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CLEVELAND -- The four remaining teams in this East Region pod know how to move on in March. All four have been to a Final Four since 2003, and three of them have national championship trophies encased in glass back home. Beyond that, we've got the...

Insider's Matt Giles writes that George Mason's stout defense is perfectly suited to match up against the Ohio State Buckeyes. If the Patriots can slow down Jared Sullinger and the Buckeyes' shooters, they could pull off the upset.

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CLEVELAND -- The current George Mason players have nothing but respect for the 2005-06 Patriots team that made it to the Final Four. Many of them are at the school now at least partly because that team raised the profile of the program. But, hones...

CLEVELAND -- For George Mason, it was shades of 2006. For Villanova, it was more of the same. The Patriots won their first NCAA tournament game since their magical 2006 Final Four run with a 61-57 victory over No. 9 seed Villanova on Friday aftern...

CLEVELAND -- This city has known more than its share of sports disappointments, from The Drive to The Decision, from Jordan over Ehlo to Modell's moving vans. Maybe this weekend can provide a little brightness. Two Ohio schools are here for the Ea...

The weather folks, the ones who call sunny with a chance of clouds an actual prediction, like to debate whether the month of March will come in like a lamb or a lion. The theory being that the month that starts cold and nasty will right itself and...

Corey Fisher hits the tying three-pointer in the final seconds of regulation and scores seven of his 34 points in overtime, lifting the Wildcats to a 77-75 road victory....

Corey Fisher scored a career-high 34 points, nailing the tying 3-pointer near the end of regulation, and Villanova (No. 14 ESPN/USA Today, No. 15 AP) beat DePaul 77-75 in overtime on Saturday.

Five observations from the past week: 1. Officials had an interesting week. The out-of-bounds call on Alabama's JaMychal Green by official Tim Higgins was more than questionable in the Crimson Tide's 81-77 loss at Vanderbilt on Thursday. Green tho...

VILLANOVA, Pa. -- At first it looked harmless, like Isaiah Armwood actually was trying to pull Mouphtaou Yarou away from a potential fracas. On replay, however, it was viewed otherwise. As Armwood, the Villanova sophomore, wrapped his arm around Y...

Villanova coach Jay Wright and guard Corey Fisher demonstrate how the Wildcats attempt to create contact and get to the foul line. Nova takes on No. 4 Pitt tonight at 9 ET on ESPN. For more from the GameDay crew, click here....

Maalik Wayns scored 17 points, Corey Fisher had 16 and No. 12 Villanova pulled away late to beat West Virginia (No. 25 AP) Saturday 66-50.

Mouphtaou Yarou scored 18 points, Corey Fisher had 17 and No. 12 Villanova snapped a two-game losing streak with a 75-70 win over Marquette on Wednesday night.

PHILADELPHIA -- You forget. With Kemba Walker trying to outjimmer the Jimmer every night and the topsy-turvy Big East spin-cycling teams into a muddled mess, you forget that Austin Freeman was named the league's preseason player of the year. Th...

Welcome to Saturday. Or, at least for college hoops fans, Saturday as it should be. There's no baseball, college football, NFL playoffs, or any other popular-but-inferior (kidding!) sport to distract the casual fan from the hoopy goodness you and I h...

STORRS, Conn. -- Kemba Walker is performing for Connecticut as if he is an NBA All-Star. He's well-aware that he will take the last shot, and he won't have any doubt about making it. He won't always make it -- plenty of NBA stars don't. But the Hu...