Pro Basketball

Rick Pitino wins 1st Big East Coach of the Year award and RJ Luis Jr. is Player of the Year

Rick Pitino has won his first Big East Coach of the Year award and RJ Luis Jr. took Player of the Year honors after they propelled a resurgent St. John’s program to its best regular season in almost four decades.

5th anniversary of COVID cancellations brings back painful memories for teams, NCAA officials

Robert Morris coach Andrew Toole stood next to the staging area near midcourt Tuesday night, the confetti strewn around him as the jubilant Colonials players danced, mingled with fans and climbed ladders to cut down the nets.

March Madness selection panel will have to juggle thanks to SEC overload in bracket

The NCAA selection committee will have some juggling to do before the bracket comes out Sunday to keep March Madness from looking like an extension of the Southeastern Conference’s regular season.

Gonzaga beats No. 19 Saint Mary's 58-51 to capture West Coast Conference Tournament title

Braden Huff scored 18 points and Gonzaga avenged two regular-season losses to Saint Mary’s, beating the 19th-ranked Gaels 58-51 in the West Coast Conference Tournament championship.

No Donovan Mitchell? No problem for Cavaliers as they tie their team record with 15th straight win

The wins and accomplishments keep piling up for the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers.

Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton converts last-second 'football play' into 4 points to stun Bucks

Tyrese Haliburton described it as “a football play” — and he converted the extra point, too.

Tyrese Haliburton's stunning 4-point play gives the Pacers a 115-114 win over the Bucks

Tyrese Haliburton made a fadeaway 3-pointer while being fouled and completed the four-point play with 3.4 seconds left, and the Indiana Pacers stunned Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks 115-114.

Junior Bridgeman, businessman and basketball standout for Louisville and Milwaukee Bucks, dies at 71

Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who went on to an even more successful career in business, has died at the age of 71.

NBA-leading Cavaliers beat Nets 109-104 for their second 15-game win streak of season

Darius Garland scored 18 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter as the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers rallied for a 109-104 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, matching the longest winning streak in franchise history at 15.

Big 12 commissioner believes NCAA Tournament expansion is due. He says 76 teams is the right number

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark is in favor of expanding the men’s NCAA Tournament to 76 teams.

Crass or cool, awesome or eyesore: Big 12 Tournament's logo'd court makes a statement either way

The logo'd court at the Big 12 Tournament is causing quite a stir.

Teams vying for No. 1 NCAA seeds stated their cases and now it's up to selection committee to decide

UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Southern California have all stated their cases for No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament with their stellar play this season.

March Madness: How to watch and what to watch for in the 2025 NCAA Tournament

The countdown to March Madness is on.

March Madness: How to watch the women's NCAA Tournament and what to watch for

Women’s basketball has not slowed down at all this season as March Madness arrives.

Several once-highly ranked teams enter conference tournament week in need of wins to make NCAA field

There are 14 teams that were in the preseason AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll that are no longer in the rankings this week.