Zakai Zeigler scored 20 points, Jordan Gainey had 15 and No. 8 Tennessee held off No. 3 Auburn 70-65 in the first semifinal game of the SEC tournament Saturday afternoon in Nashville.Chaz Lanier adde… MORE
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No. 6 St. John’s, Creighton collide in search of elusive Big East title
NEW YORK — Among the things St. John’s focused on in its renaissance during coach Rick Pitino’s second season was winning a Big East tournament championship.Creighton made it a goal to win an elusiv… MORE
NCAA Tournament can wait: No. 1 Duke, No. 13 Louisville want ACC title
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — While the perception exists that the Atlantic Coast Conference competition isn’t what it used to be, don’t tell that to the teams that will play Saturday night for the ACC tournamen… MORE
Arizona faces ‘hard to beat’ No. 2 Houston for Big 12 title
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Top-seeded Houston will return to the Big 12 Championship final for the second straight year, looking for its first title, while squaring off against conference newcomer and third-… MORE
Big Ten tournament roundup: No. 20 Purdue edges USC
Trey Kaufman-Renn matched his career high of 30 points and sixth-seeded Purdue avoided the upset with a 76-71 victory over 14th-seeded Southern California on Thursday night in Big Ten tournament secon… MORE
Kentucky PG Lamont Butler exits due to ailing shoulder
Kentucky standout point guard Lamont Butler exited the Wildcats’ Southeastern Conference tournament second-round game against Oklahoma on Thursday after he aggravated his left shoulder injury.Butler… MORE
Last-second bucket lifts No. 15 Kentucky over Oklahoma
Otega Oweh drove the length of the court and avoided three defenders to convert the winning layup with half a second left as sixth-seeded Kentucky escaped with a wild 85-84 victory over 14th-seeded Ok… MORE
No. 16 Memphis to begin next stage with clash vs. Wichita State
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway views this season as a play in two parts.The first act — in which the Tigers captured the American Athletic Conference regular-season title — was a resounding success.… MORE
Hot sides clash as No. 7 Michigan St. opposes No. 23 Oregon
Projected as the Big Ten’s fifth-best team in the preseason, Michigan State made a mockery of the official media poll by winning the regular-season title by three games.The seventh-ranked Spartans pl… MORE
Alex Karaban’s big 2nd half sends UConn past Villanova
NEW YORK — Alex Karaban scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half and hit two clutch 3-pointers in the final six-plus minutes as third-seeded UConn pulled away for a 73-56 victory over sixth-seed… MORE
