College Basketball

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 12 shots, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 6:44 left. Georgia…

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 a 75-member panel consisting of the league’s 15 head coaches…

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 Men’s Basketball Championship Sunday with a 91-54 win over Cincinnati,…

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 honors. Shocker head coach Isaac Brown was a unanimous selection…

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 lock for their 22nd NCAA Tournament berth even before leading…

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 round on Saturday in Indianapolis. Tip-off times and television network…

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 our season in the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, I…

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 and coach, and I want to thank him, Jill and…

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, Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers and Wisconsin will all be taking…

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 record books Sunday by earning a spot in the NCAA…

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 has time and again proven himself to be one of…

Mar 14, 2021 DAYTON, Ohio – Entering the Atlantic 10 Tournament, St. Bonaventure head coach Mark Schmidt repeatedly talked to his team about its opportunity to do something that no other team in the storied history of the program has ever done – win both the Atlantic 10 outright regular season and postseason tournament championships.…

Tournament Central The bracket is officially set for the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The 81st annual tournament will begin Thursday with the “First Four” games and will run until the national championship game on April 5. Last season’s tournament was canceled due to COVID-19. The Fighting Illini (23-6) are the No. 1 seed in the…

 March 14, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS – The Fighting Illini basketball team earned their third overall Big Ten Tournament title, and their first title since 2005 in a 91-88 overtime victory over Ohio State Sunday afternoon in Lucas Oil Stadium.  The Illini were led by 16 points apiece from Ayo Dosunmu, Kofi Cockburn and Andre Curbelo. Da’Monte Williams added 13 points on a perfect…

#2 Seed ILLINOIS (22-6, 16-4) at the Big Ten Tournament Tournament Central Big Ten Tournament Championship Game vs. No. 5 seed Ohio State (21-8, 12-8) Date | Time Sunday, March 14, 2021 | 2:30 p.m. CT (3:30 p.m. ET) Location Indianapolis, Ind. | Lucas Oil Stadium Television CBS (Jim Nantz, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery & Tracy Wolfson) Live Stream…

3/13/2021 They’ve played EPIC regular season battles. They’ve won … and lost Atlantic 10 title games. They’ve been two of the winningest programs in the A-10 for most of the last decade. But St. Bonaventure and VCU have never met with a title and NCAA automatic bid on the line. In fact, they’ve never even…

March 13, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS – The second-seeded Fighting Illini downed the third-seeded Hawkeyes 82-71 Saturday afternoon at Lucas Oil Stadium in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. The Illini now move on to the B1G Championship game tomorrow afternoon. The Illini were led by Kofi Cockburn’s 26 points and eight rebounds. Ayo Dosunmu had another All-American performance, recording 18 points, seven rebounds…

Atlantic 10 Conference SemifinalsFinal Score: #2 VCU 64, #3 Davidson 52Location: Richmond, Va. (Siegel Center)Records: VCU 19-6, Davidson 13-8 The Short Story: A balanced scoring attack combined with a smothering defensive effort pushed VCU past Davidson in a hard-fought Atlantic 10 Conference Semifinal matchup. The win sets up a clash between top-seeded St. Bonaventure and second-seeded VCU in the…

No. 1 ST. BONAVENTURE (15-4) vs No. 2 VCU (19-6) Sunday, March 14 – 1:00 p.m.Dayton, OhioTV: CBS Online Coverage: Live Stats | Live Video | Live AudioComplete Game Notes (PDF) || Championship Central GAME NOTES St. Bonaventure clinched the outright Atlantic 10 regular season championship and the top seed in the Atlantic 10 Tournament. The Bonnies reached the Atlantic 10 Championship Game with…

3/13/2021 Freshman forward appeared in eight games with one start LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky men’s basketball freshman forward Cam’Ron Fletcher has entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal. Fletcher notified Kentucky of his decision on Saturday and will have the ability to transfer to any school without any restrictions, per NCAA rules. “Although this season did not…