It was supposed to be the Big 12 showdown of the year. Instead, No. 1 Kansas easily handled Texas 80-68, rolling to 9-0 in league play and dealing UT its fifth loss in seven games.
by ESPNLosAngeles.com news services at 23:56 PM, 02/08/2010
Los Angeles Clippers center Chris Kaman was named to the Western Conference All-Star team, replacing Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy, who has an injured right hamstring.
Kansas clearly looks like an NCAA title favorite after its 80-68 win over Texas, says Luke Winn, while the Longhorns' lack of steady guard play could lead to an early Big Dance exit.
Memphis coach Josh Pastner announced on Monday that, with just eight regular-season games left to play, senior forward Pierre Henderson-Niles has left the team.
Pittsburgh (No. 23 ESPN/USA Today, No. 25 AP) broke out of a tie late in the first half by scoring 27 of the next 32 points, and remained unbeaten against city rival Robert Morris with a 77-53 victory Monday night.
Scottie Reynolds scored 19 of his 21 points in the final 13 minutes and Villanova (No. 5 ESPN/USA Today, No. 4 AP) held off West Virginia (No. 4, No. 5) 82-75 on Monday night.
Ashton Gibbs and Jermaine Dixon led a mid-game surge as No. 25 Pittsburgh broke out of a tie late in the first half by scoring 27 of the next 32 points, and remained unbeaten against city rival Robert Morris with a 77-53 victory Monday night.
Matt Howard scored 20 points to lead No. 18 Butler past Loyola of Chicago 62-47 on Monday night for the Bulldogs' 13th straight win as they clinched at least a share of their fourth straight Horizon League regular season title.
Oklahoma freshmen basketball players Andrew Fitzgerald and Steven Pledger were cited for shoplifting at a department store in Norman, just hours after the Sooners upset Texas on Saturday.
Oklahoma freshmen basketball players Andrew Fitzgerald and Steven Pledger were cited for shoplifting at a department store in Norman, just hours after the Sooners upset Texas on Saturday.
Tyson Chandler arrived in Charlotte recovering from ankle and toe surgery. After slogging through the first third of the season with unimpressive results, he was shelved again with a stress reaction in his left foot.
The Minnesota Timberwolves remain focused on evaluation and determination of the core players they'll commit to beyond this rebuilding season and the approaching NBA trade deadline doesn't factor in to that process, president of basketball operations David Kahn said Monday.
A federal judge has green-lighted most of a lawsuit by former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon, who alleges the NCAA used the images of student-athletes without permission.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan State coach Tom Izzo says he doesn't know if injured point guard Kalin Lucas will be ready to play Tuesday against Purdue in a key Big Ten game.
The National Basketball Association announced today the rescheduling of the Atlanta Hawks at Washington Wizards game that was postponed on Saturday, Feb. 6. The Hawks and Wizards will make up that game on Thursday, March 11 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Verizon Center in Washington D.C.
The Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James and Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook today were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Feb. 1-7.
This isn't the best year in the ACC's history, but road wins are still hard to come by in the conference. So credit Wake Forest with a tough overtime victory at pesky Virginia, Gary Parrish says.
Georgetown roared to a 10-1 start last season before falling apart and missing the NCAA tourney. Seth Davis writes that this year's Hoyas are worlds better in one vital area: chemistry.
In the strongest comments yet by a players' union official since NBA owners made a new collective bargaining proposal, first vice president Adonal Foyle of the Magic said the offer put forth last week by commissioner David Stern's office was "ludicrous."
Kansas (22-1) remained the runaway No. 1, receiving 55 first-place votes from the national media panel. Syracuse (23-1), which received eight first-place votes, moved up one spot to become the fourth No. 2 in as many weeks. The ranking is the highest for the Orange since a six-week stretch at No. 1 in 1989-90.
One of the biggest keys for at-large hopefuls? Top 50 RPI wins. Bubble-dweller Virginia Tech took care of that this weekend by beating Clemson, putting the Hokies on the inside for now, Jerry Palm says.
Del Harris' resignation as an assistant coach for the New Jersey Nets last week came two days after Nets president Rod Thorn sent word Harris would not be the team's next head coach, according to a report in The (Newark) Star-Ledger.
Texas A&M is right back in the thick of the Big 12 hunt, and UNLV's Tre'Von Willis is making a run at MWC Player of the Year. Both earned Weekly Watch honors.
The FBI investigated a series of threatening letters sent to Detroit Pistons coach Chuck Daly at the height of his team's success during the 1989-90 "Bad Boys" championship era, newly released government records show.
Isiah Thomas insisted Saturday that he is "completely focused" on his current job at Florida International and would not reveal if he had any talks about becoming coach and president of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Arizona imposed its own sanctions on the basketball program, including the loss of a scholarship for the 2011-12 academic year, for violations by former coach Lute Olson related to an offseason AAU tournament in 2008.
Senior Sherron Collins of top-ranked Kansas and star freshman John Wall of No. 4 Kentucky are among the finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, given to the top point guard in college basketball.
Even though Royce White proved to be a rather significant distraction in his short time on campus, coach Tubby Smith said he would "never say never" when asked if the prized recruit who never played a game could one day return to the Golden Gophers.
A Kentucky coroner says final autopsy results have confirmed that an enlarged heart caused the death of a University of Southern Indiana basketball player who collapsed during a game last month.
