DENVER — They are playing for more than trips to the Final Four and a chance to cut down the nets at March Madness. It is also a chance to see and be seen by other teams. The transfer portal opened Monday, giving basketball players a 30-day window to switch schools. It means some of the ...
Years of bracket chaos have given way to the year of the power conference. Cinderella is staying home this time. The Sweet 16, a popular destination for bracket-busting mid-majors, will be made up entirely of teams from power conferences, a first since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in ...
DENVER — Michigan is going back to the Sweet 16 a year after a 24-loss season, using Roddy Gayle's surge and a surprising advantage on the boards to trounce Texas A&M 91-79 on Saturday in the NCAA Tournament. Gayle scored 21 of his season-high 26 points in the second half to help the ...
LAS VEGAS — Tomas Hertl scored his second hat trick this month and the Vegas Golden Knights knocked off the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Saturday night. Jack Eichel had a goal and three assists while Nicolas Roy and Mark Stone also scored for Vegas, which got 28 saves from Adin Hill. Lucas ...
DALLAS (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie scored a season-high 31 points while P.J. Washington Jr. added 27, with a season-high five 3-pointers, as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Detroit Pistons 123-117 on Friday night. Eleven of Dinwiddie's points came at the free-throw line, where Dallas hit 27 of ...
DENVER — BYU withstood a ferocious charge from Wisconsin's John Tonje to hold off the Badgers for a 91-89 victory Saturday that sends the program to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2011 — the days of Jimmer Fredette. Tonje finished with 37 points, including eight during a desperate ...