College Basketball

FRISCO, Texas – WKU Hilltopper Basketball has been selected as one of 16 teams to compete in the 2021 National Invitation Tournament.  WKU (20-7) is slated to face off against Saint Mary’s (14-9) on Wednesday at 8 p.m. CT at the Comerica Center in the first round of the 83rd NIT. The game will be broadcast nationally on…

DALLAS — WKU Hilltopper Basketball’s Charles Bassey has been named Conference USA Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced Tuesday. Bassey, a 6-foot-11 junior center from Lagos, Nigeria, is the first Hilltopper to win a conference Player of the Year award since Orlando Mendez-Valdez in the Sun Belt Conference in 2008-09. He’s the…

DALLAS — Four Hilltoppers received all-conference men’s basketball honors Monday, as announced by the Conference USA office. Charles Bassey was named to the 2020-21 All-Conference USA First Team, while Taveion Hollingsworth was selected to the Second Team. Bassey and Josh Anderson each earned a spot on C-USA’s All-Defensive Team, and Dayvion McKnight made the All-Freshman Team. This is the fourth straight year that WKU has had…

WKU Game Notes | Saint Mary’s Game Notes FRISCO, Texas — WKU Hilltopper Basketball begins play in the 2021 NIT with a first-round game against Saint Mary’s at 8 p.m. CT Wednesday in Frisco, Texas. The game will air on ESPN2. The Hilltoppers most recently fell 61-57 in overtime to North Texas in Saturday’s Conference USA Tournament final.…

RICHMOND, Va. — Blake Francis, Jacob Gilyard, and Grant Golden were selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District Team for District 4, which is composed of the 14 teams in the Atlantic 10, the organization announced on Tuesday. Francis, Gilyard, and Golden were named NABC Second Team All-District for the a second straight season. Saint Louis (2) was…

RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond men’s basketball team has earned a two-seed in the 2021 National Invitation Tournament and will face Toledo in the first round of the event, the NIT committee announced on Sunday. It will be Richmond’s 10th appearance in the NIT and first since 2017, when the Spiders advanced to the quarterfinals. “I’m thrilled to…

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond senior guard Jacob Gilyard has been named a Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American and is a finalist for the 2021 Lefty Driesell Award, CollegeInsider.com announced on Thursday.  The Driesell Award, given to the best defensive player in Division I, is named in honor of the former Davidson, Georgia State, James Madison, and Maryland coach and member…

RICHMOND, Va. – Three members of the Richmond men’s basketball team were selected to the Atlantic 10’s All-Conference teams, and a fourth, sophomore Tyler Burton, earned the league’s Most Improved Player Award, the conference announced Wednesday. The three Spiders on the All-Atlantic 10 teams — seniors Blake Francis, Jacob Gilyard, and Grant Golden — are tied with regular-season league champion St. Bonaventure…

NIT BRACKET BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo men’s basketball team is postseason bound yet again as it was announced on Sunday evening that the Bulls have been selected to the 2021 National Invitation Tournament.  UB is a #4 seed and will face #1 Colorado State on Friday night in Denton, TX. This will be…

3/16/2021 TOLEDO, Ohio – Senior guards Marreon Jackson and Spencer Littleson as well as Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk earned additional postseason honors on Tuesday. Jackson and Littleson were named to the National Basketball Coaches Association’s First- and Second-Team All-District 14 squads, while Kowalczyk was tabbed as District 14 Coach of the Year. Jackson’s and Littleson’s honor marks the 10th straight year at…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Toledo head coach Tod Kowalczyk was named a finalist for the Hugh Durham National Mid-Major Coach of the Year award and Ryan Rollins is a finalist for the Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year award, CollegeInsider.com announced. Kowalczyk has guided Toledo to a 21-8 overall record and its ninth Mid-American Conference championship in program history this season. Toledo…

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 off in the UNT Coliseum at 7:00 p.m.        The…

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 and Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk was named MAC Coach of the Year.…

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 a No. 1 seed in the upcoming MAC Tournament. Toledo…

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, March 17 at 7:00 p.m. The game will be televised…

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 year will instead be an eight-team, single-elimination tournament held at…

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 the 14th straight season the Gaels have (or would have)…

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 in Indianapolis, Indiana on Saturday. This is the Cougars’ 30th…

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 undefeated season is intact. The NCAA Tournament is next. Suggs…

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 being contested in the Indianapolis area. This marks the seventh time…