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The Iowa athletic department apologized for a security breach that allowed an individual to approach Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg in the handshake line.

A deep dive into the weeds of the eight teams who can win the national championship.

SportsLine's model simulated the Tennessee Volunteers vs. Oklahoma Sooners on Wednesday and revealed its college basketball picks for this SEC matchup

San Diego has fired coach Steve Lavin, sources told ESPN.

Baylor, Texas Tech, Ohio State and Minnesota will jockey for seeding as March inches closer

Memphis has dismissed Hasan Abdul Hakim for what coach Penny Hardaway described as "repeated violations of team rules." Zach Davis has been reinstated after both players were suspended indefinitely last week.

The Horizon League suspended Green Bay coach Doug Gottlieb for one game after he said the officiating in Sunday's loss to Milwaukee was inconsistent.

The Gators are 11-1 in their last 12 games after beating South Carolina on Tuesday

UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin did it again Tuesday night — he keeps doing this — and someone needs to get him under control.

A look at who's who and what they are playing for in the men's and women's college basketball mid-major MAC.

The odds of filling out a perfect NCAA bracket are about 1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808. That’s 9.2 quintillion and 23 percent less than the chance of picking one of the 7.5 quintillion grains of sand on the planet we picked at random.

If you only have the bandwidth to master one metric before Selection Sunday, consider learning WAB

From Michigan to Houston, here's a deep dive into men's college basketball teams that could earn a top seed.

Iowa took down No. 9 Nebraska in one of many (many!) ranked upsets, Cotie McMahon went off, Michigan beat Purdue and more from Tuesday's college basketball action.

Kansas State has moved on from coach Jerome Tang, but the players aren't quite ready to do so. The players had him on their minds in a win Feb. 17.

Check out the odds for the regular-season conference title races, as the college hoops year winds down.

College basketball expert Thomas Casale takes a close look at the NCAA Tournament futures and gives his best bets for the last four teams standing

History tells us you should pick at least two No. 1 seeds to reach the Final Four in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Consequential Big Ten battles from Tuesday night had an impact on the Bracketology picture

SportsLine's model simulated Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Penn State Nittany Lions 10,000 times and revealed picks for Wednesday's Big Ten matchup

SportsLine's model simulated Arkansas vs. Alabama on Wednesday and revealed its college basketball picks for this SEC matchup

SportsLine's model simulated Creighton vs. Connecticut on Wednesday and revealed its college basketball picks for this Big East matchup

SportsLine's model simulated the Arizona Wildcats vs. BYU Cougars and revealed its Wednesday college basketball picks for this Top 25 matchup

Jerome Tang was first Power conference coach fired this season. He won't be the last. The college basketball hot seat is warming for these 13 coaches.

Here's a look at how the NCAA Tournament bracket projects as college basketball inches toward championship week. Who's in, out and on the bubble?

Jerome Tang's lawyers pushed back on Kansas State's characterization the coach's behavior warranted a 'for cause' firing to avoid paying his buyout.

The Rookie of the Year race has narrowed, and it has taken a familiar turn. Former Duke teammates Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel are separating from the rest of the rookie class, and the debate is no longer about who belongs in the conversation. It is about who gets the edge. Flagg has been exactly […] The post Kon Knueppel vs. Cooper Flagg is the Rookie of the Year debate we didn’t expect appeared first on Hoops Wire .

Texas Tech star forward JT Toppin appeared to hurt his right leg while driving to the basket with 6:03 remaining in Tuesday night's upset loss at Arizona State.

Purdue was the preseason No. 1, but Michigan's win Tuesday showed why it is the (overdue) true No. 1 in college basketball

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Isaac Asuma scored 15 points and Grayson Grove scored 13 points and Minnesota ended its five-game Big Ten Conference road losing streak by beating Oregon 61-44 on Tuesday night. Cade Tyson scored 12 points and Bobby Durkin 11 for Minnesota (12-14, 5-10) which last won on the road in conference on Jan. 3 when the Golden Gophers beat Northwestern, 84-78. The Ducks now have lost 11 of 12. Nate Bittlen scored 15 points and Kwame Evans Jr. 13 for Oregon (9-17, 2-13) which score...