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In March, the Pac-12 will hold its conference tournament for what could be the final time at Los Angeles' Staples Center, where empty seats have become the norm while commissioner Larry Scott is rethinking the event model going forward. Could the ...

Resident bracketologist Joe Lunardi today selected a 4-4 Washington team to be one of his First Four Out of the early-season look at the projected NCAA tournament field, but take one look at the video above and it's clear the Huskies still have room ...

San Diego State coach Steve Fisher not only believes his team should be ranked, but also made a bolder statement that shows just how far the Aztecs think they've come after winning their first NCAA tournament games in March. "I will say this, and ...

MORAGA, Calif. -- Tradition has it that Saint Mary's sweats it out on Selection Sunday. Two seasons ago, it took the drama out of it by winning the West Coast Conference tournament, and the Gaels made it all the way to the Sweet 16. Last season, desp...

Following UC Santa Barbara's second straight opening-round loss in the NCAA tournament, Orlando Johnson went back to work. The Gauchos' star guard worked out for NBA teams before deciding to withdraw his name from the draft, attended skills academ...

College basketball teams that don't carry an Academic Progress Rate of at least 900 could face a ban from the NCAA tournament as soon as this season, NCAA president Mark Emmert said today, and according to Bloomberg, he noted that Connecticut would h...

The CAA is a conference to watch this season, with VCU coming off a Final Four appearance and George Mason primed to make another NCAA tournament run. But a new crop of players will have to step up, as the entire All-CAA first team completed its e...

Utah State forward Brady Jardine earned his way onto SportsCenter last season with a ferocious dunk that helped the Aggies beat Saint Mary's on national television and provided a signature moment for their NCAA tournament team. The Aggies have domina...

Hawaii was forced to cancel its traditional Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic tournament to open the season, and that is causing a change in ESPN's annual Tip-Off Marathon programming. The South Alabama-Hawaii game was to have been the third game i...

As a solid mid-major program, North Texas is expected to be in the hunt for its third NCAA tournament bid in the past six seasons. Coach Johnny Jones plans on having former top-25 recruit Tony Mitchell in December after he enrolled in school last ...

When the NCAA announced in August that it was raising the bar with a new Academic Progress Rate requirement for postseason play, it was said that programs would have at least a few years to "ratchet up" their academics before NCAA tournament bans wou...

Santa Clara hangs a banner in the Leavey Center to honor Steve Nash, who was the man on campus the last time the Broncos consistently went to the NCAA tournament. Coach Kerry Keating refers to another Canadian as the current "poster child" for the...

Michigan fell just short of upsetting Duke in the NCAA tournament and advancing to the Sweet 16. But out of the loss came a belief that the Wolverines could go very far this coming season. As guard Tim Hardaway Jr. told me earlier this summer, "Yo...

Long Beach State has reached the championship game of the Big West tournament for the past two seasons. They lost both times and fell short of the NCAA tournament. Still, Casper Ware isn't looking back. "I can't cry about it or be sad about it," s...

New Mexico is one of the favorites in the Mountain West Conference, and if the Lobos want to reach the NCAA tournament with an at-large bid, they had better perform well away from The Pit. On the road is where they can find signature wins. That...

Tournament bracket for the 76 Classic When and where: Nov. 24-25, 27 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. Initial thoughts: Lon Kruger gets an opportunity to win a 76 Classic championship for a second straight year, but it'll be ...