Friday, March 7, 2025

Some hard-fought wins

Big Ten quarterfinal results:


USC 84, Indiana 79


UCLA 85, Nebraska 74


Michigan 98, Maryland 71


Ohio State 60, Iowa 59


SEC quarterfinal results:


Texas 70, Ole Miss 63


South Carolina 84, Vanderbilt 63


Oklahoma 69, Kentucky 65


LSU 101, Florida 87


ACC quarterfinal results:


Notre Dame 73, Cal 64


North Carolina 60, Florida State 56


NC State 73, Georgia Tech 72


Duke 61, Louisville 48


Big 12 quarterfinal results:


TCU 69, Colorado 62


West Virginia 73, Kansas State 69


Baylor 69, Iowa State 63


Oklahoma State 62, Texas Tech 59


OVC semifinal scores


SoCon semifinal scores


A-10 quarterfinal scores


Summit quarterfinal scores


Sun Belt fourth-round scores


WCC second-round scores


ASUN first-round scores


Big East first-round scores


Tomorrow's game schedule


College team news:


Why a brutal loss to USC might have saved UCLA's season.


College player news:


Ashlynn Shade can be a difference-maker for UConn.

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Tournament upsets and coach departures

Big Ten second-round results:


Indiana 78, Oregon 62


Michigan 66, Washington 58


Iowa 74, Michigan State 61


Nebraska 74, Illinois 70


SEC second-round results:


Vanderbilt 84, Tennessee 76


Florida 63, Alabama 61


Ole Miss 85, Mississippi State 73


Oklahoma 70, Georgia 52


Big 12 second-round results:


Iowa State 96, Arizona State 88


Colorado 61, Arizona 58


Kansas State 80, UCF 65


Texas Tech 75, Utah 64


ACC second-round results:


North Carolina 78, Boston College 71


Georgia Tech 72, Virginia Tech 57


Cal 75, Virginia 58


Louisville 70, Clemson 68 (OT)


A-10 second-round results


America East quarterfinal results


Big South quarterfinal results


Horizon quarterfinal results


OVC quarterfinal results


SoCon quarterfinal results


Summit quarterfinal results


Sun Belt third-round results


ASUN first-round results


Mountain West first-round results


Southland first-round results


WCC first-round result


All scores


Tomorrow's game schedule


College player news:


How Ta'Niya Latson became the country's leading scorer.


College coach news:


Auburn has fired Johnnie Harris after four seasons.


Ronald Hughey has resigned after 11 years at Houston.


Penn State coach Carolyn Kieger will return, sources say.


McNeese will not renew Lynn Kennedy's contract.

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Conference tournaments begin

Big 10 Tournament first round results:


Washington 79, Minnesota 65


Nebraska 84, Rutgers 60


Iowa 81, Wisconsin 54


SEC Tournament first round results:


Tennessee 77, Texas A&M 37


Georgia 79, Arkansas 74


Mississippi State 75, Missouri 55


Florida 60, Auburn 50


Big 12 first round results:


Texas Tech 57, Kansas 53


UCF 81, BYU 69


Colorado 66, Houston 58


Arizona State 82, Cincinnati 75


ACC first round results:


Clemson 63, Stanford 46


Boston College 76, Syracuse 73


Virginia 64, Pitt 50


A-10 first round results:


George Washington 65, Loyola Chicago 44


St. Louis 60, St. Bonaventure 50


La Salle 50, VCU 48


OVC first round scores


Big South first round score


Summit League first round score


Sun Belt second round scores


All scores


Tomorrow's game schedule


College player news:


Stanford's first-round exit in the ACC tourney has put their NCAA Tournament record in danger.


College player news:


Tyi Skinner is making her mark at Arizona State in her final year.


Who is the father of Florida's Me'Arah O'Neal?

Monday, March 3, 2025

Breathe out

College team news:


What's at stake for Indiana in the Big 10 tourney?


College player news:


Can JuJu Watkins lead USC to a national title?


Duke freshman Toby Fournier has emerged for the postseason.


How Greta Kampschroeder brought her craft to Michigan.


Ice Brady's return could help UConn.


Gopher Mara Braun is officially out for the season with a broken foot.


College coach news:


Dawn Plitzuweit makes her NCAA Tournament pitch for Minnesota.

AP top 25 poll is the usual chaos

This week's AP top 25 poll:


1. Texas

2. USC

3. UConn

4. UCLA

5. South Carolina

6. Notre Dame

7. NC State

8. TCU

9. LSU

10. Oklahoma

11. Duke

12. Kentucky

13. Ohio State

14. North Carolina

15. Maryland

16. West Virgina

17. Baylor

18. Tennessee

19. Alabama

20. Kansas State

21. Oklahoma State

22. Florida State

23. Creighton

24. Michigan State

25. South Dakota State


USC has its best ranking since 1986.


The NCAA Tournament seedings are in flux.

Sunday, March 2, 2025

A fireworks regular-season finale day

What a way to end the regular season today.............


Upsets:


Ole Miss rallied from 15 down to stun No. 7 LSU, 85-77.


Virginia shocked No. 8 North Carolina, 78-75.


Georgia edged No. 11 Tennessee, 72-69.


A last-second shot propelled No. 19 Maryland over No. 12 Ohio State in OT, 93-90.


Iowa State took down No. 14 Kansas State, 85-63.


More results:


No. 1 Texas 72, Florida 46


No. 3 Notre Dame 72, No. 25 Louisville 59


No. 5 UConn 92, Marquette 57


No. 6 South Carolina 78, No. 15 Kentucky 66


No. 9 NC State 69, SMU 45


No. 10 TCU held off No. 17 Baylor, 51-48, to win their first Big 12 regular-season title.


No. 13 Oklahoma 91, No. 20 Alabama 84


No. 16 Duke 71, No. 24 Florida State 57


No. 21 Oklahoma State 57, Kansas 51


No. 22 Creighton 70, Villanova 55


Michigan 78, Illinois 69


Stanford 87, Georgia Tech 82


Washington 64, Oregon 56


Indiana 77, Purdue 57


Nebraska 98, Northwestern 77


Vanderbilt 100, Missouri 59


Mississippi State 73, Auburn 66


All scores


Tomorrow's game schedule


College team news:


South Carolina won a coin flip to secure the top seed in the SEC tournament.


Washington is in position for an NCAA tourney berth after their win over Oregon today.


College player news:


Flau'jae Johnson will miss the SEC Tournament with shin inflammation.


Sarah Te-Biasu's confidence is rising at the right time for Maryland.


Yarden Garzon may finish as the Hoosiers' best 3-point shooter.......her team can accomplish much, their coach says.


College coach news:


Yolett McPhee-McCuin thinks her Rebels can host in the tournament.


WNBA news:


Diana Taurasi has been many things, but happy isn't one of them.