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Jason King looks at the "pressure meter" hovering over each Sweet 16 team heading into Thursday and Friday's games.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- At their shoot-around on Thursday and again during Friday's win over Villanova, the North Carolina Tar Heels received rousing ovations from an unlikely group of supporters. Kansas fans. For nearly a decade almost anyone who ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Bill Self could sense something was wrong. Less than an hour before his team played Western Kentucky on Friday, the energy and spirit that's so often present in the Jayhawks' locker room was missing. Smiles were few and...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams picked up his 700th career victory when North Carolina defeated Villanova 78-71 at the Sprint Center on Friday. But after the game, Williams said he was equally as proud of another number. ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- P.J. Hairston scored 23 points and James Michael McAdoo added 17 to propel North Carolina to a 78-71 victory over Villanova in the second round of the NCAA tournament at the Sprint Center. Friday's victory marked the 700th career ...

Jason King takes a look at the players and teams featured in the South Region, topped by No. 1 seed Kansas.

LAS VEGAS -- A few quick thoughts from New Mexico's 63-56 victory over UNLV in the championship game of the Mountain West Conference tournament Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center. Overview: Tony Snell scored 21 points and Kendall Williams ad...

With less than two weeks remaining in the regular season, Indiana's Victor Oladipo is still considered the leading candidate to win the Wooden Award, given annually to the nation's top player. The race, however, is far from over. Players such as G...

Kansas coach Bill Self was in the postgame handshake line after his team's 72-66 loss to Oklahoma when he looked up and saw hundreds of students rushing the Lloyd Noble Center court. His lips didn't move, but as he tilted back his head and rolled ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Before heading back to Syracuse on Saturday, point guard Michael Carter-Williams spent 15 minutes signing autographs at Louisville's KFC Yum! Center. Coach Jim Boeheim's smile was wide as he took pictures with friends and family...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A few quick thoughts from Syracuse's 70-68 victory over Louisville on Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center. Overview: Louisville entered Saturday's game against Syracuse touting a No. 1 national ranking. Now the Cardinals aren't even...

Michael Carter-Williams turned things around in the second half, and it was just in time for Syracuse. The Orange rallied late to knock off top-ranked Louisville as Carter-Williams came up with two steals and a mammoth defensive rebound -- all in the final 29 seconds.

A new leader has emerged in the race for the Wooden Award. Creighton's Doug McDermott, who has been No. 2 on my ballot for most the season, has catapulted ahead of Duke forward Mason Plumlee for the top spot. McDermott ranks second in the nation w...

Kansas is still the heavy favorite to win a ninth consecutive Big 12 title. But its path to the championship may be more difficult than Big 12 fans expected. That was evident Wednesday, when Iowa State nearly upset Bill Self's squad at Allen Fieldhou...

Mason Plumlee is the best player on a Duke squad that owns victories over Ohio State, Louisville, Kentucky, Minnesota, VCU and Temple. You'd think ranking him No. 1 on this week's Wooden Award ballot would seem like a no-brainer. It wasn't. As ...

NASSAU, Bahamas -- When Andre Hollins returns to his native Memphis next month for Christmas, the Minnesota guard may want to wear a disguise. "I don't know how accepted I'll be," Hollins said. "I may have made a few people mad." Hollins stuck ...