Two of the top three defensive teams in the nation are playing in Minneapolis tonight. Virginia leads the country in scoring defense, allowing just over 55 points a game. Texas Tech is third, holding teams to just 59 points per contest…
With the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) holding its annual convention during championship weekend, most college coaches attend the Final Four every year to network with their peers…
After 11 consecutive years of being a three-bid league or better, two teams danced this season. The “one-bid” label was avoided when Saint Louis caught momentum and took advantage of an injury-riddled VCU team’s elimination, but this was a harsh reality for a conference that boasted six NCAA Tourney representatives just five March Madnesses ago…
VCU guard Marcus Evans practiced Thursday and is expected to play in Friday’s NCAA Tournament game against UCF, but coach Mike Rhodes said his star is not 100 percent. Evans suffered a bone bruise in his left knee in the first half of the Rams’ Atlantic 10 Tournament quarterfinal loss to Rhode Island…
The final shot will be viewed thousands of times for years to come, as will Courtney Stockard’s fifth and disqualifying foul, a form of self-torture only die-hard sports fans inflict upon themselves. Bona had a chance to go to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time in program history. Instead, the team’s next game action is at least 228 days away…
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO BROOKLYN — The scenario plays out in hundreds of backyards and playgrounds in this country, every young ballplayer’s dream: one shot, with time about to expire, to win a championship. Nelson Kaputo found himself in that exact situation in the Atlantic 10 Championship Game. Down two, the St. Bonaventure senior caught a […]
The traditional freshman-senior roles were reversed during the last media timeout of St. Bonaventure’s Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinal against Rhode Island on Saturday, and with good reason…
St. Bonaventure’s players and coaching staff didn’t react either way, especially since the Bonnies had lost at Rhode Island in mid-January and they had a game to win to make Semifinal Saturday possible anyhow…
The Atlantic 10 Tournament begins on Wednesday afternoon, building from bottom-four battles to Sunday’s title fight on CBS…
While the preseason poll includes both coaches and select media members, the award winners on Tuesday afternoon will give us a unique point of view on how the game planners judge the conference’s top performers…