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With just over a minute left in a six-point game, Creighton's Doug McDermott was swarmed by a pair of Cincinnati defenders. Trying to escape the trap, McDermott turned and swung his elbow upward, catching the Bearcats' Shaquille Thomas in the face.

Cleanthony Early and Ron Baker scored 16 points apiece and Wichita State hit a season-high 14 3-pointers, including seven straight late, to knock the top-ranked and No. 1 seeded Bulldogs out of the NCAA tournament 76-70 on Saturday.

The Zags got pushed to the limit by Southern on Thursday, pulling out a 64-58 victory in the closing minutes to avoid becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 in the NCAA tournament.

MIDWEST REGION The Memphis Tigers are 0-3 this season against teams ranked in the BPI top 50, losing each game by at least nine points. The Tigers haven't faced one of those teams since December. Middle Tennessee and Saint Mary's both rank in the ...

The NCAA tournament is a pressure unlike any other. These players, teams and coaches are feeling it more than most.

Gonzaga's first stint on top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll lasted through the final Top 25 of the season.

Joe Lunardi breaks down all 68 teams in his 2013 NCAA tournament Video Previews.

Gonzaga Bulldogs coach Mark Few talks about his team's No. 1 seed in the West region....

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Hoosiers coach Tom Crean and Gonzaga Bulldogs coach Mark Few made their cases early Sunday why they should be No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament based on the consistency and strength of their teams' regular-season work. Cre...

Louisville earned the top overall seed in the NCAA tournament Sunday, a process complicated by the topsy-turvy regular season and another round of weekend upsets.

Kelly Olynyk had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and top-ranked Gonzaga bolstered its case for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament by routing Saint Mary's 65-51 in the West Coast Conference final Monday night.

A list of the teams that have earned an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Elias Harris had 21 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 1 Gonzaga over Loyola Marymount 66-48 on Saturday night in the semifinals of the West Coast conference tournament.

The race for the Wooden Player of the Year award is probably as wide open as it has ever been heading into the final weekend of the regular season and conference tournament.

Gonzaga, the small Northwest school that consistently delivers big NCAA tournament wins, is on top of The Associated Press' Top 25 for the first time.