

IN HER OWN WORDS: March 17, 2021 THE PRIVILEGE OF A LIFETIME “Being the head coach at the University of Oklahoma has been the privilege of my lifetime. “In April of 1996, I accepted this, my dream job. As a native Oklahoman, I was pretty sure I had died and gone to Heaven. Though the…